I started out in theatre and I definitely have wanted to add extra musical elements to my music with both imagery and text.
Glenn BrancaI'm just not arbitrarily choosing to have five guitars play one type of thing. In that way there's a definite similarity between a symphony orchestra and the 100 guitar symphony.
Glenn BrancaI'm constantly revising and updating a piece until it's finally recorded. Once it's recorded, then it's over.
Glenn BrancaOccasionally I hear a band that blows me away. For instance, there's a musician in Oakland named Weasel Walter who has a band called the Flying Luttenbachers. Go see the Flying Luttenbachers when they're in your town. He's one of the greatest rock composers who ever lived, and he's struggling and living like a poverty-stricken hermit.
Glenn Branca