Block Party

"It's the difference between playing your John Madden video game by yourself or going to your friend's house with five people and a case of beer and playing the same game," Loneker says with a laugh. "All of a sudden, it becomes a hundred times better. If you're just sitting in your house doing your own stuff, all you have is your idea of what it's supposed to sound like, which is cool for some people, but you don't get the collaboration and the feedback. Plus, there aren't a lot of platinum albums that get done at home."