I had a schedule and I felt like I was at work every day, and I really enjoyed that, honestly. Most of the day you’re sitting around, waiting, so this is a way to help me mentally as well as get some work done. I've always struggled with boredom on the road and feeling like I’m wasting my time. I have a two-year-old now, so writing at home is a little different, I don’t have the time I used to have. I say, “Oh, we have to tour again…” As far as writing on the road, that’s something I've never really done before, I've always been against that. Writing has never been a chore for me, a lot of bands say, “Oh, we have to write a record…” but that’s when I get excited. Rogers: And as far as writing goes, it’s something I enjoy, that’s my favorite part of the business and the process of being in a band, the creation. Is being creative at that rate exhausting? There could be sections of this that could, but as far as songs, it’s a very different beast.ĪllMusic: You've put out a release just about every year since 2000. I don’t think this material would work with the band, especially in song form. I keep everything separate just so there isn't some idea that I think should be in one or the other. The band’s writing now, so I’m not writing anything else besides that. ![]() With this record, I knew Between the Buried and Me was writing later in the year, so I made sure to get everything done before the band started working on anything. If I’m writing my solo stuff, then the band’s not writing anything, or vice versa. ![]() Tommy Rogers: I try to not put projects together at all when I’m writing. Check out the premiere of the video for "Siphon the Bad Blood," and read on for our conversation about what menial domestic task Rogers was doing when he wrote the song, why he wrote this record on the road, and what his love of Depeche Mode has taught him about songwriting.ĪllMusic: How do you know when a song you're writing belongs to a solo record instead of a Between the Buried and Me record? His second solo album for Metal Blade Records, Modern Noise, carries on the tradition of his eclectic songwriting, ranging from straightforward rock to adventures in electronica to gentle piano etudes. Whether performing as Tommy Rogers, the charismatic frontman of North Carolina prog-metal band Between the Buried and Me, or as Thomas Giles, solo artist, the man has been a workhorse for the past 15 years, relentlessly writing, recording and touring.
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