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This week,Switched on Popgot to be a fly on the wall for the Scary Pockets creative process.
Read an excerpt from that conversation below, and then listen to the episode wherever you get podcasts.
Jack Conte:Ive found that starting withanythingis kind of the trick.
Ill tell them that we venture to do songs everybody knows that arent already funky.
If they dont already know the song, you lose your context.
Then it just might as well be an original.
JC: Part of the reason we set these guidelines for ourselves is because it goes against our nature.
Lets prioritize what thegroovefeels like.
I dont ever want to cover a song and have it sound like the original.
This excerpt has been edited and condensed.
