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/UC0AqwYovalxngrN9eVyiUXg
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/danimalcannonmusic
X: https://twitter.com/armcannon
Bandcamp: https://danimalcannon.bandcamp.com/music
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1RFcDZxxdM1jEchZNxJMAs?si=wmbYBTnVT7K-teJIiioqCA
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/danimal-cannon/617198535
TIMESTAMPS:
(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
