Re:Especially since (Score 1)

Sorta-kinda. Trent creates the music on his own, but in the past he has had no other input in the creative process. More recently he has collaborated with his touring band a bit, but not so much as to change his artistic vision. His touring band changes often because he tends to have very long release cycles (his major releases have had 5 years in between), but his last two albums came about 2 years apart, so the band stayed pretty much the same with the exception of Josh Freese who joined after the previous drummer had to leave the band for medical purposes.