BOYG 7: Matt Carr vs. Vinyl, Web Comics, Synths and Sampling

In this episode Devon sits down with Matt Carr (musician, tinkerer and aspiring storyteller) to chat about collecting vinyl records. They discuss some reasons for the resurgence in popularity of the format, and they rattle off some of the most inventive and absurd things that artists have done with records and their packaging. They talk about making music in video games, and sampling video game sounds, and they discuss some of the freeing, and limiting aspects of electronic solo projects. Matt and Devon discuss different ways that they play old games, and they look at the ways in which comic books and comic strips lend themselves to digital formats, while reminiscing over some stand-out web cartoons from their early days exploring the internet.