Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Marco Dela Torre. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.
Marco, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. How did you learn to do what you do? Knowing what you know now, what could you have done to speed up your learning process? What skills do you think were most essential? What obstacles stood in the way of learning more?
In regards to my music, it’s a matter of dedicating the time to it. In this day and age with easy to come by learning resources on all steps of the music production process, it’s never a magic pill and you still need to take the painstaking repeated trial and error in getting your ideal results. Specifically to music production, it’s often a subjective endeavor and while say a YouTube tutorial would get you acclimated in your tools, its never quite specific to the music you want to make, hence the repeated trial and error.
Marco, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?
The most accurate description is that I am essentially a bedroom musician. While I have over time accumulated all the necessary live instruments (drums, keys, many guitars) assembled in my home, the end process is often in my laptop, sitting in bed, trying to optimize the quality of my output.
Though I am more focused on getting my production process up to speed, I am a much more active songwriter be it for myself or being open to collaborate with others.
Thus I find my specialty is in the songwriting realm. I have a keen desire to always find the melody in something regardless of the genre.
Let’s talk about resilience next – do you have a story you can share with us?
Perhaps my best known project is with a band called RomCom. We were able to write and record an entire EPs worth of music in a month. Each member had a song and my role often involved helping them flesh out their ideas into its final form. In this field I equate resilience to patience as it takes time to find just the right song treatment and manifesting that into actual recordings.
For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative?
The business, industry and subjective aspects of it all aside, for this to be rewarding is to ensure your creation ultimately satisfies you. Everyone fancies themselves as a unique artist and achieving something that you feel uniquely represents your voice is ultimately rewarding.
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