All of those 10cc 'Not in Love'-type synthetic choir sounds on 'Replica' are all from the Omnisphere. We used a lot of that.
Anything that's too self-assured just makes me nervous.
Before puberty, it seems like I was more or less smiling a lot. I was really outgoing and wanted to have a happy life.
I am not an egghead in the least.
I basically am always chasing this super enhanced stimulation from music.
I can't tell you how much more important watching 'Hellraiser' is to my music than listening to a Milton Babbitt piece or something.
I don't like straightforward drum sounds and hate snares; can't stand them.
I don't think I could make a good film, but I could definitely score a good film.
I have a hard time making a linear-idea song, because that's not the way my thoughts work.
I just like cliches. I like tvtropes.com. It's pretty much my bible.
I like explication of ideas, even if I'm wrong or even if it's a struggle or if it's a work in progress.
I love Ableton's vocoder and Operator for basic side subs and general low-end.
I love seeing Tim Hecker perform because the experience truly shakes me.
I love the idea that you develop a relationship over time that yields new projects and more creative freedom and trust.
I need weird breakages to happen for music to feel true to life, and I think that also applies to good film scores.
The dumber the thing is, the more excitement I get from imagining a very complex world of truth around it.
The promotional cycle's this staging area for failure. I hate it! Why bother when everyone's either gonna steal the album or copy it?
Kitsch is very important to me.
I was never totally sold on this idea that I'm just a musician. I wanted to be the Tim Burton of music.
I'm like soft Ray Manzarek. I think of the keyboard as almost like a bass or a lead.
I've made my most horrible inhuman tendencies work for me.
Science fiction to me is the ultimate art form, because it speculates on bodies and worlds that don't exist.
No one is mediating aesthetic choices on an OPN album other than myself.
I'm predisposed to believe we live in a complicated, enmeshed reality. There's no authentic or organic.
I'm not much of a crier, actually. You know, I tend to cry and get sappy on planes.
