When I'm in my studio, it usually feels like a hassle to actually press all the buttons and make music come out the other end. Max Tundra More Quotes by Max Tundra More Quotes From Max Tundra It's easy to not work on my album. I go out to the cinema, catch up with friends, eat, watch "Curb Your Enthusiasm" - that sort of thing. Max Tundra cinemaenthusiasmwatches I'm actually embarrassed by the idea of writing songs about myself - I imagine someone hearing them and thinking This guy is a bit self-obsessed. I don't know if I really have a persona, in that respect. I want to just make the music and hide away. Max Tundra writingsongthinking Making music is a total hassle, really. Max Tundra hasslemusic-is Most of the lyrics are rooted in my own experiences. But there is some sheer fabrication. Max Tundra fabricationrootedmy-own A lot of student films in art shows are samey. It's a look at the life of someone making these boring films. Max Tundra studentslooksart I hope nobody I wrote about becomes too upset. Max Tundra upset Someone explained parallax error to me, and I thought Ah, with a cheap camera, it would be pretty easy to behead someone. Max Tundra cameraserrorswould-be There was a time when beheadings were in the public mind because people around the world were getting their heads cut off for various reasons. Max Tundra cuttingmindpeople What bugs me are parodies - they're never as special as the original thing. Max Tundra parodybugsspecial The internet becomes too arch. The clip is uploaded and reuploaded endlessly with banner headlines and crappy 3-D graphics. Stuff rots in this supposedly clinical space. Max Tundra archesspacestuff I don't think of my music as something that works well in the background. And because a lot of it isn't in 4/4, people might not like to dance to it. Max Tundra mightpeoplethinking I might've set out to write a particular song about a particular girl, but my experience will run out after four lines, so instead of getting obsessed with the girl, I write about the clothes I'm wearing. Max Tundra girlrunningsong It'd be tricky to read into my lyrics - some are autobiographical, but sometimes I just like the sound of words. Max Tundra trickysoundsometimes Here's the thing with lyrics: Words are just another musical instrument. Max Tundra musical-instrumentsinstrumentsmusical When I've got massive projects to be getting on with, I find myself open to distractions, particularly when deadlines are involved. Max Tundra distractionprojectsdeadline The nice thing about working for a label like Domino is that there's no pressure: They've got a roster of 40 active bands, and they can bang out an album or single in a week, so it's not the end of the world to not have a Max Tundra album in 2005. Max Tundra maxalbumsnice I got really paranoid, burning every song onto three CDs and hiding them in various places around the house just in case I got burgled and there was, y'know, a fire in my bedroom. I told friends where I was hiding them in case I was killed. Max Tundra cdsfiresong I love the finished product, but I find working in the studio a chore - I use an old-fashioned setup, so the recording process can be frustrating. Max Tundra old-fashionedprocessuse The program I use is called MED Soundstudio. It's basically a column of numbers that relate to pitch, duration, the type of sound. If I want to play a chord, I have to press keys on a keyboard - like a computer keyboard, on my Amiga - that relate to sharps and flats, note by note. Max Tundra keysplaynumbers I'm a bit of a control freak, so I always appreciate being inside the nuts and bolts of the music - I don't like newer programs that paper over your cracks. Max Tundra appreciateover-younuts
