least I hope I have,” said Brislin.
“It’s interesting because I wasn’t
really knocking on those kinds
of doors. After touring with
those bands, I would always go
back to my band Spiraling and
try to make a new album. We
would knock on other doors,
but we were trying to get an
audience and prove ourselves.
But as far as touring with established
bands, I’m fortunate
that after the early auditions
landed me these big roles, the
subsequent offers already had
enough trust to say, ‘Let’s hear
you play some of the songs’ or
just ‘Come on board.’
“It’s particularly fascinating ing with Meat Loaf for a few years, so I
when I think about the fact that had already established myself in the
I was such a big YES fan for professional ranks so to speak. It is a
instance,” he continued. “My little amusing sometimes when I think
bands in high school were attempting
to cover their music. ing progressive rock, which is a style
that I’ve made a lot of my living play-
To be part of the alumni club that everyone said was not a good
is a little surreal. But prior to career choice. When I was first writing
music everyone thought that playing with YES, I was tour-
style
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