[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.61,0:00:11.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used to think that\NI should watch TV Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.32,0:00:17.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I used to think that\Nit was good for me Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.26,0:00:22.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The recording part of music\Nhas gotten much cheaper. Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.23,0:00:25.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People can record on their laptops. Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.71,0:00:29.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They can edit and compose\Non their laptops. Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.23,0:00:32.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the quality is fine. Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.50,0:00:36.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The means of production\Nhave been handed to the creators, Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.28,0:00:38.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is kind of wonderful, Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.38,0:00:42.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it means that\Nthere's a lot being created, Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.56,0:00:45.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not all of it is good. Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.12,0:00:51.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I would lose myself\Nand it would set me free Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.05,0:00:56.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The software that allows us\Nto record on laptops Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.88,0:01:01.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tends to encourage us\Nto record in certain ways. Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.76,0:01:06.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It tends to make the songs\Nvery regular, repeatable. Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.58,0:01:11.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The tempos are usually\Nvery strict and steady, Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.01,0:01:15.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which at some point in the past\Nwas an ideal, but it's not -- Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.69,0:01:21.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an absolutly steady tempo is\Nmaybe not the best thing in the world Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.31,0:01:30.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in some ways computers and technology\Npush us in a certain direction, Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.54,0:01:33.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we have to know creatively\Nwhen to resist that. Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.31,0:01:39.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When to resist the things that\Nthe computer makes too easy. Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.58,0:01:42.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Depending on what kind of music it is, Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.15,0:01:48.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll start off with maybe a guitar\Nor something first to get a framework. Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.99,0:01:56.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Starting without the computer allows me\Na certain kind of freedom. Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.14,0:02:01.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not restricted by what\Nthe computer tries to get me to do. Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.90,0:02:07.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know, I like, behold and love this giant Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.16,0:02:14.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Big soul, big lips, that's me and I am this Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.40,0:02:16.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody gets a touched up hairdo Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.24,0:02:20.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody's in the passing lane Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.49,0:02:22.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Adoration makes you touch dark shadows Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.33,0:02:26.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Weird things that live in there Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.84,0:02:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To be honest, I don't think that the quality of recordings is the most important thing. Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.52,0:02:43.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This music that I heard when I was very young,\NI heard on a horrible-sounding little radio. Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.15,0:02:46.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it completely moved me. Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.55,0:02:50.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It completely changed the way I thought about music and other things. Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.54,0:02:55.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obviously when I'm recording or capturing a piece of music, Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.82,0:02:58.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I try to get the sound to be as good as possible. Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.45,0:03:02.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I realize that somewhere down the line, Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.95,0:03:06.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people might be listening\Non their phone with their headphones Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.86,0:03:09.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They might even be listening\Nholding their phone in their hand. Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.10,0:03:12.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe they'll be listening\Non their computer speakers, that's very likely. Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.58,0:03:14.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, the speakers that\Nare maybe this big. Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.24,0:03:19.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I realize that\Nit's there if people want it. Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.71,0:03:22.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if they don't want it,\Nor can't afford it or don't need it, Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.98,0:03:29.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hope that the song and music works, in whatever format. Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.67,0:03:35.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How am I not your brother? Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.73,0:03:41.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How are you not like me? Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.50,0:03:44.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I see people listening to music on their phones, Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.85,0:03:46.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe without even headphones, just holding the phone up, Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.66,0:03:55.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it makes me wonder:\Nwhat kind of music works well like that? Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.78,0:04:01.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A kind of pop music? Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.08,0:04:07.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is that the kind of music that sounds best like this? Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.80,0:04:09.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or is it some other kind of music that works best? Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.55,0:04:12.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like maybe a solo violin, or something very, very simple. Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.62,0:04:20.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If one were to compose music that\Nsounds good when you just hold up a phone, Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.46,0:04:22.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what would it be? Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.66,0:04:25.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know. Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.45,0:04:26.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe someday understand them better Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.87,0:04:28.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The weird things inside of me.