“My favorite films, I would put my answering machine up to the television set and hit record. I'd tape my favorite movies and then I could go back and listen to them again. I only had the soundtrack, I didn't have the visuals. But I think it made me really pay attention to the soundtracks.” ThinkingMadeFilmPayAttentionRecordsTelevisionMachinesMy FavoritePay AttentionVisualsTapeSoundtracksAnswering Machines Author:Mark Mothersbaugh
“I was 17 and just learning what high fidelity was, what good sound was, and learning the mechanics of tape machines. It was a real education, going right from the consumer end to the record factory.” RealEndsSoundRecordsMachinesConsumersFactoriesTapeMechanicFidelityReal EducationHigh Fidelity Author:Alan Parsons
“My come-out record, '10 Day,' was the thing people were supposed to hear and figure out 'he's good' or 'he's not good.' 'Acid Rap' is the comeback tape, and it asks way bigger and better questions than, 'Is he good at rapping?” PeopleWayAsksRecordsFiguresBiggerRapTapeAcidComebackBigger And Better Author:Chance the Rapper
“I'm remixing an R.E.M. track called 'I've Been High' from their last album, 'Reveal.' It's a beautiful song, but record execs didn't put it out as a single because it didn't sound like the R.E.M. we're used to. So I asked Michael Stipe if I could have the tapes to do a remix, and he agreed.” IfsLastsBeautifulUsedSongSoundRecordsTrackAlbumsIf I CouldTapeRemix Author:Lukas Haas
“So I use a tape recorder a lot to record ideas.” IdeasUseRecordsTapeRecorders Author:John Frusciante
“The crews that are going to be self-produced are going to make the great albums, as opposed to making these mix-tapes, these compilations - "Me over this guy" It sounds good individually, but the art of the record is something that is lost. It gets to the point where it's just vocalists and producers coming in and piecing things together.” ArtSelfTogetherGuyLostSoundRecordsAlbumsProducersTapeCrewThis GuyVocalistCompilation Author:El-P
“Why do we idolise Christian singers and speakers? We go from glorifying musicians in the world to glorifying Christian musicians. It's all idolatry!Satan is getting a great victory as we seem to worship these ministers on tapes and records and clammer to get their autographs in churches and concert halls from coast to coast.” WorldSeemsChristianChurchRecordsVictoryWorshipMusicianSingersMinistersSatanHallsConcertsSpeakersTapeCoastIdolatryAutographsGreat Victory Author:Keith Green
“Man, if it weren't for Bill's Records and Tapes I would've been an accountant like my dad. I love my dad, but thank God for Bill's.” IfsMenRecordsDadBillsMy DadThank GodTapeAccountantsLove My DadI Love My Dad Author:Ryan Miller
“It is just like your tape-recorder. It records, it reproduces - all by itself. You only listen. Similarly, I watch all that happens, including my talking to you. It is not me who talks, the words appear in my mind and then I hear them said.” MindSaidHappensTalkingWatchesRecordsLike YouIncludingTapeRecorders Author:Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
“My father was a really sharp cartoonist and filmmaker. He used to tape-record the family surreptitiously, either while we were driving around or at dinner, and in 1963 he and I made up a story about a brother and a sister, Lisa and Matt, having an adventure out in the woods with animals.” MadeStoriesUsedFatherAnimalRecordsAdventureBrotherWoodsDinnerDrivingFilmmakerTapeCartoonist Author:Matt Groening
“Some people record onto tape, and then they pay for the tape, and download those onto a hard drive. Initially in a Pro Tools program. Other people go straight into digital, and use no tape at all.” PeopleHardUsePayRecordsProgramToolsDigitalTapeDownloads Author:Dave Grohl
“I usually kind of can't wait until my records leak. Back in the day, you could give people tapes, but you can't do that anymore, because it would be available to everyone on the planet within an hour.” PeopleGivingKindWould BeWaitingHoursRecordsPlanetsAvailableTapeLeaksBack In The Day Author:John Darnielle
“If you don't think drugs have done good things for us, then take all of your records, tapes and CD's and burn them.” IfsThinkingDonePoliticalRecordsDrugGood ThingsTapeCdsProhibitionOld Records Author:Bill Hicks
“I was going to tape some records onto a cassette, but I got the wires backwards. I erased the all of the records. When I returned them to my friend, he said, "Hey, these records are all blank."” SaidHumorFunnyRecordsMy FriendsHeyTapeBlankBackwardsWireCassettes Author:Steven Wright
“When I was a little kid I loved the Marx brothers and discovered Monty Python when I was 10 or 11-years-old. I used to take a tape recorder and hold it up in front of the TV to record entire episodes to play over and over again, so that I could memorise it.” YearsLittlesPlayKidsUsedRecordsFrontsBrotherTvsTapeEpisodesLittle KidRecordersPythonMontyMarx Brothers Author:Rainn Wilson
“Now and then, someone would accuse me of being evil - of letting people destroy themselves while I watched, just so I could film them and tape-record them. But I didn't think of myself as evil - just realistic.” PeopleThinkingFilmEvilRecordsRealisticTapeNow And Then Book:POPism: The Warhol Sixties Source: POPism: The Warhol Sixties
“But I did mine through a production company. All the music I did, I gave to the production company. Then the production company would give the record company the album. I used to do all my albums like that. It was fantastic. But now, understand, I have never planned to do anything with these other tapes. The one that are released, like the Virgin Ubiquity you have there, I wasn't going to do anything with that music. One day, I was talking to this guy that owns BBE over in England, and I said I've got some tapes and stuff that you might be interested in, and he went berserk.” GivingSaidMightUsedGuyStuffCompanyTalkingRecordsMinesOne DayEnglandAlbumsProductionsFantasticTapeVirginsThis GuyRecord CompaniesBerserkUbiquity Author:Roy Ayers