Vanco about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"The earliest draft is the basis. It already has to feel like it's ready to go."
Kancho Club about Collaboration
“The nucleus of our work ethic: The ability to tell the other what they created is absolutely terrible.”
Ken Mode Share their Creative Process
"Getting into the best creative space requires a profoundly boring lifestyle."
Mike Shannon about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"I like my modular world. There isn’t a preset in sight!"
Achim Färber (Automat, Phillip Boa, Project Pitchfork) about Drumming
"Listening to James Brown's drummers in the 60s and 70s is the ultimate lesson in groove."
Sankt Otten on Krautrock
"Sonic Youth or Mogwai would not sound like they do without Kraut references."
Milo Tamez of Pidgins on Drumming
"Detaching from the concept of “having a style” or “being from a school” has been quite a thing."
Al Mackenzie (Field of Dreams, D:Ream) about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"Some of the greatest musicians make some terrible music!"
Z.I.P.P.O Shares his Creative Process
"Ideas are like unexplored galaxies - waiting to be discovered."
Samuel Kerridge about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"To outsource human creativity to technology marks an end to the world."
Pyrolator (Der Plan, Bombay1, Fehlfarben) on Krautrock
"The rhythm played by Klaus Dinger is what defined this style."
The Cocktail Slippers Share their Creative Process
"If only people knew how little we actually plan ahead."
Alexandros Anesiadis about Heroes Of The Metal Underground
"The research was crazy! I was seeking endlessly through collector’s lists, fanzines, databases - through everything!"
Tools of Creation: Buchla Music Easel
Arthur Hnatek about a cleverly built Westcoast synth with a musical randomness
Fifteen Questions Interview with Prabhu Edouard (Tomorrow Comes The Harvest)
A View to Unseen Landscapes
Pete Cannon (Mixtress) about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"Technology, technology! Can we all stop whinging and try to enjoy ourselves?"
Mila Stern about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"I was scared of Max for Live. It felt like opening pandora’s box."
Thomas Fehlmann about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"An important part of the creative process is forgetting."
Eddna Shares her Creative Process
"In insecure times I fear that my ideas are products of luck."
Tools of Creation: The bass
For Nik West, the bass brings the groove that makes the bootie move.
Dewa Budjana Shares his Creative Process
"The spirit cannot be measured and cannot be seen. That's where the surprises come from."
Rick Reed Shares his Creative Process
“I don't hear harps playing. But I do feel connected to the cosmos.“
Hilarie Sidney (Apples In Stereo, Secret Square, High Water Marks) Shares her Creative Process
"My happiness and well-being are strongly correlated with my ability to create."
Klaus Sahm about Dealing with Death and Music as a Sanctuary
“My family was the first to hear the early sketches. Their reactions were profound and deeply emotional.“
Kenneth Kirschner about Alternative Tuning Systems
"I’m working on something that uses 5 different tuning systems at once. There’s some real questions as to whether I’m going to get through it alive."
Tools of Creation: The Trumpet
For Henry Spencer, the trumpet is a challenging instrument allowing for precise expression.
Mixtress about DJing
“Sometimes, the power lies in making everyone stand still or hold hands.”
Fifteen Questions Interview with Hans Platzgumer (Convertible, H.P. Zinker)
Predictability is Pointless
Philippa about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"Music made of pre-cooked, store bought sauces is not going to be authentic. Or original."
Fred und Luna about Future Sounds of Kraut and the Magic of Düsseldorf
“Club music of the future? Frequencies outside the human range. Infrasonic, ultrasonic sounds.”
Pidgins on Healing with Drums
"Some resonances may be healing. Others could create a toxic environment for the body."
Turbotito and Ragz about the Magic of South Asian Music – Past, Present & Future
"Many of these artists were caught in a tragic middle ground – too South Asian for the West and too Western for South Asia."
An Moku & Yes It's Ananias about Sonic Time Travel and Playing for the Deaf
"It’s a smart move to pick up on the past or the forgotten."
Stegreif Orchestra about Improvisation and Collaboration
"Every sound resembles bringing something to life and letting it die again."
Peter Morén (Peter Bjorn And John, SunYears) Shares his Creative Process
"Ideas unexpectedly pop up. Sometimes I wish I could turn it off."
Paul Brändle about Improvisation
"Sometimes, you have to negotiate in the music. When you play alone, you negotiate with yourself."
Dave Abbruzzese (Pearl Jam, Kind Hearted Thieves) on Drumming
"It's a complex, powerful, beautiful relationship that a drummer has in a band. One that's all too often underappreciated."
Kind Hearted Thieves Share their Creative Process
"Cliche lines, metaphorical lines and descriptive lines - you need a bit of all of these to make a song work."
Tools of Creation: Elektron Analog Four
Harald Björk about a quirky polyphonic analog synthesizer that invites you into the wilderness.
Bob Clearmountain Interview about Mixing in Atmos
"I’ve been using cheap, $100 passive speakers for my height channels. They work just fine."
Kawatin about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"Improvisation embodies the humanity and uncertainty that can often be lost in electronic music."
Harald Björk about the Studio as a Space of Survival and why the Future is not the Goal
“Maybe we need to make art as artefacts so the experience of it can be completely immaterial.“
Arnold Dreyblatt Shares his Creative Process
"If I am not continually creating, I am lost, I don't feel like myself."
JakoJako about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"It’s important to experiment with new sounds. But it’s also important to vision your own style and do what you're best at."
Andrew McMahon Shares his Creative Process
"I wrote my first song when I was a kid. It felt like I had discovered some missing part of myself."
Chrissy about DJing
“DJing, songwriting, and playing live music all use very similar decision-making processes.”
Mister Wallace about DJing
“DJing for me has always been in the body. Some of my favorite DJs are amazing dancers.”
Kash Trivedi and Solofader about DJing
“If you are a good human being, it reflects on stage, too.”
Tools of Creation: The Lute
For David Bergmüller, the lute requires you to take strength away rather than use power.
Raz Ohara Shares his Creative Process
"Music vibrates through your ears and leads directly into your body and soul."
Cassie Wieland aka Vines Shares her Creative Process
"If I live my life as an artist, then by default whatever I make is art."
Ariana Delawari Shares her Creative Process
"After we finished mastering the album, I kind of fell apart."
Fantastic Twins about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"I don’t find it exciting when a machine does it all for you - you may as well listen to YouTube tutorial music."
Tools of Creation: The Shamisen
For Mitsune, striking this Japanese string instrument is like an arrow to the heart.
Len Faki about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"If I may say so: There's some really wicked, high-quality shit on my new album."
Ladislav Pazdera Shares his Creative Process
"Composing music is like a drug. I want to feel that way again and again."
Huebl, Albin Brezlan and Frank Mai about Music City Vienna
“Detroit has never left Vienna. But it's been very small-scaled. Time to change that.”
Gabriela Martina Shares her Creative Process
“A million times I tried to quit music entirely. But it always found me again.”
Tools of creation: Serge Paperface
Ben Carey about a modular synthesiser with a unique sound and a heavy punch
Thomas Ankersmit about the Serge Synthesiser and Hating Most Modulars
"I frequently don't really know what's going to happen."
Alasdair MacLean shares his Creative Process
"The very best songs come in the same time or less that it would take to sing them."
ORKA about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"Playfulness is extremely important. When we overwork ideas they can become stale."
Inner City about Preserving and Pushing the Black History of Music
“Respect has to be paid where it is due.”
Tools of Creation: REAKTOR
Pig&Dan about an odd-in-the-best-way modular studio that's off the charts wild.
Pig&Dan about the Relation between Creativity and Technology
“Stop trying to make everything perfect. Nothing has more soul than an imperfection."
ITAI about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"If I could put on a helmet and translate my ideas directly into music ... I’d love to see where that takes me!"
Georgia about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"I like the idea of not editing too much - putting the hard work in the writing of the music."
Balimaya Project Share their Creative Process
"My preparation stages usually start at 4am in the morning - with my voice recorder in the bathroom."
Tools of Creation: Behringer Pro-1 Analog Synthesizer
Disfreq about an analog synthesizer with a sonically expansive dual filter
Ladislav Pazdera about Interpretation
"If the score is well written, it’s an obligation to respect the composer's intentions. If the score is poorly written, it’s the composer’s own fault if the piece is misinterpreted."
Brian Eno about Helping the Music Business Help Save the Planet
A plan for change from Eno's keynote at IMS Ibiza
Nils Frahm about Space, Manipulation and the Heart of the Artichoke
"Editing is a drama. All your neuroses come into it."
Wareika about Collaboration
"It's not a must to have a good relationship with your collaborators. Even assholes can make brilliant music."
Jim Wallis shares his Creative Process
"Part of the joy of making music is the unknown and unplanned elements that happen along the way."
Evan Lindorff-Ellery about Field Recording
“I’m often not taking field recordings. I'm documenting myself in the field."
Bushwacka! about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"I have a terrible habit of rarely using the same kick drum. It has cost me months of my life."
Sam Burton Shares his Creative Process
"Writing a song is like a cat. Just keep going back and try and let it come to you."
Len Faki Interview about the Fusion, Future and Family of Techno
“Never before has human expression been so strongly shaped by machines.”
Ohm & Octal Industries about Collaboration
"Our friendship is the most important thing. Music comes second."
Rodriguez Jr. about Technology, Production, and Creativity
“I was always more of a Blade Runner boy than a Star Trek fan.”
Rainer Trüby about The Return of Glücklich, Compilations and Curation
“Not all artists on Glücklich VI had their breakthrough yet. I am on a mission to help with that.”
Bedless Bones Shares her Creative Process
“You can live your whole life as a work of art - from eating to dressing to loving.”
Inner City about Songwriting, Technology, and Creative Roots
"The impulse to create something comes from all sorts of places and emotions … sometimes if I’m just bored."
Minhwi Lee Shares her Creative Process
“Every time you tell a story that's personal to you, people will find their own stories in it.”
Manja Ristić about Underwater Noise Pollution, Sonic Delights and Acoustic Meltdowns
"For marine animals, sound pollution will generate more and more problems. It is compromising their full life cycle."
Tools of Creation: The Trombone
For Reginald Chapman, the trombone is a rhythmic reinforcer – and an instrument of freedom.
Benjamin Lackner about the Ear Magic of ECM and How to be a Band Leader
“People tend to play their best when they're comfortable.”
Daniel Ottensamer about Interpretation
"If there were ever definitive interpretations – why then would musicians go on stage and play their hearts out?"
Andreas Ottensamer about Interpretation, Vienna vs Berlin, and the Clarinet
"It was my dream to become a professional musician - but not at any cost."
An Moku & Yes It's Ananias about The 70s as Inspiration, Fluxus, and the Return of Disco in 2050
"In the future, moods and tastes will be fully controlled by A.I. But robots have taste."
Siavash Amini about Alternative Tuning Systems
"I could not find a satisfying way forward with just tonal harmonies. I needed something more."
Live Skull Share their Creative Process
“We would scream into the microphone at rehearsals. Later we would try our best to decipher what we might have been saying.”
Ingrid Frivold on Reconnecting with her Sami heritage and Visibility as a Tool Against Xenophobia
“As a kid, I sought refuge in ideas. Music came as a free space.“
Johannes Schmoelling (Tangerine Dream, Loom, S.A.W.) Shares his Creative Process
"Music always has to do with emotions. If it doesn't, it doesn't interest me."
Kurt Ader of S.A.W. talks Sound
"Sounds must have life. They have to be extraordinary and unique."
Leonor Falcón about Improvisation
"Listening is my favorite part of improvisation. It's like picking my colleague’s brain’s sound."
Fifteen Questions Interview with Stuart Zender (Jamiroquai, Incognito, Mark Ronson)
Golden Gratitude
Reformed Society about Collaboration
“I probably am sacrificing a bit of my identity in a collaboration. But I believe it’s an important sacrifice to make.“
Nolan about Production, Technology, and Creativity
“Not many boundaries are being pushed - despite the technology enabling everyone to do so!”
Hataałii Shares his creative Process
"Songwriting is like working out. But instead of muscles, I’ll have a greater sense of awareness about unknown things."
Kino Todo Shares his Creative Process
"I only have one rule in the studio: To always turn off my phone."
Lonnie Liston Smith about Improvisation
"How are you going to practice the unknown? You can't do that."
M. Ward Shares his Creative Process
“If I had a therapist, we would be talking about my dreams a lot. By using music, I can do it myself.”
Balmorhea about Pendant World, More Space, and Relentless Creativity
“There are moments in life, where a sound or an image will demand attention. It’s those moments that become music.“
Charlotte Jane Shares her Creative Process
“Start with a conversation. The conversation inspires chords, then the conversation becomes melody and lyrics.”
Valia Calda about Improvisation
"This is what we identify with: Having a revolutionary practice in art.“
Tools of Creation: The Clarinet
For Louise Campbell, the clarinet is “a musical chameleon”. It is also like glue.
Theo Travis of Soft Machine Shares his Creative Process
“Feeling creative is an animal that needs feeding!”
Kevin Davy White Shares his Creative Process
“You can always change a song. It is an experience.”
Synne Sanden about Fashion & Music
"Between the feminine and masculine, the laid back and the dressed up – that's where I feel most like myself."
Mohamed Lamouri Shares his Creative Process
“The melodies evolve slowly. Until, at some mysterious point, they are ready to be recorded.”
Ida Nielsen Shares her Creative Process
“With funk, great lyrics aren’t a must. It is acceptable to have lots of lyrics about “the Funk.”
Drunken Kong about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"Technology is there to expand your possibilities. It's not there to do your job."
Onelight about Production, Technology, and Creativity
“A computer, Ableton and a keyboard - and the world is yours!”
Ingrid Frivold on Improvisation
“The greatest challenge was freeing myself from the thought of being right.“
Paul Flaherty about Improvisation
“I've used meditation, prayer, drugs, booze. But it all comes down to just letting it happen.“
Erland Cooper Shares his Creative Process
“Writing is a cacophony of ideas combined with single minded focus.”
Cat Hope talks Sound
"Listening is the next key evolutionary mode of understanding the world."
Sophie Ellis-Bextor Shares her Creative Process
“I’ve been songwriting over 20 years. So no embarrassment left!”
Manja Ristić talks Sound
"I wouldn’t say I have a particular interest in extremes. Who am I to discriminate among sounds!"
Massimo Discepoli aka Nheap XP about Production, Technology, and Creativity
“We have somewhat lost the ability to live in the present moment.”
Delfeayo Marsalis about Improvisation
"The main challenge for me is to not play the things that I know will work.”
Jaime Wyatt Shares her Creative Process
“Absolute devotion said in the simplest words - that's what I've been looking for lately.”
I WANT POETRY Share their Creative Process
“Every being on this earth carries a light inside their soul.”
Louise Rossiter Talks Sound
"When I was hit by the sound of silence, everything finally ‘clicked’. I was hooked."
Troller Share their Creative Process
“Do songs take on their own personalities and start to write themselves? Yea, that happens.”
Anna Thorvaldsdottir Shares her Creative Process
“I need to know where the music is going in order to know where it is coming from.”
Snazzback Share their Creative Process
“The creative state? It is when I feel in touch with what it is to be alive.”
Ane Diaz Shares her Creative Process
“These songs are the first songs I ever heard. They are the reason I am a musician.”
Hely Share their Creative Process
“Sometimes we call our ideas “games” - they feel like playgrounds.”
Michael Kiedaisch about Improvisation
"We are all made of music. When we make music, we are trying to find the way to our origin.”
Yakul Share their Creative Process
"We definitely make some bad songs. But we always give the ideas space, and enjoy the process.”
Yann Novak talks Sound
"Failure is deeply integrated into my practice. I even named a track after it."
Fifteen Questions Interview with Nick Littlemore (Empire Of The Sun, PNAU)
Open Line to the Other Side
Cristian Vogel about Production, Technology, and Creativity
“I don't like undefined behaviour in systems. It is a fault.”
Karpe Share their Creative Process
"A film can get a lot better with more time and money. This is not the case with music.”
Peter Mergener (Software) about Technology, Krautrock and New Horizons
“Using technology for the benefit of people is wonderful and nothing reprehensible.”
IzangoMa Share their Creative Process
“We usually just hook up empty-headed and step into the cockpit.”
Naya Rockers Share their Creative Process
"My Spirit and my acknowledgement of the universe and all that surrounds me is key."
Album Leaf talks about Technology and Music
"Put in the work, and it’ll just keep getting better."
Benjamin Lackner Shares his Creative Process
“Making this music turned me into a better person.”
Agents of Time about Production, Technology, and Creativity
“We have to embrace new tech to stay competitive.”
Reggie Dokes about Production, Technology, and Creativity
“Technology should not make you a lazy composer. It's an aide, not a crutch.”
Iguana Death Cult Share their Creative Process
“Creating something beautiful, or even something disgusting. That’s what it's all about.”
Nicki Wells Shares her Creative Process
“To be of service to one’s art is the artist’s both gift and dilemma.”
Stephen Parsick about Instruments, Progress and Music of the Future
“Most music that is considered forward-thinking is nothing but vain drywank.“
Vivek Venugopal Shares his Creative Process
“The more I compose, the harder it becomes to impress myself.”
Tools of Creation: EMS VCS-3
Stephen Parsick about a portable synthesizer that is a bit of a Zen machine
GoGo Penguin about Improvisation
“It’s important to care and want to be good. But any improvisation is also just a moment in time.“
Lionel Marchetti about Technology and Tools of Expression
"Technology is a manifesting energy. You have to dance with it."
Umru about Autotune and the Magic of Varispeed
“Autotune is a profoundly empowering effect for some artists.”
Gianclaudio Hashem Moniri aka Plaster talks Sound
"My childhood TV would produce these harmonic noises. I spent hours in front of it."
The Westerlies about Interpretation
“Any score is simply a jumping-off point for musical discovery.“
Apashe about Production, Technology, and Creativity
“I would love to be able to program robots playing real instruments. You could craft the perfect movement.”
Sébastien Chenut (NEWEM, Scratch Massive) about Production, Technology, and Creativity
“Electronic music is and will always be the music of the future.”
Thomas Morgan about Improvisation
"Whatever rules one comes up with, there will always be something that breaks them and is artistically successful.”
Me Lost Me Shares her Creative Process
"To be totally absorbed in making something is the best feeling in the world. It's kind of self care.”
Fifteen Questions Interview with Rhys Edwards of Formika and Ulrika Spacek
Escape to Confrontation
Catalyst Quartet about Interpretation
“Playing in a string quartet takes immense trust in your colleagues.“
Loki’s Folly Share their Creative Process
"If there is a way to keep strict control of the process, we haven’t found it!”
Fifteen Questions Interview with Beatkozina
"Music is the most immaterial thing and the most tangible thing at the same time. Nothing can be compared to it.”
The Ocean Share their Creative Process
"The mindset for creating comes from the constant need to create.”
Jake Meginsky Shares his Creative Process
“Spirituality is a way to connect to realms of consciousness greater than my own. Music is one way to do this.“
Terms Share their Creative Process
“The song doesn't write itself. But it does sometimes express a preference!“
Passarella Death Squad about Fashion & Music
"Whatever stories are being told by the music – they're reflected by the clothing worn."
Maison Ware about Production, Technology, and Creativity
“My studio is a space I could live in if I wanted to.”
Efraín Rozas Talks Sound
"I was fascinated by a single Moog note - so I made a whole album with it."
GoGo Penguin Share their Creative Process
“There can be a tendency to always want to make something ‘better.’ But often that can go the other way.“
Chloé Thévenin & Ben Shemie of High Season about Collaboration
“I need to feel secure with my collaborator. We need to communicate to move forward.”
Peter Walker about Field Recording
“Attentively listening to field recordings is like watching an uncut video. It’s a re-experience of something.“
Mike Watt (Spirit of Hamlet, Minutemen, The Stooges) Shares his Creative Process
"I try to make music a very personal adventure.”
Scotty Irving (Spirit of Hamlet, Clang Quartet) Shares his Creative Process
“I don't think God should take the blame if what I came up with sucks!“
Kawabata Makoto (Spirit of Hamlet, Acid Mothers Temple, Mainliner) Shares his Creative Process
“Music is totally not self-expression.“
Benjy Johnson of Spirit of Hamlet Shares his Creative Process
“Aren’t the demos always the best versions anyway?“
Matador about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"AI is pulling every single human element out of the process. It's re-harvesting everything that’s already out there."
Shramm about Improvisation
"Improvisation is creativity on the instrument. Develop your creativity. Give the instrument a language.”
Adriana Calcanhotto Shares her Creative Process
"I consider myself a Darwinian creator. I need errors to create anything.”
DMX Krew about Production, Technology, and Creativity
“When people ask me about gear I always say: just get anything and make some music.”
Saba Alizadeh Shares his Creative Process
"Creation is like giving birth. You have to face the depression afterwards.”
Izo FitzRoy Shares her Creative Process
"There is a flow that’s incredible when songs pour out. It's untenable sometimes.”
Höhn about Field Recording
“There’s not a single field recording on this album that wasn’t processed in some way!“
Key Clef about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"On the modular, there has to be a thought before any action. You can look for inspiration in a preset.”
Trad.Attack! Share their Creative Process
"Estonians are known for their paganism. We are no different.”
Carmen Souza Shares her Creative Process
"Just like we have no control over life, we have no control over music."
Jeff Mills about Metropolis and Scoring for Film
“To me, the visual rhythm of Metropolis is similar to the way music is thought about by a DJ.“
VINTERSEA Share Their Creative Process
"Ideas come to me in quiet. But creative accomplishment comes in a hail of drums, riffs, and screams!"
Kid Koala about Production, Technology, and Creativity
“My studio is like a dating service for instruments and effects.”
Baiju Bhatt about Improvisation
"My new music expresses my hybrid identity as a musician and as a human. A synthesis of my Eastern and Western origins.”
Fluffy Maybes 松软许诺Share their Creative Process
"We try not to get too caught up in the destination. We are thinking more about the mode of travel.”
Matt Rösner about Improvisation
"For some, standing in front of the unknown can be scary. I find the challenge exciting.”
CATT Shares her Creative Process
“Creativity is about making something that wasn't there before. Routines can not be a part of it.”
Kuf Share their Creative Process
"The most important thing is to play together – sometimes for hours without a break."
Tools of Creation: The Harp
Marion Ravot about an instrument of beauty with gymnastic requirements
Andrew Weathers about Field Recording
"Listening is a way into an interior without touching its edges."
Josienne Clarke Shares her Creative Process
“There's a perfect combination of boredom and pressure.”
Lambert about Improvisation
"My instrument probably wants something from me. I should respect that.”
Ronald Seibt of HHV about Anniversaries, Vinyl Culture and the Changing Faces of Hip Hop
"Hip hop has become more commercial. But it has also diversified.”
A Certain Ratio Share their Creative Process
"Production isn’t as important as the idea itself."
Craig Armstrong about "As if to Nothing" and working with Massive Attack
"The electronics got bigger and bigger. It began to feel like the speakers couldn’t contain the sound.”
Petros Klampanis about Improvisation
"The bass is a physical instrument. You have to be fit to make the beast sing.”
Skerryvore Share their Creative Process
"Ultimately you’re likely to never be truly satisfied - no matter what you do."
French 79 about Production, Technology, and Creativity
“I recorded at Jean-Michel Jarre’s studio - I felt like a kid in front of all those legendary synths!”
Carlo Mombelli about Improvisation
"There are articulations and phrases that make me sound who I am. I am not scared to repeat them.”
Hans Nieswandt Shares his Creative Process
"If you have a clear idea of how the finished song should sound, you end up being disappointed."
John Atkinson Talks Sound
“On some level I think we should have EPA standards for noise pollution just like we have standards for air pollution."
Synne Sanden Shares her Creative Process for Unfold
“These songs felt like they were pushing through my veins.”
Ringhold Share their Creative Process
"Ringhold is a slightly bumpy ride. But we have a plan at the wheel."
Nicoleta Raicu and Nicolae Baldovin of CVLTARTES Magazine about Music Journalism
“For artists, or journalists, music is an endless stream of energy. We're constantly borrowing creativity from it.”
Umru (Charli XCX, Caroline Polachek) about Production, Technology, and Creativity
“The best music usually isn’t the most original, never-before-heard thing.”
Anchor and Burden about Collaboration and Improvisation
"A democratic approach can be very tiresome in a band context. It can cost years of productivity."
Ramsey Neville about Production, Technology, and Creativity
“I’d take a laptop and headphones over a fancy, multi-room recording studio any day.”
Tina Davidson Shares her Creative Process
"When a new piece of music stirs within me, I feel it in my stomach."
Schlindwein Shares his Creative Process
"As soon as making music becomes like making a cup of coffee I will quit."
L.Dre on Interpreting Classical Music from a Lofi Perspective
“Lofi Symphony is my masterclass of interpretation.“
Sergio Díaz De Rojas about Music on the Last Day of Your Life
“Words aren’t compassionate. They won’t offer solace — that’s what music does.”
Mike Polizze of Purling Hiss Shares his Creative Process
"Once I've finished an album I don't listen to it for a long while."
Victor Ruiz about DJing
“People think the DJ is the most important part of the party. They’re not.“
Gamut Inc About Robotics and the Music Machine Tradition
"If you let the idea of a soul separated from the body go, you lose nothing."
Lucas Santtana Shares his Creative Process
"Creation is not data processing. It is human, erratic, uncertain, doubt, fickle."
WILSN Shares her Creative Process
"The days of me doubting myself and my musical choices are over."
AVAION about Production, Technology, and Creativity
“Timelessness plays a big role in my music.”
Duplex Share their Creative Process
“I love the moment when entire musical landscapes are born out of nothingness.“
Richard Carr Shares his Creative Process
"Recording August Dreams was risky. Like jumping out of an airplane together."
Ryan Cole of Desert Storm Shares his Creative Process
"The impulse to create is dialled into all of us within the band."
Oscar de Jong of Kraak & Smaak about Production, Technology, and Creativity
“You can be as creative in the mixing process as in the recording process.”
Vinny Villbass of LAFT about Production, Technology, and Creativity
“Don't believe the hype! Quality, simplicity and emotions will always win in the long run.”
Jenn Howard Shares her Creative Process
"It's best to get out of my own way, and let the song grow as it pleases."
Nate Fredrick Shares his Creative Process
"Once an idea is started, it is always being reimagined."
Doc Martin about Production, Technology, and Creativity
"The best thing is when I hear someone play a record I made in '94, and they make it fit into a set today."
Anchor and Burden Share their Creative Process
"Once we get started, it's almost like jumping off the cliff."
Tomas Järmyr (LAFT, frml Motorpsycho) Shares his Creative Process
"Control is the last thing I need."
Mark van Tongeren about Overtone Singing
“Overtone singing was kind of addictive for some years.“
Sophia Hansen-Knarhoi about the Connection between Music, Dance and Choreography
"Dance allows me to connect to music through another medium. It gives me a new perspective on composing."
Markus Reuter of Anchor and Burden about why Expression is Over-rated
“I want you, as a listener, to experience something. Not to express myself.”
Megan Alice Clune Shares her Creative Process
"Uncovering what kind of album it’s going to be can be a little difficult."
Jung Jaeil Shares his Creative Process
"Everything starts from improvisation. It fails most of the time."
WAAN about Improvisation
"Improvisation is a world in itself. It is difficult to grasp it in a couple of rules.”
Fifteen Questions Interview with Me, Charles
Sophisticated and Sensitive, Shallow, and Self indulgent
Madison McFerrin Shares her Creative Process
"I’ll try writing a song after the next time I make scones."
Destructo about DJing
“I may have it all laid out. Then, I walk into the room and change the entire game plan.”
Cole Kamen-Green about working as a session musician for Lorde, Taylor Swift and Beyoncé
“Lorde asked me to make some guttural sounds. She demonstrated this by basically turning into an amazing rabid animal.“
Gregory Macdonald (Sloan, Night Plow, Cola Wars) about Collaboration
“I try not to say no to anyone. One can learn from even the least likely partnership.“
Begonia Shares her Creative Process
"Something sparks a memory - and everything about the song changes!"
Ryan Adams Shares his Creative Process
"I don’t do doubt. Or fear. It has no place in my work."
ATŌMI about Acoustic Ecology and the Widened Spectrum of Vibration
"The widened spectrum of vibration, including sound, is the key element of material and immaterial existence."
Maita Shares her Creative Process (2023 Edition)
"I might sing a line and realize: That’s what I want to write about."
Thomas Burkhardt about Production, Technology, and Creativity
“A studio should offer to you everything you need. Not everything you want.”
Dustin Wong about Cultural Transitions, Memory and the Explosiveness of Hendrix
"My music works vertically, like playing Tetris, or Lego. It's about making something out of simple shapes and materials.”
Fluffy Maybes 松软许诺 about Improvisation
"We are even using sounds from pots and pans. Breaking rules and limits is what we want to achieve through this project.”
Tools of Creation: Roland Juno-60
Thomas Lemmer about a synthesizer so unique it's hard to replace
Synne Sanden about Healing Sexuality and True Intimacy
“I feel the fear of releasing this album. But the need to share these experiences is stronger.”
Bruce Sudano (Michael Jackson, Donna Summer) Shares his Creative Process
“I sometimes lament how a picture of your dinner can get more likes than the project you’ve spent a year working on.”
Fiction Life aka Reade Truth Shares his Creative Process
“There is a wonderful world of unique and weird music that is being suppressed. We all have to do our part to free it.“
Green Rays (formerly of My Sad Captains) Shares his Creative Process
“Music sits in a totally different sphere to anything else in my life.“
Jonathan Bockelmann Shares his Creative Process
“Forcing myself will never help me find the right ideas!“
Ian Hawgood Talks Sound
“My focus is on how to protect natural environments and their soundscapes from human impact."
David Newman (Monogoto, Soft Generator) talks Sound
"Sounds are more important than music. We should always start with sound."
Kraków Loves Adana Shares her Creative Process
“Creativity is more of a state of being instead of simply producing a bunch of artworks.”
Joona Toivanen Shares his Creative Process
”When you can go world-class fishing, writing music would be a total waste of time”
Grand River Shares her Creative Process
“My process doesn't have any limits. Probably the limit is my patience.“
Kid Arrow about Human Intention, AI, and Expanding the Imaginable
“The Cure's Disintegration would have been very easy for an AI to create."”
Tools of Creation: The Guitar
Brad Allen Williams about a massively popular instrument that doesn't have a single classical archetype
Thomas Lemmer Shares his Creative Process
“Music is about emotions. It's crucial to prioritize them over structure.“
Gogol Bordello Share their Creative Process
“If there is nothing coming at the moment, you haven't lived it yet to write about it.“
WAAN about Collaboration
“Trust is a big thing. When there is trust, things can start to flow.“
Sobolik about Production, Technology, and Creativity
“If you take away all the tools, and leave only “creativity” you just have ideas - and no actual music.”
Frank Popp Ensemble Share their Creative Process
“Brainstorming with red wine makes a lot of sense.“
Sham-e-Ali Nayeem Shares her Creative Process
“Music expands a poem’s emotional reach. It is the place of wordless secrets, codes, maps and math.“
Jim Snidero About Improvisation
"There’s a misunderstanding when it comes to jazz improvisation: That you’re making it all up as you’re going along out of thin air.”
Alexander Church about Sonic Healing, Psychoanalysis and Creativity
“Without music as an outlet, I would hold onto a lot of the feelings and triggers I picked up in the therapy room.“
Mivos Quartet about Interpretation
“Rhythm is the most fundamental aspect. Traditional classical conservatory training does little to equip you for that reality.“
Hey Hey My My Share their Creative Process
“Good lyrics for me should be perfectly musical before being meaningful.“
Tools of Creation: The Guitar
Marisa Anderson about a resonant instrument that can really sing.
Will Epstein Shares his Creative Process
“Lyrics can feel like a necessary evil. But they can elevate the music as well. That’s the heart of the struggle.”
Ralph Lawson about DJing
“Music is communication - when it’s a two-way conversation it’s electric.”
Albrecht Schrader Shares his Creative Process
“Small things make song lyrics great. Because the music does the rest.”
Duplex about the Art of Collaboration
“It's always comfortable working with musicians you know. It feels like an old couple.“
Rezident about Production, Technology, and Creativity
“Most things in nature seem very creative without a consciousness.”
Wendell Harrison about his Development as an Improviser
"I like having more colors in the crayon box.”
Tomas Hallonsten Shares his Creative Process
“Okay ... What malfunctioning old instrument can we work with today?”
Elina Albach about Interpretation
"Sound immersion should become much more important in historical performance practice."
Dave Seaman about DJing
"Being able to travel the world as a DJ seemed utterly ridiculous when I started.“
Satoko Fujii Shares her Creative Process
"There is only one correct note. Sometimes I spend an hour finding it."
Seven Davis Jr. Shares his Creative Process
“It’s all pure instincts, intuition. And occasionally chaos.”
Charlotte Brandi Shares her Creative Process
"The last ingredient should always be megalomania. I often miss that in women.”
Tuvaband Shares her Creative Process
“The pleasure I get from creating a song is beyond every pleasure in life.”
Simon Scott Shares his Creative Process
“There is something transcendental about losing yourself to the moment and hyper focussing on listening.”
Dubmatix about Production, Technology, and Creativity
“What tool can have a deeper impact on creativity? Learning. Learning will help improve the creative output for any artist.”
Cosmicat about DJing
“I would like to maintain a human touch and errors as much as possible.“
Eddie Chacon Shares his Creative Process
“I don’t prepare. The significance of that somehow freaks me out.”
Kresten Osgood about Improvisation
"I insist on creating new art when I improvise. I hate when people pretend to have a language and stick to that.”
Brad Allen Williams Shares his Creative Process
"Creating feels less like something I do and more like someone I am."
Sakina Abdou about Improvisation
"I can't dream of anything better than incinerating myself in sound and spreading myself endlessly in ears and hearts.”
Duo Gazzana about Interpretation
“It's fundamental to play each piece as if it were the very first time.“
Unwed Sailor Shares his Creative Process
“If trying to get an idea is difficult, I’ll walk away from it.”
Meg Baird Shares Her Creative Process
"Feeling good, grounded, playing with matches all can help feel more connected and worthwhile."
Karma Fields about Production, Technology, and Creativity
“It's silly when people use drum pads and single-finger drums like it's 1980.”
JAMIIE about DJing
“Tracks in a DJ set can nudge and catch each other. They transition seamlessly into an eternal track.“
Nicholas Maloney / Blanket Swimming about Sound
"I would like to create a piece that lasts several days but does not cause ear fatigue."
Christian Meaas Svendsen about Improvisation
"All I can do, is to be of service of the music. If I do a good job at that, the music will figure itself out.”
Conrad Pack about Production, Technology, and Creativity
“I’m a total romantic. I find the idea of being surrounded by an unhealthy amount of cables appealing.”
Gebhard Ullmann Shares his Creative Process
“The music emerges day by day ... until late at night.”
Tim Lefebvre (Night Plow, Michael Wollny, Uri Caine, Black Crowes) about Collaboration
“I love how someone else can take your idea and run with it.”
Fifteen Questions Interview with Fabrizio Modonese Palumbo of Larsen
Every Single Fucking Day!
