On the Edge

 

Working "On The Edge"

After a break of 4 months, I started the new year composing new songs, the themes are darker than usual, since in the era of "Desolado" I tried to make music a little more positive, this time I want to be more realistic, portraying the depression I went through for those 4 months. I have also been inspired by the experiences of friends who have had a very hard past but who have now moved on.

Creative Block and Impostor Syndrome

Throughout these months I have had doubts about my music: if I am suitable for this, if I am good enough, if this is not a waste of time. Every day of these months I spent hours in front of the computer trying to compose something that met my expectations. And every day I erased what I did, having excuses not to publish it and starting over; I might have over 40 songs right now, but I didn't like anything I did.

Many times I thought of giving up, writing a post thanking you for your support and saying goodbye to you. Thanks to the support of my friends and the new people I met through my music, I was able to overcome negative thoughts and keep trying.

Exploring Beyond My Borders

At the end of 2021, with new inspiration to continue, I started following various DJs, listening to each song analyzing what made it good or powerful. At the same time I began to leaf through my notes from when I attended music classes with a great friend and teacher. One of his advice echoed in my mind:

Music theory serves to justify your composition, breaking it down is what makes it interesting.

On December 24 I started to compose more freely, designing my own scales with more notes than usual, trying to make an orderly chaos. I spent the whole morning analyzing the complete Suicide Commando discography and the only Winter Soul album I know.

That day, after months of trying and erasing, I finally made a song that fulfilled me, it was not an attempt to fit into the musical style, it was a style that had my personal stamp; those who have heard it say that it is like a mix of Darkelectro with Aggrotech voices.

In January of this year (2022) I continued with the composition of 3 more songs, until in mid-January I contracted covid which paused the production of the album for another 2 weeks. In those weeks I met Kevin Müller (At0shima 3rr0r) who gave me a lot of advice for my project and we made a collaboration that will soon be published.

Keeping On

To keep my mind fresh, I'm reading books to enrich creativity and also books to manage Slichtnacht more effectively, that's why this blog exists :p

There are few weeks left for this album to be a reality and I hope it has a great welcome from you, since it is the first album and I prefer to continue with my strategy of bringing singles, since I think that when making singles, I would only release songs more meaningful and not put filler songs to complete an album.

We keep in touch. Signo Slichtnacht