Music Not Diving with Scuba LIVE from Lost Village Festival: Joe Goddard on Big tunes, Grunge, and being in a band
Sep 12, 2024
Joe Goddard, a member of the acclaimed band Hot Chip and a talented electronic musician, shares insights from the Lost Village Festival. He discusses the decline of bands and the challenges in today's music scene, reflecting on the impact of cultural icons like Beyoncé and Taylor Swift. Joe reminisces about his early days in music, the influence of grunge, and how dance music shaped Hot Chip's sound. He also explores the effects of technology on the music experience and offers advice for aspiring artists to embrace uniqueness.
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Fragmented Scenes Reduce ‘Big Tunes’
- Joe Goddard says there are fewer universally uniting big tunes today due to fractured micro-scenes.
- He finds this fragmentation a little sad because records no longer bring diverse crowds together.
Hot Chip Began In A School Bedroom
- Joe recounts forming Hot Chip with schoolmates at Elliott School in southwest London as teenagers.
- They hung out in his bedroom, learned Cubase, and began making music together from about age 15.
Cross-Genre Influences Shaped His Path
- Joe traced his path from grunge and hip-hop into jungle, then house via Daft Punk and Basement Jaxx.
- He says those crossover influences opened him to club culture and shaped Hot Chip's sound.
