Last year I sat for an interview with the producers of Press/Pause/Play, a documentary about the changing ecosystems within music, film and other creative fields. They asked me to talk about record companies, Creative Commons, social media, connecting with the audience, being creative, and what the future holds. My interview is embedded below, or you can click through to watch it on YouTube.
Other Press/Pause/Play interviewees include Moby, Sean Parker, Lykke Li, Hank Shocklee, Robyn and more. You can see them all on the documentary’s YouTube page.
Great interview. Love that Bella sat right next to you the whole time.
This is great, thank you for sharing! …You know…we’d come out just to hear you talk…amazing what might happen if you sent out an evite with a paypal button. You could do a live reading from your favourite book and we’d probably fly out there…wow, what if you had a bookclub! (i’m getting off topic) I just enjoy your perspective. You speak so well!!! And I always learn something. #CurtSmithCollegeOfIntelligence&GoodSense
Loved the interview and great way of expressing yourself. I do have to say that I miss vinyl records and cd’s. I still can’t get used to the idea of all digital music.
This is a fantastic and very interesting Press/Pause/Play interview, Papa S.!
Thank you for posting it.
Great interview and Bella was so good for you! My English Setter, Lizzy, would have just run off or gotten up in my face. Thanks for posting it
I think your views on music industry are very forward and open-minded. It’s difficult for most of musicians to understand that technology and social medias have an undeniable and direct connection with music nowadays and most importantly – it’s a relationship that should help the musicians themselves. Everything you said about record companies and alternative ways of making money and a good career out of your projects – that was so brilliant, so eloquent – made me think a lot about having a band; artists don’t depend on others to try and make their own thing anymore and they should get this. Thanks for making me realize that.
And lyrics, yes, there’s an infinite sea of possibilities when it comes to interpretations. Nice to see you understand that people should have each their own.
The only thing we might think differently about is that I still like to buy some records/cds, to collect them – but the digital music is part of what we’re living now and of what we’re yet to live.
Thank you Curt for sharing this awesome interview.