I like to give clues - titles - that can give a simple, evocative hook into what picture or feeling welled up in my mind when I came up with the song.
I do think I've learned, in the ensuing years, how to be a more effective bandleader. And maybe, just maybe, we're a little better on our instruments. - David First
I do think I've learned, in the ensuing years, how to be a more effective bandleader. And maybe, just maybe, we're a little better on our instruments.
- David First
The numerous ecstatic traditions - including free jazz and funk - have all been great inspirations. - David First
The numerous ecstatic traditions - including free jazz and funk - have all been great inspirations.
My personal definition of rock'n'roll is people attempting to do something that's beyond their ability to do it well. And whatever the outward contra… - David First
My personal definition of rock'n'roll is people attempting to do something that's beyond their ability to do it well. And whatever the outward contra…
However naïve it sounds, or however inept the result, I think the idea is to try to alchemize the crap, not just mirror it all. - David First
However naïve it sounds, or however inept the result, I think the idea is to try to alchemize the crap, not just mirror it all.
I tell people too young to know that we came up during two of the most dogmatic times in recent history - the so-called hippie era and the punk era, … - David First
I tell people too young to know that we came up during two of the most dogmatic times in recent history - the so-called hippie era and the punk era, …
We [Notekillers] aren't necessarily trying to be role models, but if we are, that's cool. - David First
We [Notekillers] aren't necessarily trying to be role models, but if we are, that's cool.
Possibly the only thing we Notekillers place on a higher pedestal than music is laughs, so, of course, we also know that the idea of the title is a k… - David First
Possibly the only thing we Notekillers place on a higher pedestal than music is laughs, so, of course, we also know that the idea of the title is a k…
I could easily fill up each week with going to see debuts of friends' compositions alone. When you add in all of the bands I'm interested in catching… - David First
I could easily fill up each week with going to see debuts of friends' compositions alone. When you add in all of the bands I'm interested in catching…
To me, everything in the world comes down to two categories: "about-ness" and "is-ness". "About" represents or describes something, while "Is" is the… - David First
To me, everything in the world comes down to two categories: "about-ness" and "is-ness". "About" represents or describes something, while "Is" is the…
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