“The problem is, when you're working with orchestras, you only get the orchestra for about two hours before the performance to pull it all together, and that doesn't sound like a real collaboration.” TwoRealProblemTogetherSoundHoursPerformancesCollaborationOrchestra Author:Andrew Bird
“Playing the violin and singing and whistling are just three different ways of making sound. It's not trying to replace a band, per se. It's become a completely different thing. And it's not just simply an effect. It's just a very surprisingly intuitive thing.” WayTryingDifferentThreeSoundEffectsBandSingingDifferent WaysDifferent ThingsIntuitiveViolinWhistling Author:Andrew Bird
“The instrumental record is a bit subtler. It's the kind of stuff on sound check, when I first pick up my violin and start to play, the kind of melodies that just pour out of me. Some of them sound very classical. Some of them sound experimental, polyrhythmic loops that I make.” FirstsKindPlayStuffBitsSoundRecordsPicksChecksMelodyViolinLoops Author:Andrew Bird
“I really like the sound of analog things where clearly there's something being touched. You can sense that something is handmade. So much with digital, there's a disconnect.” SoundTouchedDigitalAnalogHandmade Author:Andrew Bird
“With digital sound just becomes simply information, not the sum of its parts.” SoundInformationDigital Author:Andrew Bird
“In New York, I'm playing in a church, solo, doing instrumental stuff. There's talk of doing more, like, installation-type things with some of the specimen horns I've played through. Just filling a room in a museum with these horn-speaker sculptures and then making loops that run all day, and you walk around the room and sort of mix the sound by where you stand. That's all way in the future, but that kind of stuff is a different way of thinking about performing.” ThinkingWayKindDifferentRunningStuffSoundChurchWalksRoomsNew YorkTypePerformingDifferent WaysMuseumsSpeakersSoloSculptureFillingHornsWay Of ThinkingLoopsWhere You StandInstallation Author:Andrew Bird
“With the words, a lot of things start with questions. Some word kind of piques my interest, and I love the way it sounds, but I really don't know what it means. And I honestly don't care for a while.” KnowsWayKindMeanCareSoundInterestDon't CareHonestlyPique Author:Andrew Bird
“Playing the violin and singing and whistling are just three different ways of making sound.” WayDifferentThreeSoundSingingDifferent WaysViolinWhistling Author:Andrew Bird
“The first notes I still play when I start a sound check are classical. Those are my roots.” FirstsStillsPlaySoundRootsNotesChecks Author:Andrew Bird
“A day off after a show with no agenda in a foreign city is about the most fertile creative situation I can imagine. Just walking with nothing to do, killing time and hearing the sights and sounds of an unfamiliar place.” I CanShowsSoundCitiesSituationCreativeImagineWalkingSightKillingHearingAgendasUnfamiliarFertileDays OffTime To KillSight And Sound Author:Andrew Bird
