It's always different, depending on the writer and the director. A collaborator like Graham Reznick delivers a fully finished piece, perfected in… — Larry Fessenden Copy Share Image
Euro-Country' is, I think, the best thing I have ever made. I felt halfway through recording it was the most important record… — CMAT Copy Share Image
I found the recording sessions very freeing because you can really try things. When you're filming something, if you're improvising a film… — Tina Fey Copy Share Image
Working as a teaboy may have helped my confidence, but not everyone else was so pleased. I could never remember who had… — Rick Astley Copy Share Image
Ideally, the music composed these days should sound much better because of the technology, right? But that's not the fact. The sounds… — Ilaiyaraaja Copy Share Image
It varies from song to song, although Buck Owens and I recently collaborated on writing a duet together and am looking forward… — Dwight Yoakam Copy Share Image
When I am recording on my own, it's like an oil painting: I can put that on top of that and build… — Conor O'Brien Copy Share Image
My goal has always been to make classic records, classic albums. Sometimes the recording process and the era it was recorded in… — Steve Winwood Copy Share Image
With recording, everything changed. The prospect of music being detachable from time and place meant that one could start to think of… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
Harmonies come really naturally to me. I don't have to labor too hard over them. I'll sing a lead vocal, and then… — Juliana Hatfield Copy Share Image
Many composers use software to write music - programs like Finale or Sibelius. There are also recording programs. I should say I'm… — Eric Whitacre Copy Share Image
A MIDI file contains coded instructions to play a particular series of notes on an electronic music synthesizer. A MIDI file is… — Charles Petzold Copy Share Image
The group-effort sound in recording of 'Sea Lion' is like, you really hear all the people in the room and hear them… — Feist Copy Share Image
On our first record, man, I didn't know what I was doing. I was just playing. I was over playing. You're as… — Tommy Lee Copy Share Image
But I'd say recording and playing on stage are two completely different things. Being up there in front of all those people… — Aaron Dessner Copy Share Image
“I encountered two police officers and a suspect struggling at the side of the road. The suspect was calling out for help.… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
That's the way I came up, writing and recording at home. I developed by playing everything myself. I was a drummer first… — Pete Yorn Copy Share Image
I just work a lot. I just remember recording in a hotel room in Malaysia. I work on planes, I work on… — Jack Antonoff Copy Share Image
In 2004, when I started recording my first CD, I was coming right out of yeshiva. So I had spent two years… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
Adaptability is crucial to working on Glee because every day is adapting to something. Because we're doing a different genre of music,… — Kevin McHale Copy Share Image
Hollywood and the recording industry argue that current law permits the copying of songs and movies, and sharing them on the Internet.… — Suzanne Fields Copy Share Image
A lot of bands, they take a lot of planning to do a live record. They have to hire a crew, and… — John 5 Copy Share Image
When we came along there was only Decca, Philips and EMI who could really produce a record for you. You had to… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
My favorite song as a boy was definitely 'Downtown' recorded by Petula Clark. I still love it! And the original cast recording… — Bryan Batt Copy Share Image
The parties happen when we book the studio. That's a safe place. Get alcohol, food, girls, homies, and have these small listening… — DJ Quik Copy Share Image
I haven't really been recording in the last several years. I haven't wanted to. And even though I had to deal with… — Donna Summer Copy Share Image
I did recording sessions as a musician as well as a background vocalist and enjoyed every minute of it. I remember singing… — Ray Stevens Copy Share Image
I don't particularly enjoy standing alone and recording my own voice or my own stuff. It's sometimes fun to do for demos… — Sondre Lerche Copy Share Image
I loved the idea of recording. The idea of sound-on-sound-recording captured me as a young kid, and once I realized what it… — Steve Vai Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I wanted to emulate Mel Blanc, who is arguably one of the most legendary voiceover recording artists… — Jesse McCartney Copy Share Image
The main reason he wanted to be a recording artist was because it gives you much more freedom in your writing. You… — Cynthia Weil Copy Share Image
Recording a song for a film doesn't take much time; it's hardly an hour's job, but concerts are constant ,and so is… — Kailash Kher Copy Share Image
It's not a normal recording shift where you do a song and you get a day to tweak it and the third… — Rodney Jerkins Copy Share Image
I don't plan [my recordings], I really don't. It's so spontaneous I wish all rock lovers and rock journalist could witness a… — Ted Nugent Copy Share Image
When recording, whatever you first think about, you come out with something totally different at the end of it. Whatever plans you… — Paul Weller Copy Share Image