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Mac DeMarco Biography

McBriare Samuel Lanyon "Mac" DeMarco (born Vernor Winfield McBriare Smith IV, April 30, 1990) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. DeMarco has released three full-length studio albums, 2 (2012), Salad Days (2014), and This Old Dog (2017), as well as two mini-LPs: his debut Rock and Roll Night Club (2012) and Another One (2015). His style of music has been described as "blue wave" and "slacker rock", or by DeMarco himself "jizz jazz".

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I don't have that much experience in the studio, but I'm always really uncomfortable when I'm there. You're on the clock and it costs a lot of money.

Clock, Cost, Costs, Uncomfortable

Once a song comes out, these songs aren't mine. They're everybody's. So there you go.

Mines, Song, Songs

I thought I knew Elton John, but then it was like, "Woah, Elton's a pimp! He's really amazing. " And since Billy and Elton are homies, I'm finally getting it - the two piano boys.

Boys, Piano, Thought, Two

With the "old dog" stuff, maybe the term "old" is in there, but I'm 26. I'm not that old. It's mostly like, "Ah, you dirty old dog!" I'm saying it more like that. I'm still ripping. I'm ready to rip. I'll make a bunch more records and have a nice time. We'll see what happens.

Dog, Like, Mostly, Nice, Rip, Saying

It's so crazy with the Internet and being able to play shows to people who are actually interested in you. I feel so lucky when that happens.

Crazy, Happens, Lucky, People, Play

I'm not very good at playing piano, so I usually hit chords with my right hand. And those chords came, and I was just singing a little bit.

Chords, Hands, Piano, Right, Singing, Usually

I was having a good time before, but you grow up after a couple years and realize, "I can't get drunk like this every night. " Things change.

Couple, Growing Up, Having, Night, Years

'Salad Days' refers to a youthful or innocent period. And a lot of people having been asking me already so you jaded? And I'm not, I'm 23. It's me reflecting, I had to re-learn to have fun with music and I had to re-count my blessings.

Already, Blessing, Fun, Jaded, People, Reflecting

The time came around where the label was like, "Well, if you want something to come out in early 2017, it's going to have to be done by, like, so-and-so. " So I plucked some of the old songs and wrote some new ones. Everybody keeps asking me, "Is this your L. A. record?" I was doing songs in a bedroom in New York, I was doing it in a bedroom in L. A. The only difference is when I look out the window, there's palm trees instead of snow.

Old, Ones, Snow, Song, Songs, Tree

My music is kind of laid back, it doesn't have super crispy, shiny production, and I'm not singing my heart out or whatever. But that whole idea of blogs declaring: "this is the new denomination for this sound" is ridiculous to me.

Denomination, Heart, Ideas, Singing, Sound

I lived in Brooklyn for a year and I moved out to Rockaway Beach. I've been living here for two years now. I put my address on the album, so I have a lot of visitors all the time.

Address, Beach, Rockaway, Two, Visitors, Years

I recorded this album in a windowless room in Brooklyn by myself. I think Chamber of Reflection sums the album up better than Salad Days to tell you the truth.

Albums, Days, Recorded, Reflection, Sums, Thinking

I've never done an album in the same place really - I like to be able to remember where I did every single one of them.

Able, Albums, Done, Like, Same

I hate living in a really small apartment, living in a shoebox, not being able to play the drums, not having space. It sucks.

Drums, Hate, Play, Space

Neil Young is the prime example, the grand goal, if you will. He's still shredding, and he never lost his credibility.

Example, Goal, Neil, Prime, Shredding

[My House By The Water] is a nice instrumental track. The sound of the water is from the same place where the front photo was taken. I live really close to the airport, so there's also planes going over. It's kind of to remind me of living in there, because I'm not gonna be living in there for very much longer.

Airports, Nice, Photo, Taken

[Chamber of Reflection off of Salad Days]I think it's probably that one. There's no guitar on that song, I've never recorded a song with absolutely no guitar, which is interesting. The idea behind it, well it's a Free Mason reference because before they become Free Mason's they had to go into this room called the Chamber of Reflection where they think about the life they brought with them, the life they've lived up until this point and all their wrong and right doings. And that's basically what I did with this album.

Become, Interesting, Reflection, Right, Song, Thinking

In Europe, people tend to be very respectful. They try not to make too much noise at inappropriate times. In other countries, people can be very still. Sometimes I'm not sure if a crowd is into it until the end, when they usually want me to do something crazy for the encore.

Countries, Country, Crazy, Europe, Usually

I don't think anybody has a choice. Everybody has to kind of interact with all the craziness right now. I don't like to engage - a lot of people made a point of doing the social media thing, and I think that social media is complete trash, so I treat it like that. I like Instagram. I like the funny photos. Other than that, it's not for me.

Choices, Craziness, People, Social, Think, Thinking

Journalists say my music is "blue wave," or "dreamy," or "jangly-slacker jewel," and none of it really makes sense to me.

Blue, Jewels, Sense, Wave

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