I still play solo shows. And some of those shows are still some of the best, most gratifying shows.
Andrew BirdThe instrumental record is a bit subtler. It's the kind of stuff on sound check, when I first pick up my violin and start to play, the kind of melodies that just pour out of me. Some of them sound very classical. Some of them sound experimental, polyrhythmic loops that I make.
Andrew BirdI don't write poetry and then strum some chords and then fit the words on top of the chords.
Andrew BirdI am, in some sense, a writer. Even though I kinda downplay the word thing, I do enjoy writing sometimes.
Andrew Bird