[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used to think that\NI should watch TV Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used to think that\Nit was good for me Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The recording part of music\Nhas gotten much cheaper. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People can record on their laptops. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can edit and compose\Non their laptops. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the quality is fine. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The means of production\Nhave been handed to the creators, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is kind of wonderful, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it means that\Nthere's a lot being created, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not all of it is good. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I would lose myself\Nand it would set me free Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The software that allows us\Nto record on laptops Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tends to encourage us\Nto record in certain ways. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It tends to make the songs\Nvery regular, repeatable. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The tempos are usually\Nvery strict and steady, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which at some point in the past\Nwas an ideal, but it's not -- Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an absolutly steady tempo is\Nmaybe not the best thing in the world Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in some ways computers and technology\Npush us in a certain direction, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we have to know creatively\Nwhen to resist that. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When to resist the things that\Nthe computer makes too easy. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Depending on what kind of music it is, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll start off with maybe a guitar\Nor something first to get a framework. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Starting without the computer allows me\Na certain kind of freedom. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not restricted by what\Nthe computer tries to get me to do. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know, I like, behold and love this giant Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Big soul, big lips, that's me and I am this Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody gets a touched up hairdo Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody's in the passing lane Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Adoration makes you touch dark shadows Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Weird things that live in there Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To be honest, I don't think that the quality of recordings is the most important thing. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This music that I heard when I was very young,\NI heard on a horrible-sounding little radio. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it completely moved me. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It completely changed the way I thought about music and other things. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obviously when I'm recording or capturing a piece of music, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I try to get the sound to be as good as possible. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I realize that somewhere down the line, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people might be listening on their phone with their headphones Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They might even be listening holding their phone in their hand. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe they'll be listening on their computer speakers. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's very likely, you know the speakers that are maybe this big. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I realize that it's there if people want it. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if they don't want it, or can't afford it or don't need it, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope that the song and music works, in whatever format. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How am I not your brother? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How are you not like me? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I see people listening to music on their phones, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe without even headphones, just holding the phone up, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it makes me wonder:\Nwhat kind of music works well like that? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A kind of pop music? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is that the kind of music that sounds best like this? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or is it some other kind of music that works best? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like maybe a solo violin, or something very, very simple. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If one were to compose music that\Nsounds good when you just hold up a phone, Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what would it be? Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know. Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe someday understand them better Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The weird things inside of me.