Birth: July 24, 1988
I remember a time when I would hear a band and then want to hear everything that sounded like it; I wanted it to feel like I was tapping into a thing….
The Internet really does create this dimension around the music that's always in relation to what else is happening at the moment. But all you can do….
Things are changing at such a rate that you really can't get too familiar with anything that you own in relation to what sort of functionality it has….
Because anybody can find their fan base through the Internet, it opens opportunities up for talented people along with people like Rebecca Black. It ….
We really are living in the era that all this sci-fi literature and cinema was centered around, but it's not anything like what we envisioned it to b….
There's a very distinct difference between a really wonderful DIY label and a soft drink company, or a car company, or a clothing brand, and you will….
You should always choose your associations wisely because people create impressions around the music..
Memory is just as much of an instrument as anything else in music, so I wanted to create soundscapes that are evocative of places that only exist in ….
When you completely extract yourself from anything familiar, you start reverting back to that state of mind where you're having conversations with yo….
There's nothing better than having an experience now that's the exact same thing I would've done when I was 16, like texting a really awkward "I like….
There's no real template to follow these days for what a band should and shouldn't be - bands are just becoming these weird little Internet avatars t….
I can't pretend that I don't subscribe to Internet music culture in that I discover new music and old music simultaneously..
I never willfully want to write the same record twice, which is probably why I jump from project to project. But I can't ignore that there are things….
There's this really amazing quote from Jim Jarmusch about celebrating your theft that I think has become more and more prominent in music: "It's not ….
I think the Internet has a way of coaching you into this state of mind where you think that every step you make needs to completely supersede the las….
I think it's more about trying to just focus exclusively on writing music and making that a viable, sustainable lifestyle. It's difficult because it ….
You can't always just put color filters in 80s aerobic videos or take stuff from public-access and look at it in this very ironic, self-conscious way….
Is my music indicative of a caffeine-surged green liquid? Probably not..
I have this eerie feeling that by the time I'm 33, reality will not exist in the same plane as it did before. It's cool but also a little creepy..
I find it so funny that for the first time in history, people have access to this great equalizer in the Internet, which grants everyone the same kno….
You really need to stop Googling yourself and start being an artist..