The Creative Loop: Just Ask Questions w/ Tiannin
The New Sound
[{'start': '17.520', 'end': '22.080', 'text': 'Hello, welcome to The New Sound where we develop\xa0\ntools and strategies to keep music in schools,'}, {'start': '22.080', 'end': '27.040', 'text': "and today I'm here with artist, producer, and\xa0\nsongwriter Tiannin. How are you doing today?"}, {'start': '27.040', 'end': '27.840', 'text': "I'm good."}, {'start': '27.840', 'end': '31.840', 'text': "So Tiannin, I'm just curious, what\xa0\ngot you into wanting to make music?"}, {'start': '31.840', 'end': '37.520', 'text': 'Well, when I was really little, I went to go\xa0\nsee Celine Dion in concert, and I had the time'}, {'start': '37.520', 'end': '43.600', 'text': 'of my life. It was one of my favorite concerts\xa0\never, and I remember when she left the stage,'}, {'start': '43.600', 'end': '48.480', 'text': 'I like bawled my eyes out because of how\xa0\nincredible the performance was and how'}, {'start': '48.480', 'end': '55.360', 'text': 'moving her music was. In that moment, even from\xa0\na young age, I was dreaming of making music or'}, {'start': '55.360', 'end': '60.240', 'text': 'contributing to it in a way that would move\xa0\npeople the way that she moved me during that'}, {'start': '60.240', 'end': '66.320', 'text': "concert. So ever since then, it's just kind of\xa0\ninspired me to do it the way that she does it."}, {'start': '66.320', 'end': '70.240', 'text': 'So like after that concert, did you go\xa0\nhome and start learning an instrument,'}, {'start': '70.240', 'end': '71.840', 'text': 'or what was that process like?'}, {'start': '71.840', 'end': '78.000', 'text': 'Yeah, well, I was pretty young, so I just got\xa0\nmy parents to put me into vocal lessons. I was'}, {'start': '78.000', 'end': '83.120', 'text': 'playing piano from a young age too, and then\xa0\nI went into multiple performing arts groups,'}, {'start': '83.120', 'end': '85.360', 'text': 'and it just kind of snowballed from there.'}, {'start': '85.360', 'end': '88.080', 'text': 'Cool. And then what made you\xa0\nwant to get into production?'}, {'start': '88.080', 'end': '90.480', 'text': 'Yeah, well, being on the\xa0\nperforming side of things,'}, {'start': '90.480', 'end': '94.800', 'text': 'I definitely had an interest in having\xa0\na little bit more creative control,'}, {'start': '94.800', 'end': '100.640', 'text': 'and not just being on the stage, but also\xa0\npulling the strings of making the music and'}, {'start': '100.640', 'end': '105.200', 'text': 'the intention behind it. So definitely, going\xa0\ninto producing has given me that opportunity.'}, {'start': '105.200', 'end': '108.160', 'text': "I'm just curious, what inspires you to make music?"}, {'start': '108.160', 'end': '115.280', 'text': 'So normally, I start from a life experience that\xa0\nI go through, or any type of experience. I think'}, {'start': '115.280', 'end': '121.440', 'text': "it's really great to take something that you've\xa0\ngone through and transform it into an art piece or"}, {'start': '121.440', 'end': '127.440', 'text': "something that other people can also benefit from.\xa0\nSo when you're translating it into a track, it's"}, {'start': '127.440', 'end': '133.440', 'text': 'like writing a story. With all the instrumentation\xa0\nand the lyric writing, you can really just stem'}, {'start': '133.440', 'end': '138.720', 'text': 'from that one life experience that you started\xa0\nfrom, and it just kind of goes from there.'}, {'start': '138.720', 'end': '141.040', 'text': 'How do you overcome creative blocks?'}, {'start': '141.040', 'end': '146.560', 'text': "So normally what I do is I will take a break or\xa0\nI'll take a step back from whatever I'm working"}, {'start': '146.560', 'end': '152.240', 'text': 'on. I think a lot of people push through or they\xa0\nhave their own things, but for me personally,'}, {'start': '152.240', 'end': '158.960', 'text': "if I hit a block, I am doing too much. I'm in\xa0\nthe groove of things, I've just been churning out"}, {'start': '158.960', 'end': '166.640', 'text': "things too much, and I've forgotten the intention\xa0\nof why I do things or why I'm making the music."}, {'start': '166.640', 'end': '172.800', 'text': 'So stemming back from the life experience\xa0\nor the thing that sparked the creativity,'}, {'start': '172.800', 'end': '177.920', 'text': 'I have to go back to that. I think it really\xa0\nresets everything when I take a step back and'}, {'start': '177.920', 'end': '183.760', 'text': 'go back to life and go back to the things that\xa0\ninspire me to make music in the first place.'}, {'start': '183.760', 'end': '188.320', 'text': "If you could give any advice to someone who's\xa0\njust starting out making music, what would it be?"}, {'start': '188.320', 'end': '194.400', 'text': 'I think, as a new producer myself, what I would\xa0\ntell people is to surround yourself with creative'}, {'start': '194.400', 'end': '201.120', 'text': 'people and just ask questions. I feel like\xa0\nmusic production is such a subjective and'}, {'start': '201.120', 'end': '208.720', 'text': 'personal thing that you can really enrich the way\xa0\nthat you produce and all of your knowledge if you'}, {'start': '208.720', 'end': '215.120', 'text': 'just ask other people and get all the knowledge\xa0\nfrom producers themselves. So the best thing'}, {'start': '215.120', 'end': '220.320', 'text': 'is just to ask questions and to really talk to\xa0\npeople about it, and I guess find a nice group'}, {'start': '220.320', 'end': '224.800', 'text': "of peers that you can feel relaxed around too,\xa0\nso you can really take in what they're saying."}, {'start': '224.800', 'end': '228.800', 'text': "Definitely. You need, I mean, in music, you really\xa0\nneed a safe space when you're talking about all"}, {'start': '228.800', 'end': '235.600', 'text': 'this stuff, and so to find the right people\xa0\nto get that space from is really beneficial.'}, {'start': '235.600', 'end': '238.720', 'text': "So I heard you're currently working\xa0\non an EP. How's that been going?"}, {'start': '238.720', 'end': '246.320', 'text': "It's been really amazing. The entire process of\xa0\nmaking music has really opened my eyes. I've never"}, {'start': '246.320', 'end': '252.880', 'text': 'really done it in such a formal way of actually\xa0\nproducing something at the end of this, and so'}, {'start': '252.880', 'end': '259.520', 'text': "it's been a new experience for me. I've learned a\xa0\nlot along the way, and I've also just had so much"}, {'start': '259.520', 'end': '266.800', 'text': 'fun with it. Sometimes I forget that making music\xa0\nis just so fun. You can do whatever you want, you'}, {'start': '266.800', 'end': '272.640', 'text': 'can change whatever you want, you can sing it a\xa0\ndifferent way. There are so many things that make'}, {'start': '272.640', 'end': '278.160', 'text': "music fun, and I think sometimes people forget\xa0\nthat as well. But I've been having the most fun"}, {'start': '278.160', 'end': '283.760', 'text': 'making this EP. I got to collaborate with a lot\xa0\nof people that I know, a lot of artists who are up'}, {'start': '283.760', 'end': '289.680', 'text': "and coming like myself. We've collaborated, and\xa0\nthat's been one of the best things too, to work"}, {'start': '289.680', 'end': '296.640', 'text': "alongside my peers and my partner with all of\xa0\nthis. I've had a lot of great people to work with."}, {'start': '296.640', 'end': '302.080', 'text': 'So this is the quick tip that I have for you guys.\xa0\nI have some tracks here on one of the songs that'}, {'start': '302.080', 'end': '309.040', 'text': "I'm working on, and I have a slide guitar down\xa0\nhere. So without anything on it, I have it panned"}, {'start': '309.040', 'end': '315.760', 'text': "to the center right now, and it sounds great.\xa0\nThat's how it's supposed to sound. But if you"}, {'start': '315.760', 'end': '321.680', 'text': "wanted to make the stereo image a little bit\xa0\nwider since it's just a mono track, I can pan"}, {'start': '321.680', 'end': '327.040', 'text': "it to one side. I'll pan it to the left side,\xa0\nbut I also have it sent to a reverb, and I will"}, {'start': '327.040', 'end': '333.040', 'text': "send the reverb to the other side. So you kind of\xa0\npan it both ways. It's kind of a way to make it a"}, {'start': '333.040', 'end': '338.400', 'text': 'little bit more stereo. It helps with the mixing\xa0\nphase as well. The muddiness kind of goes away'}, {'start': '338.400', 'end': '347.280', 'text': 'when you have them on separate sides. So with\xa0\nit, you have it on the left side and the reverb'}, {'start': '347.280', 'end': '352.880', 'text': 'on the right side, and it just makes things a\xa0\nlittle bit wider, a little bit cooler in the mix.'}, {'start': '352.880', 'end': '355.440', 'text': "And yeah, that's a the tip."}, {'start': '355.440', 'end': '359.440', 'text': 'I just want to give a massive shoutout to the\xa0\nEdith Lando Digital Learning Center located'}, {'start': '359.440', 'end': '363.360', 'text': "at the University of British Columbia because\xa0\nwithout them we wouldn't be able to make this"}, {'start': '363.360', 'end': '370.800', 'text': "content. Thank you so much for watching, keep\xa0\ncreating, and I'll see you in the next video."}]