Скачать или смотреть LIFE IN SOUND PODCAST: Kid Capone x Elkan Interview Episode 06

In this episode of LIFE IN SOUND, I have a chat with UK producer and sample maker, Elkan. We discuss his views on creating with intention, making samples based on a feeling from a photograph or image, as well as the power of using Voice Notes to build entire samples.

Follow Kid Capone:
https://www.kidcapone.com/
  / iamkidcapone  

Follow Elkan:
  / elkan.exe  
  / prodbyelkan  

0:00 Intro
1:24 Where did the name Elkan come from?
1:50 How would you say your relationship with music has changed between now, versus when you were younger?
3:46 Where did the inspiration to sing in a foreign language come from?
4:06 What was the creation process for the “Toy Box” sample pack like?
5:31 How do you like to flow when creating samples?
7:37 When are the times you find yourself having the most fun in the studio?
8:33 When you’re creating samples, what instruments or sounds do you gravitate towards?
14:13 Communicating a picture or image when creating samples.
17:14 Creating Coldplay Music.
18:22 Collaborative process with other sample makers and “The Chosen Ones”
22:05 What was the music scene like where you grew up?
23:20 Do you feel your relationship with God has affected your music?
25:17 How did you first connect with The Rucker Collective and the sample makers you currently work with?
29:35 What are your daily habits and routine?
32:01 Do you feel that taking ear breaks is important when making music?
32:40 When you’re creating, do you smoke or drink?
35:15 Typically from the time inspiration strikes, about how long before you have a completed idea?
36:29 When you’re working on a sound, what’s the feeling you recognize in you that makes you want to keep going?
37:11 How have you been staying inspired musically and creatively?
38:30 How did you know when you were ready to release your first sample pack?
42:16 What are some unorthodox ways you’ve made music before?
43:37 What are some unorthodox places you’ve drawn inspiration from when making music?
45:08 Do Voice Notes help you when creating?
48:03 What are some albums or songs that have shaped your sound now?

FOR THE NERDS:
50:59 What are some of your most regularly used plugins?
51:22 What are some of your most regularly used instruments or pieces of gear?
52:22 What are some of your favorite effects to transform or reshape a sound?
54:01 What are some of the most underrated or slept-on plugins, in your opinion?
56:15 What is some secret sauce that you wish you had known earlier when you started making samples?

FINAL FIVE:
58:32 What is something you wish more people did in their music?
59:01 Where do you see music going in the next 5 years?
59:42 What is the best way for a sample maker to improve their samples?
1:00:19 What is the WORST advice you’ve ever received?
1:01:09 What is the BEST advice you’ve ever received?