Danimal Cannon

Danimal Cannon (Dan Behrens) is an artist and musician best known for his guitar-driven Gameboy/chiptune music. He's also a mixing and mastering engineer, and has toured and performed live extensively.DANIMAL CANNON LINKS:Website: https://www.danimalcannon.com/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0AqwYovalxngrN9eVyiUXgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/danimalcannonmusicX: https://twitter.com/armcannonBandcamp: https://danimalcannon.bandcamp.com/musicSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1RFcDZxxdM1jEchZNxJMAs?si=wmbYBTnVT7K-teJIiioqCAApple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/danimal-cannon/617198535TIMESTAMPS:(00:00:00) Introduction(00:02:03) Finland trivia(00:03:59) About Danimal Cannon(00:09:37) Importance of music production(00:12:36) Working with non-musician clients(00:16:36) How people perceive music(00:20:30) Relationship between composition, arrangement, and orchestration(00:26:16) Danimal Cannon’s mixing process(00:30:51) Danimal Cannon’s reference audio tracks(00:33:11) Markus’ musical background(00:38:51) Reference audio tracks (continued)(00:45:30) Thoughts on Hans Zimmer(00:52:30) Oblivion (movie) OST by M83 and Joseph Trapanese(00:55:29) Working on the video game Soundfall OST(00:58:52) Modern sample libraries(01:06:32) Soundfall OST continued(01:08:13) Creative constraints, creative block(01:17:15) Current work and life situation(01:21:23) Current gaming industry landscape(01:22:05) Balancing personal life with work(01:29:16) Luck and Preparation(01:31:28) Future of the industry and AI(01:45:01) Dealing with change(01:47:29) Staying a student and preparing(01:50:43) Perfectionism(01:54:07) Studying video game music(02:00:01) Chiptune music and the indie video game industry(02:01:30) Modern music technology(02:06:13) Music tool user interfaces, Sample libraries(02:10:12) How Danimal Cannon got into music(02:15:04) Central musical concepts(02:18:20) Musical notation/scores(02:30:02) Music engineering(02:33:04) Guitar playing(02:35:37) Collaboration, ego, competitiveness, trusting yourself(02:43:06) Retaining creativity; Obsession(02:49:13) Balancing personal life with work, Loneliness in creativity(03:05:03) Definition of an Artist(03:08:10) Sending a message to everyone’s smartphone