May 14, 2021
The Best Music Podcast #19 | Sevish — Producer, Composer | TET à TET with a Microtonal Mastermind
#Sevish #microtones #microtonal
Sevish is a musician and producer from London, UK. Where most of the world uses standard tuning (12-tone equal temperament), Sevish uses alternative tunings i.e. microtonal tunings in his music.
Sevish has built a following on YouTube, where his tracks ‘Gleam’, ‘Droplet’, ‘Desert Island Rain’ and ‘Ganymede’ have been widely watched with his channel exceeding 2 million views and counting!
His new album “Bubble” is available at https://sevish.bandcamp.com/album/bubble and everywhere you get your music.
You can find Sevish at:
Website: https://sevish.com
YouTube: https://youtube.com/sevish
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sevishmusic
Hexagonal MIDI Keyboard: https://sevish.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/axis49.jpg
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0:00 Intro
1:27 Warm-up questions
3:37 Xenharmonic music
5:10 TET vs. EDO
9:55 Sevish's evolution
12:26 Gleam 22 EDO
17:40 Sevish's approach
20:42 How Sevish keeps learning and growing
28:09 How Sevish keeps things "listenable and funky"
30:20 Atlantis
32:45 432 Hz
35:21 Centaur tuning
41:04 How to tune microtonal synthesizers
47:26 Hexagonal MIDI keyboard controller
49:55 MIDI Polyphonic expression
55:43 Lifestyle: Sleep
59:40 Lifestyle: Mindfulness & meditation
1:02:18 Lifestyle: How do people in your life support you?
1:03:28 Lifestyle: How do you define yourself?
1:06:09 Lifestyle: The advantage of taking breaks
1:11:45 Composition: How many songs at the same time?
1:15:30 Creativity: Steps to stay creative
1:17:30 Creativity: Time of day
1:18:01 Creativity: Burnout
1:21:51 Production: Max effective duration
1:23:00 Composition: Segmentation
1:24:30 Ideas
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Logo, Intro Video, and Branding: Arron Leishman
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Dan's Thumbnail Photo: John Mollura Photography