Science & Tech Quote by Sebastian Bach

Bach is describing a workflow, but the subtext is about power: where the song actually lives before it becomes a product. “Lyrics into the computer” is the tidy, legible part of songwriting, the piece that can be edited, archived, emailed, litigated. It’s language as data, already halfway to a finished artifact. Then he pivots: “I hum my music into the dictaphone.” Not play, not notate, not “record in the studio” - hum. The least prestigious, most bodily version of composition. Melody arrives as breath and vibration, captured on a tool associated with memos and errands, not art. That collision is the point.

For a hard-rock figure like Sebastian Bach, it also nudges against the macho myth of spontaneity: the idea that real rock is born fully formed in a rehearsal room at punishing volume. He admits something more intimate and, frankly, more modern: songs are assembled through small technologies and private moments. The computer and dictaphone don’t diminish authenticity; they reframe it. Authenticity becomes less about romantic “inspiration” and more about attention - grabbing the idea before it evaporates.

There’s a generational context here, too. A musician who came up in an analog era is signaling adaptation without apology. He’s not fetishizing vintage process; he’s choosing whatever captures the spark. The intent is pragmatic, but it lands as a quiet manifesto: the future of rock isn’t purity. It’s portability.