Open Labs Exclusive Interview

Dave Cohen

- by Carson Barker, Open Labs Staff Writer  

The B3 organ is Dave Cohen's first love, his weapon of choice, his Holy Grail, if you will. Cohen has had his hands professionally on guitars, pianos, and other chunks of musical wood, but the B3 is his one and only. Why? Because according to Cohen, the B3 has a soul of its own, and a sound that no other instrument can touch.

"It's just powerful, more so than a piano," says Cohen. "A piano in a big room might sound as huge as you want it to sound, but there is that unmistakable sound of the B3 that can just cut through anything, and scream when you want it to ..."