J.S.: Might I suggest you binning that application for the job in crisis counseling.
Mark: It's not over till the fat lady sings.
Jim: The thought of writing 20 new songs fills me with dread at the moment. In six months I'm sure I'll feel different.
Name: Daniel
Location: West Yorkshire, England
J.S., You've mentioned that your alternative job would to be a graphic designer. I'm hoping to get involved in advertising media and web design myself. What would be your ideal design job?
J.S.: Something cool like Fight Club, or doing band art or websites. Something fresh and not dull and corporate. Skateboard graphics, t-shirts... Anything fly.
As I believe the new album is going to a success, you'll be making promotional music videos for the singles, etc. If you could choose any director, who would it be, and what would you want the video to be like?
J.S.: I would choose David Lynch. He would make the video weird by proxy and no one would get it, but it'd be cool. The Wachowski brothers, for obvious reasons -- The Matrix blew my mind when I first saw it. David Cronenberg; I can imagine a video like Dead Ringers -- that would be sick!
Mark: J.S. took the words out of my mouth.
Name: Neil
Location: Berkshire, England
Have you considered doing a Remix Wars type album for P.S.I.? Who would you ask to remix it?
J.S.: Yeah, we have toyed with the idea, but we need the record company to play ball for it to happen. Personally, I would love to get mixes by DJ Shadow, Squarepusher, Bad Company, Decoder, Crystal Method, Peshay, Aim, Prodigy, Orbital... We could be here all year!
Jim: I'm dribbling at the thought
Due to Pitchshifter's style, in the past you've toured with a wide variety of bands with a wide range of styles. Now that sampling/loops are on the increase in music, do you think you'll be touring with bands whose sound is now similar to yours? Or would you keep the line-up more varied to avoid that sort of tour?
J.S.: Well, touring is just in the lap of the gods really. It's all to do with schedules, and availability, etc. We just try and tour with bands we like. Are there any bands out there who you feel we fit in with? Tell me the names!
Mark: We are and have always been happy to tour with most bands. We hate being pigeon-holed.
Jim: You can't get much different from us than Bad Religion, who we are touring with soon.
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