“I put myself in the studio and I really made sure to say, 'Well, if I would normally reach for a trumpet, why don't I reach for the next nearest instrument instead?'” IfsWellsMadeNextInstrumentsStudiosTrumpets Author:Zach Condon
“I'm not an amazing trumpet player. It's mostly smoke and mirrors. You shake the trumpet and it starts to vibrate in a ridiculous drunken way, or you flop notes at the right time and you don't have to play stuff that would take seven years to learn.” WayYearsPlayStuffPlayerMirrorsNotesSevenRidiculousSmokeShakesRight TimeSeven YearsTrumpetsVibrateSmoke And Mirrors Author:Zach Condon
“Raucous drunken trumpets and instrumentation tend to guide the way you think. They can give you a path to follow lyrically.” ThinkingWayGivingPathGuidesTrumpetsInstrumentation Author:Zach Condon
“I spent my entire life working with the smallest budget I could get. Just working with old, junky, donated equipment. The only things I bought myself were the trumpet and the $9 ukulele.” BudgetsSmallestEquipmentTrumpetsUkulele Author:Zach Condon
“My dad is obsessed with music, so I was raised around this guitar player that really wanted me to be a guitar player. One of my earliest memories is him kind of forcing a guitar on all my brothers and me. You know, "You have to practice three hours a day!" I hated guitar at the time. I kind of picked up trumpet to spite him.” KnowsKindWantedThreeHoursMemoriesPracticePlayerBrotherDadRaisedGuitarMy DadHatedObsessedMy BrotherSpiteTrumpetsGuitar Player Author:Zach Condon
