Stevie Jackson
Stevie Jackson
Stephen "Stevie" Jacksonis a Scottish musician and songwriter. He is best known for playing lead guitar and singing in the Glasgow-based indie band Belle & Sebastian. Jackson's guitar playing is distinctively retrogressive and melodic, with a heavy use of reverb and minimal effects. He has, in the past, been nicknamed 'Reverb' or 'Stevie Reverb' due to his use of the said effect...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth16 January 1969
gig record
There's a big difference between doing the odd gig and actually having a record out and your name being on the ticket.
definitely fast few fire gig guess reach shows trying unusual
This definitely is an unusual gig for us. It's all about trying to reach more people. The shows are short, which makes it kind of different. I guess we're just going to fire off a few fast ones.
given
I've always just given myself to the band, if you know what I mean, and been busy with that.
chord draws finished group ideas main people rhythm riff sequence
Actually, it's just the opposite. Stuart is still the main guy, obviously, but he now draws more from the group than ever. In the old days, people would come in with their finished songs. Now, everyone in the group contributes ideas ? a chord sequence or a riff or a rhythm or anything.
amount cafe capture certain change drawing front maybe organic people playing quietly room works
The change is something organic that has happened. We used to play very quietly because we would be playing in a cafe or in someone's front room or a library. We would be drawing people in, playing gentler to capture people's attention. That works up to a certain amount of people, maybe 700 or 800. But after that it didn't work at all.
thinking artistic good-art
I'm learning about filming, and just conceptualizing as well. I think it's a good artistic inroad, even to music as well.
reading biographies groups
I grew up reading biographies on groups, and I love all that. The thing about biographies, it's the old cliché but it's true - a lot of the time these things are more about the author than they are about the group.
thinking shy groups
I think for a group that has a reputation for being shy and elusive, we're actually outspoken.
regret curves records
In the early days I'd be slaving over a mixing desk. I'm not a recording engineer but I used to mix the record. We used to do it all by ourselves. I just don't really want to do it anymore. I want somebody to do it for me. I want to concentrate on other things. That's been a big change, a learning curve. But no regrets, it's all part of life's rich tapestry.
thinking laughing lazy
Lazy Line Painter Jane - it was an insane way to make a record! It was just in a church hall, no separate rooms for instruments, and a crappy digital desk, and I think it's fantastic. I think it's one of the best records we ever made. But if you actually said that to a professional recording engineer or producer they'd laugh at you.
tired records becoming
Basically, we've learned to delegate. We just grew tired of becoming too psychotic and straining to make the records ourselves.
thinking records representation
I think every record, good or bad, is a representation of us.
fall moving thinking
The basic rules of life would indicate that it can't last forever, and we'll fall off of the wave and have to climb onto another, but I don't think about it too much. We just keep moving.