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FortressLord
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JP @FortressLord

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Q&A Results!

Posted by FortressLord - February 24th, 2014


[snipped in 2021 due to personally identifying information]


Okay, so despite only getting one question on Newgrounds, I got quite a few questions in other places, like the real world. Here are the results!


 


Q: Will you make 'rougher' music types like Trap, Brostep and Neuro?


A: Trap and neuro I've attempted, neuro was very hard due to the moprhing, powerful basses I just can't automate enough yet. Brostep I have tried and I'll re-attempt later on, but it's too much of an acquired musical taste for me to try too much with. Other 'rougher' music types I will try, I'm assuming that's including hard Hip-Hop e.t.c.


 


Q: Imagine Drum n' Bass is no longer an option. What genre do you now produce if any?


A: I would jump on to Trance or House music if DnB was no longer possible. If Electronic music was gone altogether, but computer-based designing was still allowed, I'd make Classical or really strange Rock.


 


Q: Why the Orange/Purple/Black theme?


A: Orange is my favourite colour, so that was natural. Purple complements orange, so I started using it. It ended up having a really nice, colourful yet dark effect that seems pretty cool. The black is just a space-filler really, but I do use it on purpose a lot because it makes colour stand out nicely.


 


Q: What artists influence your style the most?


A: Pendulum (I guess more so the earlier Pendulum), BT, Zircon and a few others who kind off feed into my work.


 


Q: Other than music, where does your creativity go?


A: I used to draw, but I mostly stopped and slowly got worse at it, and now I write fiction, do lots of modding and level design for various video games, and edit photos. Oh, and I've recently got back into Blender, and got Nifskope (both are 3D modelling).


 


Q: Would you do vocals?


A: I would do vocals gladly if I had the voice for it. Being an amateur writer AND a musician sometimes I think up some really good lyrics and tunes, but I have neither a good voice nor a vocalist friend. You know what? I'm making a track called 'Through It All', and as soon as I'm done being ill, I'm trying out a mic for it!


 


Q: What is your dream for being a music artist?


A: Great question, and one I have thought about a lot even to decide on. I'd like to be well-known, but not for my ego, just so I can share music with others. I hope to join with a music group like Liquicity when I'm properly good, but dreams rarely come true.


 


Q: What speakers/monitors do you have? [Merged with 'What headphones?']


A: Creative A60 speakers, but I use my Denon HD1100 DJ headphones more when creating new music. My monitor is an iiyama ProLite X2377HS, it is 23". I could have got two monitors, but my preference is to have a single large one.


 


Q: You're a gamer right? What's your fav game?


A: I gave this some thought, and I can't decide between Skyrim, Garry's Mod and Neverwinter Nights 1 (the Bioware one of the original 2 games. It was FAR better.) I'm quite creative so Skyrim is only part of the top 3 due to moddability. (Is that a word?)


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to 'Q: What is your dream for being a music artist?'

Dreams do come true mate, you just need the hard work and be willing to improve - both Avizura and Stan SB/Fox Stevenson from NG have been on Liquicity (more recently avizura) and coincidentally stan loves older pendulum aswell :)
My advice would be to wait until you have 4/5 tracks completely perfected - then send them to other artists for critique, ONLY if you get positive feedback (and fix any minor problems) then you can send it off for a record label to consider.

Liquicity is in with most big liquid record labels - avizura got in because he got an EP signed with fokuz records I think - or maybe their sister label (Lucky Star). but from reading alot and a bit of experience do not send record labels lots of stuff or any bad stuff because I read somewhere that the labels start ignoring artists who send loads in.

also, monitors are studio speakers that can produce 'raw' sound :P I wasn't on about your computer screen haha

anyways interesting read, and good luck with the music! (feel free to message me for anything)

Alright, thanks for all that man!

I will keep with music, and hopefully I can get some music theory tutoring/course, so that my music is more than me playing around with what I've picked up randomly.

Oh, and the monitors. Haha.
Yeah no AUDIO monitors, only basic home speakers. Their sound isn't that 'raw' at all it sounds too... normal. My headphones combined with unmastered music has the effect but it's not the same.
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And good luck to you too. I was already going to become a Fan of you since I heard your music but I have the added reason of thinking you're a cool guy now.