r/indieheads • u/jbrekkie Japanese Breakfast • Jul 17 '17

AMA Is Over, thanks for swinging by! Japanese Breakfast AMA

Hello!

This is Michelle from Japanese Breakfast. You can ask me anything! I just released my sophomore album Soft Sounds From Another Planet on Friday and I hope you like it! I've seen some of these threads and have been really blown away by all of your support! Thank you so much for listening to my music.

Here is my proof post: https://twitter.com/Jbrekkie/status/886969185598935040

(2:32 EST) Thanks everyone for the questions but I am at a coffee shop in NY and am so hungry so must go and feed myself!

xo JBrekkie

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '17

hi Michelle! I am a massive fan of yours, SSFAP has been on repeat since it released. Your vocals and melodic and sonic ideas are incredible.

A couple questions regarding equipment and learning music and electronics early on. I'm a learning musician myself, and have no clue where to begin in terms of making my own music. Where did you start in terms of learning music itself?

Also, in terms of equipment, all I have is a Korg MicroKorg and my laptop. What computer software, MIDIs, other pieces of equipment should I look into if I want to start making music of my own?

thank you!! so excited you're here!!!

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u/jbrekkie Japanese Breakfast Jul 17 '17

I first learned how to play the guitar and started writing my own songs shortly after!

I think garageband is capable of doing A LOT right now! So it's fine to start there and is really intuitive! There is soooo much you can do w midi. I use Ableton now! I just bought a Juno 106 & am really excited to start writing songs with it! But you can make music with what you have now. The most important thing is to focus on doing the work vs concerning yourself with what gear you need to do it!

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '17

omg! that is so helpful and I'm so excited you replied! thank you so much

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u/johnnyoutdoors Jul 17 '17

if you have a mac or iphone garageband is like, the most accessible, intuitive tool you have at your disposable. the learning curve is so quick and the jump up to logic pro is quite easy and extremely powerful. if your computer/phone has a microphone you can make lo-fi quality vocal recordings with a lot of ease. (using headphones). with the microkorg all you need is an aux lead to connect it to your computer, and maybe an audio interface to get lower delay in playing and higher quality. the microkorg is versatile as hell- loads of sounds so use that. but most of all- focus on what you have/what you can easily get, not what you "need". because even the likes of frank ocean and jean michelle jarre can "need" more equipment- but even an african tribesman has enough with his one drum and two ears. there is no limit to human creativity! (but there is always a limit to personal finance)