Because obviously the whole purpose of putting records out is purely and simply to make money.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
People are really set in their ways in how they produce records, and I was at least open enough to where I knew I wanted to do something totally different.
To me, making records isn't work.
I just don't think you can make records easily and have them be great. It's a process. You've got to get really lucky all the time, or you've got to work like mad.
You don't always have to have a record out. I'm not a sausage factory, you know, turning out records every year.
They told me I should be making my own records. So I figured, 'why not?
We made records to document ourselves, not to sell a lot of records. I still feel that way. I put out a record because I think it's beautiful, not necessarily commercial.
Records... a record just shouldn't be that important.
Because of the way the record business has kind of stumbled and disintegrated, in a way, you're as likely to sell records at your merch table at your gigs as you are to sell them in a regular record outlet or even online.
Records are just moments of achievement. They're like receipts for work done. Time goes on and people keep playing music.
Making records is fun. It's not some big statement. You're allowed to make mistakes.