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Journalists say my music is blue wave, or dreamy, or jangly-slacker jewel, and none of it really makes sense to me.
Mac DeMarco
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Mac DeMarco
Age: 34
Born: 1990
Born: April 30
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I've recorded at home since I was a teenager, and I'm able to sit here in my underwear and keep trying different things until something works. I think if I did that in a studio the engineer would be like, What the hell is wrong with you?
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I was having a good time before, but you grow up after a couple years and realize, I can't get drunk like this every night. Things change.
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Perfectionist? Thats not something I am.
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I thought I knew Elton John, but then it was like, Woah, Elton's a pimp! He's really amazing. And since Billy and Elton are homies, I'm finally getting it - the two piano boys.
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Neil Young is the prime example, the grand goal, if you will. He's still shredding, and he never lost his credibility.
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[ If I wasn't making music ] I'd probably end up going to school, I never went to school. Or just give up and get my plumber's ticket and move back to Edmonton and become an alcoholic.
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I had a band called the Sound Of Love and that was R&B songs about girls in my high school. I played in some other indie bands who were trying to make it big those sucked. Then I started Makeout Videotape and that was that.
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I mean, Manhattan is cool. But weird parts, I like that. Jamaica, Queens, that's great.
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I don't have that much experience in the studio, but I'm always really uncomfortable when I'm there. You're on the clock and it costs a lot of money.
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[My House By The Water] is a nice instrumental track. The sound of the water is from the same place where the front photo was taken. I live really close to the airport, so there's also planes going over. It's kind of to remind me of living in there, because I'm not gonna be living in there for very much longer.
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I think people do expect something a little weird to happen. Maybe they've seen something I did once on the Internet and expect that I'm gonna do that every night.
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I take making music seriously, but you have to have a sense of humor about yourself. I invite people into my life. That's how I do it.
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Their [Phoenix] audience wasn't into us at all. The way most of the venues worked was there was no alcohol on the floor so usually during our set most people were in the lobby getting their drink on.
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With the old dog stuff, maybe the term old is in there, but I'm 26. I'm not that old. It's mostly like, Ah, you dirty old dog! I'm saying it more like that. I'm still ripping. I'm ready to rip. I'll make a bunch more records and have a nice time. We'll see what happens.
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Connan Mockasin from New Zealand. I met him a little while ago, I love his music.
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When you're growing up, you just take what you've got.
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Regardless of how funny I want to be, I don't ever have a problem speaking from my heart or speaking honestly to people.
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I do like touring. Sometimes it's crazy. We're really lucky and we've gone all over the world. You can't complain about getting paid to see the world. I've had to reel myself in a little bit at some points.
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Going on tour, you don't have a lot of time to mull things over. You're just kind of, Another beer, another show, another song.
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