But it’s not anything like what we envisioned it to be. It’s almost like there’s too much choice.
ALAN PALOMOYou 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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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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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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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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Is my music indicative of a caffeine-surged green liquid? Probably not.
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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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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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You really need to stop Googling yourself and start being an artist.
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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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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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Like the idea that every night might be the night before the world ends.
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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 opens opportunities up for talented people along with people like Rebecca Black.
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There’s nothing better than having an experience now that’s the exact same thing.
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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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