“Learning how to record has been super empowering for me, because I spent so many years going into the studio and watching other people do it. I guess a lot of musicians have gone through this because now recording is really available for everybody.” PeopleYearsHas BeensGoneRecordsMusicianStudiosAvailableEmpowering Author:Julia Kent
“So many people I was at school with have all ended up being musicians and putting records out.” PeopleSchoolRecordsMusician Author:Kieran Hebden
“The Musicians Union declared you couldn't mime on Top Of The Pops, which is obviously impossible, if you've got a studio-based record that you'd worked on for a year or something. And there were a lot of terrible performances. Because on Top Of The Pops, you were just thrown onstage.” IfsYearsRecordsImpossibleTerribleMusicianPerformancesUnionsStudiosPopsThrownMime Author:David Toop
“I think all musicians and producers, they know the real goal is to come up with a record that is entertaining and not boring, that's the goal. I think if everyone agrees that that's the goal then it doesn't matter who's the band and it doesn't matter who's the producer. It just means that that you try to realise the ambition no matter what the situation is or who the people are.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsTryingMeanRealMatterGoalSituationRecordsBandAmbitionMusicianNo Matter WhatAgreeCome UpBoringProducersRealisingEntertaining Author:Black Francis
“When you hear the melodic structures of what classical musicians put together and you compare it to that of a rock & roll record, there's a hell of a long way rock & roll has to go.” WayLongTogetherHellRecordsRocksMusicianStructureCompareLong WayClassical MusicClassical Musicians Author:Jimmy Page
“I got really excited about it. But then we went into the studio and tried to record some with different musicians, and it didn't sound good. It didn't work. So we put together the album [Unchained] with just a guitar and myself.” DifferentTogetherSoundRecordsMusicianGuitarAlbumsStudiosExcited Author:Johnny Cash
“If you make money back from your record, you're doing it smart. It's an expensive hobby. I'm lucky enough to still make a living as a musician through live work and odd bits of royalties.” IfsStillsEnoughBitsRecordsLuckyMusicianSmartMaking MoneyOddExpensiveHobbiesRoyalty Author:Robyn Hitchcock
“To actually get together and make a band record feels like a bit of a big deal, and that can be quite daunting when you're musicians.” FeelsBigsTogetherBitsDealsRecordsBandMusicianBig DealGet Together Author:Tracey Thorn
“My aspirations and dreams keep evolving. I think dreams evolve and I want to become a better songwriter. I want to do more collaboration within my genre and I want to continue to make records. I want to just keep getting stronger as a musician and make movies.” ThinkingWantDreamRecordsMusicianStrongerEvolveGenreAspirationCollaborationSongwritersGetting Stronger Author:Morgan James
“My attitude towards my time as a musician, is that I really wanted to completely reinvent myself and not be one of these people who, twenty, thirty years later, is trying to recreate something that happened. I'm glad that Neil Young still makes records, but I don't know that everybody needs to be frozen in time forever. I think it's good that pop music is ephemeral.” PeopleThinkingKnowsNeedsTryingYearsStillsWantedYoungAttitudeForeverRecordsHappenedMusicianMusic IsTwentiesPopsGladThirtyMy TimeFrozenPop MusicThirty YearsMy AttitudeEphemeralFrozen In Time Author:Kurt Ralske
“Hip-hop has been the guiding light of my life as a musician and a music fan. It's the one common thread through all of it from the time I bought my first record probably. It's always been there.” FirstsHas BeensLightCommonRecordsFansMusicianHip HopHipsHopsThreadMusic FansGuiding LightCommon ThreadsLight Of My Life Author:James Vincent McMorrow
“I think most musicians know if they make the same record twice, even if they say they don't.” IfsThinkingKnowsRecordsMusician Author:Stephen Malkmus
“There are a lot of musicians who are still desperately trying to pretend that it's 1998 and by having a huge marketing campaign, they somehow believe that they can sell 10 million records. That's delusional. No one sells 10 million records. The days of musicians getting rich off of selling records are done.” TryingBelieveStillsDoneMillionsRichRecordsHugeMusicianSellsMarketingCampaignsSellingGet RichDelusionalMarketing Campaigns Author:Moby
“I'm gonna be making records anyway, even if I had to sell 'em out of the trunk of my car. I'm that kind of musician and singer.” IfsKindRecordsCarMusicianSellsSingersEmsTrunks Author:Dolly Parton