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Archived: Shmat's Features
The Shmat has decided to discontinue the Features section for Shmat Records. That is to say, there will be no NEW interviews or features. If you are a band that was featured here earlier, rest assured that your feature will be archived here for eternity (or somewhere near that).
Like Shmat's Reviews, any future Interviews and Features will appear on the Palebear site.
Please note that the Shmat and his Peoples take no responsibility for typos, inaccuracies or misinterpretations contained within these articles.
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April 5, 2004 :
To many indie music fans, it is tempting to picture East River Pipe's F.M. Cornog as this almost mythical character who lives in seclusion, all the while writing hit tune after hit tune. The truth is that he's just an ordinary guy who writes extraordinary songs. Over more than a decade he has perfected a simple, yet lyrical (and often epical) style with his home produced creations that feature chiming electric guitars and mostly cheap keyboards and drum machines. Now with a full-time job and young child to worry about, are we going to see a change in the way he does things? Not a chance. Shmat spoke to F.M. by email recently about songs, cars, and "joe average".
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 What do you think of the term lo-fi? Has that pretty much been beaten into the ground?
FM: I suppose that "lo-fi" is as useful as any pigeonholing term, like "grunge" or "house" or "hip-hop" or "techno" or "alt-country". These terms are mainly useful to music journalists and people who follow music and musical trends. The average "Joe" doesn't care about this stuff.
I know you're probably sick of talking about how you recorded certain things, but I just wanted to know if there have been any significant changes in the method between your new album "Garbageheads On Endless Stun" and the previous ones?
FM: Nope. I've recorded all five albums pretty much the same way. I've got a
Tascam 388 mini-studio, an ESP Telecaster, an acoustic guitar, a couple of cheap
keyboards, a couple of drum machines, a couple of cheap mikes, an old bass, and
some guitar effects pedals. I like to keep it real simple.
Have you ever had friends play instruments on any of the tracks?
FM: Nope.
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Archived Shmat Features
February 2005
Anamude
November 2004
American Analog Set
October 2004
Pants Yell!
July 2004
Snoozer
June 2004
Elk City
May 2004
Popgun Recordings
April 2004
East River Pipe
February 2004
Elliott The Letter Ostrich
January 2004
Damon of the Swirlies
December 2003
The Ladybug Transistor
November 2003
Bill Ricchini
October 2003
Shiny Around The Edges
September 2003
Dave Klotz of Fonda
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