Friday, February 09, 2007
Q:For your live band at least, it seems your band members are younger than yourself. Why do you surround yourself with younger musicians?
My father worked in a pottery workshop doing designs. He would teach ceramics painting to the wives of the mandarin farmers during their off-season, and they would mass produce handmade items. They made some good works, but they also produced some that were rife with inconsistencies.
...Perhaps I should've formed a band with a bunch of proper musicians like The Beatles did, but in my experience, it's difficult for me to make music with these types.
Q: Was working with this band what you expected?
I had no expectations. We just stuck this expensive mic up on high which could pick everything up, spread ourselves around it and recorded.
Q: On occasion, during live performances it looks like you're scolding your band members....Do you think you are a difficult person to work with? Why do you think the lineup of your band has changed so much over the years?
Two of the original members died, one became an alcoholic and entered hospital and one quit music.
Q: Could you tell me briefly about your background in jazz music?
I wasn't analysing the cords or practicising for hours on end and playing along to the sax player's bop cliches. ... I used to improvise.
Q: On occasion, during live performances it looks like you're scolding your band members....Do you think you are a difficult person to work with? Why do you think the lineup of your band has changed so much over the years?
When I tried playing an unannounced song with my band, I ended up going over to the bass player and plucking his strings while I played guitar and sang.
Q: Do you now think that recording mistakes, putting these mistakes on the record has become a cliche?
Even if I know I've made a mistake, I've arrived at some sort of conclusion. [On "L'Autre Cap"], I wanted to make an album to encapsulate this."
My father worked in a pottery workshop doing designs. He would teach ceramics painting to the wives of the mandarin farmers during their off-season, and they would mass produce handmade items. They made some good works, but they also produced some that were rife with inconsistencies.
...Perhaps I should've formed a band with a bunch of proper musicians like The Beatles did, but in my experience, it's difficult for me to make music with these types.
Q: Was working with this band what you expected?
I had no expectations. We just stuck this expensive mic up on high which could pick everything up, spread ourselves around it and recorded.
Q: On occasion, during live performances it looks like you're scolding your band members....Do you think you are a difficult person to work with? Why do you think the lineup of your band has changed so much over the years?
Two of the original members died, one became an alcoholic and entered hospital and one quit music.
Q: Could you tell me briefly about your background in jazz music?
I wasn't analysing the cords or practicising for hours on end and playing along to the sax player's bop cliches. ... I used to improvise.
Q: On occasion, during live performances it looks like you're scolding your band members....Do you think you are a difficult person to work with? Why do you think the lineup of your band has changed so much over the years?
When I tried playing an unannounced song with my band, I ended up going over to the bass player and plucking his strings while I played guitar and sang.
Q: Do you now think that recording mistakes, putting these mistakes on the record has become a cliche?
Even if I know I've made a mistake, I've arrived at some sort of conclusion. [On "L'Autre Cap"], I wanted to make an album to encapsulate this."
