Hello,
I've been making music for a long time, I've never taken a lesson or learned music theory, and in my earlier work, it shows. Over the course of time, I've slowly picked up certain things, but when I was 14 I truly had no clue what I was doing, only the will to create something fun.
From the ages 13–14, I wrote, recorded, and mixed an EP/album (I always called it an album but it's really an EP) called Interdimensional Fundraising Marathon. It was heavily inspired by the 1960s, mainly The Beatles. It's really weird to hear back: the guitars are unpracticed (in fact, most of the songs were written in a few minutes, recorded right then, then the lyrics and vocal lines were written later on), the vocals are nervous and pitchy, and the production is all over the place. I recorded the whole thing on school nights before I went to sleep and mixed on weekends.
After it was released, I moved on and made more interesting and inspired things. But recently, out of pure curiosity, I returned to listen to what I had done almost four years ago, and it confounded me. In so many areas I was just caught off guard with the choices I made, none of which I would make now. Something about it just felt so accomplished to me, I was still proud of it despite making better things, and even trying to bury it at some point due to embarrassment.
So naturally, I remixed it with my modern technique, which still is lofi and unprofessional, but is leagues better than my original methods. I then backed that with the original stereo mix and the originally intended mono mix. Then, digging through my old hard drive, I compiled some session material which I thought were interesting enough to include.
I believe that this album is an interesting peek into the creative process when stripped of knowledge and fundamentals, and driven by the almost obsessive mission of just creating. So with that, I present The Interdimensional Fundraising Marathon Sessions: https://sgtsplatter.bandcamp.com/album/the-interdimensional-fundraising-marathon-sessions
Thank you for your time,
Sgt. Splatter (Kaden Wheeler)
Note: There is more info in the description of the album.