Then I bought a house and set up a studio. Then Blackberry and some tequila brand or something put my song in an ad. Someone high up spent the money before it got to me. You want to know a story? Up until recently, from all of tame impala’s record sales outside of australia I had received…. For me the value of music is the value you extract from it. Some of my most important musical experiences were from a burnt CD with songs my friend downloaded for me at a terrible digital quality… I didn’t care… it changed my life all the same. But intrinsically… it’s MUSIC, it should be better than that.

There’s all this talk of music needing a monetary value, this ownership of music, even that it needs a physical form. I feel like music will be free sooner or later, and i think I’m all for it. The big takeaway? When he was asked about people downloading and streaming music for free:Įh…. His current artistic inspirations include Kanye West, Tyler, The Creator and Caribou. Parker spoke on his favorite guitar petal (surprise! it’s reverb), how he’s developed his singing voice over time, along with the evolving nature of Tame Impala’s album artwork. He also linked to a new track from Currents titled “Disciples.” Listen to it now: Tame Impala mastermind Kevin Parker took to the reddit AMA community format on Thursday to answer questions from the masses for an intriguing information dump. Photos by James Nagel // Written by Mike Frash //

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