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Every time you pick up an instrument, it's not always out of necessity - for a certain kind of person, it's a choice.

Robin Pecknold

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Robin Pecknold
Age: 38
Born: 1986
Born: March 30
Guitarist
Lyricist
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Seattle
Washington
Choices
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Our day-to-day lives recording and touring aren't that different from those of Metallica, even though the perceived worldview is totally different. So that can be a difficult thing to reconcile sometimes.
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Our vocal harmonies started to feel like a cop-out: all group-singing, all the time.
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I've thought about doing a subscription service, where people pre-pay and then we send them 12s as they're finished, with one song on each side. That would be really fun. But we'll need a significant time off from touring to be able to fulfill that.
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I like having the vinyl, but it's not like we're going to sell an umbrella or something. I don't like the idea of selling something that's not music - I mean, I like going to shows and buying the shirt, but beyond that, I don't know. There's a lot of crap in the world.
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I don't know that we're really going to need a label for the things we're thinking about doing next.
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There are personal topics on the record that have nothing to do with creativity but were maybe amplified by the demands of the band. I can't say that none of these things would be present without creativity as a catalyst, but it was definitely on my mind a lot while writing.
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We're going out to play all the places where people might want to see us, because next time we might not just think about hitting every market or how we can make the most money.
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The simpler songs are just done when the lyric has been stated the more complex or band-oriented stuff can go in a million directions.
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I write all the time but often abandon things I don't think will go anywhere. It's rare that I'll labor over writing something that doesn't feel like it will turn into a keeper.
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I was raised up believing I was somehow unique.
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Sometimes I do get writer's block but it's more of a writer's doubt - I'll try and write but nothing goes anywhere because I start thinking everything sucks.
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They even let me do the ads for the album. I definitely want it all to be presented right, but I don't want to be selling. I mean, people do deluxe editions, and I don't even really know how I feel about those yet.
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You want to make music that reflects your ideals, but considering the isolating process of recording and the time and energy requirements of touring, there aren't a lot of opportunities to express those ideals anywhere but the music itself.
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I don't really hang out with anyone. I'll hang out with my band ... but I don't have any friends aside from that.
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The notes sound like they're coming from inside your mind... It was the closest thing to a psychedelic experience I've ever had.
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A label is like a bank with all these really important relationships, and maybe an aesthetic or a point of view. But if you only want to release two songs, you don't need the guy who can talk to all the retailers, because they're not going to stock two songs.
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Speaking for myself I have influenced with lots of John Coltrane, Van Morrison, Joanna Newsom, Mississippi Records compilations, Simon & Garfunkel, Duncan Browne, Judee Sill, Sublime Frequencies releases, Ali Farka Touré, John Fahey, Flower Travellin' Band, Sagittarius, Toumani Diabaté, Philip Glass, lots of different stuff.
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We're covering all our bases so we can do whatever we want next time. That's how we're looking at it, rather than this just being an endless number of album/tour cycles.
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You want to think about certain styles of music as being reflective of a certain culture or a certain time or a point of view. You don't want it to be just an intellectual exercise.
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I think that's becoming more and more of a priority, letting other aspects of life take precedent over making music, or just approaching the whole thing more holistically.
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