Shape of Shadows
Name of the project, Shape of Shadows came to me while making a long drive at night on a country road and seeing the various shapes the shadows made from the moon and my headlights. Not very remarkable, but sounded interesting enough to me.Band/artist history
I had always wanted to be a musician but never really studied music and had no idea how to go about making it. About 15 years ago I bought a microkorg and a drum machine to experiment with. I was pretty clueless and had no idea how to record what I was doing. I usually learn things pretty quickly but was just really naive about music for some reason. It was like this whole entire language I didn't understand at all. I met a friend who had been making his own music for quite some time. He introduced to me software, interfaces, programming and taught me a lot. He made it seem so simple. Without him, I would probably would never have continued to learn.
After a while I was programming music like crazy, just one track after another. I was never fully confident in the music I was making, but after nearly 10 years of learning I gained confidence. In the last few years, because of budget, I had to learn to properly mix and master my own tracks. It is my least favorite part of the process, but it is quite rewarding.Have you performed in front of an audience?I have never performed live and probably never will. No plans to ever do so.
Your musical influences
My influences are: Nine Inch Nails, Skinny Puppy, Throbbing Gristle, Skold, Rammstein, David Lynch, John Carpenter, Pink Floyd and various others.What equipment do you use?
Software: FL Studio, Audacity, Reaper. Too many VST instruments, effects and such. I use software instruemnts and effects from arturia and Waves for the most part.
Hardware: Behringer Deepmind 12, Pro-1, K2, and as yet unfinished modular synth rig(which includes modules from Behringer, Calsynth and Sacrement Modular), guitar, Korg Electribe Er-1 drum machine.Admin
Carl
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