In the works for the last three and a half years, Intropy (Introspective-Entropy) is a deep dive into the interworking of Ian’s artistic soul — chaotic and uncontrollable like the world around him. A stylistic melting pot of sounds and sonics, due in big part to Ian’s unique influences, create a project sounding unlike anything else coming out of the Bay Area. This album is a journey that leaves the listener realizing that the only way to control one’s life is to accept being out of control — to live in Intropy.

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Intropy

3 song EP called Better. IDK who took this picture of me.

Better EP

A New Hue

Now Until Forever

Proud

Movin' Nowhere

Cold Feet

Take A Walk

Reach

Sixfour

Sixfour (Feat. Shan Dae)

Introlude

Sixfour (feat. Shan Dae)

A little (pretty long at 9 minutes, lol) electric guitar solo over John Mayer's "Slow Dancing in A Burning Room." Starts off with a loose to no time feel improvised guitar solo at the beginning and then plays into the main groove that Mayer lays down. I add little licks here and there. My time gets a little off at some parts but it's pretty solid. At the end of the song I loop the chorus, slap on some overdrive, and play. Please Like and Share!!!!

P.S. Sounds a lot better on headphones, also after listening back to it it sounds a little out of tune to me. Sorry!

Gear:::
2010 American Fender Strat Special (D'Allen RNB 60's pickups), Focusrite 2i2, Logic Pro X, Guitar Rig 5, BBE Green Screamer, Digitech JamMan Solo.

Slow Dancing in a Burning Room Electric Guitar

"Pendulum" is a really dope song (of course it is since I made it). It's an indie-rock track that reminds me that I am only Ian and no one and no-thing else. Its message is this: Don’t fold on yourself, no matter what the expectations you’ve created for yourself might be telling you. I often find myself questioning if I’m doing the things I need or even in the right way. But the truth is, the only thing I need to do is be unapologetically and unequivocally Ian :)

Life can be confusing, and we will never have everything figured out. But that's the beauty of it all. It’s a giant pendulum made up to smaller pendulums made up of even tinier pendulums that get increasingly and infinitely smaller that all swing back and forth. Its movement never stops. We change and grow analogously with its movement.

It’s always dimmest before dawn. And dawn, no matter how long the night seems, always comes just as the pendulum always swings.

Pendulum

End Of The Earf

Equanimity

Dear Mom (feat. Ando San)

Better

Milk N Water

Overthinkings - Ian Santillano

A New Hue - Ian Santillano & Āish

Explanations

Layers On Layers

This is a take on Michael Jackson's class Human Nature. I think its really really good.

human.nature

After being in a relationship for a year, I finally said "I love you" to my girlfriend. I thought it would be a glorifying experience. Instead, it was complicated. "Luv" explores this. Why are my feelings real but really insecure? Why do I feel guilty? Can you never leave me? I put this in a song. It's funky. It grooves. It sings. It makes you dance. It's complex but sounds simple. If I had to, I would describe the sound of "Luv" like this: Neo-Soul Bedroom Pop RnB with a cup of jazz vocabulary.

My debut EP “1856” - written, arranged, produced, and recorded from the House I grew up in. The whole project was created using a Macbook Pro, Ableton Live, some midi controllers, my guitars and my voice.

Do You

I wanna go outside again. I miss my friends. 2020 sucks. I think a lot of other people feel the same way. I wrote a song that not only conveys these feelings but also simply slaps (I'm from the bay) — Thick low end, smooth and fluttering guitars, dreamy synths n keys - a soundscape perfect for my vocals to speak my truth.

Wanna Go Outside Again

Ian Santillano pronounces his last name like this: San - Till - Yeah - Know. The bonafide alternative singer-songwriter-guitarist blends deeply personal lyrics with a folk meets rock meets funky meets soul meets whatever inspires him now. Ian is if John Mayer and Thundercat had a Filipino American baby who were raised by Yebba and Faye Webster.

Ian Santillano

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