Ben Gibbard
Why I Find These Quarantine Live Streams Unbearable
too much of this ‘in the comfort of your home’ thing
Last Week, Ben Gibbard’s Breakdown Was Due To A Crowd Fight, Equipment Failure, & Orlando?
‘We would’ve finished the song but we’re all feeling a little skittish after Orlando’
Ben Gibbard Talks About Songwriting,… But Not To us
‘I do feel that where we are now, certainly with rock & roll music, is that so much of it is variations on themes. But I think that it’s one’s particular creativity and individuality that comes out within that variation on a particular theme that makes a song great.’
Indie Musicians Are Not Sold On Tidal And Its ‘New School Plutocrats’
We wouldn’t have joined it anyway, even if they had asked. We don’t want to be tribal. I think smaller bands should get paid more for it, too. Bigger bands have other ways of making money, so I don’t think you can complain. A band of our size shouldn’t be complaining. And when they say it’s artist-owned, it’s owned by those rich, wealthy artists.’