![]() Scott: I am just so set in my ways when it comes to writing and recording-so it’s just me, my studio and my headphones. L4LM: So the band doesn’t have a hand in creating the material? For an example, if I used four different keyboards on a song, I would need four keyboards to play it live-so I take the performance into consideration. The only thing that is different is now I consider how the song will be played live, or if it can even be played live. Has your song-creation process changed at all since then? L4LM: With the success of Burial Ground in 2012, you started touring with a live band. L4LM: So you spent a lot of time in your bedroom and/or basement as a teenager. I have always been in love with the art of recording and creating different sounds. I eventually got a four-track recorder, and then a sixteen-track. I would play drums and then overdub guitar, and just keep going back and forth on a cassette tape. I got my first drum set in fourth grade, and I had a dual cassette deck where I could overdub back and fourth. ![]() Scott: When I was younger I started playing drums and guitar, and have always been fascinated by recording. How did you start putting your own songs together? L4LM: Your creation process is very similar to early “dub” artists. Scott: What I consider “dub” is the incorporation of echos, reverbs, delays and cool effects into reggae music. L4LM: In your words, could you define ‘dub” for me? The imperfection is what makes it perfect. In my eyes it’s a flawless album, even though you hear some wrong notes here and there. They did the whole album in one take for a radio station, and at the time they recorded it, they had no idea it was going to be released as an album. The album that has influenced me the most, in terms of how I sing and play guitar is Slightly Stoopid’s Acoustic Roots album. I have been jamming to this new album by Hollie Cook called Twice, which is produced by this guy Prince Fatty. L4LM: What are some of your favorite reggae albums? None of my friends were listening to those bands. This was the time when Slightly Stoopid was just getting big in California, and Sublime and Long Beach Dub Allstars were really getting noticed. L4LM: You were discovering reggae outside of Boston, Massachusetts as a teenager. It was Barrington Levy’s Too Experienced, which is a greatest hits album of his. L4LM: Do you remember the first reggae album you purchased for yourself? As a kid who looked up to his older brother, I started listening to the same music. Scott: When I was in middle school, my older brother was listening to Sublime, Bob Marley, Barrington Levy and lots of other reggae. L4LM writer Brian Turk sat down with Stick Figure to talk about his influences, music, and more… Stick Figure will be playing this years ARISE Festival in Loveland Colorado, and this is the second installment in L4LM’s “Road To ARISE” Series, featuring conversations with 2015 ARISE Festival artists. One thing that has remained the same with Stick Figure-when he creates his material, he needs to be alone. Stick Figure, has been creating multi-tracked songs all by his lonesome since his teenage days, and he has grown from using a dual-cassette deck while holed up in his room to performing his material live with his band in front of tens of thousands of eager fans.
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