Featured Artist 87
Approaching Human
John Cavanaugh
John Cavanaugh aka Approaching Human is not only a really nice guy and much appreciated member of the community. His music has grown over the years from darkish sound experiments to deep Ambient pieces with a touch of Trap and playful Dance tracks. If you don't know him already, go and give it a try.
Interview
John Cavanaugh Place: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Age: 22 Job/School: Double Major - Biological Sciences and Spanish
- Musical Style
- Pent up and lost emotions channeled to sound while looking at the stars naked.
- Musical Background
- Piano lessons for 6 years from a sweet grandma. Beatboxing at age 12. Taught myself acoustic guitar when I was 16. Still can't read music well. Found Audiotool at 15 (Hobnox days!)
- Started making music
- First song in my head came when I was 6. First recorded track: 15 (on AT…but deleted) First live song performance when 19.
- On Audiotool
- My friend shared it with me… he found it on StumbleUpon and I thank him every time I see him!
- Message to the community
- You all saved my life with the things I was going through. As one of my closest friends committed suicide, another died in front of me and one passed away all within a couple years amongst other traumatic events I was depressed but I found support through the AT community. Not only was the music a therapeutic process, but being able to interact with the community was an amazing honor and therapeutic. Thank you. The process of the music is what matters, not the final product. If the music helped you get through something, it was worth it. You don't have to be an amazing producer; you don't have to get the attention you've been hoping for. Do it because you believe in your creativity and thoughts and actions. And if you do that, success becomes extremely relative. To approach human is to approach God according to some philosophies. We are forever becoming ourselves by creating what's inside ourselves… and that is God-like. Lastly, if you need anybody to listen to you because you're going through something I am here for any of you. And I mean it. Any time. May the moonlight guide you and dusk grant you courage.
