Duncan Sheik Quotes
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I try to make sure that the Buddhism is more or less implicit in the music rather than explicit
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So I started chanting when I was nineteen, which was about twelve years ago, and it really had a huge impact on my outlook, happiness, and general creativity.
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But I can't really say there is too much modern music that I'm blown away by at this moment
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I certainly wouldn't say that my life is a disaster, but there have been moments where I've felt like that
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I think in a way I was probably completely naive about what it takes to make something become a hit
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So, once I've written a song, you know, I'm pretty happy with what the song is on its own terms.
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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
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Ultimately, if I'm really moved by something, it's going to go on the record and that's that
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If I were to do this over I'd play a lot more shows before I made a record
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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
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I wouldn't say that I've had a tough life by any stretch of the imagination.
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And frankly, when I made that record, hit songs were not what I was trying to achieve.
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I privilege the music over the lyrics
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I started playing music at a pretty young age
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I'm a pretty big P.J. Harvey record fan and you can really hear New York in his record
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I feel fortunate about being able to make the music I want to make and getting away with it
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For my second record I had gotten ProTools and started to familiar myself with hard disc recording.
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Emerson, Lake & Palmer or King Crimson or Gentle Giant - the worst prog rock references I can come up with. Though I totally loved those groups as a kid.
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I also wanted to make a record that was about other things than romance, yeah, after two years on the road singing all the songs from the first album, I got kind of tired of that.
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Lately I've been a workaholic. I'm in the studio all the time and I've helped to produce a couple of artists
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I make the kind of music I like
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Happy music doesn't tend to move me much
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Simon Hale, the British arranger, does all string and wood arrangements on my records
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I got a publishing deal with BMG, they were supportive, and some money to record demos
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When I was a teenager, I got into four track recorders, drum machines, and synthesizers, and I started producing instrumental music.
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I actually think sadness and darkness can be very beautiful and healing.
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My first two records were more energetic; Phantom Moon is subtle, quiet; so these various reactions are just something I expected
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I'm fortunate I have this coterie of musicians around me to help take music to next level. Being surrounded by so much creative energy, so many creative people really feeds that creativity in me
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I did a song, "Court and Spark," for a Joni Mitchell tribute album that's yet to see the light of day. So she's someone I'd like to do something with, sure. I worked with the great guitar player Bill Frisell on Phantom Moon - that was fun. I'm such a fan; he's amazing.
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A real foolproof way to do it is play your stuff by hook or by crook and build up a grass roots following
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