Boards of Canada came to their sound because in their youth, the brothers had to move to Canada for a time. Even though it was only a couple of years their experience made an indelible mark on them—particularly school days watching old National Film Board of Canada tapes on worn VCR heads.
When they moved back to Scotland and started their music they started incorporating both the machinery and the sounds from the tapes in their compositions. And they could play their compositions live. It was quite the rig.
It’s not just entertainment. It’s communicating a very specific feeling and perspective. Keep learning and create, don’t be satisfied with just copying.
The biggest difference here is in the doing. You have to grow into one mode over time and energy spent, the other is immediate gratification with minimal personal energy.
Everything valuable comes during the course of that process of growing and committing energy. And it’s so good. Don’t deny yourself.
