Interview: Andrew Bird And The Concept Of Cultivated Precariousness

On the surface this may seem like an unlikely interview. I mean, we?re a tech blog and Andrew Bird is a musician. But beneath the organic and strikingly analog sounds of Mr. Bird?s beautiful music there is this whole sea of technology at work ? especially during live solo performances. Andrew was kind enough to take some time out of his touring schedule on the eve of the release of his new album called Break It Yourself in order to tell me a bit more about the different gadgets and pedals he uses to achieve his unique sound and also about his vision and approach to making music. An approach where technology is involved, but is certainly not the master. TC: Andrew Bird, I want to thank you for taking the time to talk with us here at TechCrunch. Before we get started, I thought maybe you could, in your own words, describe your music for people who may not be familiar. AB: Well, my main instrument is violin, but I think of myself as a songwriter who happens to play violin. I also play guitar. I will often times loop my violin to expand the instrument beyond its linear restrictions. So I do a lot of live looping and manipulate the instrument to get a wider set of sounds ? from double bass to metallic sounds.

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