Скачать или смотреть LIFE IN SOUND PODCAST: Kid Capone x Oscar Zulu Interview Episode 09

In this episode of LIFE IN SOUND, I have an incredible discussion with Maryland-based sample maker and producer, Oscar Zulu. We discuss drawing inspiration for your music from great art and nature, creating music in ways that challenge people’s previous conceptions of how great music can be made, and balancing music creation with family life and a full-time job.

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

Follow Oscar Zulu:
  / oscar_zulu  
  / square_one_music  
https://hiphopdrumsamples.com/collect...

0:00 Intro
0:40 Where did you get your name as an artist?
3:11 Where did the name for “Square One Music Library” come from?
4:40 What are the future plans for yourself and the brand?
7:29 What do you look for when discovering new sample makers?
8:21 How did you know when you were ready to release your first sample pack?
11:35 What are some unorthodox ways you’ve made music before?
14:22 What are some of the strangest places you’ve gathered inspiration from to make music?
19:43 How has your relationship with music changed now versus when you were a kid?
22:12 How do you balance music creation and family life?
25:11 How did you first connect with the artists you’re working with now?
27:49 What are your daily habits like?
29:37 Do you smoke anything or drink alcohol or coffee?
30:46 What is the rhythm of your creative process?
33:55 Typically from the time inspiration strikes or you find a sound, how long before you have a finished sample?
37:44 When you’re working on a sound, what is the feeling that says, “I’m excited and want to move forward with this sound?”
40:07 How much of the work you’ve made in the past influences your work now?
43:07 When are the times you find yourself having the most fun in the studio?
45:01 What would you say is your “signature sound” if you had to define it?
48:09 What instruments do you play?
49:47 Do you know Music Theory?
51:44 How do you stay inspired musically and creatively?

FOR THE NERDS:
53:23 What are your most regularly used plugins?
57:57 What are your most regularly used instruments or pieces of gear?
1:00:54 Do you play all the instruments in your samples?
1:01:43 What are your “essential elements” when creating a sample?
1:02:42 What is the inspiration behind using different ambient textures?
1:04:54 What are some of your favorite effects to transform or reshape a sound?
1:07:38 What are some of the most underrated or slept-on plugins or gear, in your opinion?

FINAL FIVE:
1:09:49 What is something you wish more people did in their music?
1:11:03 Where do you see music going in the next 5 years?
1:13:06 What is the best way for a sample maker to improve their samples?
1:13:41 What is the WORST advice you’ve ever received?
1:15:57 What is the BEST advice you’ve ever received?