Things are changing at such a rate that you really can’t get too familiar with anything that you own in relation to what sort of functionality it has in your life.
ALAN PALOMOI never willfully want to write the same record twice, which is probably why I jump from project to project.
More Alan Palomo Quotes
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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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It’s cool but also a little creepy.
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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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It makes you more choosy and also more receptive to absorb anything for 15 seconds.
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I don’t mind that I’ve created an identity around what I do.
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Is my music indicative of a caffeine-surged green liquid? Probably not.
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You 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.
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I would’ve done when I was 16, like texting a really awkward “I like you” message to someone.
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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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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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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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It’s difficult because it forces you to really get creative.
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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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But all you can do is ignore the annoying hum of the machine and focus on making art that makes you excited to be alive.
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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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