Jason Graves, Rush, & Curtis Mayfield on CrossFade! Send Questions & Songs!

Knobby Buckles (Dave)

I know I'm late, but hopefully I can sneak a question in under the wire... Clutch has about a million one-off songs that were on demos, B-sides on singles, or soundtracks that were difficult to track down, so they released a collection of these tracks on a full-length-sized album (Pitchfork and Lost Needles). Can you think of any other bands that could fill an album with quality "lost" tracks? My song recommendation is from that album - "Bottoms Up, Socrates," which is my favorite Clutch song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iKchE9psao&ab_channel=Clutch-Topic

Jason – you were part of the team that composed for The Hobbit, the 2003 game by Sierra. What do you remember about that time? How did it feel to be contributing to such a huge cultural thing that wasn’t DIRECTLY in the spotlight?

Pusherman has been one of my all time "Feeling like a real cool dude" songs. Just strutting when that one hits the headphones. Favorite songs that just make you feel like the coolest dude on the block when they come on?

John Jenson

Oh man this is going to be interesting Curtis Mayfield is a cool pick but I do not like Rush. :). My question, is there a band that in retrospect you should of been in to when you were younger but have now realized how great they were. My answer is Alice In Chains I liked when their songs were on the radio but never bought the albums and wouldn’t list them in my favorites but now I feel like a fool.

Jason Wojnar

Is there room for one more Jason? I live in Kyiv, Ukraine and showed my friend Rush. He liked them and then was extremely surprised when I showed him a live concert with many thousands of people in attended. He could not believe that a prog rock band like that could have such a huge following. My question is, as a composer for video games - other people's works - how do you separate your own musical tastes and ambitions from just getting the job done? Do you ever compose a piece of music that really is not your taste but you know it is the best piece of music for the work? My song recommendation for this week is ГГПТКН by Vivienne Mort (G,G,P,T,K,N if you will, though the G is soft like a "hu") It's got serious Dresden Dolls and Regina Spektor vibes https://open.spotify.com/track/3EYcZerCqUPbC4b684lNiK?si=83dfa0acb6264c4c

Mike Lynch

*My song this week: Slipknot- Heretic Anthem https://open.spotify.com/track/1j3sGUX5GOviHgrJeRqzXu?si=AR5wxCztQgCOlJkuxmhUTA&utm_source=copy-link

Mike Lynch

Welcome to Crossfade, Jason! You're listed as the composer for Cardboard Bernini, a documentary about an artist creating a detailed cardboard fountain destined for destruction. As an artist have you ever found it hard to move on from a project, or are you happy to let the finished work out into the world?

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Ben Hanson

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Leafeonn (Josh K)

Holy shit this episode is going to be so good