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As Reggie Watts puts it, Its kind of like channeling in a way.
This was the result:
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You have to manage what you are layering over.
You have to be conscious of those limitations.
What went through your mind as you started?I dont know.
Its really pretty simple.
So its just really every layer I add its like, Is this what I want to add?
And then you have to commit to it.
Its fun in that way.
You have to just do it right.
There was a moment where I was like,Oh, this is kind of Tamaryn-y.
Im listening for what it feels like.
So, it felt more like,Ah, yeah, Tamaryn.
Kind of a wash of slight melancholia.
Who doesnt like a little bit of a hip-hop simulation in there?
Do you remember any of the words you said or why you said them?Eh, not really.
A lot of times, its like going in and out of focus, like a camera lens.
Can you describe your mental state when youre performing?
I am listening for the next idea.
With looping its great because it actually buys you a little bit of time.
Any good improvisation, anybody can almost feel the next idea.
Sometimes Ill be like,Ill bet you yes!
I knew they were gonna go there.
I knew they were gonna go there.
I could feel it.
What just happened?And thats beautiful.
Thats the beauty of improvisation.
Everyone is there at the same time, but someone has to pull the trigger.
I remember being on stand-up nights and it was just bothering me that everybody loved Radiohead so much.
I was just like,Okay, enough already, I get it.
I realized that nobody was really parodying Radiohead.
Some of it is that they just thought it was un-parody-able.
I was like,Well, I love Radiohead.
I pretty much know the music well enough.
It was just in my mind anyway.
I just wanted to make fun of those guys for a little bit.
I said it was a song about apples and then I had no fucking idea.
Its not about apples at all.
I love setting up like that.
Thats about the extent of it.
Then I just laid down something.
Then, I just got lucky that the words were just being very fluid at that point.
All those types of things just kind of came out.
And marijuana of course.
Not so much with the synthetics.
And I kind of settled on THC as the ultimate of all of the drugs that Ive done.
And in doing so, its kind of like being in the eye of the hurricane.
I do like reflecting that feeling sometimes.
And I want people who arent high to feel like they are high.
And thats kind of it.
