Hello,
I am a music producer from a group called Your Machine and I just submitted our latest single for radio play.
The interesting story here is that 1) after I built my recording studio last year and covid hit, I was forced to create a "remote band" online and start working with artists from around the world remotely. This definitely has its ups and downs but with me in the U.S., the guitar and bass player in Austria, and singers in London and the U.K., we have been able to produce high quality music and covid actually brought us together; and 2) I spend 10 years getting a PhD in sociology/criminology only to realize I wanted to produce music and left academia in 2019 to build my studio, etc.
That's a summary of the professional and personal stories that are interesting. If it's interesting to you, please let me know.
I think the most important takeaway from this is that you can still play and produce in the wake of a pandemic. Some aspects of the production process are harder but some are easier.
Let me know what you think!
I'll pasted some more from our press release below.
Social distancing has been quite tough, to say the least; but not enough to hold these musicians back!
Your Machine consists of artists from around the world, collaborating together in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. When the traditional ways of collaborating on and promoting music essentially disappeared, producers David (drummer from the U.S.) and Mark (bassist/guitarist from Austria) connected online in January 2020. They began recording their album remotely - which is, let’s face it, part of the new business model for many musicians, even at the highest professional tiers of the industry.
Aside from the band's biography and history, I grew up in the U.S. and had a lot of behavior problems as a child. I was almost killed by police in my hometown when I was 14, had several felonies before I was 16, and had entered a life of crime and drugs by 19. It was a lifestyle that finally caught up to me in 2008.
So I moved back home to try and sober up/clean up and went back to school to get a BA in criminal justice, MA sociology/criminology, PhD in sociology/criminology, which was great, but I couldn't ever kick the drug and alcohol habit until 2019.
At the end of 2019 everything came to a precipice and I was able to finally get the help I needed, get away from the stresses of academia, and get back into music which the studio, teaching myself bass, guitar, and keys laster etc., ultimately saved me after a year of intense recovery!
These are just the highlights.
And obviously, as a PhD, I have many relevant talking points related to social behavior, social psychology, culture, etc.
Best,
David
