WEBVTT 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I used to think that I should watch TV 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I used to think that it was good for me 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 The recording part of music has gotten much cheaper. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 People can record on their laptops. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 They can edit and compose on their laptops. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And the quality is fine. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 The means of production have been handed to the creators, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 which is kind of wonderful, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 but it means that there's a lot being created, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and not all of it is good. NOTE Paragraph 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And I would lose myself and it would set me free 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 The software that allows us to record on laptops 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 tends to encourage us to record in certain ways. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It tends to make the songs very regular, repeatable. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 The tempos are usually very strict and steady, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 which at some point in the past was an ideal, but it's not -- 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 an absolutly steady tempo is maybe not the best thing in the world 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 So in some ways computers and technology push us in a certain direction, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and we have to know creatively when to resist that. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 When to resist the things that the computer makes too easy. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Depending on what kind of music it is, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I'll start off with maybe a guitar or something first to get a framework. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Starting without the computer allows me a certain kind of freedom. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I'm not restricted by what the computer tries to get me to do. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I know, I like, behold and love this giant 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Big soul, big lips, that's me and I am this 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Everybody gets a touched up hairdo 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Everybody's in the passing lane 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Adoration makes you touch dark shadows 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Weird things that live in there 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 To be honest, I don't think that the quality of recordings is the most important thing. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 This music that I heard when I was very young, I heard on a horrible-sounding little radio. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 But it completely moved me. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It completely changed the way I thought about music and other things. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Obviously when I'm recording or capturing a piece of music, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I try to get the sound to be as good as possible. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 But I realize that somewhere down the line, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 people might be listening on their phone with their headphones 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 They might even be listening holding their phone in their hand. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Maybe they'll be listening on their computer speakers. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 That's very likely, you know the speakers that are maybe this big. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 So I realize that it's there if people want it. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 But if they don't want it, or can't afford it or don't need it, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I hope that the song and music works, in whatever format. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 How am I not your brother? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 How are you not like me? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 When I see people listening to music on their phones, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 maybe without even headphones, just holding the phone up, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 it makes me wonder: what kind of music works well like that? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 A kind of pop music? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Is that the kind of music that sounds best like this? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Or is it some other kind of music that works best? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Like maybe a solo violin, or something very, very simple. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 If one were to compose music that sounds good when you just hold up a phone, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 what would it be? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I don't know. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Maybe someday understand them better 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 The weird things inside of me.