Normally when I work with bands I'm trying to refine and improve what's already there.

I think that technology has both introduced new sounds but also allowed an increasingly painterly approach to recording music as you can now paint over what you've done and more and more refine an existing performance.

Normally when I work with bands I'm trying to refine and improve what's already there.

It's really exciting working with a new band when you feel like you hit something that's great, and you helped them bring something out.

My other advice is to start writing songs and singing right away.

Music has become a bigger business, and with that there is more pressure to succeed; I think that it creates a negative pressure for being creative.

What's nice about being a producer is you get to roll the dice more often, and you get to be involved with lots of different kinds of music.