Mike Einzinger of Incubus recently suffered a hand injury (some form of advanced carpal tunnel) that left him unable to play guitar for months. During that time off, Einzinger began studying musical theory, and he became so interested that he decided to write his own symphony.
Einzinger tells Billboard:
I'm just kind of writing it in small pieces, 'cause it's very intimidating to think of it as a whole body of work. It'll probably be three movements and 40 minutes of music, and that's a lot of music to write.
And I completely realize that it can't just be interesting only because it's the guitar player of a rock band writing it. It has to stand up to the work of other composers as well. It's a pretty hefty task for me to endure, but I'm actually excited about it.
Incubus will be touring through the early part of 2008. Einzinger will have plenty of time to work on the symphony while the band is on the road. Meanwhile, Incubus plans on working on the follow-up to Light Grenades sometime very soon. The band has no material yet, as any Light Grenades leftovers have been used for various projects, but Einzinger prefers it that way.
We'll be starting completely from scratch, but that's how we like to do it. We like to look at our albums as photo albums from a very specific time and place. We want them to be representative of where we were at a specific time, so including older songs would seem strange. Everything we do next time will be fresh and brand new.
