“In a way, as much as we love to be a big, loud rock band, the acoustic album was a lot easier to make than the rock records. I think because it was brand new territory for the band.” ThinkingWayBigsRecordsRocksEasierBandAlbumsBrandsLoudTerritoryAcousticsBrand NewRock BandsNew Territory Author:Dave Grohl
“I'd been studying the microphone for a dozen years, and I suddenly saw what I'd been doing wrong. I'd been singing too loud. One night I was listening to a record by Lester Young, the horn player, and it came to me. Relax, just relax. It's all going to be all right.” YearsYoungNightStudyRecordsSawsPlayerListeningSingingLoudRelaxDozenHornsOne NightMicrophonesLester Young Author:Marvin Gaye
“My records are fairly quiet and my dj sets are really loud. And then the live shows are like a robot soul revue. So i understand people's confusion.” PeopleSoulShowsRecordsQuietConfusionLoudRobotsDjs Author:Moby
“In my career, people in the record business have been rockin' in the same ol' boat. They all crooks - I'll say it clear and loud - especially the big ones.” PeopleHas BeensBigsCareersClearRecordsBoatLoudCrooks Author:John Lee Hooker
“I've always thought that "punk" wasn't really a genre. My band started in Olympia where K Records was and K Records put out music that didn't sound super loud and aggressive. And yet they were punk because they were creating culture in their own community instead of taking their cue from MTV about what was real music and what was cool. It wasn't about a certain fashion. It was about your ideology, it was about creating a community and doing it on your own and not having to rely on, kinda, "The Man" to brand you and say that you were okay.” MenRealCertainCultureSoundCommunityRecordsFashionHe ManBandCreatingOkayIdeologyBrandsGenreLoudRelyAggressivePunkMtvReal Music Author:Kathleen Hanna
“I used to play my records aloud until one night my mother was like, "This is too loud. I'm not having it," and so I put on headphones. But the headphones didn't stretch all the way to my bed from the record player, so I had to sleep on the floor in order to hear the records. I slept on the floor right next to the record player until I was probably 19 years old.” WayYearsPlayUsedMotherNightOrderNextSleepRecordsPlayerBedLoudOne NightHeadphonesRecord Players Author:Lauryn Hill