Your music is often acclaimed for its eclecticism-is unconventionally combining genres / sounds something you consciously think about when writing? ![]() Besides that, it would seem like such a money thing, like “Oh guys look at that, I’m putting Race on Spotify just because I love the fans”. I’m proud of it obviously, but it’s old and I don’t know if people understand how old it is. I don’t feel motivated to go back and be like “hey guys remember this?” and make it a whole thing. I ended up putting it on Bandcamp, either right after I graduated high school or right before I never really released it because… well, I’m not sure. I was always making recordings, but those were the best ones at that time and I put them on a CD and gave it to friends and shit. Race was something I recorded over the course of a couple of years in high school. What’s the story on Race ? What was the background of you making that record and why isn’t it on Spotify? It just gets more complex because I’m building on the same foundation I’ve had for all these years. I’ve been doing it for so long now that I can say “I remember years ago I did this thing and it worked for this song, now I can pull it out again,” and then I can build on these other tricks. Both processes have evolved together, really slowly. When it’s the core of the song, I try to be intuitive.ĭo you feel that the more advanced production techniques you’ve used on your more recent albums- House of Sugar especially-has changed your writing process? When that time comes, then I get a little methodical. There’s this whole part of the songwriting process which is me returning to the recording over and over again, nudging stuff, adding little stuff. There’s a whole editing process that’s unique to my way of producing stuff. I’m definitely more methodical than I was, but I think that I make an effort to still be intuitive about it and try to shut off the methodical side for the most part. Like, do I really want to say this? Do I really want to make this guitar part? You know, shit that has the potential to be redundant. When I was younger everything was new that nothing was redundant, but at this point there are so many opportunities for me to be redundant. I think I’m less prolific now than when I was younger. Do you feel that your writing style and workflow have changed throughout the course of your eight albums? How so? I think I’m getting farther away from that now because I got a little nicer equipment, so there’s less need for doubled vocals.įor your age, you’ve been a fairly prolific artist. I thought “he does it himself and he sounds like a professional, I’m doing it myself so I could make something like that.” Through that process I sorta ripped off his sound, with the double vocals, double guitars, double everything. I loved his music and I was looking him up and saw that he recorded albums himself, so I would try to duplicate that style of recording. I think especially the way I record was influenced by him. I liked Modest Mouse a ton, I was non-stop listening to them. When I was younger I used to really dive into stuff. I listen to music pretty casually now, so it’s hard to say what my influences are at the moment. ![]() During the writing process, the last thing I’m thinking about is “I want to be like this, I want to sound like this.” I’m trying to be better about it now, but because of that I think I end up more blatantly lifting stuff from other people, because I’m making an effort not to be conscious with it but just go with what feels in the moment. When I’m writing I really don’t consider any influences, although they bleed through obviously. ![]() When listening to your music there are many moments that feel reminiscent of several artists-like Elliot Smith, for example-but your music is also very distinctively “Alex G.” Who do you feel are your main influences? How much do you feel that what you listen to influences your music? I just kinda did what I always do, which is go into it without much thought, just guided by what feels right as I’m making the stuff, you know? That’s the boring answer but that’s the more honest one. I think I just thought it’d make some good interview material. To be totally honest, I don’t even know why I said that.
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