WEBVTT 00:00:06.606 --> 00:00:11.619 I used to think that I should watch TV 00:00:12.315 --> 00:00:17.921 I used to think that it was good for me 00:00:18.260 --> 00:00:22.051 The recording part of music has gotten much cheaper. 00:00:22.229 --> 00:00:25.446 People can record on their laptops. 00:00:25.706 --> 00:00:29.842 They can edit and compose on their laptops. 00:00:30.229 --> 00:00:32.400 And the quality is fine. 00:00:32.498 --> 00:00:36.204 The means of production have been handed to the creators, 00:00:36.285 --> 00:00:38.246 which is kind of wonderful, 00:00:38.375 --> 00:00:42.325 but it means that there's a lot being created, 00:00:42.564 --> 00:00:45.895 and not all of it is good. NOTE Paragraph 00:00:46.121 --> 00:00:51.896 And I would lose myself and it would set me free 00:00:52.050 --> 00:00:56.710 The software that allows us to record on laptops 00:00:56.883 --> 00:01:01.542 tends to encourage us to record in certain ways. 00:01:01.758 --> 00:01:06.347 It tends to make the songs very regular, repeatable. 00:01:06.575 --> 00:01:11.802 The tempos are usually very strict and steady, 00:01:12.013 --> 00:01:15.390 which at some point in the past was an ideal, but it's not -- 00:01:15.693 --> 00:01:21.947 an absolutly steady tempo is maybe not the best thing in the world 00:01:22.309 --> 00:01:30.263 So in some ways computers and technology push us in a certain direction, 00:01:30.540 --> 00:01:33.998 and we have to know creatively when to resist that. 00:01:34.308 --> 00:01:39.221 When to resist the things that the computer makes too easy. 00:01:39.578 --> 00:01:42.894 Depending on what kind of music it is, 00:01:43.154 --> 00:01:48.665 I'll start off with maybe a guitar or something first to get a framework. 00:01:48.993 --> 00:01:56.980 Starting without the computer allows me a certain kind of freedom. 00:01:57.142 --> 00:02:01.329 I'm not restricted by what the computer tries to get me to do. 00:02:01.898 --> 00:02:07.790 I know, I like, behold and love this giant 00:02:08.161 --> 00:02:14.031 Big soul, big lips, that's me and I am this 00:02:14.395 --> 00:02:16.925 Everybody gets a touched up hairdo 00:02:17.242 --> 00:02:20.152 Everybody's in the passing lane 00:02:20.490 --> 00:02:22.996 Adoration makes you touch dark shadows 00:02:23.327 --> 00:02:26.716 Weird things that live in there 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. 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. 00:02:44.147 --> 00:02:46.287 But it completely moved me. 00:02:46.549 --> 00:02:50.325 It completely changed the way I thought about music and other things. 00:02:50.535 --> 00:02:55.606 Obviously when I'm recording or capturing a piece of music, 00:02:55.825 --> 00:02:58.349 I try to get the sound to be as good as possible. 00:02:58.452 --> 00:03:02.740 But I realize that somewhere down the line, 00:03:02.953 --> 00:03:06.525 people might be listening on their phone with their headphones 00:03:06.864 --> 00:03:09.829 They might even be listening holding their phone in their hand. 00:03:10.103 --> 00:03:12.311 Maybe they'll be listening on their computer speakers, that's very likely. 00:03:12.576 --> 00:03:14.892 You know, the speakers that are maybe this big. 00:03:15.239 --> 00:03:19.480 So I realize that it's there if people want it. 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, 00:03:22.983 --> 00:03:29.137 I hope that the song and music works, in whatever format. 00:03:29.666 --> 00:03:35.443 How am I not your brother? 00:03:35.729 --> 00:03:41.263 How are you not like me? 00:03:41.497 --> 00:03:44.547 When I see people listening to music on their phones, 00:03:44.847 --> 00:03:46.748 maybe without even headphones, just holding the phone up, 00:03:47.656 --> 00:03:55.536 it makes me wonder: what kind of music works well like that? 00:03:55.781 --> 00:04:01.799 A kind of pop music? 00:04:02.083 --> 00:04:07.565 Is that the kind of music that sounds best like this? 00:04:07.797 --> 00:04:09.546 Or is it some other kind of music that works best? 00:04:09.546 --> 00:04:12.273 Like maybe a solo violin, or something very, very simple. 00:04:12.621 --> 00:04:20.322 If one were to compose music that sounds good when you just hold up a phone, 00:04:20.459 --> 00:04:22.355 what would it be? 00:04:22.662 --> 00:04:25.093 I don't know. 00:04:25.454 --> 00:04:26.488 Maybe someday understand them better 00:04:26.867 --> 00:04:28.754 The weird things inside of me.