I enjoy working with complicated equipment. A lot of my things started just with a rhythm box, but I feed it through so many things that what comes out sounds very complex and rich.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I just love crafting and shaping sounds. Actually, many of the sounds that I work with start off as organic instruments - guitar, piano, clarinet, etc. But I do love the rigidity of electronic drums.
I'm not really a knob-twiddler. I always work with an engineer; I'm not super hands-on when it comes to mixing boards and computers. I'm much more about what I'm hearing and what it needs to be like. I deal with songs and ideas and instruments.
Everything I make as a producer, I visualize it as a DJ first. And all those beats, I test them as a DJ.
As a DJ, it's my job to break new music. And instead of it just being the stuff that's coming from the major labels or the big pop records, I've always gravitated to something that's just different, you know?
I'm finishing building a house and setting up a shop to build custom electronical musical instruments.
I love working on a typewriter - the rhythm, the sound; it's like playing the piano, which I do, too.
I play, like, 12 instruments. Guitar, piano, harmonica, African drums... I'm working on mastering the accordion.
I have a fantastic studio in my home, and it's my biggest toy. I have about a half a million dollars worth of musical equipment in my house.
With the Rhythm Kings, I can involve myself in arranging and producing the music as well as the choice of songs.
I think I have a basic sound aesthetic that is in most of what I do.