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A real foolproof way to do it is play your stuff by hook or by crook and build up a grass roots following. ↗

— Duncan Sheik

#crook #following #foolproof #grass #grass roots

But I can't really say there is too much modern music that I'm blown away by at this moment. ↗

— Duncan Sheik

#blown #blown away #i #modern #modern 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 hear. ↗

— Duncan Sheik

#creation #hear #how #important #listener

I got a publishing deal with BMG, they were supportive, and some money to record demos. ↗

— Duncan Sheik

#demos #got #i #money #publishing

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 few times, and I'd walk home and find a fax in my machine and it would match the music in my head. ↗

— Duncan Sheik

#down #experiences #fax #few #find

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 many creative people really feeds that creativity in me. ↗

— Duncan Sheik

#being #creative #creative energy #creative people #creativity

Simon Hale, the British arranger, does all string and wood arrangements on my records. ↗

— Duncan Sheik

#arranger #british #does #hale #records

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, and general creativity. ↗

— Duncan Sheik

#ago #chanting #creativity #general #had

The experiences of promoting my first album were really something; there is so much illusion in my environment (touring and pop music) that I wanted to clear away. ↗

— Duncan Sheik

#away #clear #environment #experiences #first

Ultimately, if I'm really moved by something, it's going to go on the record and that's that. ↗

— Duncan Sheik

#going #i #moved #really #record