“In principle the first thing on the stream would be my birth certificate, a little electronic version of that, my parents would put my school records, health records, whatever of their child onto the stream. And the stream continues to flow forward through time.” FirstsChildrenLittlesWould BeSchoolParentPrinciplesRecordsBirthFlowVersionsStreamsRough TimesCertificatesBirth Certificate Author:David Gelernter
“I think I gave indications early on that mine wasn't just going to be a commercial, er, career. If that were the case, then the first record would have been 10 versions of 'Loser.' I always thought it would be interesting if there was no such thing as gold and platinum records, or record deals, and people were just making music. What would the music sound like?” PeopleIfsThinkingFirstsHas BeensWould BeSoundInterestingDealsCareersCasesRecordsMinesGoldVersionsLoserIndicationPlatinum Author:Beck
“A record is something that isn't real or true. It's like cinema. It's a construction of something hyper-real and surreal and unreal all at the same time. You make a space that doesn't really exist. One of the big joys of being in this line of work is building the recorded versions of the songs.” RealBigsJoySongLinesSpaceRecordsBuildingVersionsCinemaConstructionSurrealUnrealHyper Author:Will Oldham
“When I'm actually creating music, I try not to listen to the hip-hop records that are going on, because I think, subconsciously, we steal from each other. If you're listening to a record and it's really hot, then you'll be looking for something that feels like that, or that has a version of it.” IfsThinkingFeelsTryingRecordsListeningCreatingHotHip HopStealingVersionsHipsHopsCreating Music Author:Curtis Jackson
“All those "getting hit/losing rings" sounds tend to be recorded toward the end of a recording session. Depending on the type of game, those efforts and screams can be pretty rough on the voice, so they usually like to record them at the end. You might do hundreds of versions of vocal sounds for a game and you can come out a little hoarse afterward.” LittlesEndsMightGamesSoundVoiceEffortRecordsTypeLosingRingsVersionsRoughScreamSessionVocal Author:Roger Craig Smith
“There's songs that could either be taken as a conversation between two people, like "The Privateers," or "Why," from a much earlier record. Or "Glass Figurine." That's my version of a relationship song.” PeopleTwoSongTakenRecordsConversationGlassesVersions Author:Andrew Bird
“I get to listen to a lot of this music again doing my DJ work on Little Steven's Underground Garage. To hear Van [Morrison] on Them's version of "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue"- what a vocal, and what an arrangement. Also, I get to hear so many records that I missed the first time around - The Chocolate Watchband, Roky Erikson. It's an audio food fest, a total privilege, a second chance.” FirstsLittlesChanceRecordsBabyFirst TimeBluePrivilegeVersionsChocolateArrangementsVansVocalSecond ChanceGarageDjsAudioErikson Author:Andrew Loog Oldham
“I'm gonna design my own fleet of trailers. No! I'm gonna record an album like Jennifer Lopez. It'll be an acoustic version of K.C. and the Sunshine Band. Then maybe I'll design a line of clothes like Puff Daddy, but all in synthetic fur.” LinesMy OwnRecordsDesignBandClothesAlbumsVersionsSunshineDaddyFurAcousticsTrailersJenniferPuffSynthetic Author:Brad Pitt