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Profession : Musician

Birth : October 3, 1982

I normally start at the computer with something really simple like a four-bar loop of a drum sample or a bass line. And then I just start adding layers of synthesizers.

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I just make up lyrics off the top of my head. A lot of times, there's a phrase I really like, and I kind of build the song around that.

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When I look back at the record and listen to it, I can sort of see where I was at when I was making it - these brief little moments, different places I was at emotionally.

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I was definitely the kid in the back of the class with his head down the whole time not wanting to speak up and say anything.

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I definitely enjoy my time by myself - and that's kind of the weird thing about touring; you're kind of constantly surrounded by people - but I actually do enjoy going out and doing things and being around people.

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I have a little basement studio set up here at my house, and I do probably 80 percent of the recording here on my own. With multi-tracking technology, I can play various parts on top of one another.

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I took piano lessons when I was really young, like five years old, and I didn't really enjoy that very much. It was kind of too strict. So when I was probably 11 or 12, I started playing guitar and just kind of taught myself.

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The way I work is by infinitely playing a very simple loop over and over, and then I start layering things.

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When you work this intensely on something, the recording process becomes a bit like cabin fever. I shut everything out and, for a while, I totally lost perspective. To an outsider, I imagine the whole recording process sounds like torture.

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Where I grew up in the middle of Georgia, hip-hop is king, and on Friday and Saturday nights, local DJs do mixes. It's a great mix of local stuff and then some of the bigger hits and remixes of the hits, and it just has this nice flow with a dirty-South sound to everything.

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I just have the normal ringtone, unfortunately.

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Making music is pretty much the only thing I can do.

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We lived in Atlanta for a couple of years, and had a lot of fun, but my best work happens when I isolate myself. It's all about turning inward.

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For some, being involved in a scene is a great thing because the social element can drive creativity. For me, though, it's never really been like that. It's the opposite. I've always had this instinct to escape.

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I'm without a doubt a producer first. The lyrics happen towards the tail-end of the process, mainly because they're more stream-of-consciousness. It's very rare that I'm going to tell a really concrete story.

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Honestly, I've just made music so long by myself, in some ways I don't feel I'm a very good collaborator.

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The beautiful thing about working with new instruments is that you sort of approach it with a fresh perspective.

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I try to stay on a pretty normal schedule of nine-to-five.

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When we're back home, I feel pretty domesticated.

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I'm not a very technical musician at all.

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