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“My mother says I have boring percussion.”

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Stephin Merritt is a talented singer-songwriter known for his unique musical style and profound lyrics. Since his birth in 1965, he has been recognized for his outstanding contributions to the independent music scene. more

“Well, things hold up even if they sound dated. It can be very difficult to listen to 80s pop songs with really, really gigantic smashed drum sounds. You just want to turn that gated reverb down on the snare. It sounds wrong now. It sounds amateurish. And ugly. But at the time it sounded state-of-the-art. So yeah, I think it's important not to sound state-of-the-art in a way that anybody else is going to sound. Or you'll quickly sound like yesterday's state-of-the-art.”

Thinking Important Song Difficult Ugly Pop Song

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“There are only so many instruments you can layer on top of each other that aren't perfectly electronically programmed. "Long Vermont Roads" just cannot be performed live, because it's just too cluttered if it's played by humans. Synthesizers stay out of each other's way in a way that hand-played instruments never can.”

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“There's already a great deal to do writing the songs. And if I were completely in control of it, nobody would be able to say "this song doesn't work."”

Writing Song

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