{"id":1121,"date":"2012-06-06T12:20:15","date_gmt":"2012-06-06T19:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rolandus.com\/blog\/?p=1121"},"modified":"2013-11-12T15:11:38","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T23:11:38","slug":"james-dewees-how-i-joined-my-chemical-romance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rolandus.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/06\/james-dewees-how-i-joined-my-chemical-romance\/","title":{"rendered":"James Dewees &#8211; How I Joined My Chemical Romance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rolandus.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/06\/james-dewees-how-i-joined-my-chemical-romance\/james-dewees\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9132\"><img data-attachment-id=\"9132\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.rolandus.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/06\/james-dewees-how-i-joined-my-chemical-romance\/james-dewees\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rolandus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/james-dewees.jpg?fit=660%2C270&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"660,270\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"james dewees\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rolandus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/james-dewees.jpg?fit=300%2C122&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rolandus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/james-dewees.jpg?fit=660%2C270&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9132\" alt=\"james dewees\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rolandus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/james-dewees.jpg?resize=660%2C270\" width=\"660\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rolandus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/james-dewees.jpg?w=660&amp;ssl=1 660w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rolandus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/james-dewees.jpg?resize=300%2C122&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last week we had a chance to sit down with James Dewees, keyboard player for &#8220;<a title=\"My Chemical Romance\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mychemicalromance.com\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\">My Chemical Romance<\/a>&#8221; to discuss how he landed his current gig. It turns out that James has been involved with several bands including\u00a0<a title=\"Coalesce\" href=\"http:\/\/www.crashandbang.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Coalesce<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"The Get Up Kids\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thegetupkids.com\/tguk\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Get Up Kids<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"New Found Glory\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newfoundglory.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">New Found Glory<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Leathermouth\" href=\"http:\/\/www.leathermouth.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Leathermouth<\/a>, and\u00a0<a title=\"Reggie and The Full Effect\" href=\"http:\/\/www.last.fm\/music\/Reggie+And+The+Full+Effect\" target=\"_blank\">Reggie and the Full Effect<\/a>. Playing, writing, and even singing in these bands coupled with an awesome personality and hard work ethic have ultimately propelled his career forward. James currently rocks the\u00a0<a title=\"Jupiter-80\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rolandus.com\/go\/jupiter-80\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jupiter-80<\/a>\u00a0synth,\u00a0<a title=\"Gaia SH-01\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rolandus.com\/products\/productdetails.php?ProductId=1074\" target=\"_blank\">Gaia SH-01<\/a>\u00a0synth, and the\u00a0<a title=\"RD-300NX\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rolandus.com\/products\/productdetails.php?ProductId=1150\" target=\"_blank\">RD-700NX<\/a>\u00a0digital piano\u00a0 in his rig. 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