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Demo Quotes

At fourteen, I started sending out demo tapes Picture Quote #1

Mutineer is the first album of mine without a demo stage Picture Quote #1

I never record anything like a demo, I just go for it Picture Quote #1

When I was in bands, I always liked the demo best Picture Quote #1

If people are really excited about their music, and that’s their primary motivation, then that comes through in demo tapes. That’s the most important ingredient Picture Quote #1

Every demo I do has a mandolin or resonator on it - some element of the bluegrass or classic country world that I grew up listening to and that first drew me in. And then I always try to find somewhere for a bluesy guitar sound, because that’s also what I love Picture Quote #1

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I’d do a demo recording by myself, layering instruments on top of one another, and while that’s fun, it doesn’t have the same impact as getting some great players together in a great studio with a great engineer and producer, then waiting for the magic Picture Quote #1

I can remember the first time I ever recorded my vocals on to a beat. Cat Coore from Third World - a legendary Jamaican band - had a little demo set up at his house. I’m very good friends with his eldest son, Shiah, who plays with me now. So we were rhyming over a track by the dancehall artist Peter Metro. I’ve still got it somewhere Picture Quote #1

Fun is when you’re writing a song and you’re trying a rough shot at a demo and... it works. That’s when it’s fun. After that, it’s work Picture Quote #1

In 1980, I moved to Chicago, and I recorded demo tapes for my friends’ bands, and in 1981, the first Big Black record - the first thing I did that was an actual record Picture Quote #1

Every demo I do has a mandolin or resonator on it - some element of the bluegrass or classic country world that I grew up listening to and that first drew me in. And then I always try to find somewhere for a bluesy guitar sound, because that’s also what I love. Musically, I’m always finding my way home Picture Quote #1

I always loved singing, but I thought it was like drawing - just something you do in your own little corner to calm yourself down. But when my friend, the French songwriter Etienne Daho, listened to my songs, he was so moved that told me that I had to do a demo, share them with the world Picture Quote #1

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To the casual observer, the Dropbox demo video looked like a normal product demonstration, but we put in about a dozen Easter eggs that were tailored for the Digg audience. References to Tay Zonday and ‘Chocolate Rain’ and allusions to ‘Office Space’ and ‘XKCD.’ It was a tongue-in-cheek nod to that crowd, and it kicked off a chain reaction Picture Quote #1

The nuclear approach I’m involved in is called a traveling-wave reactor, which uses waste uranium for fuel. There’s a lot of things that have to go right for that dream to come true - many decades of building demo plants, proving the economics are right. But if it does, you could have cheaper energy with no CO2 emissions Picture Quote #1

I demo all of my songs on Garage Band, where I pretty much play everything - not very well, but I manage to hammer out a drum beat and a bass idea Picture Quote #1

I remember taking my demo to every dance person in London. People were like, ‘We don’t know what this is!’ The first people to champion me were a club in Manchester Picture Quote #1

I’m a songwriter first, have always been, and probably always will be. Making the demo is a natural product of writing a song; after that, I’m happy to hear other people do it in other ways Picture Quote #1

I know I can’t do everything myself. So I know I specialize in my melodies and I do some of my demo work. I pass it on to my producers who are much better at the production level Picture Quote #1

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I’m recording another demo for another batch of record labels that we’ll shop it around to Picture Quote #1

I took temp jobs, recorded a demo in the evenings and eventually shopped a record deal. All I knew was that I wanted to write songs; thankfully, I also got to sing them Picture Quote #1

No matter how slick the demo is in rehearsal, when you do it in front of a live audience, the probability of a flawless presentation is inversely proportional to the number of people watching, raised to the power of the amount of money involved Picture Quote #1

Recording at home enables one to eliminate the demo stage, and the presentation stage in the studio, too Picture Quote #1

If you put a demo on the net and people say it was the finished version then they’re going to say it sucks. I really hate that Picture Quote #1

I listen to everything that comes in. I’m not real worried about demo sound quality. I can hear through that sort of thing. If a band can play, then they can play Picture Quote #1

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At fourteen, I started sending out demo tapes (Demo Quotes) Mutineer is the first album of mine without a demo stage (Demo Quotes) I never record anything like a demo, I just go for it (Demo Quotes) When I was in bands, I always liked the demo best (Demo Quotes) If people are really excited about their music, and that’s their primary motivation, then that comes through in demo tapes. That’s the most important ingredient (Demo Quotes) Every demo I do has a mandolin or resonator on it - some element of the bluegrass or classic country world that I grew up listening to and that first drew me in. And then I always try to find somewhere for a bluesy guitar sound, because that’s also what I love. (Demo Quotes) I’d do a demo recording by myself, layering instruments on top of one another, and while that’s fun, it doesn’t have the same impact as getting some great players together in a great studio with a great engineer and producer, then waiting for the magic. (Demo Quotes) I can remember the first time I ever recorded my vocals on to a beat. Cat Coore from Third World - a legendary Jamaican band - had a little demo set up at his house. I’m very good friends with his eldest son, Shiah, who plays with me now. So we were rhyming over a track by the dancehall artist Peter Metro. I’ve still got it somewhere. (Demo Quotes) Fun is when you’re writing a song and you’re trying a rough shot at a demo and... it works. That’s when it’s fun. After that, it’s work. (Demo Quotes) In 1980, I moved to Chicago, and I recorded demo tapes for my friends’ bands, and in 1981, the first Big Black record - the first thing I did that was an actual record. (Demo Quotes) Every demo I do has a mandolin or resonator on it - some element of the bluegrass or classic country world that I grew up listening to and that first drew me in. And then I always try to find somewhere for a bluesy guitar sound, because that’s also what I love. Musically, I’m always finding my way home. (Demo Quotes) I always loved singing, but I thought it was like drawing - just something you do in your own little corner to calm yourself down. But when my friend, the French songwriter Etienne Daho, listened to my songs, he was so moved that told me that I had to do a demo, share them with the world. (Demo Quotes) To the casual observer, the Dropbox demo video looked like a normal product demonstration, but we put in about a dozen Easter eggs that were tailored for the Digg audience. References to Tay Zonday and ‘Chocolate Rain’ and allusions to ‘Office Space’ and ‘XKCD.’ It was a tongue-in-cheek nod to that crowd, and it kicked off a chain reaction. (Demo Quotes) The nuclear approach I’m involved in is called a traveling-wave reactor, which uses waste uranium for fuel. There’s a lot of things that have to go right for that dream to come true - many decades of building demo plants, proving the economics are right. But if it does, you could have cheaper energy with no CO2 emissions. (Demo Quotes) I demo all of my songs on Garage Band, where I pretty much play everything - not very well, but I manage to hammer out a drum beat and a bass idea. (Demo Quotes) I remember taking my demo to every dance person in London. People were like, ‘We don’t know what this is!’ The first people to champion me were a club in Manchester (Demo Quotes) I’m a songwriter first, have always been, and probably always will be. Making the demo is a natural product of writing a song; after that, I’m happy to hear other people do it in other ways (Demo Quotes) I know I can’t do everything myself. So I know I specialize in my melodies and I do some of my demo work. I pass it on to my producers who are much better at the production level (Demo Quotes) I’m recording another demo for another batch of record labels that we’ll shop it around to (Demo Quotes) I took temp jobs, recorded a demo in the evenings and eventually shopped a record deal. All I knew was that I wanted to write songs; thankfully, I also got to sing them (Demo Quotes) No matter how slick the demo is in rehearsal, when you do it in front of a live audience, the probability of a flawless presentation is inversely proportional to the number of people watching, raised to the power of the amount of money involved (Demo Quotes) Recording at home enables one to eliminate the demo stage, and the presentation stage in the studio, too (Demo Quotes) If you put a demo on the net and people say it was the finished version then they’re going to say it sucks. I really hate that (Demo Quotes) I listen to everything that comes in. I’m not real worried about demo sound quality. I can hear through that sort of thing. If a band can play, then they can play (Demo Quotes)