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Profession : Musician

Birth : October 3, 1982

It's a weird dynamic - I guess there is a fine line between hope and sadness. Sometimes you can be feeling both at the same time.

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For the most part, the real work is done in the songwriting stage and recording; the next step is presenting to people.

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When I'm not touring, I hardly ever leave my house. Part of it is I get to do what I'm most passionate about, which is work on music and make new songs.

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Being outside is a loose theme on 'Paracosm.' Acoustic-sounding instruments have that warmth to them that is really important to communicate. It was really important for me to tell a story - my favorite records have a narrative feel.

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It's very hard to find perfection in your life. But in the art world you can do that.

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Escapism or nostalgia, for me, is not about having a terrible life and trying to get away via imaginary ideas or something.

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I'm very happy in my life, but I do feel that music has a power to transport you to places or to beautiful moments in your past.

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One of the great things about music is how it can take you places.

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My parents live out in the middle of nowhere, in the middle of this peach orchard. It's actually Peach County, one of the largest peach-growing counties in Georgia. It's very rural, and there is nothing much going on, so I guess that's had a big influence on everything as far as just not having much to do.

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I do try to structure everything in a way that's very much like a pop song. I try to keep the arrangements really simple, just to make everything essential.

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I want people to make sense of what I'm talking about.

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Over a year's time, I felt like I squeezed in five years of touring experience, which was a really huge help moving forward.

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I don't think I would change anything. I think we've done a fairly good job of remaining sane and making the right decisions.

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I personally love the record-making more than the actually performing and travelling. It's funny, the drastic shift in lifestyle that comes with it. It certainly satisfies my more adventurous side, but it leaves little time for contemplation and all of that.

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I never want to make a complete, 180 reactional record. I wanted a connection to what I've done in the past but still move forward and evolve.

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I get very bored easily. I'm a child of the Internet or whatever; I want more and more of new and interesting things.

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Ultimately, what interests me is using exotic sounds in my songs.

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There are things I can accomplish in the studio via manipulation on the computer or some kind of effect that are nearly impossible to do live. On the flip side, there are some things that happen live that can't be pulled off in the studio.

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I definitely enjoy the kind of magic that happens being on stage with a group when everything's working. The vibe when that's happening gets even better if the audience is involved and you can feel that interaction. That's something you don't get with your headphones on in a studio; it's much different.

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I've always, in some way, incorporated sampling into my work.

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