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
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.
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.
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.
cell
When I write a record, I don't even touch a computer. I don't even bring my cell phone.
excellent work
I try to do collaborations with as many artists as possible. It's really excellent and fun to actually work with another songwriter.
I try to be of the world, rather than just observing it.
I write about eight hours a day, and I throw away most of what I write.
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.
affords chicago community creating easy environment great music
As a city, Chicago really affords me an environment that I am really happy creating in. It's an easy place to live in a lot of ways; it's a great community to be making music in.
At times, I will get in the studio and force myself to just write an entire front-to-back record, and 'Let Me Go' is one of these.
lived recording songs
I really enjoy recording right after a tour. We're tired, but the songs are really lived in by then.
anybody business disposal far home people record side sit
These people who have everything at their disposal as far as cash and connections, I think they just get so mired in the business side of things that they don't just sit at home and record records. Anybody can do that.
believed
In songwriting, I needed language. And I always believed in singing about what I do.
heart sick my-heart
My heart is sick / and I didn’t make it out.