Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American musician Eric Bachmann.
Last updated on November 9, 2024.
Eric Bachmann is an American musician/producer. He is the lead singer of Crooked Fingers and Archers of Loaf. He was born in Greensboro, North Carolina and grew up in Asheville, North Carolina; Greenville, South Carolina; Nashville, Tennessee; and St. Petersburg, Florida. He lives in Athens, Georgia. He made two atmospheric instrumental albums as Barry Black. His first solo effort, Short Careers was recorded as a score to the film Ball of Wax. His second, To the Races, was released by Saddle Creek Records in 2006. The album, which was written while living out of his van outside Seattle the previous year, features contributions from Miranda Brown and DeVotchKa violinist Tom Hagerman.
I think you just have to have some rapport with the song.
I don't really need to appeal to some stockbroker, and I always sort of root for the underdog. I probably consider all that when I'm writing, but it's not in the forefront of my brain.
I think one of the best things you can do is write really sad songs that touch some semblance of... I guess 'hope' is the right word?
In music, you learn a lot of things when you don't know what you're doing.
I don't like to think about stuff that's boring.
It's hard to write any good song. It seems more rewarding, or maybe just easier, to write sad ones.
As a producer you can be more objective about the songs because you didn't write them.
My songs, well, they are sad, but in all of them the person singing them - me or whoever - is actually still trying and hasn't given up yet.
I don't think anyone wants to do the same thing over and over again.