i had to wait until she stopped playing with dolls. then we could get serious about recording. and my comment would be no. was it fun? i don t know if fun was the right word. when you re putting an album together, it s a work of art. we could slap a bunch of songs on a cd and call it good, but you have to put your producer hat on and artist hat on and it s blik a blank canvas and you start painting. you know what you want it to look like, but until you start painting, until you see the final product, you never know, and we took a lot of time and a lot of effort putting this together. is it easy was it fun? it was fun. is it hard or easy to be with your own brother when you re making a record? oh, you know, i think initially when it was more difficult i want to hear about this. he s so full of it. big time, baby. the thing that was fun was the process of picking songs. that was fun. that was fun. that was fun.
and it was unique and we decided to build a company out of that one small idea. that small eidea for a line f designer wrapping paper has now expa expanded to encompass other products like journals and gift tags. their design aesthetic is their x competitive advantage. it influences every product choice. but beyond the products, sam and ryland understand their aesthetic needs to direct every decision they make. and so even their office was designed to represent their brand. they know that they may only get one chance to make an impression. you never know when someone is going to come in that you want to be able to communicate your ideas to. and because it s elegantly displayed and we have a clear, cohesive message, they end up being drawn in and wanting to see what we re doing. that s exactly what happened when scott flora, founder of blik, a wall decal can company that calls venice home, first stopped by their offices. so scott came into the studio and instantly flipped out. w