Audiotool

Interview

Aron Büch Place: Veghel, The Netherlands Age: 17 Job: Right now I don't really have a job or going to school. I finished high school but I don't know what to do after it, so for now I'm just making a load of music. At 17 I still have plenty of time to decide what I want to do anyway.

Musical Style: My style is pretty diverse I'd say. Most of the time I make Drum and Bass nowadays, but I also have the Untrust project where I make Chillout stuff, and I still do Dubstep, Trap, whatever occasionally.
Musical Background: My musical background isn't that special. I played the keyboard for a year because my parents wanted me to, but I didn't really learn anything there. I listened to typical lame pop music for a long time. At some point I heard Armin van Buuren's "A State of Trance" show, which had an Arty track that was amazing, so I got into Trance after that. When I went to a new school, there was a kid who said he listened to Skrillex, so I was curious and looked it up. I hated it at first, thought it was just some noise, but after a while I started digging it. Then I looked up all sorts of Dubstep mixes, so I was really into the oldschool sounds of Doctor P, Funtcase, Nero, Skream, Rusko, all of the classic Dubstep kings. My interest in Ambient music was entirely triggered off by amoeba, and my interest in Drum and Bass by CGMan!
Started making music: I started making music around late 2012, early 2013, on Audiotool.
On Audiotool: There was a music teacher at my school in 2010 or something, who made a page on the school website that had some online music programs. Audiotool was one of them. I forgot about it, until I started listening to Skrillex and thought "I can do that too". I got on Audiotool, dragged some samples in, and was very happy with my creation. I remember telling my little brother "oh you fool, why should I use synths if I can just drag in samples…". That was until amoeba commented "try using the synths!". I started doing it, and he'd come back to every track I made, giving amazing advice and telling me that I had talent. I'm incredibly grateful for that.
Message to the community: I'd like to tell the community that the biggest thing in music is putting in the hours. I mean that in multiple ways. First off, I have spoken to a lot of very big artists, and I haven't met a single one that did not spend 4 years before they got anywhere. Don't be sad because you're not the biggest artist on Audiotool or something like that. Most of those people are also veterans. Besides, not everybody who gets stuff done outside of Audiotool is big on Audiotool as well. Just practice hard, and you'll get there. Secondly, putting in the hours means that your track is not done when you think it's done. When you check out tracks from really good artists, you will notice that there's a lot of processing and tweaking going on. The strong part about good music isn't necessarily good melodies, or good notes, but good sounds. When something sounds good, it doesn't have to be so complicated to make it work. Kepz is a good example. Work on the quality of your sounds. Make every single element sound perfect.