The Giant Step

This is the first blog post containing my own music. I'm a bit nervous about it as I'm not always so confident about the quality of my output. I represent two tracks that I created recently, called Tumutus and Loivennus. Whether they should be named differently can be debated, I just chose some Finnish words that might sound nice to foreigners as well. There's also a survey after the tracks  that's primarily meant for DJ's and record/music collectors who buy house music. The survey simply asks whether or not you would one or both of these two tracks if you saw them in your record store of choice. If you're a vinyl only collector, assume that they're on a 12-inch single, one track per side. Here are the tracks: And here's the survey: Ladataan... Thanks for listening and completing this little survey. I truly appreciate it. Results will be posted in about 2 weeks.

The topic of the week is competition. More precisely, it's about analyzing what other house producers do, what separates their music from mine. I've chosen some recent releases on those respectable labels, trying to listen to them closely, find out the missing ingredient, that special something that made the label choose that particular track for their release. The tracks aren't really the biggest hits, neither are they necessarily my favorite tracks the last few years. I've simply chosen ones that would be stylistically at least somewhat similar to what I do, so they can be compared to my work. First in order is a track from the latest installation of Innervisions' series Secret Weapons. It's called On Two Strangers and it's by Thomas Gandey and Santiago Garcia. I've listened to it a few dozen times on a loop now, trying to understand what makes it tick and why did Innervisions choose this particular one on their compilation, instead of the

Back in 2016 I had a music blog. A house music blog. It was called The Road to Kerri and it documented my adventure from a music hobbyist to someone a bit more advanced, someone who could have his track played by the mighty Kerri Chandler on his gig here in Finland. The blog was a success and I learned a lot about producing music, but in the end neither the blog nor the new skills I gained helped me to achieve anything of note. I was still an amateur, with amateur level skills. Just a bit better amateur than before. Time wasn't right for me to conquer the world of house music. But now it is. The time is right. I'm not pro level yet but my skills have increased. I can write music that makes people dance in clubs. I can make them sound half-decent too, production-wise. Now it's the time to take the next step, the giant step, to get my music out there. Away from the 50 Soundcloud plays or a release on a tiny digital only label that sells very close to zero units and towards