It happens. You get older. Slower. You wake up one day, and you’re definitely not a YouTube star with your own Patreon account and free sound pack downloads to go with it. You didn’t even figure out that there was a big trend involving something called fidget toys, “spinners” and “cubes” that kids use to … fidget … with. And already that trend is big enough that someone is making music with them.
This story might be about me. It might be about you. But it’s okay – because Andrew Huang is there. His followers are telling him about the fidget toys. He’s turning that trend into sweet, sweet music.
You can fake it, too. You can download his Ableton pack, and show it off to your friends, then roll your eyes in disgust when they say they’ve no idea what any of this stuff is – as if. Youth restored.
Or you can pick up some tips. (Basically, use some EQ to filter out pitched sound from noise, use Sampler/Simpler in Ableton or something similar to play these up and down the keyboard. Now, this is 80s sampler stuff. I even was there for the 80s. Advantage: gen X and above.) And maybe you’re on top of the next Internet meme. Better watch closely, though – don’t flinch just because the President of the United States is tweeting. Stay on your game.
Or just sit back with a cool drink and watch the YouTube. Life is good. We live in the future.
CDM will let you know, like, eventually. We did tell you about the aliens and unicorns.
Andrew’s channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdcemy56JtVTrsFIOoqvV8g