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I was just writing songs in my spare time, and recording because it's fun to do, and Sub Pop called me and said they wanted to put some stuff out. I had to weigh whether I wanted to put the time into it because it's a commitment. But, in the end, it seemed too good to pass up. Samuel Ervin Beam

Time Good Me Commitment Writing Recording Too Out Some Seemed Weigh Had Songs Put Stuff Because Pass Said End Up Just Wanted In The End Whether Spare Spare Time Pop Fun

The measure of success was writing a song, recording it and for it being in the hit parade in England. Success was about the postman walking up the garden whistling my song. I wasn't trying to conquer the world. Gilbert O'Sullivan

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I do like to be creative and I'm very lucky that I've been given different areas in which I'm able to do that - whether it be film or television or theatre or whatever. I'm also still into music and recording. Richard O'Brien

Sometimes I think elements of 'Open Eye Signal' are better live. I do this really crazy stuff at the end, but I don't know if it'd translate well into recording. It would probably sound a bit too extreme. Jon Hopkins

We had a simple 8-track studio set up in the record store where I worked. And just staying after work and experimenting, realizing what was possible with recording - that's why my project was called The Microphones at first. Because it wasn't even songs really. It was just sound. Phil Elverum

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I met Icona Pop by chance because we were both recording at the same studio. I was a fan so when I heard they were in the next room, I went to say hi. Next thing I knew, they were on two songs. Big Freedia

I knew I wanted to sing and maybe I had a chance at it, so I just started recording myself maybe five or six times a week and putting them on YouTube as much as I could with hopes that someone would recognize me. Ari Lennox

Myself Me Recording YouTube Recognize Would Hopes Someone Week Could Had Knew Putting Sing Five Times Six Maybe Just Wanted Them Much Started Chance

I think it was, my parents got me a karaoke machine when I was about 9 years old. Even before that, they got me a tape recorder that I used to walk around my life with. And there was something about recording and then hearing myself back. Leslie Odom, Jr.

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The thing with R Kelly was, he liked to record late at night, around midnight. And what was different with his studio was that one room had a recording suite, and next door was a club, with 40 or 50 people dancing. Mathew Knowles

You have high school photos and stuff, but to have a recording of your voice and your work from 20 years ago, it's a kick in the head to hear how you've changed and what you were interested in at the time and how it's either changed or stayed the same. Samuel Ervin Beam

When I was recording 'Kun-Faaya-Kun,' I did it like I was offering Namaaz. Javed Ali

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When I first started recording music, I was actually singing about microphones, equipment, recording. Phil Elverum

Music Recording First Singing About Equipment Actually Started

We used to do 'Venus' live for a long time but never got 'round to recording it because people would always say it's too old-fashioned a song. Keren Woodward

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