Nayvadius Wilburn Quotes

But my role is to just apply the skills I've learned over the years: you listen to the guitar, you listen to the vocal melodies, you listen to the rhythm, and you come up with something that helps you take the song somewhere.

Music is organized sound.

I'm a synthesist. I'm always making music. And I make a lot of different kinds of music all the time. Some of it gets finished and some of it doesn't.

It's really only all about music. It's not like a big rocket scientist kind of philosophy or anything.

I love making music. I love being involved in arranging music. It's very natural to know what I want to hear next and come up with ideas that are variations of what might be good.

I love to work with producers who are very good with their chord progressions.

The songs will come as they come, and I'm excited because I haven't gotten to be really creative in a while. I'm excited to get back and do what I do and just write a song.

I think that the process of making music is a hard one to describe as well.

Plus, we spend most of our time writing music. Most of the time is spent in the studio in my house.

Unlike motor sport, I didn't get into music for the live performances. I like writing and studio work and seeing how a song can come to life.

The first condition for making music is not to make a noise.

I'm not really into the whole lyrics thing; I just like to make music that people like to listen to.

For me, making music just starts with a simple melody, and lyrics will come sometime after that.

I started trying to do my own music at home, and I was like, 'You know what, I can play the guitar, sort of. And I can do these things, sort of. And I can make these crazy noises on my computer, sort of. But I need a ridiculously good drummer. I need someone to help me with string arrangements.'

Good music is good music.

I'm used to making songs; that's how I learned to make music. My structures will always be more like pop songs than dance tracks.

I started out with piano when I was little. That, for songwriting, is my favorite instrument.

Once I've got something that I feel is strong, if I get long enough to think about it, it'll turn into something. I'll start thinking about the drums - what the drums are doing, what the bass is doing. Then, if I can remember it by the time I get to a recording device, it'll turn into a song.

As a songwriter, I've always loved to tell stories. But in my band, it was always about what would make sense for a band to put out.

I try to make explosive and catchy music, haha.

It's funny: I look at songs, and I guess they each tell a story, and the different songs talk about different things. But they're unified by the rhythm underneath and the way that we decided to arrange and play them.

I don't play any instruments. I don't produce. I don't know which keys or chords I am using, so, in essence, I need the band and the production team - otherwise, I am just some guy with a hat and a song.

I write the music, produce it and the band plays within the parameters that I set.

Music is about textures as well as melody.

I love being in the studio, and I am a huge fan of live music. Without writing good stuff in the studio, you have nothing to play live.