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Please tell our readers who you are and what you do?
Hi, my name is Cartridge System, and I'm a music producer from the UK.
My music is quite heavily influenced by dark cyberpunk universes like Alien or Bladerunner, and I carry arthritics from this kind of retro-revival scene that's going on at the minute.
How would you describe your influences and how have they changed over the years?
So, when I was a teenager, around 15 or 16, I was a huge fan of EDM, like Deadmau5, Skrillex, it was all I listened to. I was making these trash beats WISHING I could be like them.
It wasn't until around 2015 that I hit the mark with what I wanted Cartridge System to be, a good 5 years later from when I first coined the alias. I hadn't touched Cartridge System in all this time, I had meanwhile been making a name for myself in the Vaporwave scene as "Mr. Wax" by making Future Funk. I was listening to a brilliant mix cloud upload once where I heard Dataline by MegaDrive. It caught my attention so strongly I stopped studying all night and just dove straight into this Newretro scene. What was it? What style of music is this? How can i make these sounds? Etc.
I made my first synthwave track as Mr. Wax but it didn't sit right on the account, which is when it dawned on me that it's the perfect oppertunity to reboot Cartridge System!
What´s new right now?
Well, I've never played a show as Cartridge System, it's something I've thought about but haven't yet got my head around how I would do it. However it's definitely something I'm interested in.
Since "Welcome to thee future", my debut EP, I haven't found anything that I can make to match the level of satisfaction I got from that EP. It's a thing in its own righ that I don't really feel needs a sequel, at least not yet.
I'm currently working on a project that I'm trying to keep under wraps for now as it's still in fairly early stages of planning and production. What I will say is that it brings in other mediums and creates an entirely new world! So keep your ears, and eyes, to the ground!
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Are you a superfan of anyone? How did you become a superfan? Do you remember how you become a fan and what turned you into super fan? Have you ever thought about why you´re such a fan?
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What was the biggest mistake you made when you started making music and what would be the number one tip you could give to a newcomer musician?
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How do you get gigs? Can you share any tips?
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Do you have good promotion tips for other musicians?
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Do you have insights on how to grow your audience on soundcloud that you want to share with our audience?
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What has been your biggest challenge right now? Have you been able to overcome that challenge? If so, how?
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How do you personally discover new music?
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Once you discovered new music, do you tell others about the new music/artist you discovered? If yes, how exactly?
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What is your number one tip to improve your music production or songwriting skills?
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What is your best tip for those who struggle with finishing their tracks?
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We meet again in one year. What has changed?
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http://www.soundcloud.com/welcometothefuture
http://www.twitter.com/cartsystem
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