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
contribute couple decline disastrous insane muddle records struck style worlds
Stuart was insisting (we contribute songs), which I thought was a pretty disastrous idea. The first couple of records were very self-contained worlds with a style that was all their own. It struck me as being insane to muddle what was so distinctive in the first place. I thought there would be a decline in quality. And I think there was.
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.
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.
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.
frame happy morning puts sunshine waking
Waking up every morning in the sunshine puts you in a happy frame of mind.
quite
When I'm making records, I like it to be quite fast. Don't let the band learn it too well.
anyone certain control hard hear lends listened nail prepared songs structure tried
We did pre-production for the first time. He listened to the songs and made suggestions on structure and other things. We're such control freaks, we never let anyone hear anything in the past. But when we recorded, we were prepared ? we tried really hard to nail every part, every vocal, every guitar. And I think that lends it a certain urgency.
guess indie wear
I wear glasses and suits, so I guess I am an indie artist.
excited exciting playing stuff
It's pretty exciting to be playing on Broadway. It's a dream, really. All that American stuff - I get very excited by it.
america deal favorite full wonder
Everyone is making a really big deal about it, and that's great. America is my favorite place in the world. It is full of wonder and magic.
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.