I'm also working on a track for Howard Hewett, and a theme for a new NPR show.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I listen to NPR a lot. I love that.
I have been an unabashed fan of NPR for many years, and have stolen untold excellent ideas from its programming.
Honestly, most of the stuff I made for 'TV on the Radio,' I write in the studio.
I started out doing production work on promos, stuff like that. I didn't think it was cool to be working for NPR. I didn't need anything to be cool. I just wanted something to do that would be interesting. It was fun. I didn't think of it as anything else but fun.
There will be four ancillary shows on the MyMusic channel, and we'll be updating an entire blog with up-to-the-minute music news. You can visit it like BuzzFeed or Pitchfork and get album reviews. It's all as part of the sitcom experience, written by the characters.
I have a very lively and colourful show. It's two hours of hits and the music speaks for itself.
I really, really love new work, and that's why, you know, I produced a concert series supporting new musicals and stuff like that. I hope to do more things like that.
The cool thing about my show and me is that I'm a writer, and I'm a writer first if I don't have music.
I'm a commercial-minded songwriter. I'm here to make a living and be on the radio.
Right now, I'm Writing song lyrics. Experimenting with a play. Toying with an idea for a documentary. I hope one of these will eventually be launched into the light of day.