You really need to stop Googling yourself and start being an artist.
ALAN PALOMO“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.
More Alan Palomo Quotes
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When you completely extract yourself from anything familiar.
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I don’t mind that I’ve created an identity around what I do.
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There’s a very distinct difference between a really wonderful DIY label and a soft drink company, or a car company, or a clothing brand, and you will always understand that difference.
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The Internet really does create this dimension around the music that’s always in relation to what else is happening at the moment.
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There’s nothing better than having an experience now that’s the exact same thing.
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Let alone 15 minutes – to decide what you think about it.
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You should always choose your associations wisely because people create impressions around the music.
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There’s this really amazing quote from Jim Jarmusch about celebrating your theft that I think has become more and more prominent in music.
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I can’t pretend that I don’t subscribe to Internet music culture in that I discover new music and old music simultaneously.
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I never willfully want to write the same record twice, which is probably why I jump from project to project.
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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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And sometimes you have to let it go limp and detach yourself from any associations.
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But I can’t ignore that there are things that inspire me, and I love celebrating those.
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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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Like the idea that every night might be the night before the world ends.
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