The Obelisk Questionnaire: Matt Price of Behold! the Monolith
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The Obelisk Questionnaire: Matt Price of Behold! the Monolith
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How do you define what you do and how did you come to do it?
I’m a guitarist, musician and guitar teacher. Playing guitar was just something I felt overwhelmingly drawn to pursuing and ultimately really enjoy doing.
Describe your first musical memory.
Probably just listening to my parent’s records as a little kid, which were mostly Beatles records, In-A-Gadda-Da Vida from Iron Butterfly and a Spider-Man “Rockomic” they got me. My first vivid musical memory was a few years later getting to see Judas Priest at the height of their powers.
Describe your best musical memory to date.
I’ve gotten to play with some of my Metal idols from time to time; so I’m going to go with the time I got to jam a few tunes with Lemmy at a small Hollywood club a few years back. He was so cool and just wanted to jam some Blues tunes. Of course at some point someone yelled “Lemmy is God” to which he replied “no I’m not, God is good”. It was a surreal evening.
When was a time when a firmly held belief was tested?
I try not to be too rigid in my thinking so I feel like they are tested all the time.
Where do you feel artistic progression leads?
Getting better and better at creating or conveying whatever it is your art is.
How do you define success?
Doing something you love, and if it helps, entertains or uplifts others that’s a huge plus. And if makes a few bucks or at least doesn’t cause you to hemorrhage money indefinitely even better still.
What is something you have seen that you wish you hadn’t?
Twitter.
Describe something you haven’t created yet that you’d like to create.
The next Behold! The Monolith album (which we are actually working on now).
What do you believe is the most essential function of art?
To convey an idea or invoke or enhance a feeling or emotion. Sometimes it can make you think and sometimes it’s just entertainment (which is fine).
Something non-musical that you’re looking forward to?
Doing some more traveling with my girlfriend.
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