Music Quotes by Flume

Often, when I work with a vocalist, I like to focus on the melodies first.

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Music really does just boil down to basically, essentially songwriting chords and melodies.

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A lot of electronic music out there feels cold. I want to incorporate a human element.

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I never expected to make a lot of money from music.

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The music I was making for people not to dance to was the one they were dancing to.

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I had this little Bon Iver phase a few years back; 'Flume' was one of my favourite songs.

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I've been listening to a lot of music by Arca.

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I probably listen to more instrumental music than music with lyrics, but at the same time I do love both.

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Most of the music I've listened to or grew up listening to - a lot of it at least - is instrumental…

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I'm just trying to work out how to write music now, because I've never had the opportunity where my number-one priority is…

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For me, one of the downfalls of electronic music is that it can feel a little soulless or robotic.

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What's funny for me is that I made a lot of the music I make with intentions of it being a song…

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To me it's all about textures, and that's the side of music that I'm finding really exciting. I feel like it's one…

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Sometimes you can just tell there's something unique about it, but you can never really truly tell until you show it to…

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I've never been a rap guy, I don't really know that much about rap music, to be honest. I like it, but…

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I feel like the first record was really finding my feet, figuring out what music I wanted to make... Now that I've…

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Everyone can write their melodies and chords and pianos and guitars, but what hasn't been discovered yet are tones and textures, and…

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I don't think I can name any names or anything, but this is what I've wanted to do for a long time:…

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I was nine, and I was shopping in a supermarket with my dad. There was this cereal, and it had a special…

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To me, skin is alien and kind of weird; it weirds me out. It's strange, but it's also really intimate and personal;…

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I find that if I interact more, the crowd gets way more into the music. We also have a full live show…

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Music is a job, but I figured out ways to get my mind into a place where I could be creative. I…

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I think I put a lot of special attention towards creating interesting textures and unique sounds. Music essentially boils down to two…

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For me, I actually come from an electronic dance music background: house music, electro house, trance music, even. When I was coming…

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There's a lot of creativity in the industry, but I don't necessarily think that the most creative DJs or producers are always…

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I think, in the early years, my biggest influences would have been... Daft Punk was a huge one for me, I bought…

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I love working with people and having them bring something to the table that I couldn't. I think one of my favourite…

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Probably the No. 1 most important thing in my music is not to sound like anyone else. It is hard in this…

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I'm all for in my production, creating really unique textures and sounds - for me that's what I love about music.

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I don't think I make dance music. It's not even 4/4. And it's slow.

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I think the thing that L.A. had on Sydney is an awesome music scene, especially for what I do.

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The thing I find frustrating about rock music is, how different can you make an acoustic drum kit sound, an electric guitar…

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I can't sing, but I'll sing over this chord progression, like, over and over, for however long it takes - sometimes it's,…

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It's one thing having a great song, but I think for me if you take it to the next level... say you…

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