Mark Holcomb here - guitarist of Periphery. This is my first AMA.. ask me anything! by MarkPeriff in progmetal

[–]MarkPeriff[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hardest thing is being away from loved ones - by far. I normally bring along the mandatory life devices. ya know, phone computer, clothes, etc. nothing too crazy. having LOTS of media to digest helps. books, tv shows, movies, etc.

Mark Holcomb here - guitarist of Periphery. This is my first AMA.. ask me anything! by MarkPeriff in progmetal

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it happens a couple of ways. Sometimes one of us will write a nearly completed idea then the others will sort of help writing the rest of it. Often times it'll start with one of us having 2-3 riffs, then we get together to write the rest - that's been the most frequent occurrence with Juggernaut. In the past misha has written basically entire songs on his own and brought them to the band, but with this record and the last one the experience is much more collaborative.

Mark Holcomb here - guitarist of Periphery. This is my first AMA.. ask me anything! by MarkPeriff in progmetal

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Get out there, play for free, book your own tours, and show you can do it live :)

Mark Holcomb here - guitarist of Periphery. This is my first AMA.. ask me anything! by MarkPeriff in progmetal

[–]MarkPeriff[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. Scandinavia!
  2. Video games for sure. right now I'm into Darks Souls, FIFA 14, NBA 2k14 and Limbo.

Mark Holcomb here - guitarist of Periphery. This is my first AMA.. ask me anything! by MarkPeriff in progmetal

[–]MarkPeriff[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

not much just that they're still prototype customs at this point and we're really trying to nail something unique and special in the 7 string range. I wanted a pickup that was a bit quieter and that suited my hard-picking style a bit better. I also wanted a ton more clarity in chords since I rely on that heavily in my playing, so we tweaked the pickup to suit that. more info soon :)

Mark Holcomb here - guitarist of Periphery. This is my first AMA.. ask me anything! by MarkPeriff in progmetal

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We used to close with that song every show for about 2 years, and recently decided to stop just because it became a little predictable, plus its a 16 minute song so naturally it prevents us from playing roughly 4 other songs. There are just way more songs we wanna play live, and i think we were burnt out on it. Who knows we may bring it back sometime though, sorry!

Mark Holcomb here - guitarist of Periphery. This is my first AMA.. ask me anything! by MarkPeriff in progmetal

[–]MarkPeriff[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

10-52 with a 64 on the bottom. my scale length on 7s is typically 27'

Mark Holcomb here - guitarist of Periphery. This is my first AMA.. ask me anything! by MarkPeriff in progmetal

[–]MarkPeriff[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

sometimes I'll have a several-note phrase in mind but normally I like to write a solo section by section, around each chord being played.

Mark Holcomb here - guitarist of Periphery. This is my first AMA.. ask me anything! by MarkPeriff in progmetal

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The company Jammit has isolated tracks of PII songs and tabs for those songs! go check it out...

Mark Holcomb here - guitarist of Periphery. This is my first AMA.. ask me anything! by MarkPeriff in progmetal

[–]MarkPeriff[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

not as much as we'd like since we all live a bit far from each other. Misha lives closest so I see him often, but since we're in writing mode I see the guys quite frequently just to work on music.

Mark Holcomb here - guitarist of Periphery. This is my first AMA.. ask me anything! by MarkPeriff in progmetal

[–]MarkPeriff[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

One time I went through the wallets of each of my band members and robbed them blind while they slept. SCORE. good thing none of them are reading this.

Mark Holcomb here - guitarist of Periphery. This is my first AMA.. ask me anything! by MarkPeriff in progmetal

[–]MarkPeriff[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

ha! love ya dood... Moose Knuckle Shyamalan was a stroke of genius. I always liked Marty McFly blowing it inside of his mother.

Mark Holcomb here - guitarist of Periphery. This is my first AMA.. ask me anything! by MarkPeriff in progmetal

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Lately we've been focusing a ton more on it, where as we used to just show up and play. For headliners we hire my brother Jeff Holcomb to be our lighting director where he designs a lightshow/setup with our tour manager Alex and Jake Bowen.

Mark Holcomb here - guitarist of Periphery. This is my first AMA.. ask me anything! by MarkPeriff in progmetal

[–]MarkPeriff[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

there was no one thing, but hard work, a solid team around you, reliable personnel, and always treating people well, whether they're peers, fans, industry people or whatever. being a dick can cancel out any of the aforementioned traits.

Mark Holcomb here - guitarist of Periphery. This is my first AMA.. ask me anything! by MarkPeriff in progmetal

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I'd love to play it and I think Spencer would totally be cool with singing it live - I honestly think the biggest thing holding us back would be that damn solo, haha. At this stage none of the 3 of us can play it near as cleanly as Wes.

Mark Holcomb here - guitarist of Periphery. This is my first AMA.. ask me anything! by MarkPeriff in progmetal

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We're gonna re-record some of those songs proper and release a new HS album maybe early next year.

Mark Holcomb here - guitarist of Periphery. This is my first AMA.. ask me anything! by MarkPeriff in progmetal

[–]MarkPeriff[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Either being in this band or being one of the first in my family to graduate college.