from SUSO 2021

Many thanks to @professorchang for not only teaching me how to mix, but providing gear so I can mix whenever I want

Desert House Mix [Saddle Up and Space Out]

Story time of where my head’s been at:
A year ago I was set on quitting music. A lot of the reasons stemmed from constant self-criticism and fear of what others thought of my work. In 2019/2020 I became obsessed with getting my songs signed to labels because, when they did, it was satisfying. Getting an “official” stamp of approval and seeing play numbers orders of magnitude larger than I’d seen before was incredibly validating. 

But it also made my expectations grow. I built up so much of my identity around music, so that when I felt like my music didn’t meet my expectations, I didn’t meet my expectations. My motivation for making music switched from curiosity, emotional release, and passion to mere validation from play stats. And living in a world that glamorizes being productive at all times made me feel like music was a side-hustle/work. All of this made me hate music. I hated listening to it and I hated producing it. 

Which is so absurd saying it now. I took a long break from producing and gave myself time to reflect. My attitude toward music has reset. “shaded” was purely an outlet for the emotions I was feeling when writing it (oh and @highimjetson heavily inspired the sound design). Happy to break through this funk, and looking forward to making music again :)

shaded

hold

conflict

weekend of u

fragmented

The song title and vibe was inspired from a camping trip in Joshua Tree with one of my best friends. We hiked in the dead of night only with the light from the moon illuminating everything. I tried to capture the magic of this night as best I could in this song.

sound design inspired by @charles-thefirst and @affelaye

Huge thank you to Anton for the mixing tips @fortunetold
Original master @sailtheocean
Remaster @weaverbeats

Last but not least thank you Reed for teaching me photoshop <3

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lunar pulse

a song about mixed feelings.

This is the first track I made using Ableton, thank you to @destinyreflect for showing me pretty much everything I know about how to use this program.

catch

A live cover of C418's song Sweden

Live video: https://youtu.be/O8-T4-x_O-8

Minecraft: jazzy 𝙡𝙤𝙛𝙞 𝙝𝙞𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙥 cover (youtube link to live video in description)

after Nikki and I recorded, I didn't touch the song for 4 months. I scrapped the beat entirely and rewrote the song from the ground up, which allowed me to create something that reflected the story she was telling. check out her other work @nikki-maruya

sound design inspired by @galimatias and @sophie-meiers

tide feat. nikki maruya

much like flume, I aspire to eat ass on stage at the burn

mastered by @bloomaudio

Flume - Rushing Back (ft. Vera Blue) [substant remix]



<a href='https://theartistunion.com/tracks/9be58d'>Download for free on The Artist Union</a>

white lavender

no shade w/ jay walkr

clarity w/ M’ahnoor

holding on and letting go

@vesting
@bonsaicollct
@surrealrecordings
@pil-society
@chill

substantmusic@gmail.com

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