Could you interview Jason Lytle of Grandaddy?

1964 · Post by **1964** » Thu May 21, 2009 8:37 am

He just put out a new solo album that he recorded on his own, and I know he records to tape. He's also been around for a while now, so he would probably make for an interesting interview. Just a thought. I'm a big fan, so I know I would like it. Thanks.

mjau · Post by **mjau** » Thu May 21, 2009 9:01 am

I think he's been interviewed already...anyone know which issue?

tdbajus · Post by **tdbajus** » Thu May 21, 2009 9:18 am

mjau wrote:I think he's been interviewed already...anyone know which issue?

+1 on the interview. Looking forward to picking up Jason's new record.

I'd love to see an in depth interview with Alan Sparhawk too- his stuff always sounds great, and he and his various projects have been all over the map with their sounds.

Post by **TapeOpLarry** » Thu May 21, 2009 9:35 am

I interviewed Jason in issue #7, and it's in the first Tape Op book. C'mon, buy a copy you cheap bums.

tdbajus · Post by **tdbajus** » Thu May 21, 2009 10:50 am

TapeOpLarry wrote:I interviewed Jason in issue #7, and it's in the first Tape Op book. C'mon, buy a copy you cheap bums.

I have the book- interview him again!

1964 · Post by **1964** » Thu May 21, 2009 12:06 pm

Oh... I'll go buy the book... but yeah... interview him again!

chris harris · Post by **chris harris** » Thu May 21, 2009 12:18 pm

tdbajus wrote:
TapeOpLarry wrote:I interviewed Jason in issue #7, and it's in the first Tape Op book. C'mon, buy a copy you cheap bums.
I have the book- interview him again!

If I'm not mistaken, NOBODY has ever been featured twice.

1964 · Post by **1964** » Sun May 24, 2009 9:36 am

Is that like a Tape Op rule or something... you only get one interview?

tdbajus · Post by **tdbajus** » Sun May 24, 2009 4:48 pm

1964 wrote:Is that like a Tape Op rule or something... you only get one interview?

If so, it doesn't seem like a good one. Be nice to hear people weigh in every year or so.

chris harris · Post by **chris harris** » Sun May 24, 2009 5:19 pm

you know that there are only 6 issues per year, right?

1964 · Post by **1964** » Mon May 25, 2009 9:54 am

Yeah, I guess you're right. 6 issues per year really isn't a whole lot I guess. Never thought of it that way. I've only been getting it for 2 years now, but I love it.

Anyway, it would be boring to see repeat interviews if you didn't care about the artist.

And there probably is always someone new to interview. It's just that when you have someone who hasn't been interviewed in a while, you know that they probably will have changed a whole lot as a recording artist. New tools, new methods, new songs.... etc....

And in this case with Jason Lytle, I know a lot has changed since he no longer has his old band, and he moved to a different state... and it's however many years later.

It's not really a big deal. I was just hoping to throw out a couple of questions, since I like his recordings... and I'm fairly new to recording myself... well not new, but definitely still have a lot to learn. I'm recording on a tascam 246 if that gives you any idea..

But I like that thing... most of the time.

But yeah, no need to do repeat interviews if you have people lined up that you want to interview. But if not, then he would be a good one

I'll go away now...

Post by **TapeOpLarry** » Tue May 26, 2009 1:28 pm

We currently have about 300 people that future interviews are supposed to happen with. How many do we run a year? Probably less than 50.

I used to hate reading some of those other mags before I started [i]Tape Op[/i], where they'd always talk to the same fucking people over and over - many of whom have recorded Steely Dan. I'd think, "Uh, aren't there a lot of other records being made out there? And what about records that had been made years ago? And on all sorts of budgets?" To keep trotting our same old favorites out in the mag would be a disservice to our readers, in my mind.

agrpap · Post by **agrpap** » Tue May 26, 2009 4:17 pm

TapeOpLarry wrote:We currently have about 300 people that future interviews are supposed to happen with. How many do we run a year? Probably less than 50.

I used to hate reading some of those other mags before I started Tape Op, where they'd always talk to the same fucking people over and over - many of whom have recorded Steely Dan. I'd think, "Uh, aren't there a lot of other records being made out there? And what about records that had been made years ago? And on all sorts of budgets?" To keep trotting our same old favorites out in the mag would be a disservice to our readers, in my mind.

Harrumph! That's why I quit reading the Steely Dan mags and picked up TapeOp.

1964 · Post by **1964** » Wed May 27, 2009 1:59 pm

I agree. Thanks for all of your hard work. I really enjoy reading the magazine.

crookedsound · Post by **crookedsound** » Sun May 31, 2009 8:37 pm

Who is this Steely Dan guy?

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