And we use it to read album reviews and watch kitten videos… not to put those two things in the same light!
ALAN PALOMOThe Internet really does create this dimension around the music that’s always in relation to what else is happening at the moment.
More Alan Palomo Quotes
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Memory is just as much of an instrument as anything else in music.
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You should always choose your associations wisely because people create impressions around the music.
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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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But I can’t ignore that there are things that inspire me, and I love celebrating those.
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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 nothing better than having an experience now that’s the exact same thing.
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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 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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And sometimes you have to let it go limp and detach yourself from any associations.
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I subscribe to the idea that personality is like a muscle.
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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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it opens opportunities up for talented people along with people like Rebecca Black.
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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 would’ve done when I was 16, like texting a really awkward “I like you” message to someone.
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There’s something really fun and spooky about that teenage feeling of narcissism or indestructibility.
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