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.
ALAN PALOMOThere’s this really amazing quote from Jim Jarmusch about celebrating your theft that I think has become more and more prominent in music.
More Alan Palomo Quotes
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Because anybody can find their fan base through the Internet.
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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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Like the idea that every night might be the night before the world ends.
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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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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 difficult because it forces you to really get creative.
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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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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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You should always choose your associations wisely because people create impressions around the music.
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I don’t mind that I’ve created an identity around what I do.
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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 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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We really are living in the era that all this sci-fi literature and cinema was centered around.
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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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