James Dewees, keyboardist for My Chemical Romance, talks about the move away from high-tech electronic music, to more simple, organic tones and how that’s changing the sounds in My Chemical Romance. Currently, James relies on the Jupiter-80 and Gaia SH-01 to deliver these tones, both in the studio and on the road. For more Chemical Romance News visit MCR album watch and My [...]
In part 2 of our sit down with James, he talks about how Radiohead, Rick Wakeman, Duran Duran, Nick Rhodes, Wendy Carlos, and Klaus Schulze inspire him and why they are synth pioneers. James also breaks down how the JUPITER series synthesizer is forever etched in popular music. By the way, could anyone tell us the name of the album by Klaus Schulze that [...]
Last week we had a chance to sit down with James Dewees, keyboard player for “My Chemical Romance” to discuss how he landed his current gig. It turns out that James has been involved with several bands including Coalesce, The Get Up Kids, New Found Glory, Leathermouth, and Reggie and the Full Effect. Playing, writing, and even singing in these [...]
