“After my second-to-last record called "The Greatest," I had gone on tour for a while and I didn't play an instrument for about five years. And I got kind of - it's not self-esteem or whatever, not anger towards myself - but disappointed in myself that I hadn't been challenging myself to learn musically.” YearsKindSelfPlayLastsChallengesGoneRecordsFiveSelf EsteemInstrumentsEsteemFive YearsDisappointedChallenging Myself Author:Cat Power
“Today a record producer is even more involved and is often the production's sole musician, one person playing all the instruments one-by-one.” PersonsTodayRecordsInvolvedMusicianInstrumentsProductionsProducersSole Author:Tony Visconti
“Lazy Line Painter Jane - it was an insane way to make a record! It was just in a church hall, no separate rooms for instruments, and a crappy digital desk, and I think it's fantastic. I think it's one of the best records we ever made. But if you actually said that to a professional recording engineer or producer they'd laugh at you.” IfsThinkingWayMadeSaidChurchLinesRoomsLaughingRecordsInstrumentsInsaneProducersPainterFantasticLazyDigitalHallsEngineersDesksJane Author:Stevie Jackson
“Collage is a supersensitive and scrupulously accurate instrument, similar to a seismograph, which is able to record the exact amount of the possibility of human happiness at any period.” HumansAbleRecordsPossibilityAmountPeriodsInstrumentsAccurateHuman HappinessCollages Author:Max Ernst
“If you work with so many classical instruments... I mean, it still has this power, and it's still connected to the idea of techno. But it has its own quality, its own sound. It's in between, even more than the record before. You need to give every instrument, sound, and element the space it needs.” IfsNeedsGivingMeanStillsIdeasSoundSpaceQualityRecordsElementsInstrumentsConnectedTechno Author:Pantha du Prince
“In a way records are like paintings. Instead of using paints and brushes we use sounds and instruments.” WayUseSoundRecordsPaintingInstrumentsPaintBrushes Author:John McLaughlin