“With Megadeth, you think about the riff and that’s it”: Kiko Loureiro on the difference between writing in Megadeth and his solo workflow
Last month, former Megadeth guitarist Kiko Loureiro launched his seventh solo album, Theory of Mind. Naturally, the 11-track LP is chock-full of winding lead lines and chunky riffs, but it was conceived using a different creative process than Loureiro was a part of in Megadeth.
In a new interview with Guitar World, the Brazilian virtuoso reflects on his songwriting process for Theory of Mind.
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“I tried to take some influence from Megadeth during my songwriting process,” he says. “I’m trying to write more direct riffs, which I think is the influence. I tend to be more of an improviser. It’s always about how you feel – my visions and the images that come will lead to one thing and then another. If I get stuck, I’ll come back next week to see if you have new visions.”
He goes on: “With Megadeth, of course, you think about the riff and that’s it. You don’t try to develop a second idea from that riff. You record the riff and that’s it. Dave has those riffs and he connects them. Once you believe all the riffs are amazing, it doesn’t matter how you connect them because everything is great. All the thrash metal bands from that period follow that rule, I guess.
Loureiro adds that his preferred way of working is to simply keep playing and see what happens, but adds: “That wastes time when the Megadeth way is like a factory”.
“You create great products and make an amazing bundle. I tried to be a little bit more like that. The Megadeth influence is in the way I create songs, but I still have fun discovering things.”
Kiko Loureiro’s seventh solo album Theory of Mind is out now.
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