I play Drums, Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, sing clean and do growleys.
I don't think it is something anyone decides to do, but does out of necessity rather. I know for me, when I started Shroud Of Bereavement, I just had a bunch of ideas that no one in my past bands would embrace, there fore I just did it all myself.
I started out with drum lessons, and my brother played guitar so I would always sneak in and play his. When I moved out, I had no room for instruments, so I started singing for a band, and they basically made me a better musician on said instruments.
They may be coming from the same place, at least at some point in their life. Unless they wet to music school where they teach several instruments as part of a requirement or something. I don't know enough about those bands mentioned. My point was, I don't think anyone sits there and says, I really want to learn all instruments ya know. It's more like most people dedicate their time to mastering only one thing, where I am ok at all, but not a master of any. For instance, I am no Andy LaRocque on guitar, but I don't suck either, I get by. I also wonder where Dan stands on this subject as well.
Violens, do you play?
i think dan is no virtuoso on any instrument, but has a coherent musical vision about his projects that he manages to execute flawlessly. his skills on the instruments he uses are enough to support that vision. as long as your skills are enough to play the music that's already playing in your mind, you're fine, right?
I play Drums, Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, sing clean and do growleys.
I don't think it is something anyone decides to do, but does out of necessity rather. I know for me, when I started Shroud Of Bereavement, I just had a bunch of ideas that no one in my past bands would embrace, there fore I just did it all myself.