Pierre Michel: What were the working methods during rehearsals at the time of the first album?
Pierre Michel : Quelles étaient vos méthodes de travail pendant les répétitions à l’époque du premier album de Hatfield and the North ?
Dave Stewart: Richard wrote most of his material on guitar, Phil wrote exclusively on guitar, Pip’s pieces on the first album were written on guitar (he later used piano) and all my music was written on piano. Before the four of us got together for band rehearsals, Phil and Richard would teach each other guitar and bass parts, the other three would play me their pieces and I’d write down the chords and work out my keyboard parts. I made a lot of arrangement suggestions for the other guys’ music. Once we’d done all that we’d go into a rehearsal room and play as a quartet.
Dave Stewart : Richard écrivait la plupart de ses morceaux à la guitare, Phil écrivait exclusivement à la guitare, les morceaux de Pip sur le premier album ont été écrits à la guitare (il a ...