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Tim Rice Oxley Keane. BELFAST, UNITED KINGDOM JANUARY 23 Tim RiceOxley of Keane Stock Photo, Royalty Free Image Rice-Oxley recently chatted with American Songwriter about living with Hopes and Fears for 20 years, the perils and joys of songwriting now, and figuring out what to do with four years' worth of new Keane songs. Tim Rice-Oxley - The chart-topping songwriter from somewhere only he knows In his first solo interview, the man behind Keane, the band once written off as 'Coldplay-lite', tells Nick Hasted about.

To mark the occasion, the band's chief songwriter Tim Rice-Oxley joins Headliner to reflect on how it has changed their lives, their formative years, and the role of notorious record producer and exec Jimmy Iovine in. One of the most successful British debuts of the century, Keane's Hopes and Fears celebrates its 20thanniversary this month

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Although singer Tom Chaplin and drummer Richard Hughes both contributed to the creative process, keyboard player Tim Rice-Oxley took the reins as the principal songwriter and helped shape Keane's piano-driven signature sound. In Keane's new book Hope and Fears: Lyrics and History, keyboard player and principal songwriter Tim Rice-Oxley explains how he and his bandmates took to the idea that the best art (and music) has an ability to create 'worlds': "We weren't savvy enough to think about any of that when we made Hopes and Fears, but luckily, we found our 'world' by instinct - we just put to music. To mark the occasion, the band's chief songwriter Tim Rice-Oxley joins Headliner to reflect on how it has changed their lives, their formative years, and the role of notorious record producer and exec Jimmy Iovine in.

KEANE Tim RiceOxley Tim rice, Tims, Keane band. Tim Rice-Oxley - The chart-topping songwriter from somewhere only he knows In his first solo interview, the man behind Keane, the band once written off as 'Coldplay-lite', tells Nick Hasted about. The band comprises Tom Chaplin (lead vocals, guitar, piano), Tim Rice-Oxley (piano, synthesisers, bass guitar, backing vocals), Richard Hughes (drums, percussion, backing vocals) and Jesse Quin (bass guitar, guitar, backing vocals).

Keane Tim RiceOxley, Jesse Quin, Tom Chaplin & Richard Hughes Celebridades, Banda, Keane. Keane are an English alternative rock band from Battle, East Sussex, formed in 1995 Although singer Tom Chaplin and drummer Richard Hughes both contributed to the creative process, keyboard player Tim Rice-Oxley took the reins as the principal songwriter and helped shape Keane's piano-driven signature sound.