I need boundaries. In the modern studio there are a bunch of instruments around me, and I can simulate anything I can't play, so sometimes the palette feels too big.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I'm interested in creating a little sound world for songs, really crafting it, building it, and making it like a little doll's house with little things inside it, staircases and rooms and everything kind of relates to everything else. I've never seen it as drums, bass, guitar and vocals in very separate spaces.
I always have music playing in my studio when I design. It really gets me in the mood and allows me to focus.
I just play intuitively and work the same way in the studio. I don't have any magical effects or anything that helps me to get my particular sound.
All you're trying to do in an improvisation is get as much material as possible for the editing room.
When I get in the studio the idea is just to work and bang out as many as I can.
I'd do a demo recording by myself, layering instruments on top of one another, and while that's fun, it doesn't have the same impact as getting some great players together in a great studio with a great engineer and producer, then waiting for the magic.
I've always tried different stuff in the studio. I use rakes, spoons, cans... I'm a surround-sound type of guy.
I'm inspired by artists who use a limited palette, like painter Piet Mondrian, and the White Stripes, two musicians who create an incredible sound. Our food is starting to go back to a 'less is more' style.
I like to use the audience as my color palette, my instrument.
When I'm in the studio, there are no boundaries.