Occupation: Musician Birth: May 21, 1963
I don't feel bound by the ebbs and flows of musical trends, or what's happening with new music in general..
We've had incredibly huge obstacles in our way - no tapes, no royalties, no cooperation on any level - and we sort it out..
A lot of people at my school could play the "Stairway to Heaven" guitar solo, but they couldn't play three chords of a Ramones song if their life dep….
The French were always masters at mid-range. And I like the attitude..
The technical reason why remastering is valuable is because, up to around the late 90s, there was this endpoint called zero, and you couldn't get lou….
Skepticism is only a time-based reality, and as an ultimate reality, it's always wrong, because everything always happens..
Oftentimes, when people cut a record from analog tape to vinyl, they digitize the music first; I did a little investigating and discovered that most ….
Most people just give up with time and go, "I'm a victim." The only reason I've got the reputation for delays and spending a long time on things is b….
When I'm listening to stuff on the computer or through a horrible little speaker on my phone, and then I hear the real version with the bass and ever….
I had the time to take the original analog tapes and fix all the things I didn't like, so all I left was essentially the benefits of the analog with ….
When I was a teenager, I learned that in order to play guitar like Johnny Ramone, it takes a huge amount of physical effort..
Musically, I just think in terms of what's next. There's a lot of things I've always dreamed of doing, and I hope I get to them before I get too deaf..
I don't feel bound by the ebbs and flows of musical trends, or what's happening with new music in general. I always had a fascination with that sound….
You wind up listening to one song that you really like 30 times on YouTube and then you're done with it. That's the way it is..
Digital might capture the dynamics of what I heard before it went to tape a bit more accurately, but on the other hand, when we'd switch from listeni….
The very nature of limiting something from an infinite to moments in time creates distortion; analog recording methods create all kinds of distortion….
In reality, there's a limit to putting a record out yourself. When it comes to working with major record companies in the context of them owning anyt….
As I get older, I realize a lot of the things I could have done - things that I didn't think were so great at the time - actually would have been enj….
I do need to loosen up a bit, and that usually does come with old age. That's the intention..
I wasn't making music for the sake of music but rather making music in the context of other music. At the same time, it doesn't mean I'm not going to….
The corporate system is fully psychopathic, and any creative people who enter into business with any of these organizations come up against a lifetim….