I’m glad I wasn’t accepted into music production studies at university

January 30, 2012 · 0 comments

High school, now what?

In 2008 when I had to figure out what to study after high school, my mind went blank. I had no idea what I wanted to do, and pretty much all the things I checked out seemed very bland and uninteresting, even more so than the general studies in high school. After a bit of searching around, I found one single music production program by a public university (the private ones cost a fortune). I sent them a 5-track demo, along with an application letter; quite confident that I’d get accepted, after hearing some very poor compositions by former students.

I wasn’t accepted; and I never got to hear why.  [click to continue…]

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I want more futuristic, cool and nerdy videos for electronic music!

January 17, 2012 · 1 comment

Modern day electronic music videos: meh.

Come on, seriously. Here we have electronic music – one of the finest abstract storytelling mediums ever. Sounds that don’t exist naturally in our world, meticulously combined to paint a sequence of surrealistic mind images, to unlock the awesome asset that is the human imagination! And what do the videos look like?

(For the record, I’m mostly talking about trance/techno/house type music, since that’s where I “come from”.)

  1. In the club. Fair enough, there are lasers, strobes, smoke machines and colours. That’s cool, since it kind of relates to the technological and surrealistic music. But what’s up with all the people in it though? [click to continue…]

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The lost art of play

Here’s a video of Mark Sisson from Mark’s Daily Apple, explaining why play is such a massively important thing. I’ve always wondered why moving away from play is considered to “grow up”. Things that I’m very good at such as language, music, computers, writing, and other things – are all things where I’ve acquired the [...]

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7 useful basic mixing/sound design tips. Bleh.

Bleh, indeed. I still stand by my focus on imagination, storytelling and all that in electronic music. It is by far the most missing element in today’s electronic music, and everyone else and their mothers seem to be discussing which compressor is the best. Yawn. Still, I figured I could share a few basic tricks [...]

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Musical new year’s resolution 2012: Add audio effects to everything

Happy new year! As always, my primary intention music-wise is to simply have fun and being sure not to take myself too seriously. I’ll do my utmost to include imagination and storytelling in my tunes. Music is more than you hear; it’s about drawing pictures in the mind. Perfectly good ear images (earmages) can be [...]

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Words aren’t for the ears, they’re for the mind

Yes, you’re making sounds, which are perceived by our hearing sense. You can not literally see, touch, smell and taste your compositions. However, you have no problem imagining what something looks, feels, smells and tastes like. Good storytellers do what they can to activate the listeners’ senses, so that they’ll get a more empathetic and [...]

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Dreaming isn’t dead, it’s just been forgotten

“Dreaming isn’t dead, it’s just been forgotten” is the main message in the latest masterpiece “Imagine That” masterfully conjured up by my dear wizard Owsey and siren CoMa. Not only is it a stunningly beautiful aural firework, it’s like imagination’s own epic celestial hymn, it’s absolutely beautiful and mighty! A slightly inconsistent rant on the [...]

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Loudness war (whispering vs. shouting)

Whispering and shouting You wouldn’t whisper and shout at the same volume; that would just be silly. Yet, this is what has happened in a lot of modern music – the “quiet parts” aren’t really quiet, and the “anticipated explosive grand finales” become tiny dog farts, which don’t really have any powerful impact; it’s just [...]

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My latest SoundCloud favourites

SoundCloud is easily the best website for music producers out there, it’s far more stable and interactive than MySpace, which I can’t believe still exists. It’s also great for listeners who wish to discover great music from bedroom producers as well as already established names. An important part of my SoundCloud profile is my favourites, [...]

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Music production is like Legos

Making electronic music is like having a bottomless crate of Legos. You can alter each individual lego brick in limitless ways. You can put together these customized bricks in limitless ways. If you can imagine it, you can make it. The Lego ad below pretty much sums up my basic view/mindset on music production: (imagine [...]

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