Copy Your Idols was a one man band for 4 years that preached for free music and self-expression. Then, it expanded; with many interested artists eager to contribute, Copy Your Idols became a family of many artists from various musical backgrounds.
Gary Klatt just got bored one day in early spring '07 and started making songs with moody ambient tunes that integrated breakbeat influences. From there, He decided to make it into a project, and started releasing songs the alias "Copy Yr Idols". It began to take on a sound and a theme of its own, and since then, has expanded into a family of sorts.
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Copy Your Idols finds influence in the lost, the hopeless, the hopeful, the curious, the relieved. The content produced is based upon content, not quality, and emphasizes on self-expression through sound.
To answer the question more directly, we find inspiration through our surroundings, and attempt to interpret that in sound - whether it's in low-quality or high-quality does not make a difference.
AK-47.
I am only a vessel unto yourself.