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Jim Beaugez

“He was like, ‘Who's your favorite guitar player?’ I said, ‘Django Reinhardt.’ He’s like, ‘Wrong answer – go home!’”: The key Berklee lesson that kept giving to Big Thief's Buck Meek as he built his new solo album

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - AUGUST 10: Buck Meek of Big Thief performs on stage during Syd For Solen on August 10, 2024 in Copenhagen, Denmark. (Photo by Matt Jelonek/Getty Images).

Indie-rock guitarist and songwriter Buck Meek decided to throw a curveball at his solo band as they tracked his fourth album, The Mirror. While they played live, producer James Krivchenia and engineer Adrian Olsen imported channel feeds into modular synths to create ambient soundscapes triggered by the performances.

“At the end of each day we'd listen back not only to hear ourselves, but also this parallel reality that was not even necessarily rhythmic,” Meek says. “It was just these crazy landscapes. That was really exciting.”

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