Jason Molina
Jason Molina
Jason Andrew Molinawas an American musician and singer-songwriter, originally from Lorain, Ohio. He came to prominence performing and recording as Songs: Ohia, both in solo projects and with a rotating cast of musicians. Since 2003, he recorded either under his own name or with a stable lineup of band members as the Magnolia Electric Co...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth30 December 1973
CountryUnited States of America
consistency either record theme
The consistency - either the theme from record to record, or the band, the different musicians - it really varies. So if I get criticism, I don't worry about that, because I'm still being creative.
I write about eight hours a day, and I throw away most of what I write.
cell
When I write a record, I don't even touch a computer. I don't even bring my cell phone.
expected lived places
I always lived by railroads, and I would find places to just look at the horizon, and I always expected there was something somewhere else. And sometimes I think that's more a metaphysical somewhere else rather than just to get out of the town.
guy music
From a guy that still doesn't have his foot in the world, I feel pretty grounded as long as I have music.
audio choices music normally present trying
We don't try to make a specifically commercially approachable kind of record. We're just trying to make the music we normally play and these are the audio choices that we have made for how to present the record.
believed
In songwriting, I needed language. And I always believed in singing about what I do.
along fact guitar jason people song sweat work
I like people that can strap on a guitar and don't sweat the fact that you have to come up with a song in an hour. I want to work with someone who won't feel like they have to play along with Jason Molina. I want them to just have the confidence.
approach band change felt hearing instead record sound specific time together tour trying
I really started hearing a sound for the band for the first time instead of just hearing a sound for the record. So I started trying to put together a specific band that could record with me and also tour with me. And I felt that it was enough of a change in approach to warrant to a change of the name.
lived recording songs
I really enjoy recording right after a tour. We're tired, but the songs are really lived in by then.
again good living noticing radio room saying
I'm noticing again and again and again, they're saying this is a good living room record. It's not a good radio record.
ask empty freedom guy watching
I feel a lot of guilt about the freedom that being an artist provides. I ask myself, 'Why am I not the guy emptying the trash, why am I the guy who is watching the guy empty the trash?'
music
I don't listen to a lot of music; I write more music than I listen to, for sure.
believe grew listening music records side vinyl
I believe in doing vinyl. As long as vinyl can still be made into a high-quality standard, I'm going to still make all my records as a side A and a side B because that's how I grew up listening to music.