José González – HuffPost 10.6.10

Mike Ragogna: Do you have any advice for new artists that want to make music their life?

José González: I think the DIY approach is always good to have as a starting musician. First of all, just do the music that you love yourself and not trying to please someone else, but do something that you would buy or listen to. As for more practical stuff, it’s good to learn micing techniques, and mixing yourself. There’s so much you can do with computers nowadays that you don’t have to rely on getting a record label contract. You can do pretty advanced demos and not even call them demos nowadays. So, put effort into getting good at recording and mixing–it’s one thing that I think can help emerging artists.