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.
ALAN PALOMOBecause anybody can find their fan base through the Internet.
More Alan Palomo Quotes
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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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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’s cool but also a little creepy.
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The way you phrase it might change, but it will always continue to happen, and there’s something really charming and calming about that.
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And sometimes you have to let it go limp and detach yourself from any associations.
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You really need to stop Googling yourself and start being an artist.
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When you completely extract yourself from anything familiar.
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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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I find it so funny that for the first time in history, people have access to this great equalizer in the Internet, which grants everyone the same knowledge base.
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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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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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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 have this eerie feeling that by the time I’m 33, reality will not exist in the same plane as it did before.
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And we use it to read album reviews and watch kitten videos… not to put those two things in the same light!
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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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