Duncan Sheik Quotes

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• For my second record I had gotten ProTools and started to familiar myself with hard disc recording.
• I also wanted to make a record that was about other things than romance, yeah, after two years on the road singing all the songs…
• And frankly, when I made that record, hit songs were not what I was trying to achieve.
• So I started chanting when I was nineteen, which was about twelve years ago, and it really had a huge impact on my outlook, happiness,…
• When I was a teenager, I got into four track recorders, drum machines, and synthesizers, and I started producing instrumental music.
• But really important, perhaps most important is the craft; how you make your record, the creation of these sonic worlds you want your listener to…
• I'm fortunate I have this coterie of musicians around me to help take music to next level. Being surrounded by so much creative energy, so…
• My first two records were more energetic; Phantom Moon is subtle, quiet; so these various reactions are just something I expected
• I think my Buddhist practice has a profound influence on my life and encompasses my creative projects
• Lately I've been a workaholic. I'm in the studio all the time and I've helped to produce a couple of artists
• Simon Hale, the British arranger, does all string and wood arrangements on my records
• I got a publishing deal with BMG, they were supportive, and some money to record demos
• I'd have these weird experiences where I'd just be walking down the street with this chord progression in my head, this happened more than a…
• I privilege the music over the lyrics
• I certainly wouldn't say that my life is a disaster, but there have been moments where I've felt like that
• Happy music doesn't tend to move me much
• My second record was all about big ideas - I was trying to make big statements about the culture, about life. I think in a…
• It's inevitable your environment will influence what you do
• If I were to do this over I'd play a lot more shows before I made a record
• I try to make sure that the Buddhism is more or less implicit in the music rather than explicit

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