It was supposed to be a year or two just to refresh my batteries, but I moved to Silicon Valley in the early 90's, and one thing let to another, got very involved in high tech, and formed a company and it ended up doing pretty well. Thomas Dolby batterycompanyearly share on social
So I'll set a cycle in motion and pop it into record and I'll lay down a drum pattern, a bass line, a keyboard and guitar part, and once the groove is going I launch into the song and sing my song over the top. Thomas Dolby bascycledrum share on social
I was very pleased to find that once I had records out music videos were starting to happen, so I directed some of my own music videos and got to experiment in other areas of expression. Thomas Dolby areadirectexperiment Change image and share on social
The games industry is already bigger than the music industry, and it's mainly directed at teenage boys. Thomas Dolby bigboydirect Change image and share on social
At the same time, one of the things I noticed was that the moment there was any kind of audio attached to virtual reality, it really improved the experience, even though the audio didn't feel like a sound engineer or composer had been anywhere near it. Thomas Dolby attachaudiocomposer share on social
I was desperate really for people not to accuse me of coldness. It was taboo. Thomas Dolby accusecoldnessdesperate Change image and share on social
The hardware manufacturers, game designers, cable companies and computer companies and, in fact, film studios are going to ensure that this thing marches on. They know that they are going to make an enormous amount of money from it. Thomas Dolby amountcablecompany share on social
So evidently music was a killer app and is a killer app for computer and the Internet; it just took the tech industry a long time to hear that message. Thomas Dolby appcomputerevidently Change image and share on social