Billboard spoke with Jim James, singer - guitarist from My Morning Jacket, on the bands nature inspired album, and his thoughts on the new streaming service 'Tidal'.
Why the new album was recorded in Stinson Beach:
"Everything is so grand out there. I’ve never stared out at the ocean while I’ve made a record before — that enhances things in a strange way. We were very isolated, but at the same time we had each other. It was like a little summer camp."
On music streaming:
"It boils down to a much larger issue than music. We don’t have universal health care. Education is so expensive. We have these massive problems, you know? So it makes me really happy to think that somebody could have all the music in the world for free. But at the same time, if you have enough money to pay for it, you should pay for it."
On Tidal:
"It seems kind of elitist and weird. The advertising turned me off. Twenty bucks a month obviously isn’t a lot of money for all the music in the world, but if you can’t afford health insurance, are you really going to pay for hi-res files of music you can get for free on YouTube, even if they sound like shit?"
