1 00:00:06,606 --> 00:00:11,619 I used to think that I should watch TV 2 00:00:12,315 --> 00:00:17,921 I used to think that it was good for me 3 00:00:18,260 --> 00:00:22,051 The recording part of music has gotten much cheaper. 4 00:00:22,229 --> 00:00:25,446 People can record on their laptops. 5 00:00:25,706 --> 00:00:29,842 They can edit and compose on their laptops. 6 00:00:30,229 --> 00:00:32,400 And the quality is fine. 7 00:00:32,498 --> 00:00:36,204 The means of production have been handed to the creators, 8 00:00:36,285 --> 00:00:38,246 which is kind of wonderful, 9 00:00:38,375 --> 00:00:42,325 but it means that there's a lot being created, 10 00:00:42,564 --> 00:00:45,895 and not all of it is good. 11 00:00:46,121 --> 00:00:51,896 And I would lose myself and it would set me free 12 00:00:52,050 --> 00:00:56,710 The software that allows us to record on laptops 13 00:00:56,883 --> 00:01:01,542 tends to encourage us to record in certain ways. 14 00:01:01,758 --> 00:01:06,347 It tends to make the songs very regular, repeatable. 15 00:01:06,575 --> 00:01:11,802 The tempos are usually very strict and steady, 16 00:01:12,013 --> 00:01:15,390 which at some point in the past was an ideal, but it's not -- 17 00:01:15,693 --> 00:01:21,947 an absolutly steady tempo is maybe not the best thing in the world 18 00:01:22,309 --> 00:01:30,263 So in some ways computers and technology push us in a certain direction, 19 00:01:30,540 --> 00:01:33,998 and we have to know creatively when to resist that. 20 00:01:34,308 --> 00:01:39,221 When to resist the things that the computer makes too easy. 21 00:01:39,578 --> 00:01:42,894 Depending on what kind of music it is, 22 00:01:43,154 --> 00:01:48,665 I'll start off with maybe a guitar or something first to get a framework. 23 00:01:48,993 --> 00:01:56,980 Starting without the computer allows me a certain kind of freedom. 24 00:01:57,142 --> 00:02:01,329 I'm not restricted by what the computer tries to get me to do. 25 00:02:01,898 --> 00:02:07,790 I know, I like, behold and love this giant 26 00:02:08,161 --> 00:02:14,031 Big soul, big lips, that's me and I am this 27 00:02:14,395 --> 00:02:16,925 Everybody gets a touched up hairdo 28 00:02:17,242 --> 00:02:20,152 Everybody's in the passing lane 29 00:02:20,490 --> 00:02:22,996 Adoration makes you touch dark shadows 30 00:02:23,327 --> 00:02:26,716 Weird things that live in there 31 00:02:26,836 --> 00:02:34,596 To be honest, I don't think that the quality of recordings is the most important thing. 32 00:02:35,522 --> 00:02:43,738 This music that I heard when I was very young, I heard on a horrible-sounding little radio. 33 00:02:44,147 --> 00:02:46,287 But it completely moved me. 34 00:02:46,549 --> 00:02:50,325 It completely changed the way I thought about music and other things. 35 00:02:50,535 --> 00:02:55,606 Obviously when I'm recording or capturing a piece of music, 36 00:02:55,825 --> 00:02:58,349 I try to get the sound to be as good as possible. 37 00:02:58,452 --> 00:03:02,740 But I realize that somewhere down the line, 38 00:03:02,953 --> 00:03:06,525 people might be listening on their phone with their headphones 39 00:03:06,864 --> 00:03:09,829 They might even be listening holding their phone in their hand. 40 00:03:10,103 --> 00:03:12,311 Maybe they'll be listening on their computer speakers, that's very likely. 41 00:03:12,576 --> 00:03:14,892 You know, the speakers that are maybe this big. 42 00:03:15,239 --> 00:03:19,480 So I realize that it's there if people want it. 43 00:03:19,707 --> 00:03:22,742 But if they don't want it, or can't afford it or don't need it, 44 00:03:22,983 --> 00:03:29,137 I hope that the song and music works, in whatever format. 45 00:03:29,666 --> 00:03:35,443 How am I not your brother? 46 00:03:35,729 --> 00:03:41,263 How are you not like me? 47 00:03:41,497 --> 00:03:44,547 When I see people listening to music on their phones, 48 00:03:44,847 --> 00:03:46,748 maybe without even headphones, just holding the phone up, 49 00:03:47,656 --> 00:03:55,536 it makes me wonder: what kind of music works well like that? 50 00:03:55,781 --> 00:04:01,799 A kind of pop music? 51 00:04:02,083 --> 00:04:07,565 Is that the kind of music that sounds best like this? 52 00:04:07,797 --> 00:04:09,546 Or is it some other kind of music that works best? 53 00:04:09,546 --> 00:04:12,273 Like maybe a solo violin, or something very, very simple. 54 00:04:12,621 --> 00:04:20,322 If one were to compose music that sounds good when you just hold up a phone, 55 00:04:20,459 --> 00:04:22,355 what would it be? 56 00:04:22,662 --> 00:04:25,093 I don't know. 57 00:04:25,454 --> 00:04:26,488 Maybe someday understand them better 58 00:04:26,867 --> 00:04:28,754 The weird things inside of me.