Washed Out Quotes

I started writing music when I was 15 in my bedroom, and I'd post them on MySpace, and from there it shifted to doing covers on YouTube and building my Twitter.

SoundCloud was my first break I guess. I got a little bit of a following.That whole bedroom producer genre was kind of kicking itself into gear, and SoundCloud was becoming more of a hub for producers at the time.

People are like, 'Wow you started your own record label,' and treat me like I'm some sort of innovative genius, when I'm not at all. You've got the Internet and music - you put them together, and people hear your music.

I'm consistently recording and releasing stuff online or YouTube videos or whatever it is. I just don't know if it's going to be a full on, I'm the next Rihanna, or whatever. I'm not going for it to that level. But I love making music and I don't think I could stop if I wanted to.

I have had the good fortune to experience both the limelight and the traffic light as a musician. I did my first recording on my own and it was available at concerts. The second to seventh were released on small and then large labels. My eighth to 14th were done under my own steam once again, but with the benefit of the Internet.

I was never in the business of trying to put my name out there - I was really focused on music and records and being in the studio.

It's very easy for people to put out music.

I make a lot of pieces of music that I never release as CDs.

Yeah, man I am going to be writing a book soon. The reality of being in a rock band in the music business'.

To me, being in the big time is not that big of a deal. I've been there; I know what it is. It's exciting, but it's also a lot of work and pressure. I love sort of flying under the radar where we can play theaters and sell CD's on the Internet, and it's really kind of a cool time.

If you're looking to make a basic living selling and playing your music, the Internet is all you really need.

All you needed was a couple of instruments and a few chords and you could be on an indie label.

I think mp3s are great if you are unknown and trying to get started. It's a good way to get your music out and about. But for those who are established, it's not good at all.

It wasn't until I became involved with 'Nashville' that I thought I had opportunities to record my music in a way that I would want to put it out into the world.

I make music almost, like, every day. But I don't release a lot of music.

I think the cool thing about being alive in 2017 is that you can literally put out music as soon and as frequently as you want to because of streaming services.

I've played music since I was six, and I always wrote songs just for myself. I did it for fun, posting songs on Tumblr, Bandcamp, and Soundcloud. I didn't think anyone would notice.

I believe in full albums, and whatever comes out of those full albums will come.

The Washed Out thing happened really quickly, and I wasn't really actively promoting the songs. I didn't think of them as any more than demos, really, and it sort of became a thing on its own.

I started singing and writing songs since childhood and later started releasing my independent music.

I posted some songs on MySpace, and right away people started asking, 'Where can I get a CD?'

I've always wanted to produce a whole album for an artist.

When we started playing our music, there weren't really many bigger punk bands. We wrote for ourselves. We weren't expecting to get a record deal or get on the radio.

A lot of electronic musicians probably wouldn't be bothered making an album, which strategically makes total sense.

It's important to know the ins and outs of the music business, but you can also dive too deeply into it and forget that you're really here to make music.