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My home studio is my private instrument for me only. It's not intended to record anyone but me. ↗

— Billy Sheehan

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And frankly, when I made that record, hit songs were not what I was trying to achieve. ↗

— Duncan Sheik

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I mean, at the end of the day when I'm making a record, what I want to do is what I do. ↗

— Duncan Sheik

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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

For my second record I had gotten ProTools (program) and started to familiar myself with hard disc recording. ↗

— Duncan Sheik

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

— Duncan Sheik

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If I were to do this over I'd play a lot more shows before I made a record. ↗

— Duncan Sheik

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My second record was all about big ideas - I was trying to make big statements about the culture, about life. I think in a certain way, I was a 27 year old kid with a guitar. ↗

— Duncan Sheik

#big #big ideas #certain #certain way #culture

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

— Duncan Sheik

#arranger #british #does #hale #records

The difficult thing about a pop record is that you're given guidelines: it has to have 3 choruses, and then it must be between 3 minutes fifteen seconds and three minutes forty-five seconds. ↗

— Duncan Sheik

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