Playing intermixed with interview questions. They have some real gold that I am going to take forward.
Julian Lage: "In the earlier stages I was a bit more careful in what I would play, but then I realized that I don't get that many opportunities to play with Fred and I try to savor all of them.I might as well explore every possible."
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To be honest with you I read [Aliza Schvarts's essay] once, it was really interesting and yeah Stephen and I wanted something to add another dimension to the record, we had done that before, Kim Thayill from Soundgarden did some liner notes for Altar, it was the idea of having a different perspective on our music and an homage to the Jazz records of 60s and 70s that had extensive liner notes. I always really loved reading those, especially since I was like a punk and metal kid, who stumbled across John Coltrane's A Love Supreme and was totally blown away by it. Almost like guiding you through; if you are listening to the record and reading those liner notes it kind of adds another level or another dimension to the album which I thought would be interesting I think there should be more liner notes like that. Sometimes it’s kind of comforting. Like someone’s along for the journey, pointing out a thing you might not recognise or maybe may have missed, you know?
I swear I turned into a heart-eyes emoji reading this:
I think overall, the crux of our friendship is the obsessiveness with music and sound that we share. And that's not just one particular genre or style of music; there’s not really any sort of music that we don't care for. If there’s an artist or band within any sort of genre with something about them, then that’s interesting.
Someone draw me a chibi drawing of Greg and Stephen fawning over jazz records pls
Re: Listening to musicians you love talk about music
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2016 10:29 am
by D.o.S.
what in the hell is a chibi
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What is the most powerful social validity that art and music can possess for you?
That, in its purest form, it’s utterly fucking useless.
i agree with this whole-heartedly:
One criticism of contemporary music we hear a lot and that has always bothered me is this idea of self-indulgence. I think most, if not all, of my favourite music is entirely self indulgent. I don’t want any artist to consider me, his or her audience in the creation of a piece of work. This idea that art should have a social awareness, be aware of and take consideration of its context, and criticise itself, whilst the vinyl is still warm, the paint still drying- I want no part of it.
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