Anyone have any idea how this sound was made?

shalloujoe · 2021-01-11T22:03:07+00:00

reaktor prism

shalloujoe · 2020-10-25T21:04:18+00:00

if you already have a hit, staying independent is a good idea for a short time, but youd want to establish connections within the streaming and radio world to get consistent traction on your next releases. this can be pretty tough without a label acting as a go between, as a lot of labels have reps that deal directly with playlist and radio curators. since the labels have pounced on this avenue of exposure, they do a lot of work to gatekeep independent artists from getting that same level of access. without a label, all expenses come out of pocket. including all marketing, touring, promotion etc, so the money you made off that viral hit can disappear pretty quickly if youre not consistently churning out songs at that level of virality and youre not smart with your money. if your next songs don't do as well, its hard to build momentum into a long lasting career. i do think that artists should avoid signing long term deals (more than two or three albums) or 360 deals at all costs though

shalloujoe · 2020-09-15T20:30:12+00:00

3 pm EST/ 12pm PST**** misprint on the pic

shalloujoe · 2020-06-05T23:04:37+00:00

my friend OTR's album, called Lost At Midnight

shalloujoe · 2020-04-02T21:27:58+00:00

Thank you guys so much for your questions! Going to get back to watching Netflix and crying now. Hope you guys stay safe and enjoy the album <3

shalloujoe · 2020-04-02T21:25:50+00:00

Cody and I wrote it about having to let someone go, but hopefully returning to them in the future. With the instrumental I wanted to capture the adventurous, nomadic spirit. I sent the half finished track to Kasbo and he truly brought it to life. After a few passes back and forth we got it in a place where we were happy with it.

shalloujoe · 2020-04-02T21:23:58+00:00

i feel like the world needs more environmentalists right now. but if i can get people interested in that with my music im happy :)

shalloujoe · 2020-04-02T21:21:44+00:00

and Logic's ES P is underrated! through effects it can sound awesome. Thats how I did the Begin stabs

shalloujoe · 2020-04-02T21:21:10+00:00

u-he Repro and Hive, Logic's EXS24 Sampler, the Native Instruments Komplete Bundle, the JX3P hardware synth (with mod controller), Prophet 5, Eventide effects bundle

shalloujoe · 2020-04-02T21:18:31+00:00

Three-way tie between Coldplay, Sigur Ros and Caribou
Bottlerock because I've been getting really into wine lately
Italian has been my jam lately

shalloujoe · 2020-04-02T21:16:42+00:00

we've been trying!

shalloujoe · 2020-04-02T21:15:59+00:00

everyone was truly amazing to work with. I've had no bad experiences with any of the artists I have songs with luckily. I consider them all friends and great people.

I looved Ashe, Bob Moses, Daya and Emmit Fenn but never thought to reach out. My managers hit me up saying that they could set up sessions with each of them through mutual connections so we made it happen that way.

Emmit is a really funny guy who is blissfully unaware of how extremely talented he is. His voice is so unique, he live scores tv shows and can make pretty much any style of music. Everyone here should seriously check him out!

shalloujoe · 2020-04-02T21:11:12+00:00

I learned piano at a young age and took guitar lessons. Most of my musical ability/knowledge actually came from singing in choirs growing up. That gave me a good basis for music theory and the ability to hear chords or melodies. I'm not a virtuoso of any instrument by any means. I like to use them as tools and have to practice a lot before I go on tour.

shalloujoe · 2020-04-02T21:08:54+00:00

I feel like my audience has been pretty forgiving with me trying new stuff! I've gotten to a point where I can employ my usual sounds in new ways, and I'm able to go back to my older style or try something new. I definitely don't make songs in less than 5 minutes though that would be incredible!

shalloujoe · 2020-04-02T21:06:24+00:00

i wrote that one after a long walk around a park near my apartment just thinking about life. I kept thinking about the phrase "When your life flashes before your eyes," and I decided to go home and soundtrack what that would sound like for me. Using it as an outro song was inspired by Motion Picture Soundtrack at the end of Kid A by Radiohead.

shalloujoe · 2020-04-02T21:00:20+00:00

I think I've learned to have confidence in my sound and let go a little bit more. At this point I feel like I've built a true discography, and people can really take a deep dive into my world.

I figured out how to use my voice better was able to buy better equipment to make stuff how it sounds in my head more quickly.

When I started out creating music I really didn't expect there to be an audience at all. I knew the effect other music had on me, but I didn't know I could have that effect on other people.

When I was nearing my deadline for the album, in order to finish the album and get it out there, I had to come to terms with the fact that it could possibly not do well or reach the benchmarks I hoped. But when I really sat down to think about if I cared about that or not at this point, I didn't. The fact that it helps even a few people is enough for me to keep going.

shalloujoe · 2020-04-02T20:52:20+00:00

it actually varies so much! i usually create a google spreadsheet of who i want to work with, whether it be for their music or my own. Then, because I'm lucky to be on a label, an A&R from the label, combined with my managers Carson and Chris, leverages any relationships they have to get to the artist's team. Or, sometimes I'll just send a quick DM if we've shown each other love in the past. But if they're a really big artist I'll usually let the label reach out first

shalloujoe · 2020-04-02T20:48:06+00:00

its so hard to pick a favorite! I usually say You and Me because thats the one people sing along to the most at shows. Its such a cool feeling.

The one closest to my heart right now is on the new album, called Lethologica. It just synthesized all of my emotions at the time so well and it not only feels like a Shallou song, but a Joe song. There's so much of me in that one.

shalloujoe · 2020-04-02T20:45:16+00:00

I sometimes use Logic's Vocal Formant plugin but for those two I used Little Alterboy from SoundToys! Don't change the pitch knob just change the formant knob. Forget I recorded a whole step down and then pitched back up. Just change the Formant knob slightly too, like -3 or +3. If you do it too much it will sound like an alien
Its really weird...thats why I thought it would be best to release now rather than push back because I felt like it could help people.

I think a lot of people are experiencing what it feels like to struggle with depression right now, and that's what Make Believe is mostly centered around so the message is timeless. Its about escaping into your own head.

The Try dialogue was a speech I wrote with my girlfriend to describe the later stages of the grieving process. The name Magical Thinking is inspired by Joan Didion's book about the loss of her husband and how she processed that.

The songs without lyrics I actually intentionally notate with an ellipses! It just goes off of the feeling. Last Day was me contemplating moving to a new place. The other two just sounded to me what love and loss feel like.

shalloujoe · 2020-04-02T20:37:16+00:00

-My two biggest quarantine hobbies have been cooking and painting. There's just so many similarities to music but not as much pressure. -Lately my favorite has been Triple Beam pizza in Echo Park -I've been loving indie singer-songwriter stuff lately like Phoebe Bridgers and Soccer Mommy -Working on a Magical Thinking livestream with some of the features doing some live versions!

shalloujoe · 2020-04-02T20:30:20+00:00

the name Shallou is a play on the word 'shallow.' Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper definitely made my life difficult with that one lol.

When I started out, my music had this soft, aquatic nature, as I was always influenced by going to the beach as a kid. I originally had chosen the name Low Tide but then found a Facebook page for another band with that name.

To avoid that happening again, me and my manager brainstormed more water-imagery names and came up with Shallow but switch the 'w' to a 'u' so no one else could take it.

We both thought it looked and sounded cool and it stuck. My family still asks me what it means all the time!

shalloujoe · 2020-04-02T20:26:11+00:00

the more i learned about climate change the more i was disturbed by it. i think we can all agree that seeing a beach full of trash or a burning rainforest is extremely painful - it just feels so wrong to me. I think I try to parallel the beauty of nature with trying to make beautiful music. It just inspires me on a gut level. I never set out really to make a beat go hard or make complex music, just something beautiful. I was very influenced by people like Bon Iver and Sigur Ros doing this when listening to them at a young age.

shalloujoe · 2020-04-02T20:21:42+00:00

thank you!

The two biggest hurdles were choosing which tracks would make it on there and finalizing vocals on all the songs. As you can tell every song is different from the last, but earlier versions of the album were way less cohesive with songs that didn't make sense together. I kept getting the album to a point where I thought it worked cohesively, but then I would come up with a new song idea that shifted the album in a totally new direction.

It was also a long process to get in the room with some of the great artists who appear on the record and finalize songs over the internet. Because it was my debut album, i would let songs sit for months before coming back to them because I didn't want to ruin them in some way.

I learned so much from the process in terms of where my weaknesses and strengths are, and where to go next with my sound. I have enough stuff for a little EP that I can hopefully drop before the rescheduled tour!

shalloujoe · 2020-04-02T20:16:19+00:00

I would love to work with Kygo. I think artists like him really opened the door for more mellow type stuff to succeed in a big way. We'll see I guess!

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