Kingtone

Some sage words from Ian MacKaye - one of many inspirations - on recording music:

A good recording can’t save a bad song, but a great song can survive anything.

He also had this to say about arrangements - or lack thereof:

Fuck once - anybody can do that. Make it interesting enough that people want to hear it a second time.

I understand this as long as it leaves space to improvise - assuming one is good at that. I wish more people were…