I get more excited about like, "How nice is the piano?" or "How does the room sound?" I don't really see the gear so much anymore.
Jonathan MeiburgWhen you make a record, you probably are not going to hit exactly what you were aiming for. You also have to let go at a certain point, and just trust it.
Jonathan MeiburgWhen you make a record, you probably are not going to hit exactly what you were aiming for. You also have to let go at a certain point, and just trust it. I remember feeling we had fallen short, or that it had fallen short. At the same time it was great to see a good critical reaction to it, and to hear people were enjoying it, which made me think, "Well, maybe it's a good thing I didn't get exactly what I wanted." Now we're testing that theory.
Jonathan MeiburgThe only problem with Shearwater as a name for a band is that people sort of think that it's this amalgamated word like Pushmonkey or something. Doesn't have an actual...you know, like Clearwater or Stillwater, they don't realize that it actually is a thing. It seemed like such a beautiful word, I was so suprised that no body had named their band that.
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