After mentioning that Dave Mustaine has a "different" method for composing new songs for Megadeth , guitarist Kiko Loureiro responded to whether the band's frontman uses theory in the creative process.
“No. He doesn’t use any theory, none at all. You need to understand that people are different,” he said in a new video on his YouTube channel. “A creator can play something and just imagine the mountain, the sea, hell, a war – imagine things, those sounds. He might relate that riff to a machine gun or he might relate that riff to a bomb explosion, in the case of Megadeth. But he can play a chord and imagine the mountain, the sun, sailing – whatever. So, some people are like that. Some other people need the theory – they need the names, they need things organized to make sense.”
Loureiro identifies himself as a composer closer to theory. “I love theory. Some other people think they don't need theory to compose, to create, because it all comes down to imagination. And, of course, they know the basics – 'Oh, this is a major chord,' 'This is a minor chord,' 'These are the names of the notes, like E, A, D,' but in the end, it doesn't really matter either,” he concluded.
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