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Benmont Tench on life with Tom Petty

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

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The Importance of Groove and Melody

I'm trying to hear the space around the voice and I'm trying to find how I can support the groove. And if that means by playing around it, I do that. But I look for the groove and what complements the melody. It's kind of still is today. Sometimes it's like crawling back to you, where it's just totally blind,. listening to the song and listening to Steve float and trying to float along.

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