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Music making Quotes by Brian Eno

10 Music making quotes by Brian Eno

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Eno’s ten concise thoughts focus on the act of creating sound, from studio tricks to ambient philosophy. He balances practical tips with conceptual musings, giving a compact view of his inventive process. A quick reference for anyone curious about his approach to making music.

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I believe in singing.

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I believe in singing. I believe in singing together.

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Instruments sound interesting, not because of their sound, but because of the relationship a player has with them. Instrumentalists build a rapport…

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The problem with improvisation is, of course, that everyone just slips into their comfort zone and does sort of the easy thing…

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I believe that singing is the key to long life, a good figure, a stable temperament, increased intelligence, new friends, super self-confidence…

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I mostly used the studio devices, because I knew what they had. Generally I find I'm happy to use whatever's around. If…

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Frequently, I go straight into the studio and see what's around. I might hire a couple of instruments that I've never used…

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The tools are evolving, and people's interests are evolving as well. So, suddenly people like to hear bands, people like Devendra Banhart…

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The time I like listening to music most on headphones is, I have a game I play with my brother, he's a…

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We have two different ways of working. One is completely unstructured where somebody just starts playing and somebody joins in and then…

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I have lived in countries that were coming out of conflict: Ireland, South Africa, the Czech republic. People there are overflowing with energy.

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The lyrics are constructed as empirically as the music. I don't set out to say anything very important.

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Admirers can be a tremendous force for conservatism.

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The whole history of pop music had rested on the first person singular, with occasional intrusions of the second person singular.

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You can't really imagine music without technology.

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Robert Fripp and I will be recording another LP very soon. It should be even more monotonous than the first one!

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I despise computers in many ways. I think they’re hopelessly underevolved and overrated.

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I think very often producers are really trying to repeat things. When they hear something in the new songs that they recognize as being…

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I think that's very significant that we're so attached to the idea now of - it was something I advocated for years, that you…

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If you watch any good player, they're using different parts of their body and working with instruments that respond to those movements. They're moving…

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Songs that don't depend on composition depend instead on performance - so the fire has to be there in the playing.

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I can see the use and value of religion, just as I can see the use of mud wrestling, yoga, astronomy and sadomasochism. but…

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