UMEK on Shedding Followers By Promoting Out & Beginning A Scene from Scratch
This week, UMEK sat down to talk on the EDM Prodcast.
UMEK is a techno producer/DJ from Ljubljana, Slovenia who has been a scene staple for almost 3 many years. Through the years he has moved from the traditional techno sound, by means of to tech home, after which again to techno with a distinctly darkish and melodic sound.
We dive into how shifting genres and promoting out was a foul transfer for his profession, and that having a core fanbase is necessary. Consequently, UMEK has aspect initiatives similar to Zeta Reticula which permits him to discover different sounds with out compromising his primary undertaking.
We speak about how he nearly solely makes use of software program for UMEK tracks, and why he removed over 20 synthesizers in favor of synths like Serum.
UMEK discusses his writing course of and that he doesn’t overthink the story behind a observe – he simply writes music that he thinks will sound good in his units. He additionally describes how his DJ units are a dash moderately than a marathon.
Cryptic Speech EP → https://www.beatport.com/release/cryptic-speech-ep/3337925
The Thrillseekers – Synaesthesia (UMEK Remix) → https://www.beatport.com/track/synaesthesia/15399183
Viberate → https://www.viberate.com/
Join with UMEK:
Fb → https://www.facebook.com/umek.si
Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/umek_1605/
Soundcloud → https://soundcloud.com/umek
Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/artist/5Hini2nQyoglzpdKe41cZt?si=7hZEpRmbT4u2eoLOE5GJZw&dl_branch=1
Timestamps:
- 0:00 Intro
- 3:09 Interview Begin & Background
- 6:23 By chance Shifting Into Tech Home
- 12:40 The Worth Of Facet Tasks
- 16:04 Switching To Software program from {Hardware}
- 23:06 {Hardware} is Completely different, Not Higher
- 26:05 Good VSTs are Sufficient To Make Good Music
- 27:10 The Fundamental Motive You Shouldn’t Hoard Free Plugins
- 28:24 Utilizing Logic Professional X
- 30:15 Switching Your DAW Takes A Lengthy Time
- 32:05 Loudness & Limiters
- 33:42 Mastering Tracks for 1605
- 37:09 Why You Ought to Know How To Grasp Your self
- 42:07 Going From Releasing A Lot To Fewer Releases
- 47:08 Cryptic Speech EP & Not Overthinking The Story Behind The Music
- 51:56 Detaching From Your Music
- 55:50 Success On Beatport
- 01:01:07 Ought to You Make investments In All Platforms?
- 01:05:11 Viberate & The Way forward for Music Analytics
- 01:08:25 Recognizing the Shopping for Of Pretend Performs & Likes
- 01:10:32 What UMEK Seems to be to Signal An Artist
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