I wrote this EP after a month break from Ableton. After experiencing problems with my hard drives, I took a rest-bit from technology and focused on paintings, drawings, pastels, and videography. This analog process of creation allowed the mind to recover from digital overload. A nature break, we’ll say.
Returning to Ableton, I focused on ambient auras and decapitating decibels of bass. I’m continuing the exploration of the dark and glitched. Punishing malfunctions and borderline bad beats. Teetering the line between heady, introspective sound design and flat out noise. I thank my listeners for taking a chance, braving the corrupted collisions and whirlpools of wub.
“Halftime Homers” and “I could use a lil USAID” are two of my favorite tracks I’ve written, and tracks like “Jungle Garbage” are attempts to solidify myself into the genre of experimental bass.
I still have a lot of work.
Much producing to be done.
But… I’m beginning to see the fruits of my labor. The hard work is paying off, judging by the results of these tracks.
“Naive-Expressionism”, the name of the EP, is the genre of art I classify myself.
From beats cooked in 2-3 hours, drawing and paintings done in mass, to the warfare of words; the majority of my art is produced in a barrage of emotion and represents the “outsider artist” – untrained and self-taught. Utilizing my sensitivity, I attempt to dispel my creative output like a hand-twisted sponge, dousing the canvas in the raw and gritty.
Releasing the project yesterday on my 30th birthday, I felt compelled to provide an honest representation of my production skills, and sat down over the course of a week and produced the “NAIVE EXPRESSIONISM EP”.
Producing electronic music is not achieved overnight, despite my intentions.
A process of learning sound design, composition, software, music theory, file management, mixing, mastering. Marketing. Over the past year, I’ve uploaded all finished tracks to provide a representation of my process. A “started from the bottom” proof of purchase.
Personally, I don’t think people understand the difficulty of producing electronic music. I know I didn’t. And by providing an honest journey, maybe others won’t be dissuaded from sticking with the art. It takes time, really.
The portfolio also proves that I don’t require any ghost producers.
I am self-taught, self produced.
The proof is in the pudding.
Again, thank you for listening.
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