I make a living off of playing shows; the albums only make me a fraction of what I make off of shows, especially since I'm doing around 100 shows a year.
Girl TalkWhen someone is buying a sample-based album, they are investing in the concept of that album. If they really like the original source material, they can go buy it.
Girl TalkI typically get around to most major cities at least once a year. I think people see that as their chance to go nuts for the year if they're into the style of music.
Girl TalkThe goal for me is, I build the record that I put out as one individual song. Even though it's broken up into tracks, to me it's like one hour-long piece of music. In assembling the whole thing, I'm really thinking, okay, it's gonna end here, it's gonna start here, and I kind of have the idea of the journey.
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