The Internet really does create this dimension around the music that’s always in relation to what else is happening at the moment.
ALAN PALOMOThere’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.
More Alan Palomo Quotes
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When you completely extract yourself from anything familiar.
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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 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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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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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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I don’t mind that I’ve created an identity around what I do.
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Because anybody can find their fan base through the Internet.
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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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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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It’s cool but also a little creepy.
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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 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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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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It makes you more choosy and also more receptive to absorb anything for 15 seconds.
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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.
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