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So after i play a part like that, then i would do... i start to map out a lick on it, because now im only playing to drums, so now that part is down and then i play... picks counter part. ah, right, so... i want you to keep both things in your head, so... strums riff. so then i break out the plexiglass guitar and i play... picks counter part. and... picks notes. ..turned into, "to get lucky." # weve come too far # to give up # who we are # so lets raise the bar # and our cups to the stars

Isay, "oh, wow. cool," you know. "play it for me." and he does something like this. strums riff. # lets dance. #. something like that. i just thought it was a nice little riff, whatever. i said, "david, what if i did an arrangement? "would you mind if i did an arrangement on this?" he said, "oh, man, id love you to do an arrangement." awesome! arrangement. got the right word in. so i went... strums funkier riff. which sounds a little more funky to me. and because i knew he loved jazz, then i put...

Strums riff. and then i thought right away, huh, dark, dark, light, light — what if i make it really bright? and i moved it up a whole octave. and i went... strums riff. and then the minor 13 chord up here. continues strumming. then ijust said, "what else?" ill do the voice leading. strums riff. and then back here. then i made it a little nile—like and went... strums upbeat riff. # lets dance. # put on your red shoes and dance the blues. # lets dance. # to the song theyre playing on the radi...

A vision for an album, what was that vision? what did they sell you? they sold me on a concept. they said simply... .."we want to do an album "as if the internet never existed." they laugh. and im, like, going, "ok?" erm, and for some reason, i knew exactly what they meant. as soon as they gave me that explanation, i said, "you dont need to play anything for me. "illjust come to the studio and lets do it." so where does a song like get lucky, how does it get born into a world? what happened was,...

Continues strumming. but it still sounded dark in the key of a minor so i moved it up a half—step and all of a sudden we got... strums riff. and then i thought right away, huh, dark, dark, light, light — what if i make it really bright? and i moved it up a whole octave. and i went... strums riff. and then the minor 13 chord up here. then ijust said, "what else?" ill do the voice leading. and then back here. then i made it a little nile—like and went... strums upbeat riff. # lets dance # pu...

So after i play a part like that, then i would do... i start to map out a lick on it, because now im only playing to drums, so now that part is down and then i play... picks counter part. ah, right, so... i want you to keep both things in your head, so... strums riff. so then i break out the plexiglass guitarand i play... picks counter part. and... picks notes. ..turned into, "to get lucky." # weve come too far

Could i ask you to take me through the same progression when it comes to get lucky and daft punk? its an extraordinary album. when daft punk, these two french dudes who are anonymous in their own way, came over to your house and they laid out a vision for an album, what was that vision? what did they sell you? they sold me on a concept. they said simply... .."we want to do an album "as if the internet never existed." they laugh. and im, like, going, "ok?" erm, and for some reason, i knew exactly...

To something that would be a song thats sold a zillion records? so he walks into my room one morning, and he was very enthusiastic. "no, darling, ithink this is a hit." isay, "oh, wow. cool," you know. "play it for me." and he does something like this. strums riff. # lets dance. # something like that. i just thought it was a nice little riff, whatever. i said, "david, what if i did an arrangement? "would you mind if i did an arrangement on this?" he said, "oh, man, id love you to do an arrangeme...

# lets dance. something like that. i just thought it was a nice little riff, whatever. i said, "david, what if i did an arrangement? "would you mind if i did an arrangement on this?" he said, "oh, man, id love you to do an arrangement." awesome! arrangement. got the right word in. so i went... strums funkier riff. ..which sounds a little more funky to me. and because i knew he loved jazz, then i put a 13 — a minor 13 chord in there. continues strumming. but it still sounded dark in the key of ...

Its the main workhorse in my life and people, they laugh at me, they make fun of me because they think that i treat it poorly and i say, "you dont understand." i show up to work. this guitar is there to work. but thats probably responsible for what? its over $1 billion worth of music youve made and produced and written on there. when, for instance, lets dance, the song lets dance comes about in switzerland. whats the process by which david bowie has an idea and you take it and you take it furthe...