We all know that much of what we hear in life is not really so. Canned laughter and 'sweetened' applause have been TV staples for decades, and all the slamming doors, breaking glass and squealing tires you hear in movies are sound effects.
I don't think you can contrive any sound.
This is something special. You can attempt to have a kind of non-living music.
For me, one of the downfalls of electronic music is that it can feel a little soulless or robotic.
There is nothing wrong in electronic music or synthesised music.
I try to beat back the producers and engineers so they - there's not an excess of stuff used to squeeze my voice to make it artificial. There's a person in there, and people will listen; if they hear another person speak to them, they'll listen because it's lonely out here.
Our recordings, you feel that it's been, not labored, but you feel that it's been constructed in a way where sometimes it's hard for us to create the feeling that this was done in a room.
Pop country is about being so clean and perfect and not having any rough edges or imperfections. It's all manufactured.
When I listen to the radio, I just hear so much music that doesn't even sound like people. The vocals are all tuned, and the drums are all fake.
I don't have perfect pitch. My drums sound like a drummer, not a drum machine.
