I used to think that
I should watch TV

I used to think that
it was good for me

The recording part of music
has gotten much cheaper.

People can record on their laptops.

They can edit and compose
on their laptops.

And the quality is fine.

The means of production
have been handed to the creators,

which is kind of wonderful,

but it means that
there's a lot being created,

and not all of it is good.

And I would lose myself
and it would set me free

The software that allows us
to record on laptops

tends to encourage us
to record in certain ways.

It tends to make the songs
very regular, repeatable.

The tempos are usually
very strict and steady,

which at some point in the past
was an ideal, but it's not --

an absolutly steady tempo is
maybe not the best thing in the world

So in some ways computers and technology
push us in a certain direction,

and we have to know creatively
when to resist that.