It's been almost three years since my last album release, so I wanted to give you an update on where I am currently, and what my future goals are.

After releasing my 2 official albums and EP, I have been going through a long-term transition phase of which I'm still deep in the midst of. The primary reason for this transition was the hard realization that I had spent almost all of my artistic development on the creative and expressive aspects of the music, and almost none on the technical production side.  I put everything into trying to create something real and deep and profound - in alignment with my film and animation inspirations especially.   I'm not saying I ever got there, but that has always been my focus. Imagination and emotion were all there is as far as I was concerned. 

Well, the harsh realization was seeing just how my lack of technical production skills really hindered my growth in the artistic areas. It was upon this realization that I decided to go all-in on learning audio production (i.e. mixing and mastering).  Creating deep and meaningful art has always been what drives me, so it took a long time to finally see just how much the technical production skills affect the artistic side.  Being an extremely right-brained individual, it took several bangs to the head to finally start seeing this…

As I've delved further into these skills the past couple years, I've also seen the countless ways those technical abilities can be turned into an artistic tool - using EQ, compression, and limiting not just to create space, but also to change the timbre of an instrument - timbre being one of the four creative elements of music.  I am also beginning to see just how key mixing skills are for electronic music if one were to break out of the traditional box of instrumentation (kick, snare, high hat, bass, guitar, strings, vocals, etc), to create unidentifiable sounds, textures, and dynamics.  I could imagine what kind of electronic music someone could create with full control and understanding of frequency ranges, using the full spectrum in artistic ways.

Alongside learning mixing and mastering, I have also been simplifying my compositions a bit (you may or may not have noticed this if you follow my more recent Soundcloud releases).  This isn't because I want to simplify, but I see the need to in order to go back to the basics on my creative process as I learn to implement new-found technical knowledge.  My goal would then be to return to my more complex expressions that I enjoy most as found in my debut album (One Way Mission, Hearts of Wind, Minds of Dust, Timeless Dynasty, Kingdom Within - damn, those were muddy as hell!).

In other news, I have slowly been dipping my feet into the waters of soundtrack work and video editing - two other angles from which I'd like to attack my music goals from.  This will also help in a future fusion of the two when I finally get back into creating my own soundtracks to old silent films - something that's been on my to-do list for far too long.

Lastly, I bought a house, and now have a dedicated studio space to promote focus - a resource I can't possibly have enough of.  I will slowly be assembling my studio the next two years as I can save more funds for acoustic treatment.  With all this said, I'm very excited about the future of Apeirian Age, and to take you on the journey with me!  Thank you for your patience and understanding as my creative output has been a bit sparse.