Art Quote by Tycho

I feel like, with drum programming, the way I used to do it, I'd think of how somebody would play these drum patterns and…

— Tycho

I think there are some things I am unable to fully express with my visual work, and the music is what fills that void.…

— Tycho

I think of the Tycho sound as something separate from the band. I think the methodology and approach to production I use on the…

— Tycho

Moving to San Francisco affected me in a pretty profound way, in a lot of respects. I think it helped me evolve my sound…

— Tycho

I just felt something was missing from my vision of what Tycho should eventually be. It took several years of learning new recording and…

— Tycho

Slowly, over time, I learned enough that I started considering myself a musician, where I actually knew how to play instruments. But still, when…

— Tycho

I studied computer science and graphic design, yeah, so music was self-taught and a backburner thing, an obsessive hobby.

— Tycho

In the beginning, I was truly trying to take what I felt when I was in a field or in an outdoor space and…

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Conceptually, I've always gravitated towards arrangements that weren't just presenting one idea. I like to look at my songs as having a main part,…

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I've always been good about interfacing with machines. But that never seemed like a gateway to being able to make music. I never made…

— Tycho

My process is really about little bits of inspiration. I just record them really quick on the guitar or something. I have a huge…

— Tycho

I like tweaking the studio and wiring things up almost as much as making music, so that's kind of a hobby of mine, in…

— Tycho