“If the music in a groove fits with what you're playing, then play it; if not, then you can play it backwards. If that doesn't work, you try it at a different speed. If it really doesn't work you just break it. The whole ritual to put a record on a turntable just to listen to it, I don't do that too often.” IfsTryingDifferentPlayWholeBreakRecordsFitSpeedRitualBackwardsGrooveTurntables Author:Christian Marclay
“Radio is a wonderful medium, but the clock is very unforgiving, and the discussion of this matter included in the interview as originally recorded had to be cut to fit the allotted time. I am happy to provide this elaboration to correct the record.” MatterRecordsCuttingWonderfulFitRadioMediumsClockDiscussionInterviewsUnforgiving Author:Jack Miles
“I am the entertainer, I've come to do my show You've heard my latest record, it's been on the radio It took me years to write it, they were the best years of my life It was a beautiful song but it ran too long If you're gonna have a hit you gotta make it fit So they cut it down to 3:05.” IfsWritingYearsLongShowsBeautifulSongRecordsCuttingHeardFitRadioRanEntertainersBest Year Author:Billy Joel
“I didn't have to fit into a mold. You make the mold. People can smell a rat. If you're doing thing for marketing and for a record label, you're going to set yourself up to be called a phony. As long as it's true to you, you do it.” PeopleIfsLongRecordsFitMarketingSmellLabelsRatsOld PeopleMoldPhonyRecord Labels Author:Anthony Evans
“I don't know if I want to record together again. I go off and on it... In the old days, when we needed an album, Paul and I got together and produced enough songs for it. Nowadays, there's three of us writing prolifically and trying to fit it all into one album.” IfsKnowsWantWritingTryingEnoughTogetherSongThreeMusicRecordsNeededFitMusic IsAlbumsOld DaysTogether Again Author:John Lennon
“[Brion calls his working relationship with West a natural fit.] His knowledge and understanding of records across the board is great, ... That's the reason why we got along: We don't see music as something that happens in one genre.” ReasonHappensUnderstandingNaturalRecordsFitWestGenreReason WhyBoardsKnowledge And Understanding Author:Jon Brion
“When a record company looks at me I'm very hard to market, I don't really fit anywhere, It's hard to get me on the air, and I'm hard to demography, but! because of that I'm not subject to trends like you pointed out.” LooksHardCompanyRecordsAirSubjectsLike YouFitTrendsLook At MeRecord CompaniesDemography Author:Leo Kottke
“I always think I'm going to record a lot on tour but it's always hard to fit it in the schedule, and there's a whole lotta' other extra curricular activities that happen on the road.” ThinkingHardWholeHappensRecordsFitActivityExtrasSchedules Author:G-Eazy
“The head of a record label sets up structures, but he also defines the sound of the label, which is to describe what is desirable, what fits and what is quality for that label and then to create an environment where that sound can thrive.” SoundQualityRecordsEnvironmentFitStructureLabelsThriveDesirableRecord Labels Author:John Kao
“The idea of listening to a record that's in one generic style, it becomes quite boring after the third or fourth song, in my opinion. It just becomes a bit... when you've got the same arrangement on a song, your ears get tired. I come from a DJ background and it's about trying to put songs together that don't fit necessarily but you can get away with putting them next to each other. I think of myself as a punter and ask myself: what would I like to hear?” ThinkingTryingIdeasTogetherSongNextAsksBitsOpinionRecordsStyleListeningFitEarsThirdsTiredBoringBackgroundsGet AwayFourthArrangementsDjsGenericPunters Author:Dom Thomas
“I've had to work very hard, and I don't really have a category or fit into any niche, so each time I come out with a new record, it's like, I'm a new guy.” HardGuyRecordsFitCategoriesNiche Author:Lenny Kravitz