Hello

Sam Shafer aka entropist

Music has continuously proven to be the most grounding thing in my life. Whether it is creating or listening, music has always found an important place in my existence. The bands, songwriters, producers, and compsers that I have listened to over the years have truly helped me through some tough times and continue to inspire me to this day. I appreciate all sorts of music from alternative rock, metal, and jazz, to experimental bass, glitch, ambient, and everything in between. 

Aside from the good old recorder, the first instrument that I played was the upright bass in 5th grade which quickly transformed into electric bass in 6th grade as I joined jazz band. That only lasted a year but I still continued dabbling, taking some lessons over the years, and still often incorporate electric bass into my productions and performance. In late 2021, I purchased a MIDI controller and Ableton Live; since then I have grown my tools to include some additional software, a couple effects pedals, and a hardware synth. My only formal music training consists of a Music Theory class that I took in high school as well as a number of bass lessons. Thanks to all of the individuals who are putting out educational content on Ableton Live such as Seed To Stage, ELPHNT, Mr. Bill, Underbelly, Frequent, and others, I have taught myself everything I know about Ableton Live and music production/ audio through online content or my own explorations within the software.

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I enjoy creating and experimenting with a varity of sound and genres. I find myself doing a lot of ambient and experimental bass, however I also enjoy lo-fi, glitch, cinematic, among others. Soundtrack design for video games and short films is another area of sound production which I am quite intested in. 

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