Ariaz

this is my favourite type of video to make because trying to play the songs live is so challenging…
slowly building up to what an Ariaz live show will look like

who else??
Deep melodic music in intimate dance floors >

Who do you trust?

You can see how I’m trying a bunch of different ideas and seeing which ones feel right.

I’ve been finding it very interesting while I edit these videos to listen back at these moments and seeing if I still feel pulled by the idea in the audio.

I think there is a solid idea here!

Uno o dos?

my playground, I’ll be sharing recordings from sessions and all kinds of random stuff on there

There’s a subtle feeling I get when I know something is finished, and it’s hard to pinpoint exactly what it is, but I can usually tell when I compare two songs that are technically done. The arrangements are complete, the production is there. It’s mixed, sometimes mastered, but one feels finished and the other one doesn’t. The ones that don’t feel finished create a lot of anxiety, because there’s this pressure to release it and move on, and yet I have this feeling that something needs to change, but I just don’t know what it is.

It’s hard to move on because I spent all this time working on it, but that feeling is still not there. Sometimes I’ve found that stepping away, letting time pass and then revisiting it helps. It did for this song.

Changing the arrangement and mixing the drums differently gave me that feeling, but sometimes I have to completely strip things down, back to the original idea, and try again to see where in the process I lost the magic.

This song will part of an EP I am releasing with

I’ve learned while making these videos that I quite enjoy playing the songs live

Another snippet of some of the music I’ll be putting out this year