Musician's Cut EP1: Coruscate - Vale-Smith /
Welcome to Musicians Cut.
This is the first episode of the interview series I'm going to be starting on the channel. This series will cover specific albums and will give the musician's perspective on the album and its tracks, kind of like a director's commentary on a Blu-ray. A track by track analysis in the perspective of the artist.
In this episode I interview Vale-Smith / @vvvalesmith about his 2022 album Coruscate,
we dive deep into the themes, thoughts, methods and decisions in his creation process of the album.
This video was inspired by Professor Skye's Black Country, New Road interview series.
Vale Smith/Buffalo Staple:
Youtube: / buffalostaple
Bandcamp: https://buffalostaple.bandcamp.com/al...
Social Media:
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Instagram: / heinos_music
Behance: https://www.behance.net/nielsheino
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/nielshe...
Twitter: / heinos_music
Timestamps:
00:00 - Welcome to the Musician's Cut
00:16 - Introduction
02:16 - What was the idea and intention behind the album?
04:29 - Was Ceramic Skies destined to be the opening track?
08:15 - Techno influences in Know Me / Is Techno something that you want to further experiment with?
11:20 - Why is Coruscate so accessible?
12:56 - Know Me / Hang Tight transition, were they destined to be next to eachother?
14:53 - A Passage, what does that name mean?
16:06 - Looper / Samplework
17:29 - Vale-Smith is a hoarder
18:30 - Custom Samplework
20:32 - Revealing Light / The significance of specific feelings on the track
22:28 - How do you get over Writer's block?
25:03 - Do you think specific experiences have impact on your music?
27:29 - Give Your Best / How do you go about shaping the atmospheres in your beats?
29:44 - Everything / Was this album freeing for you?
31:01 - Everything Outro
32:25 - Are those tennis samples as percussion on Voracity In The Warehouse?
33:32 - Voracity In The Warehouse / Dance music?
34:30 - Think Lavender / What artists inspire you?
36:20 - What other genres will you explore? / Bossa nova & ska Vale Smith
38:46 - clipping.
40:20 - Tethered To Us / Shaping expectations
42:37 - Setting Sun / Sequencing / Original title for Coruscate
44:35 - Underthoughts / The Vale-Smith Movement
46:10 - Does the music come first or the title? / Ace Ransom
47:54 - Hummingbird / Kalimba
48:45 - Will you be bringing more instruments into your music? / Collabs
49:40 - Vocalists & Rappers
52:25 - How do you see your previous records now?
54:49 - What Coruscate represents
55:59 - After Coruscate / What would you like to achieve with future projects? (Rekindle) / live sets
58:34 - Outro