Vince Clarke
Vince Clarke
Vince Clarkeis an English synthpop musician and songwriter. Clarke has been the main composer and musician of the band Erasure since 1985, and was previously a member of several groups, including Depeche Mode, Yazoo and The Assembly...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth3 July 1960
track long input
I used to do all my programming on a BBC computer. It was limited to 16 tracks, and you used the keyboard, not a mouse, to input, but I was using it so long, I got quite fast at it.
room
When we start to write for a new record, we never really know what we're doing. We don't come into the room with a set of ideas, but miraculously, a song comes out of it.
chords christmas everybody format looked particular quite sad singing song track work
With a track like 'White Christmas,' everybody has done that song in every format you can imagine, so I just looked at the chords at that particular song and what chords would make it work. That's kind of quite a sad song, and I had this idea of someone singing it in the subway, someone who is homeless, old and sad.
create english-musician inside melody music remember sing sound
A possibility to create a melody you will remember and sing inside in your soul. this is what the music is for me, not the sound itself.
song done versions
I went on iTunes and looked at versions of Christmas songs. Everyone has done them!
song lovers
I'm a lover of songs.
pain collaboration painful
Collaboration is no longer painful - or precious.
art drinking smoking
I'm actually doing a show. from my shed. on the internet. but it won't be music or anything, it's more to do with drinking and smoking. it's an art piece.
fun lying thinking
That's where my influences lie, in the blues with people like Muddy Waters and Tina Turner. At first I didn't really like the idea of working with synthesizers but now I think they're fun, there are no restrictions. Not that I understand how they work.
song writing age
I started writing songs at age 15.
past thinking finding-yourself
When I was 20, I thought anyone in the music business over 25 is past it. Then at 30, you think anyone still doing it at 35 is ridiculous. Suddenly, you find yourself at 48 and still doing it, so I dont know what to say, really.