#on

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

#familiar #gotten #had #hard #i

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

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

So, once I've written a song, you know, I'm pretty happy with what the song is on its own terms. ↗

— Duncan Sheik

#i #know #once #own #pretty

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

#between #choruses #cult thing #difficult #difficult thing

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

Driving race cars was an avenue for me to learn how to build my own car, and that was my ambition all along. ↗

— Caroll Shelby

#ambition #avenue #build #car #cars