I'm super stoked because I just dropped a video I've been working towards for months! There's a team at Google called Magenta, who focus on exploring machine learning in the context of art and music, and they let me play with one of their sound creation algorithms. :D
Watch the video | Download the track
The ...
2017-12-22 13:20:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Hope I'm able to find time to do this more regularly :)
Superfast Beatmaking Episode 4
Download the track here.
Monday's video was about my track "Get Away" as there were a lot of people asking about certain aspects of its production - 2017-12-15 12:32:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey team!
Had a nice little ambient/IDM jam with the modular system, as well as figuring out a fast and fun new way to make sample packs with new modules Plonk and Stereo Triggered Sampler. Watch here.
I'm including the music from this video in full here, but bear in mind these are somewhere between sketches and works-in-progress. The crazy thing with modular is you can generate so much varied audio...
2017-12-09 20:24:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Howdy! I only have one video for you this week, but! - SIX pieces of music!
Everything comes from a jam I had with the lovely Dotan Negrin last month. One day we might flesh some of these out into official releases but for now you can download the recordings here!
Also, I announced a giveaway in this video, which you can...
2017-11-29 03:05:04 +0000 UTC View Post
A lot of you have been asking about the production of Stars so I wanted to deconstruct some of the parts in the title track and show how different kinds of layering can help to bring a song to life! Watch here.
Another thing a lot of you have been asking about is a collab with Marti Fischer!! While I was in Berlin last week for Loop I managed to squeeze in a quick visit to his amazing box of music-making ...
2017-11-23 14:25:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Andrew Applepie and I wanted to try a challenge where we'd make samples for each other to have to make a track out of. I think they both turned out really well! My video is here, Andrew's is here, and you can download the tracks here.
I also uploaded a bunch of fun Good ...
2017-11-16 20:21:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey hey!
Only one video this week but it's a major one - GOOD RUN was over three years in the making and is the first music video off of Stars. The album comes out on Friday but you get an early download right here!
Let me know how you like it. :)
Y'all. I have so many videos for you from this week.
1. Responding to a hilariously ignorant comment, plus a preview from the upcoming album Stars! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_7X3umqigA
2. A video explaining the theory behind mashups: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyHsCioQ1Ts
3. MODULAR SYNTHESIS. A massive i...
2017-10-29 21:14:20 +0000 UTC View Post
Well folks, hot off the heels of a 4-video-week, this week I only have one. It's a good one though! Wanted to share with you about my new GOLD PLAY BUTTON, the amazing 1 MILLION SUBS PARTY we had, and also, the first song from my upcoming album STARS. It's called "Get Away" and so far people in the comments seems to be digging it, so woohoo!
The album will be out Nov 3 but you'll get it a couple days earlier than everyone else. :)
Thanks as always for your support!
2017-10-19 22:39:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Lots of videos this week!
I wanted to talk about the most important thing every artist has to learn, as well as make some music of course - watch that video here and download the four new tracks here.
I also just released a track made out of all kinds of technology, old and new - 2017-10-12 18:06:25 +0000 UTC View Post
I've been needing to get these old notebooks out of my life for a long time now, so when I was hanging with my friend Malinda recently we thought a fun video idea would be to READ A BUNCH OF MY TERRIBLE TEENAGE WRITING before lighting it all on fire. Watch that here! And if you liked the songs we ended up producing out of it, download them 2017-10-05 03:37:18 +0000 UTC View Post
It's been months in the making and it's finally here: A nearly 40-video choose-your-own-adventure game that I made with Rob Scallon, Boyinaband, and Roomie! Have fun, and help us on our quest to destroy the most embarrassing music video we ever filmed. Start the game here.
My other video this week features a bunch of music production as I try out new Native Instruments music equipment. 2017-09-30 21:38:21 +0000 UTC View Post
CELEBRATING 1 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS!
I still can't believe we've reached this milestone. Thank you so much for tuning into my weird music antics!
Video here with a sweet giveaway and the other side of the 900K time travel adventure.
Google Arts & Culture also hit me up to promote a new West Side Story online resource that they've put together, so I decided I'd cover one of my favorite songs from the musical wit...
2017-09-25 21:10:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Just worked out that a loooot of videos came out so I hope you enjoy!
Peter Hollens and I covered "Find Me" by Sigma and Birdy. Download of the track here.
It's also my favorite song of the past year and I wanted to make a video dissecti...
2017-09-16 15:04:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Only one video this week - but two tracks!
I do need to figure out a second verse to "Hit It", but you can enjoy the WIP version, plus the full instrumental of that other beat, right here.
Hope all is well and thanks as always for supporting!
2017-09-07 23:40:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey team!
I made some music with school supplies (and my cute new baby analog synth). The sample packs I mention in this video will be going out to all $5+ patrons tomorrow! Download the tracks here.
Also, I made some music with electric skateboards, which were really weird to work with for a large part of the pro...
2017-09-01 03:38:42 +0000 UTC View Post
A very heavily requested video recently has been ASMR MUSIC, and I've got two versions for you here! The first I did with Super Deluxe and it ended up being one of my favorite tracks I've made this year - watch here. For the alternate version on my channel I did a different arrangement that went as ASMR as possible, just focusing on crinkling, crackling and tapping sounds. Watch that video 2017-08-24 01:59:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Heya!
Very excited to have collaborated with Super Deluxe this summer, here's the first of a new series called FOUNDSCAPES which we've made 3 episodes of and might continue if they dig how people dig it!
Also watch a hilarious behind the scenes + a vlog about moving my studio.
You also get an exclusive download of tw...
2017-08-19 21:10:38 +0000 UTC View Post
WHAT A WEEK.
I was sponsored by a nice manufacturer of chocolatey candies to make music with their products - yay!
And I just released a video that was nearly a year in the making, involving samples I collected whenever the radiators in my apartment started clanging. 2017-08-11 21:53:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Promised you a Microgranny video so here's my first track with it!
And on my second channel there's a video of the entire process of making the track.
I'm also super excited to have been approached...
2017-08-03 15:26:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Tried making guitar riffs out of random numbers I got from the subscriber counts of channels I like - I found a way to make most of them sound good! Watch here.
And hot off the presses - demoing a tiny synthesizer I ordered online, and of course, making a track and a sample pack with it right away. Watch here and download the tr...
2017-07-27 16:34:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Made a metal song with a special guest to celebrate hitting 900,000 subscribers! Watch here and download the song here.
Monday's video was a track based on a sample of a Formula E race car recorded in slow motion on Sara Dietschy's Instagram story. A really convoluted way to make a track, but it's a banger! 2017-07-20 19:46:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Well folks, it's been a weird week for videos but I promise there is some great music within!
First up, here's me trolling a little with the final dredges of this fidget spinner craze. :P
The new track "Blaster" is available for you to download right here.
And today's video was just a fun thing I had to make after d...
2017-07-13 16:13:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Thought I would share some tips (and new music) as I was wrapping up all the guitar work on an upcoming album - check it out!
I also just announced the winner of the Yousician contest held last month, and sketched out a fun little beat on the OP-1. :) Watch that video her...
2017-07-07 12:37:52 +0000 UTC View Post
This video won't be coming out until tomorrow but I thought I'd share it with you folks now! Rob Scallon and I were recently in Sweden working with Boyinaband and Roomie, and we thought we would act on a much requested collab from a few months ago - TINES. Check out my video with the back story and Sweden antics and of course the musi...
2017-06-29 02:32:19 +0000 UTC View Post
I have a lot of new music for you this week! In one day I finished five tracks that just needed that last little bit of production and mixing to get to 100%. Watch that video here and get your exclusive download of the tracks here.
On Mond...
2017-06-23 17:50:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks! Unfortunately I only have time for one video this week but I tried to put a lot into it! New music, a fun participatory project, thoughts on genre combination/creation, and some of my best drone footage. :D
Hope you enjoy, and if you like the "trance math jazz" track I've put a download of the work in progress for you here.
2017-06-16 01:46:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Had some more #MIDIFLIP fun thanks to a lot of viewer submissions!
Watch here and download evil Vanessa Carlton here. :)
Earlier this week I also talked a bit about my overall philosophy to learning anything musical, and announced a fun contest with Yousician where you can win an OP-1! 2017-06-09 14:49:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks!
On Monday I dropped a video going behind the scenes on a few aspects of my Lo-Fi album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yP4g0psnOY
And today I just released a little collab with the always lovely Cuckoo! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCHlSkUgcXE
Download the track 2017-06-01 22:22:13 +0000 UTC View Post
If you haven't gotten it already, the new lo-fi hip-hop album download should be in your private messages, and I also launched it with a travel vlog. :) Watch here!
I also made music with fidget toys, which was a decent challenge given their limited range of sounds, but I think I came up with something cool - check it out her...
2017-05-25 15:17:46 +0000 UTC View Post