Every band I knew or played with had flyers and properly-recorded demos and contacts; I couldn't even get a gig.

There are a lot of technical studio things I've learned or figured out, and I feel like I could use those things to help other people with what they're doing.

I'm always working on my own music, too. I've been working on a record for a few years.

It gets a little bit troublesome when you have something that's overcompressed that shouldn't be.

With my own music, I try to get away from things that are familiar and things that would be easy for me to go to.

When you work with somebody for a long period of time, you develop a shorthand with everything.

The only way I was allowed to play was by convincing bands to let me do a few songs while they set up. That went on for years.