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Jon Brion

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As far as I'm concerned, any work you get is because people have heard other work you've done.


— Jon Brion


#as far as #because #concerned #done #far

Brian Eno developed systems to keep himself on edge and to keep himself in a position where he's generating ideas.


— Jon Brion


#developed #edge #generating #himself #ideas

I'd like to think that most of what I do is self-evident if you're listening to it or seeing it. But I don't mind the fact that it's hard to describe.


— Jon Brion


#fact #hard #i #i do #like

I've made a point of not being, say what I refer to as a 'careerist' about anything.


— Jon Brion


#anything #being #i #made #point

If we're given a number of circumstances to deal with, the brain goes into this mode of trying to find a solution, and it's amazing how good we are at it.


— Jon Brion


#brain #circumstances #deal #find #given

Music looks very formidable to people outside of it and it looks like it's this realm of spooky genius.


— Jon Brion


#genius #like #looks #music #outside

People's association with improvisation means one person playing an endless stream of notes over something, and it doesn't have to be.


— Jon Brion


#endless #improvisation #means #notes #over

Some people are more fluid than others at just being themselves and recognizing what's good about themselves.


— Jon Brion


#being #fluid #good #just #more

The people I choose to work with, I work with because I'm already impressed with them, you know?


— Jon Brion


#because #choose #i #impressed #know

There are a lot of producers who basically have their sound, and if the artist works with them, you almost know what the record's going to sound like before it comes out.


— Jon Brion


#artist #basically #before #comes #going






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Recalling his approach to the Largo shows with Chicago Tribune music editor Lou Carlozo Brion said: "I taught my hands to follow whatever was coming into my head—and wherever my consciousness would go I had to push my hands to follow. They eventually enlisted bassist Don "Riff" Fertman and together formed The Bats (not to be confused with the New Zealand group of the same name). "


Discography


Collaborations
The Bats - How Pop Can You Get? (1982)
E - Vocals on "Shine It All On" from the album Broken Toy Shop (1993)
The Grays - Ro Sham Bo (1994)
Elliott Smith - Background vocals in the song "Happiness" (2000)
Fiona Apple - "Everyday" from the album Rave On Buddy Holly (2011)


Solo
Meaningless (2001)


Film scores
Hard Eight (with Michael Penn) (1996)
Magnolia (1999)
Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
I ♥ Huckabees (2004)
The Break-Up (2006)
Synecdoche New York (2008)
Step Brothers (2008)
Glago's Guest (2008)
The Other Guys (2010)
Stone (2010) (Main Theme Composer)
The Future (2011)
ParaNorman (2012)
This Is Forty (2012)


As producer
Aimee Mann Whatever (1993)
Aimee Mann I'm with Stupid (1995)
The Crystal Method - "Bad Stone" (1997)
Rufus Wainwright Rufus Wainwright (1998)
Eleni Mandell Wishbone (1998)
Robyn Hitchcock Jewels for Sophia (1998)
Robyn Hitchcock A Star for Bram (1999)
Fiona Apple When the Pawn.

Jon Brion (born December 11 1963) is an American rock and pop multi-instrumentalist singer songwriter composer and record producer.

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