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JasonDavidWongPargin t1_j5tml0i wrote

I think this a joke/exaggeration the interviewer took as serious

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greenearrow t1_j5u86sk wrote

The article gives the details, but he felt like they fired the last guy for playing too loud, so he'd play the keyboard turned off. He'd practice at home and slowly starting turning the keyboard up until he thought it balanced.

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WaitingForNormal t1_j5toa6d wrote

Yeah, I’m having a hard time with this seeing as that dude is a super talented musician.

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Dollarist t1_j5udq42 wrote

To clarify, he’s not saying that he didn’t know how to play keyboards when he joined the band. He’s saying that the previous keyboardist was fired for being too intrusively loud, so he turned the volume of his keyboards all the way down and listened to the songs.

Then he went home and wrote tasteful, unobtrusive keyboard parts. Pretty smart, actually.

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bkconn t1_j5tv3s6 wrote

I mean, if you read the article, the guy spells it out pretty clearly so there's not a lot of room for confusion.. hard to tell in text, but he seemed like he was being honest. The story being true is funny and crazy to believe lol

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Kalrhin t1_j5v6pfm wrote

The title says "pretended to play keyboards" whereas his words are "made sure my keayboard was turned off". There is a BIG difference

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Chubs441 t1_j5uh2k7 wrote

I mean the title makes it seem that he didn’t know how to play, which is a bit confusing

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