The Internet really does create this dimension around the music that’s always in relation to what else is happening at the moment.
ALAN PALOMOYou start reverting back to that state of mind where you’re having conversations with yourself, and that’s where the weirdest and most honest ideas come from.
More Alan Palomo Quotes
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I subscribe to the idea that personality is like a muscle.
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You really need to stop Googling yourself and start being an artist.
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“It’s not where you got it from, it’s where you take it.” To me, that’s just an integral part of why I even bother making music.
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I think the Internet has a way of coaching you into this state of mind where you think that every step you make needs to completely supersede the last.
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But it’s not anything like what we envisioned it to be. It’s almost like there’s too much choice.
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There’s no real template to follow these days for what a band should and shouldn’t be – bands are just becoming these weird little Internet avatars that you either follow or download or interact with in some removed way.
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You can’t always just put color filters in 80s aerobic videos or take stuff from public-access and look at it in this very ironic, self-conscious way. That only takes you so far.
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I wanted it to feel like I was tapping into a thing, even if it wasn’t.
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So I wanted to create soundscapes that are evocative of places that only exist in your head – that’s where the fun, psychedelic stuff happens anyway.
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I remember a time when I would hear a band and then want to hear everything that sounded like it;
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I think it’s more about trying to just focus exclusively on writing music and making that a viable, sustainable lifestyle.
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Because anybody can find their fan base through the Internet.
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Is my music indicative of a caffeine-surged green liquid? Probably not.
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And sometimes you have to let it go limp and detach yourself from any associations.
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I don’t mind that I’ve created an identity around what I do.
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