Paul Weller has opened up about how to make music during the running of the bulls.
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In a new interview with Uncut magazine, the former frontman of The Jam said music helped him maintain his sanity during the coronavirus pandemic.
Weller’s new album, “Fat Pop (Volume 1),” due out May 14, was written and recorded during the first coronavirus shutdown last year.
Weller said that without access to a studio and the means to make music, “I’d probably be in a padded cell. I have no idea.”
Speaking of writing music in a low key, he continued, “I mean maybe I make it sound easier than it is. The songwriting part still involves a lot of tweaking and cutting out.”
Weller also joked in the interview that it also served him to rest from his family: “I made the record so I could get away and have a fucking break! But I think I also used [el tiempo] wisely, you know. “
Speaking of the first lockdown, Weller admitted: “Actually, I have to say I really enjoyed the first lockdown.
“For the first time, you couldn’t do anything, so you didn’t have to feel guilty, and the weather was amazing and there were no planes. Nature was in full swing and the birds were singing.
“When humans disappear, nature recovers. That is what would happen if we disappeared tomorrow.”
Recently, Weller said that he will never support Spotify due to its paid model for artists.
The musician has said in a new interview that he understands that fans subscribe, but that it is “embarrassing” for artists, whom he considers ripped off by low streaming pay rates.
Speaking to Mojo magazine, he explained: “I am not in favor of Spotify at all. It is a great thing for customers. You pay your nine pounds every month and listen to what you want. But for the artist it sucks. It is a shame. “.
And he continued: “I had three million payments from Spotify for ‘On Sunset’ [su último álbum, publicado en 2020]. That’s why I made nine thousand five hundred dollars in income. Okay, that’s nine big, but it’s not three million pounds, is it? Whoever thought music should be free was a marketing genius, because that genius will never go back into the bottle. “
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