I feel like a lot of music producers have, like, the same toolbox. And I think, like, to me, as a producer, like, I want something to set my stuff apart.
FINNEASI feel like you’re able to be your most creative in private environments, and not a studio where an A&R person is coming in, telling us a song isn’t a smash.
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Kids have tools to do what I’m doing.
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The excuse of having a dog is great, because before I had a dog, I wouldn’t be like, ‘I need to go hike for two hours’; my girlfriend would have been like, ‘What are you doing?’ Now I take the dog, and she comes with me.
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I had a very positive, wonderful, happy upbringing, and still, for several reasons, I really didn’t enjoy being a child very much. I felt that I had no control over my life and everything seemed scarier and larger than life.
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People don’t come to see a Billie Eilish show to come to see me. They come to see her. So I just try not to screw up too much on my instruments.
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A lot of the time, in pop music especially, there’s reverb. And the reason is that reverb makes vocals sound better 99% of the time. It makes the notes ring out.
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I mainly try to foster long-term collaborative relationships.
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There’s always a better word than a swear word.
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If you’re paying attention and you’ve been a good listener, you learn every day.
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To me, as a producer, I always want something to set stuff apart.
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I’m just obsessed with music I guess.
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I don’t analyze songs because I think it will make me a better songwriter, I just do it out of sheer curiosity.
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For me, I’m going to try to make my favorite song over the most popular song.
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I think it’s really easy to be the altruistic hero of your own narrative and story.
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I don’t really have any interest in recording at places that are institutionalized for recording.
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When we are making a song for Billie I want it to resonate and speak the truth with her and want it to be a piece of fabric she can wear.
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