Rishi Keshe Hirway

You can never get back to that exciting moment.

So we're gonna just start recording as soon as we have an idea of what it's gonna be.

And that's what you hear in the album.

This is, you know, just a couple hours after I've introduced the entire band to what the song is.

Well, one of the things that was the scariest for me was singing this live, because in addition to just recording all the instruments, that's also part of the live recording.

Things change even now Watching you breathe in and out Eyes closed from the strain I know you're not one to complain

And I said, you know, like, what if I am out of tune and everybody else is great and I'm just, you know, and I don't hit everything perfectly.

Again, because of working on Song Exploder, but also just the way that I'm built normally, I want to do the best job possible.

I want to get an A, you know.

And I'm like, how do I get an A on my vocals if I can't practice and redo things and use an eraser?

Yeah.

One of the things that has been the hardest lesson to unlearn for me is the idea of getting an A does not exist in music.

I thought I wasn't getting an A because I didn't know how and I needed somebody to show me.

It turned out, no, actually, that's just the entirely wrong mindset.

And Phil said, think about some of your favorite records and think about some of the moments where something unusual happens or something weird happens.

And I was like, oh yeah, I love those moments.

On Song Exploder, I'm always highlighting those moments where it's like, oh, what was that weird squeak?

You know, what were the circumstances that led to that?

He's like, yeah, exactly.

And I was like, but that's fine for other people.