A circumstance that I was dealing with when recording my second album was I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
My mother liked Jim Reeves. I hated his records. He was unbearable.
'Hound Dog' is a really short record, and most singles didn't last three minutes.
Some records with drum machines on them sound phony and plastic. It all depends on how you use the tools.
I used to buy records in high school. Mainly dancehall: Super Cat, Buju Banton.
It's real nice and exciting for me to break the records, but it's more exciting for me to be on a winning team.
There's a certain urgency that comes from the records of the early 60s before overdubbing and multitracking came into play.
For a young band about to make a record, make sure you get the vocals right.
I began both auditioning with Pearl Jam and recording for Eleven. In the fall of 1994, I joined Pearl Jam.
I finished the recordings I had started with Eleven. Matt Cameron joined for the rest of those sessions.
My mother was the only one who encouraged and inspired me for singing. She was singing all the time in the house, playing records also.
I'm recording freely, and if I make a song, I release it immediately, so I'm more likely to believe in one song at a time as opposed to albums.
My girlfriend at the time convinced me to send these songs to Cavity Search. When they wanted to put out my record I was totally shocked.
I write all the time, even if it means recording in the hotel room. I write on the plane, anywhere, anytime I'm inspired or have ideas.
I'm no longer a shoeaholic, but I used to be. I used to spend all my time on tour either buying records or shoes.
I've been recording since 1993. It was a hobby for six of those years. In 1999, I decided to do it full time and take it seriously.
A lot of very popular mainstream artists are products of record companies and marketing companies, and any time anyone can stand outside of that, that's interesting.
I say I have a midlife crisis every time I start and finish a record.
At the time, the only options were playing the local county fair. Now with American Idol and younger recording artists that have come out, there is more of an opportunity.
I don't believe that a lot of the things I hear on the air today are going to be played for as long a time as Coleman Hawkins records or Brahms concertos.
Substance must emanate from spirit and is nothing else than the record of the spirit's conception of itself finding expression in space and time.
