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" If I were to do this over I'd play a lot more shows before I made a record. "
Duncan Sheik
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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 think in a way I was probably completely naive about what it takes to make something become a hit. "
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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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" For my second record I had gotten ProTools (program) and started to familiar myself with hard disc recording. "
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" I started playing music at a pretty young age. "
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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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" 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. "
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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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" I actually am always a music first person. "
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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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" 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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" And frankly, when I made that record, hit songs were not what I was trying to achieve. "
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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 make the kind of music I like. "
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" 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. "
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Environment
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" Things come to me pretty regularly. There is never a shortage or a backlog. "
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" Because of my Buddhist practice, I'm never lacking for inspiration. "
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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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" 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 got a publishing deal with BMG, they were supportive, and some money to record demos. "
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" I'd have these weird experiences where I'd just be walking down the street with this chord progression in my head, this happened more than a few times, and I'd walk home and find a fax in my machine and it would match the music in my head. "
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