Kurp

Interview

About kurp

Greetings from Lithuania. I have been on audiotool since 2015 or 8 years. Currently I am 20, I have other hobbies like programming but I mostly focus on music. Favorite pizza style? Chicken and onions all the wayyy.

Describe the style of music you produce

My style of music changes as I go on. It used to be little electro doodles, then techno, then electro tracks then cinematic pieces. I create melancholic music a lot of the time, it just sounds the most comforting. The only constants are use of arpeggiators, simple waves (sawtooth mainly), delays/reverbs and distortion. My biggest inspirations are Lorn and Floating Points.

What is your musical background and when did you start making music?

Audiotool is my music background. I started using Audiotool 8 years ago, which means I have been on since I was 12 years old. Completely self-taught, I neglect to look at any tutorials. I feel like I would start to create what everyone else is making if I use tutorials. All my 8 years of history on Audiotool is completely here for everyone to see. Not a single track is hidden.

What is your favorite Audiotool device and why?

The Matrix was the best thing that happened to me. It allowed me to create arpeggios with much more ease. And the random function is a godsend for art-block.

What is your favorite trick in AT/What technique do you always use?

For some reason adding a Waveshaper to something just makes it sound a lot better. I don't know why, but that's how it is. And if you have a long release envelope for your synth it makes some nice harmonic sounds depending on what notes you use.

Have you ever had a writer's block? If so, how did you deal with it and what do you recommend to your colleagues?

I cannot remember the last time I had art block, maybe 2 years ago. My recommendation is to prevent it from happening. I think the reason why art block occurs is that you develop a personal relationship with your draft and don't want to upload something unfinished. I say just stop caring about that, do whatever is the most fun. I put all my demo drafts in an album called "demo mixes". The rest of my music is created within two weeks, over 4 hours in total not including breaks. Also try listening to new music you haven't heard before — music.youtube.com has a radio feature which is great for this.

What has helped you the most on Audiotool to improve and widen your musical horizon?

I learned the best through remixing other people's stuff. I did this for a few years until I finally decided to start creating my own stuff. The biggest inspirations to me were opaqity and looks (luxior). Their music had so many ideas within them and it was not just about sound design, but adding melodic stuff throughout their music in a way so that it does not sound like it repeats over and over.

What do you like most about Audiotool? Is there anything you would like to suggest?

The best thing about audiotool is the community. The reason why the community is great is because you can easily get an audience on audiotool. You can get people to help you with your music, collaborate and listen to other people's demo tracks and such, create remixes with ease. Audiotool is a community of artists. That's what makes audiotool a special community — a large community of artists is hard to come by.

Your message to the community:

Create for the purpose of fun. Even if nobody likes your music, at least you do and had fun while creating it.