Hi all!
Hope you had a good week. This time I did an interview with Talman, known for his mailman as Joni Lång. This talented artist hails from Finland and it is really good to see next generation of producers making their mark. Ladies and gentlemen, I proudly present you Talman
What got you interested in hardcore and producing?
Hope you had a good week. This time I did an interview with Talman, known for his mailman as Joni Lång. This talented artist hails from Finland and it is really good to see next generation of producers making their mark. Ladies and gentlemen, I proudly present you Talman
What got you interested in hardcore and producing?
”A Long time ago” when I statrted listening to electronic music,
mainly around 2007, also rose interest in making own music. Back then
tracks were more or sell simple and were of their own kind, that had
trouble of finding their own genre. Therefore I started my journey
into electronic music with hands up and trance. More interest came in
it when my cousin taught me how to make most of FL Studios better,
and how to make different genres. While I was learning new techniques
and tactics, I also searched for different genres and thanks to
friends track suggestion (Angerfist – Broken Chain), I got hooked
on hardcore in a minute and later on producing came along, when my
skills got on the right level.
Couple of your songs have computer game theme, where did this idea
came from?
As an official nerd games and music are very precious pastime for me.
When I'm not making music, I play and consume internet and vice
versa. What could be better than making music with a game's sound
that one has been spend hours on playing. There is a lot of good
sample material there on speaks and effects, that suit hardcore.
Movie samples weren'tthe thing for me and while I've sampled games I
at same time have done invisible promotion for the products I like.
Tracks are far away from mainstream hardcore and are bit slower and
are bit in the darker vein. Are you going to continue on this path?
Absolutely I'll continye on the same vein unless an inspiration hits
on right frequency and I'd end up on ”lighter” side. Tempo will
be kept on same lever from now on, but more speed will be in store at
some point for a change.
Where the ideas for the tracks?
The ideas mainly begin with what is called basic structure. Draft of
the project always begins with creating own kick, samples and adding
of sounds, if project in question isn't old one from the past, for
example, which might have a simple beat and experimental melody. As
soon as I start project, it is not necessarily clear what the track
will be like when finished, but it might live and change during
creation to the righ direction when THE idea hits in the
conciousness. Ideas mostly begin with computer use, games and other
spinoffs and also with a song you hear on radio. Latter case usually
ends going through core filter and released as remix or bootleg.
What can we expect form you in the futue?
Of course new material meaning my own tracks, remixes and bootlegs
and also performing on dancefloors as in the end of last year I had
an honour to join Kovaydin (a Finnish hardcore party
organisisation). Maybe new sets as fill for mixcloud.
How easy it is for beginner artist to break into the scene,
especially now on digital age, when there are tons of tracks being
released?
I'd say it is very difficult, but not impossible. It takes a really
hard work since there is so much music existing and one's work can
get lost in the middle of it, unless one does something that jumps
out of there and grabs attention. It is not always enough that you
mkae music and share it on the internet, but you have to know how to
”sell” yourself to the other poeple, so they know more of you.
For this there are tactics that each one uses, but the right
connections and circles are helpful when creating a carees in wanted
directions. In spite of all sometimes you hear of a bedroom producer
who has made it into the bigger circles or record label as a
artist/dj.
Digitalism has made different marketing channels available
(Bandcamp, Soundcloud) and it makes it easier to discover new
things, but also drowns real gems under the flood. What is your take
on this? Is there too much material, since it is so easy to get your
tracks out?
There is a lot of supply and every country has born into a genre. Per
se it is not a bad thing eventhough it sometimes can feel that one
canät find anything new, but through these services there is always
something new and fresh coming by either accident or on purpose. More
exotic cases represent theirselves and an amount is not obstacle to
discover something new.
What kind of equiptment you use for making music?
Laptop and pc with latest license by FL Studios. My main thing are
samples and vst. Most of them are free, because with music you can
get good stuff for free! The site I mainly download stuff is
ttp://bedroomproducersblog.com/ but also acapellas from looperman.com.
I also like using Image-line's own products that come with the
studio for example Maximus and different filters and Styrus. Paid
vsts are Zeta+2 raw that I got purposely for producing hardcore,
since the vst in question was created by Rob Pape collaborating with
Promo.
What may we expect from you in the future?
New, familiar dark stuff and something new and
wonderful technically and structurally. Time will tell where it
eventually leads.
