What we learned from Kevin Parker’s Tame Impala Reddit AMA

Last night, Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker took to a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) session, where he ended up revealing a new track, ‘Disciples’.

Speaking ahead of third album ‘Currents’’ release, he talked about his knowledge of music theory, preferred tools for making songs and why he thinks all music will eventually be free.

Here’s a few highlights from his AMA chat. Listen to ‘Disciples’ below.

He doesn’t think he sounds like John Lennon:

“I NEVER heard it myself. For a long time I assumed it was just something someone said and then people ran with it.

But Sean Lennon once told him he sounded like John:

“We were playing a show with Sean Lennons band and we decided it’d be fun for him to come and sing backups for Desire Be. I said it’d work because we have the similar voices. He smiled and said “yeah. you sound like my dad!”

His biggest inspiration at the moment is Kanye West:

“There’s something about his overt confidence in the face of judgement and doubt, that for someone as self-questioning as me to break off a bit of that and ingest it, it only propels you forward as an artist… and gives you confidence to go forth with something you believe in.”

Until recently, he hadn’t received a penny from non-Australia record sales:

“Someone high up spent the money before it got to me. I may never get that money.”

He’s not big on the “magic of vinyl” and doesn’t prefer it as a format:

“Funny enough, I’m not a vinyl guy, and never really have been. I love the romance of it, like everyone else, but I would never argue that it’s superior to any other way of experiencing music.”

He thinks there are no rules on “how to make it” in the industry:

“When you’re starting out you’ve got nothing to lose.. so don’t be precious about who get’s to listen to it. Up until we got signed to Modular, I just made all the tame songs on myspace downloadable, for free.”

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