"It's very sort of spontaneous and organic, not a preconceived sort of jamming. Now we record everything, 'cause sometimes you'll forget, you know, 'what was that thing again?' So we record everything"
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Then he pivots: “Now we record everything.” That “now” matters. It signals a shift in both technology and psychology. In the tape-era band romanticism, forgetting was part of the charm; the moment was sacred because it was fleeting. In the digital era, ephemerality becomes a liability. Creativity is still treated like lightning, but the band’s learned to bring a bottle. The subtext is pragmatic: inspiration is unreliable, and nostalgia won’t finish an album.
There’s also an understated admission about age, craft, and the pace of modern production. When you’re writing in fragments - in studios, on laptops, between tours - the “thing” you loved at 2 a.m. can disappear by lunch. Recording everything is less about perfectionism than about preserving accident. Smith frames the archive as a safety net for intuition: keep the jam fearless, then let memory and editing catch up later.
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Smith, Chad. (2026, February 19). It's very sort of spontaneous and organic, not a preconceived sort of jamming. Now we record everything, 'cause sometimes you'll forget, you know, 'what was that thing again?' So we record everything. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/its-very-sort-of-spontaneous-and-organic-not-a-49060/
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Smith, Chad. "It's very sort of spontaneous and organic, not a preconceived sort of jamming. Now we record everything, 'cause sometimes you'll forget, you know, 'what was that thing again?' So we record everything." FixQuotes. February 19, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/its-very-sort-of-spontaneous-and-organic-not-a-49060/.
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"It's very sort of spontaneous and organic, not a preconceived sort of jamming. Now we record everything, 'cause sometimes you'll forget, you know, 'what was that thing again?' So we record everything." FixQuotes, 19 Feb. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/its-very-sort-of-spontaneous-and-organic-not-a-49060/. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
