Behold

Time Rival is the ambient music project of Illinois native Michael Southard.  At a young age, Michael became interested in music production and recording engineering, creating countless albums of esoteric, cross-genre music.  He earned a bachelor’s degree in music business from Southern Illinois University in 2007 and has continued honing his production and songwriting skills.
The music of Time Rival is ambient in nature and has been described as “music for dreaming”.  Mostly piano and synthesizers heavily effected by computer wizardry.  It’s generally warm and pleasant with tiny hints of tension.  Music to help the listener decompress and provoke deep thought in this digital age.

Michael also creates technical, beat driven electronic music under the name @SupplyFi, is one half of the duo @Amberglow-3, and collaborates regularly with @runninginslowmotion and @belial-pelegrim.  He is a co-owner @triplicaterecords,  has a monthly radio show on Threadsradio.com and curates mixes and playlists for TRIP FM
For inquiries: msouthard.music@gmail.com

Heres where the meat and potatos of manik productions is going to be posted throughout this year. All for the electronic music lover! enjoy

Music Producer/
Sonic Enthusiast

Tack Tick is my futuristic songwriting alter ego that allows me to pursue novel ideas. My style of music can best be described as rhapsodic and eclectic. Although my sound is hard to define, my fans from all around the globe enjoy my avant-garde contribution to electronic music. Like many other bedroom producers,  I am apart of a new generation of musicians. All of the advantages that high-end music studios used to have, are now available to anyone with a mouse. 
I started out playing music on the drum-set,  so at first I came to understand music only through the narrow looking-glass of rhythmic patterns. Eventually, my music transformed from back beats to basslines, soon followed by synthesizers and samples. I pushed the limits of my productions and the Tack Tick movement slowly began to come to fruition. 
Despite the fact that Tack Tick has only been around since 2013, my message of finding meaning through music is timeless. But as an amateur producer, creating beats will never be as hard as it is now, and as my music just gets better, the future of Tack Tick’s music will be sure to amaze. 

Est. 2013
Viva La Creation!  

Music production is my profession. If anyone wants collab or if you would like to use my instrumentals, hit me up in the dm.

Behold

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