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Past that, taking time out to read about topics of interest and learning new tricks from tutorials online are great ways to rev the engines, as well.

Being ready when you don’t need to be is better than not being ready when you finally have a cool idea. I’ve thrifted a few tape recorders that sit next to different keyboards in case I feel the urge to make a demo. Within reach is a drawer filled with various noise-makers I’ve collected, and above that is a drawer of old AV equipment. There’s a chair in my bedroom that I’ve surrounded with a little casio, my computer, pencils, paper, and a microphone. If someone isn’t feeling particularly inspired, I’d recommend preparing a good setup for impending ideas.

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I’ve considered dumping the reserves in a wild fat release some day to free up my shelves. The things that see the light of day see it for a reason. I am sitting on plenty of unreleased media. Do you have any advice for other artists struggling with burnout? …How much unreleased Jack Stauber media do you think you’re sitting on right now? It seems like your creation switch is permanently flicked on. I sequence/arrange those in Adobe Premiere, and then I take the video and run it through a VHS tape. I have folders on my computer filled with hundreds of individual saved MS Paint frames. I draw my animation bits and pieces in MS Paint with my mouse. I think it’s just putting a name to a face from there. Then I run the audio back with my eyes closed. I’ll record the dialogue with a slight idea of what they may look like. If I feel happy, I make something.ĭo you do all your own voices for your shorts? All your own animation? What is your process for creating all those little interesting characters? I love that I can do that right now, and I will do everything in my abilities to make sure I can keep giving these projects the attention I need to complete them. I drew this baby the other day for a cartoon and laughed at the way one of his faces looked for a while. In the past year you’ve released more than a video per week, on average – how do you find the time to produce so much content? Or – much more importantly than “getting into the minutes” – how do you find the drive? I get equally sucked into making them both as well. They have different kinds of rewarding elements. I’ve been working with both forever, I’ve always loved animation and video. The music you create feels like only half of your style – when did you start creating short videos and other media? Do you prefer creating audio or visual? It’s in the latest song I extended on my patreon page, “Cheeseburger Family.” Walk around with a slide whistle and your life turns into a cartoon. There’s this cork slide whistle I bought at the mall for a dollar. It also seems like you might use a lot of “found” digital devices as ad-hoc instruments – do you have any particularly odd devices you’ve grown fond of producing with? If so what are they? The sounds are warm and stupid like a cheddar pretzel. Speaking of instruments – various frames in your videos betray a handsome synth collection – what are some of your favorite synths you use to produce your music? I wouldn’t say I use these as song foundations usually, though, and if I do, the song’s gonna be an odd one. I collect tonal objects that I find to pepper into songs here and there. I’ve crinkled an empty water bottle to create a crash cymbal before. I definitely have a good mix of textbook sound-makers and off-the-book inserts. How much Jack Stauber music is the result of playing a traditional instrument – and how much of it is sampling as seen in “Can Music?” I get playful with the words but they’re always chosen very carefully. Many of your lyrics border on nonsense, but somehow at the same time they can also feel very meaningful – how do you go about writing them? I try to do effects with my voice a lot, sort of like Donovan does in “Hurdy Gurdy Man.” He goes “hu hu hu hu hu hu hu hurdy gu hu hu hu hu hu hu.” He sounds like he’s singing on a bumpy car ride, but he’s not in a car at all. Your vocal style is truly one of a kind – how did you develop it? Stauber is currently based in Pittsburgh, PA. Stauber has independently released 4 albums: Finite Form (2013), Viator (2015), Pop Food (2017), and HiLo (2018). His work includes themes of absurdity, bizarre humor, and nostalgia. Jack Stauber is certainly not our usual synthwave sound, but when we came across his masterpiece “Pop Food,” we knew immediately we should feauture his art! Born April 6, 1996, Jack Stauber is an American Avant-Pop musician and video artist whose work includes elements of animation, live performance, and the use of obsolete media.

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