Do you remember when my friends and I went to see WPA and I had a slightly embarrassing moment talking to the band? Well, there's a great interview with them over at Fuel/Friends about making music, genre, the music industry, etc. I especially liked the part where Glen and Sean discussed the disparate sounds in their music. Glen was a bit more articulate than I was here, and I love that I keep finding people that are discussing this. He said, "Genre has a certain reach, but I think it’s a limited one." And I liked his dubbing of the "iPod generation." See below for part of the exchange, and read the whole thing here.
Glen: ...So, I occasionally have heard criticisms of the band, “Oh, it’ll be interesting to hear what happens when you guys find your sound,” but we sound like we do because we like that variety. I hate the idea that we would someday show up and you would be able to predict what the tone of the next song would sound like because the last three songs all sounded exactly the same. That would just bore all of us to tears.
Sean: It doesn’t matter what genre it is, it just matters if the songs are good.
Glen: And I think people are becoming more accepting of that. I mean, it is the iPod generation, so many people are proud to have broad tastes, but I think people still have a hard time swallowing musicians from the iPod generation who don’t have a defined sound. I feel this pressure like, “Well, you’ve got to find out what your sound is and then stick to that, so people will know what to expect from you.”
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