I don't understand why some people will only accept a guitar if it has an instantly recognizable guitar sound. Finding ways to use the same guitar people have been using for 50 years to make sounds that no one has heard before is truly what gets me off.
I like that Metallica has found a way to have these non-pedestrian arrangements but then the vocal melody is strong and intense. I've always appreciated that as a fan.
I learned to do a few tricks that other people hadn't done before. I developed that trebly bass thing a little further.
Every Dirty Projectors album is a world unto itself.
You put my voice on R&B melodies, on top of a real country band, and the sky's the limit.
Most solo artists go out on their own and put their name on the record. I prefer to create little alternative universes.
To work with different singers gives us creative freedom because we can experiment with different sounds on every song.
Every time I listen to Jeff Beck my whole view of guitar changes radically. He's way, way out, doing things you never expect.
I've been good at creating new textures and new fabrics, like vocal hocketing, or interlocking guitars, or suggesting new ideas for style... that's what the band has really excelled at.
Sometimes when you're writing on a ukulele, you're in a totally new land, rhythmically or melodically.
With every album that I do, I try to feature a new instrument or sound.
With NOAH, you can create some stunning, yet original soundscapes. Therefore, as a performance tool, it really comes into its own because you can make one single performance which has a lot of detail.
I am pop, but like to shake things up a bit - funky things people wouldn't expect.
It's always my mission to try to do something that hasn't been done before, whether that's musically, lyrically or in terms of mixing.
I feel like my music has so many different things going on. I've always worked with many different producers. And a lot of times, each of them has a different thing that I really love about what they do.
The thing I like to do when I'm making records is to keep it exciting, as opposed to, 'There's a bass player, guitar player... ' Just a little variety.
The SynthAxe enables you to achieve a whole world of sonic textures that you cannot get with a guitar. There was nothing like it before and nothing like it since.
