Snowfire

Interview

About: Snowfire

Hello, I'm a 22 year old Juggalo from upstate South Carolina. I had the privilege of being able to attend Dreamhack 2023 hosted in Atlanta and got to meet a lot of really cool people I've looked up to since starting on Audiotool. I play bass guitar and enjoy messing with different pedals and synths. I'm also in the process of obtaining a Media Arts Production degree, so I have experience professionally shooting video, taking photos, and editing photos, videos, and audio. Whoop Whoop!

Describe the style of music you produce

I enjoy leaning more into a darker ambient sound. It's a lot of fun playing with dissonance and creating atmospheres that affect the listener in different ways, especially if it has to do with noise. Using distorted drums and beats to compliment dissonant pads and drones is what I find to be most appealing producing wise.

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

I grew up in a household with my father, my greatest inspiration for anything creative, being a guitar player who was also interested in electronic music. He had old versions of Ableton and Reason that he would often mess around and create with. When I was little, I would experiment with Propellerhead's program Reason which gave me experience with concepts such as changing settings on synthesizers and drum machines, and using wiring simulation to create interesting device combinations. Through Middle and High School, I was a part of the school's Chorus, learning a lot about both reading and writing sheet music as well as singing.

How long have you been using Audiotool, and how did you discover it?

My first track was released October 21st, 2017 so I started using Audiotool sometime before then. I discovered Audiotool via boredom in a high school class in my freshman year, looking for a better means of creating the music and sounds I wanted to create.

What is your favorite Audiotool device and why?

My go-to device is usually the Pulverisateur, mostly because it's the device I'm most familiar with setup wise. Its design mimicking popular physical synthesizers makes using the device significantly more satisfying for me.

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

Using a Stereo Enhancer and automating it in sporadic wild ways makes for an interesting effect on whatever sound you have, especially when paired with soft distortion or bit-crushing.

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 have writer's block all the time. To combat that, I'll take some kind of sound and distort and contort it till it inspires me to create something around it, usually leading to weird audio textures and ambience. I also find making strange drum beats in odd time signatures to be inspiring.

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

The biggest thing that's helped me improve is persistence, time, and the Audiotool community. If it weren't for other people on this site that inspire me and have given me tips, I probably wouldn't have fallen in love with certain kinds of sounds. I'm talking specifically about artists such as naswalt, Wightfall, Kibbey, and Snad Breugen with plenty more I could list.

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

What I like most about Audiotool is the community aspect. If Audiotool was only the app portion of the website, I feel like the majority of people using it wouldn't have been as interested in it if they couldn't have the feedback and experience of seeing what others are able to create. It's a very magical thing to be able to connect with everyone like this.

Your message to the community:

Create what you want to create, and don't let yourself be held back by being shy to publish something. Don't be afraid to get a little bit weird with it. It's perfectly fine to make something that isn't for everyone. MCL WHOOP WHOOP:)