LIFE IN SOUND PODCAST: Kid Capone x Al Hug Interview Episode 17

In this episode of LIFE IN SOUND, I interview Zürich, Switzerland-based sample-maker and producer, Al Hug. We discuss spending your time practicing instruments to make the creation process quicker and easier, starting and building your own sample-making brand in 2022, and creating new inspiration from old samples.

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

Follow Al Hug:
  / _al_hug  
  / mintafoundry  
  / mintalabs  

0:00 Intro
1:27 Where did you get your brand name, Minta Foundry?
7:30 Where did you come up with the idea for the LEWIS guitar pedal?
19:16 What are the future plans for yourself and your brand?
23:33 When you’re discovering new sample-makers for Minta, what are you looking for?
27:30 If you were to start your brand over from day one, how would you go about getting it off the ground?
38:30 What are your daily habits like?
41:00 How much of your time do you spend practicing instruments?
49:23 How has your relationship with music changed now versus when you were a child?
51:36 How did you link up with Mario Luciano and do your first releases on Polyphonic Music Library?
58:32 How did you know when you were ready to release your first sample pack?
1:02:30 How did you connect with the artists and producers you’re currently working with?
1:10:02 What is some helpful advice you’d give to sample-makers/producers to connect with other artists and producers?
1:14:32 What drew you to the vintage sounds and tones you created in your toolkits for producers and sample-makers?
1:23:00 Do you feel like on any given day you could create a sample that you love?
1:29:46 Are there any production tricks or techniques you have to make the process quicker and easier?
1:32:57 What is your creation process like?
1:37:48 How do you stay inspired musically and creatively?

FOR THE NERDS:
1:44:06 What are some of your most regularly used plugins and VSTs?
1:45:40 What are your most regularly used instruments or pieces of gear?
1:49:11 Do you play all the instruments we hear in your sample packs?
1:54:07 How important is leaving space in your productions?
1:56:08 What are some of your favorite ways to transform or reshape a sound, or ways that aren’t being utilized enough?
2:01:02 What is some “secret sauce” you wish you knew earlier on in your production?

FINAL FIVE:
2:04:27 What is something you wish more people did in their music?
2:05:20 What is something that used to be important to you that you no longer care about?
2:06:35 What would you say is the best way for a sample maker to improve their samples?
2:08:43 What is the WORST advice you’ve ever received?
2:10:01 What is the BEST advice that you’ve ever received?