Danimal Cannon (Dan Behrens) is an artist and musician best known for his guitar-driven Gameboy/chiptune music. He's also a mixing and mastering engineer, and has toured and performed live extensively.

DANIMAL CANNON LINKS:

Website: https://www.danimalcannon.com/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0AqwYovalxngrN9eVyiUXg

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/danimalcannonmusic

X: https://twitter.com/armcannon

Bandcamp: https://danimalcannon.bandcamp.com/music

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1RFcDZxxdM1jEchZNxJMAs?si=wmbYBTnVT7K-teJIiioqCA

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/danimal-cannon/617198535

TIMESTAMPS:

(00:00:00 ) Introduction

(00:02:03 ) Finland trivia

(00:03:59 ) About Danimal Cannon

(00:09:37 ) Importance of music production

(00:12:36 ) Working with non-musician clients

(00:16:36 ) How people perceive music

(00:20:30 ) Relationship between composition, arrangement, and orchestration

(00:26:16 ) Danimal Cannon’s mixing process

(00:30:51 ) Danimal Cannon’s reference audio tracks

(00:33:11 ) Markus’ musical background

(00:38:51 ) Reference audio tracks (continued)

(00:45:30 ) Thoughts on Hans Zimmer

(00:52:30 ) Oblivion (movie) OST by M83 and Joseph Trapanese

(00:55:29 ) Working on the video game Soundfall OST

(00:58:52 ) Modern sample libraries

(01:06:32 ) Soundfall OST continued

(01:08:13 ) Creative constraints, creative block

(01:17:15 ) Current work and life situation

(01:21:23 ) Current gaming industry landscape

(01:22:05 ) Balancing personal life with work

(01:29:16 ) Luck and Preparation

(01:31:28 ) Future of the industry and AI

(01:45:01 ) Dealing with change

(01:47:29 ) Staying a student and preparing

(01:50:43 ) Perfectionism

(01:54:07 ) Studying video game music

(02:00:01 ) Chiptune music and the indie video game industry

(02:01:30 ) Modern music technology

(02:06:13 ) Music tool user interfaces, Sample libraries

(02:10:12 ) How Danimal Cannon got into music

(02:15:04 ) Central musical concepts

(02:18:20 ) Musical notation/scores

(02:30:02 ) Music engineering

(02:33:04 ) Guitar playing

(02:35:37 ) Collaboration, ego, competitiveness, trusting yourself

(02:43:06 ) Retaining creativity; Obsession

(02:49:13 ) Balancing personal life with work, Loneliness in creativity

(03:05:03 ) Definition of an Artist

(03:08:10 ) Sending a message to everyone’s smartphone