When I started, I felt that there was this incredible amount of doubt of my ability as a producer.
FINNEASPeople were like, ‘he’s collaborating with Taylor Swift’ and I was like, ‘I am?’ I think she’s wonderful. Her songwriting has inspired me for years.
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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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I think if you’re not trying to change things a little bit, you’re not evolving.
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All my favorite songs ever are love songs. Probably topped by ‘The Luckiest’ by Ben Folds.
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To me, as a producer, I always want something to set stuff apart.
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Usually, I get bored of my stuff almost immediately.
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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.
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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 think we’re always looking for ways to inject a sense of humor into our music.
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I feel like the thing that I’ve learned a lot is when you’re involved in something, you don’t always get to appreciate it for what it is as much. You’re focused on the details and how you can make it better. It’s kind of torture.
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The way that we tried to approach every piece of music is, if the song had a brain, it would be aware of its catalog.
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I don’t particularly like recording studios, they tend to be lifeless and without any natural light, so I wanted to record wherever we lived. We just don’t want to be bound to a studio to who we’d have to pay untold sums to.
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I’m just obsessed with music I guess.
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People were like, ‘he’s collaborating with Taylor Swift’ and I was like, ‘I am?’ I think she’s wonderful. Her songwriting has inspired me for years.
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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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To be honest, I’ve found so many more friends in the music industry than people I disagree with. I certainly haven’t been made to feel like an outsider.
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