I grew up the biggest fan of the Cure. Knew every lyric, had every album, B-side, single, poster, everything. Then cut to fifteen years later, and we're working on songs together. Ridiculous.
Thats not a place where I'm considered good-looking.
When people are amped up, they listen to more upbeat, loud songs. A Frank Sinatra album sets a certain mood, just as a Clash record sets another.
Ideas are really what interest me in producing a band, if I can bring something productive to the project.
I miss the experience of walking into a record store and find old stuff without expecting to.
It's so easy to put music out that it's difficult to sift through stuff that I don't like to find stuff I do like.
Maybe people would be surprised to know that I listen to old Neil Diamond albums from time to time. The man rocks. I defy anyone to prove me wrong.
During the downtime on tour, I simply walk from room to room, staring into my computer.
Writing music and lyrics that mean something personal to me. It's an exciting, intense, cathartic, this-is-who-I-am experience.
As a producer, I'm an objective observer, helping a band form their ideas into a cohesive album. It's a step back from the intimacy of creation.
I really enjoy helping a band form their sounds and ideas from initial spark to completed album. Being a producer is different in that, at the end of the day, it is not my art. It's THEIR art, THEIR ideas, THEIR message.
The last few years I became a lot more into sports. Growing up, the sports I liked were independent sports, like skateboarding. I was really into skateboarding, and not necessarily team televised sports.
The Beatles never get old.
And anyone that calls me a sell-out is just jealous.
It totally ruins my voice. I quit smoking, drinking, and doing ecstasy.
Ideally, each week, I'd like to have rad, intelligent, creative, funny guests with different takes on the world of music. I will ask them all what their favorite blink-182 song is, and what they like best about me as a person.
Screw them. Yeah. But not literally. I'm not advocating promiscuity.
I don't want to spend a month and a half in a studio with music I don't like, and fortunately I don't have to.
