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I used to think that[br]I should watch TV

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I used to think that[br]it was good for me

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The recording part of music[br]has gotten much cheaper.

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People can record on their laptops.

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They can edit and compose[br]on their laptops.

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And the quality is fine.

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The means of production[br]have been handed to the creators,

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which is kind of wonderful,

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

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and not all of it is good.

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And I would lose myself[br]and it would set me free

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The software that allows us[br]to record on laptops

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tends to encourage us[br]to record in certain ways.

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It tends to make the songs[br]very regular, repeatable.

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The tempos are usually[br]very strict and steady,

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

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

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

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and we have to know creatively[br]when to resist that.

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When to resist the things that[br]the computer makes too easy.

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Depending on what kind of music it is,

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I'll start off with maybe a guitar[br]or something first to get a framework.

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Starting without the computer allows me[br]a certain kind of freedom.

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I'm not restricted by what[br]the computer tries to get me to do.

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I know, I like, behold and love this giant

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Big soul, big lips, that's me and I am this

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Everybody gets a touched up hairdo

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Everybody's in the passing lane

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Adoration makes you touch dark shadows

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Weird things that live in there

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To be honest, I don't think that the quality of recordings is the most important thing.

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This music that I heard when I was very young,[br]I heard on a horrible-sounding little radio.

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But it completely moved me.

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It completely changed the way I thought about music and other things.

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Obviously when I'm recording or capturing a piece of music,

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I try to get the sound to be as good as possible.

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But I realize that somewhere down the line,

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people might be listening on their phone with their headphones

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They might even be listening holding their phone in their hand.

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Maybe they'll be listening on their computer speakers.

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That's very likely, you know the speakers that are maybe this big.

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So I realize that it's there if people want it.

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But if they don't want it, or can't afford it or don't need it,

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I hope that the song and music works, in whatever format.

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How am I not your brother?

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How are you not like me?

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When I see people listening to music on their phones,

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maybe without even headphones, just holding the phone up,

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it makes me wonder:[br]what kind of music works well like that?

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A kind of pop music?

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Is that the kind of music that sounds best like this?

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Or is it some other kind of music that works best?

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Like maybe a solo violin, or something very, very simple.

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If one were to compose music that[br]sounds good when you just hold up a phone,

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what would it be?

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I don't know.

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Maybe someday understand them better

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The weird things inside of me.