About RaneMusic
About RaneMusic
Childhood
I was born in Berlin, Germany in 2002. At the age of 7-8 I fell in love with Videogames, playing on our WII, my Nintendo DS, and later Need for Speed Underground 2 on my fathers PC. When I was 9 years old I got my first guitar. A cheap Stratocaster lookalike, as well as a small amp. A guitar teacher taught me a few chords, and showed me how to play Smoke on the Water, but at the time videogames were more important to me, so I never got any further.
A little later I got a PS3. That's when gaming became a big part of my life, so much so, that I would almost call it an addiction. I would disregard homework, sometimes even skip school and do nothing but game whenever I was home. Burnout Paradise City, Driver San Francisco, GTA V, Black Ops 3 and Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket Powered Battle Cars (The game that laid the groundwork for Rocket League) defined my childhood.
A shift in taste
I also watched a lot of Lets Plays. Out of all the games I watched, Five-nights-at-Freddy's hit me the most. I got so invested into the story and everything around it. Going further down the rabbit hole, I eventually started listening to Nerdcore. Music made by YouTubers, centered around games like FNAF. People like JT Music, TryHardNinja or The Living Tombstone were seen on my playlist multiple times, but one artist stood out me...
DAGames. His music was different. A bit more experimental and... Heavy. For the first few months I only listened to his FNAF songs, but over time I discovered more and more of his songs. And then he released "The heart of an artist". DAGames had uploaded a video shortly before, where he explained the meaning of his album and what it was about. It was really inspiring to see, how much thought went into his songs. To me, music had always been... Just music. I never made the connection that music could be used as a form of expression. So, when Heart of an Artist finally released a few days after that video, I was listening to it pretty much every day. On my way to school I would always listen to the whole album. It was unlike anything I had heard before. I used to like EDM Genres like Dubstep, but Metal? This was new to me.
Around the same time, I also discovered the video game "DOOM 2016". A shooter with an amazing Metal-soundtrack which fueled my love for Metal even more.
My musical journey
My father is a huge fan of music. For as long as I can remember, he always had huge speakers standing in our living rooms. Our living rooms always kind of looked like lived in home cinemas. And not a day would go by when there was no music playing. Pink Floyd, Dire Straits, Deep Purple, Status Quo, Uriah Heep, Queen, ACDC. These rock bands and many more accompanied my day-to-day life around the house.
I think, because of this I've always had an interest in music as well. When I got my first phone, I downloaded an app called "Loop Stack" which let you record and loop 4 tracks. I would make little beats and record my guitar.
I then discovered Caustic 3. I guess you could call that my first DAW. Now, I could not just make beats, but entire songs. Sadly, I don't have any of those songs anymore, but I remember using Caustic a lot.
Around the same time I also started playing Geometry Dash. Today I have over 2000 hours of playtime on Steam, and I bet, it could be even more on my phone. So, naturally I got really into electronic music. Xtruollor, Dex Arson, F-777, Excision and, of course, Skrillex were huge parts in that time of my life. When I saw a Launchpad Cover of "First of the Year" by SoNevable I even bought a Launchpad and got started with Ableton Live. Though, I never really got used to the interface or made actual songs with it.
A few years later, a new phone, I had motivation to try making music again. So, this time I tried out FL Studio Mobile. I actually uploaded one of the songs I made. After a few more songs I stopped again and continued playing video games and dedicating my time toward my gaming channel.
And then came... this... A meme. Russian Harbass put on top of the "This is america" music video. And another obsession was born. I started watching Life of Boris, listening to DJ Blyatman and other Hardbass artists.
I once again picked up a DAW to start making my music. Because I was already familiar with FL Studio Mobile, I decided to try FL Studio, and downloaded it on my fathers Laptop.
Because I was still in my Slav phase, I started making Hardbass songs, which you can still find on my channel.
But, due to my history with Nerdcore, I eventually decided to make my own song based on game. Based on "Until Dawn: Rush of Blood" I tried to make my first Rock/Metal song, which ended up becoming "We Rush for Blood"
Thanks to a friend I made playing Rocket League who also had a bit of experience making songs, I quickly learned to dual track my guitars and work on my arrangement. But also my guitar playing had to get better.
At the moment, all I was able to do were power chords in Drop D. So, I picked up Rocksmith, a game that's supposed to help you learn guitar through video lessons and songs that my father picked up for me a few years prior. This was around the time the movie "Bohemian Rhapsody" came out, which I was a huge fan of. So, one of the first songs I learned was We Are The Champions.
How it went from there can be seen on my YT channel
Gear
Guitar: Kraken Octa RF8 Rainbow ; Dean Vendetta XM, Harley Benton D-120CE TB
Bass: Harley Benton HBZ-2005
Base Drum-Kit: Millenium Focus 22 Drum Set Red
Drum-Heads: Evans dB One
Cymbals: Millenium Still Series Cymbal Set reg. ; MeinL HCS Ultimate Special Set
China: Millenium 18" Still Series China Red
Splash: Millenium 10" Still Series Splash Red
Audio-Interface: Behringer U-Phoria UMC1820
Camera: Sony ZV-E10 ; DJI Osmo Action 3
Lenses: Meike 35mm F1,4 ; Viltrox 23mm F1.4 ; Sony 18-105mm F4
Gimbal: DJI RS3 Mini
Contact
Discord: ranemusic
E-Mail: renewille@gmx.de