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Interview

I'm a 19 year old producer/rapper/DJ from Penang, Malaysia.

About SIREN: I'm a 19 year old producer/rapper/DJ from Penang, Malaysia who is currently working for Goldsounds Academy where we train people who want to be a DJ or Producer. I've started my music production journey on Audiotool about 5-6 years ago.
Describe the style of music you produce: I'm a multi-genre artist who can produce a wide array of genres, but as time moves on the SIREN style becomes clearer and clearer growing into either a deep, vintage lyrical focused Hip-Hop style or Bass Heavy driven electronic music with vocals as a side element.
What is your musical background and when did you start making music?: At the age of 5 I started playing the piano, that served as a basis for my musical journey. But for making my own music, it's when I first joined Audiotool back in 2017 where I dived into music production.
What is your favorite Audiotool device and why?: Easy, the Helmholtz (Comb-Filter) is my favourite Audiotool device because it gives such a cool effect to a sound especially when sound-designing. I use it for most of my bass heavy sounds on audiotool as it gives this metallic vibe to it.
What is your favorite trick in AT/What technique do you always use?: It has to be the pitch-delay technique that I use to tune vocals, as Audiotool does not have a direct way to tune stuff down or up in pitch without stretching a sample. The pitch-delay is a cool technique that lets us do it using an effect.
Have you ever had a writer's block? If so, how did you deal with it and what do you recommend to your colleagues?: Yes, countless times. The main factor contributing to writer's block is the lack of inspiration at a critical moment. How I counter this is by having ideas ready, either in my voice memos/notepad as memory cues. I would recommend everyone doing music to record down an idea once you get it or else it might be too late. Another thing is to draw inspiration from anything, especially things in your life. Any random thing could spark inspiration; talk to more people, step out of your comfort zone.
What has helped you the most on Audiotool to improve and widen your musical horizon?: I think it's the moment where I met a fellow former Audiotooler who goes by the alias of Icebox. Leo is someone who is very close to me, and till this day we are still very much in contact. He's the one who advised me to start rapping in my music, and guided me how to incorporate vocals. Outside of Audiotool, as I am self-taught I didn't have a mentor for stuff like mixing/mastering, Leo served as my primary guidance in that field. Not only that, we have been through countless nights together staying up late just making music. If it weren't for him, I would still be lost.
What do you like most about Audiotool? Is there anything you would like to suggest?: The thing I like about Audiotool the most, is the fact that it's free and allows live-time collaboration with other producers. Not many DAWs achieve this, the fact that you can pack this much power on something that is on the web alone still continues to wow me.
Your message to the community:: Put your ego aside, put your titles aside, put your fame aside. And remember, you are a person making music. Hone your craft, hone it till you yourself are proud of it and the fame and fortune will come automatically. The greatest enemy? Is yourself.

“The thing I like about Audiotool the most, is the fact that it's free and allows live-time collaboration with other producers. Not many DAWs achieve this, the fact that you can pack this much power on something that is on the web alone still continues to wow me.”
— Siren