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.
ALAN PALOMOI 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 difficult because it forces you to really get creative.
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And sometimes you have to let it go limp and detach yourself from any associations.
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it opens opportunities up for talented people along with people like Rebecca Black.
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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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You should always choose your associations wisely because people create impressions around the music.
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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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Because anybody can find their fan base through the Internet.
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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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We really are living in the era that all this sci-fi literature and cinema was centered around.
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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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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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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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Memory is just as much of an instrument as anything else in music.
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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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