Tod Machover Quotes

I have never used Auto-Tune in a live television performance, and I have never used Auto-Tune in any of my concerts. That is a promise.

I don't really listen to my old stuff, but on occasion, I would either hear a track on the radio or a friend might play me one, and there was generally a bit of an edgy sound to it, which was mainly due to the digital equipment that we were using, which was state of the art at the time - and I think everyone felt pressured to be working that way.

I enjoy recording live better, but I think by the nature of it you are going to end up with something that's a little bit more traditional.

Because you have things like 'American Idol' and you've got radio stations that play music made entirely by computers, it's easy to forget there are bands with actual people playing actual instruments that rock.

And the general opinion is we are much better on stage than in the studio.

I love all Yes music and love to play it live, but I'm most interested in making new music with Yes.

We gave up on the idea of trying to make the record a good representation of the live performance.

Everybody I've ever seen live sings out of tune, even the greatest singers in the world. And of course if you make a single nowadays, they'll autotune it anyway.

There's a clip where he had someone miming me running around from keyboard to keyboard. Oh dear, I am sure a lot of people didn't know what he was going on about.

To get my sound in the studio, I double guitar tracks, and when it gets to the lead parts, the rhythm drops out, just like it's live. I'm very conscious of that.

A lot of people see electronic music as a flavor of the week, but it can be more than that - has to be more than that.

The first rule of rock and roll is it's all about live. Then you have to learn a second craft, which is making records. It should go in that order.

Recording an album and doing it live are like two different animals. There are some people that are great singers live, horrible in the studio.

We aren't as concerned about the live aspect as other labels. The best live bands are the easiest to record.

I always wanted to work with Michael Jackson. His music will live forever and with technology nowadays... maybe I could.

It's great if you can afford to carry a string section on the road with you, but most people are used to the idea of just a keyboard player creating those string sounds.

The Buggles was much more a studio environment idea, which we never actually took on the road.

After that initial success, every chance we got we'd hire that remote recording truck and just record stuff at the Whisky because it was so inexpensive.

I use Auto-Tune but it's not to mask anything. If you come to see me live, I can sing on the spot. Auto-tune is just for the recording. It keeps everything really precise.

When I was growing up, every show had live music. Now, almost none have live music. Probably 97 percent of the shows on television are probably synthesized, or mostly synthesized, and that's a shame.

I'm influenced by a lot of different genres of music. So I'm constantly trying to rework production and make things interesting in the live show and on records.

Singing and playing live can be difficult. Like, in the studio, I would record either the music track first or the vocal first. I don't necessarily do them together.

Future is gonna be remembered forever. Future just has so much quality music.

I really wanted to make a record that would feel fun to play live.

Studio work is very methodical, while live concerts must be very spontaneous.