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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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" 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. "

Duncan Sheik

Started

Impact

Happiness

" But I can't really say there is too much modern music that I'm blown away by at this moment. "

" 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. "

Duncan Sheik

Creativity

Music

" Simon Hale, the British arranger, does all string and wood arrangements on my records. "

" And frankly, when I made that record, hit songs were not what I was trying to achieve. "

" I try to make sure that the Buddhism is more or less implicit in the music rather than explicit. "

Duncan Sheik

Rather

Try

" The difficult thing about a pop record is that you're given guidelines: it has to have 3 choruses, and then it must be between 3 minutes fifteen seconds and three minutes forty-five seconds. "

" I wouldn't say that I've had a tough life by any stretch of the imagination. "

" For my second record I had gotten ProTools (program) and started to familiar myself with hard disc recording. "

" I'm a pretty big P.J. Harvey record fan and you can really hear New York in his record. "

" I feel fortunate about being able to make the music I want to make and getting away with it. "

" I think in a way I was probably completely naive about what it takes to make something become a hit. "

" Things come to me pretty regularly. There is never a shortage or a backlog. "

Duncan Sheik

Never

Things

" Because of my Buddhist practice, I'm never lacking for inspiration. "

" If I were to do this over I'd play a lot more shows before I made a record. "

" Happy music doesn't tend to move me much. "

" 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. "

" But really important, perhaps most important is the craft; how you make your record, the creation of these sonic worlds you want your listener to hear. "

" I make the kind of music I like. "

Duncan Sheik

Kind

Music

" I got a publishing deal with BMG, they were supportive, and some money to record demos. "

" Lately I've been a workaholic. I'm in the studio all the time and I've helped to produce a couple of artists. "

" I actually think sadness and darkness can be very beautiful and healing. "

" So, once I've written a song, you know, I'm pretty happy with what the song is on its own terms. "

" I privilege the music over the lyrics. "

" The experiences of promoting my first album were really something; there is so much illusion in my environment (touring and pop music) that I wanted to clear away. "

" It's inevitable your environment will influence what you do. "

" Ultimately, if I'm really moved by something, it's going to go on the record and that's that. "

Duncan Sheik

Going

Something

" My first two records were more energetic; Phantom Moon is subtle, quiet; so these various reactions are just something I expected. "

" I started playing music at a pretty young age. "

" A real foolproof way to do it is play your stuff by hook or by crook and build up a grass roots following. "