Bass Quote by Petra Haden

“I just recorded in studios, you know, people pressed the buttons for me. So I just started recording the bass lines and guitar parts with my voice, covering classical pieces, or just making up melodies so I could learn how to use it.”

Petra Haden

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The bass line is the anchor for me. I started with the bass, and either doubled that and then added the harmonies, or sometimes…

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My forte is playing along and singing along to music I love. I mean, who knows, maybe I could develop that knack or develop…

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I never punched in anything when I recorded Imaginaryland. Where the title came from is a whole other story.

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I put out Imaginaryland, I heard a lot of, "Oh she's copying Laurie Anderson," and I was like, wait... but I don't know her…

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I wish I finished music school, because then I feel like I could talk more about the dissonant notes.

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I remember watching Looney Tunes cartoons and having the music stuck in my head.

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Our dad played us a lot of old country songs by The Carter Family and he would sing along to it. I loved listening…

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Harmony has always come very natural to us because we started singing harmony at an early age. We heard a lot of different music…

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I didn't know how write a song, (verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, chorus, bridge, verse), etc., and I didn't know how to write lyrics,…

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I didn't know who Meredith Monk was, and I knew about Laurie Anderson but I didn't know her music that well.

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I thought about what I wanted to do besides playing violin and singing backup in a band. Don't get me wrong, playing and singing…

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I always related my favorite music to the movies.

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