Like everything at Big Machine Label Group, the music comes out when it's ready.
The ephemeral part of this work is that in music production, the sounds evolve so much faster than it used to, which means that you really have to put in a lot of work and effort in constantly designing the next sound that will move the culture forward.
Boygenius' was the first time I produced without a producer-producer in the room. It's been crazy.
'Who Do You Love' was kinda cool to make. I just made the beat; I was self-determined to make beats at the time.
The vocals are the very last thing I do. So, it's kinda the opposite: with country. it's singing and guitar first, but with rock, I worry about the riff and music, vocals last.
I'm always creating. Whether I'm writing a lyric or making a beat, every day I'm doing something.
I really, really want to produce. That's the top of my to-do list.
I have to be honest: I think production is mad - exciting - because, of course, you're creating the record. When you're a singer, you're just singing. Creating the music, directing, and seeing where it's gonna go in production is very, very exciting.
And sometimes, I'd be allowed to be hanging out in the studio, which I just loved kind of, like, being in the room with these big recording desks, with all these, like, buttons and knobs and watching the guys use them.
I'm always most comfortable in the studio. It's my comfort zone. I love being there, and I love making records.
Since I met Starsmith, my producer, I really feel like I'm making music because we write it together and produce it together. I've got a proper involvement in the end product as opposed to just writing a song and finding someone else to produce it.
I never did albums fully at DFA; I always would go someplace else so I wasn't making a record in my office, basically.
I love making music and I'm falling in love with making records, so it's like having two girlfriends. But I can handle it.
There are a lot of producers who basically have their sound, and if the artist works with them, you almost know what the record's going to sound like before it comes out.
It don't take me no three days to record no album.
I'm a little more comfortable in that role. I love being in the studio.
