The record Clef and I did was just sitting there. So I said, Clef, I got a record, hit a verse on it. He just went in, messed around and ended up doing the hook too.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I never sought out a record deal. It caught me with my pants down. I was just a musician doing my thing, I didn't even send my records out.
We won a contest at the teen fair in Vancouver and the first prize was a recording contract and we recorded at a radio station on the stairway, and we did a record and it got put out.
If you listen to most songs, most people will not sing the words of the lead singer. They will sing the hook. The hook is what makes the record sell.
We never threw a record together. Each record was done really seriously, as if our life depended on it.
I did my first recording. It was called The Champ.
I started recording because I was always complaining about the records that I was getting of my songs. At least if I did them and messed them up, I wouldn't have anyone else to blame.
In order for me to get through all the red tape and just allow people to just get at my talent, I've got to set the record straight. And you can't set half the record straight; when you tell it, you've got to tell it all.
I made this record without a record label.
I've always known, before I had a record deal, that the thing is to go out and put on the show. I've been doing that from day one.
The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it.