2023 Spring Releases
This is a summary of my past three releases from this semester for my personal project. I wanted to challenge myself to complete a small collection of self-written, self-produced, and self-mixed songs and release it out into the world. Originally this was going to be an EP, but the more I thought about it, the more I wanted to release them as separate singles - I thought that each song has its own personality and its own identity, so it’s better to introduce them one by one!
All three songs are unique in its style and visual aesthetic, and capture how I felt at specific moments in time. I hope you enjoy listening to snapshots of my feelings this past spring semester.
Click on the album art to enjoy the music :)
quiet nights
A dreamy song about loneliness, featuring washy guitars and polyphonic vocals
A breakdown of how the polyphonic section was made
I wanna get a piercing
The thought that everybody thinks about at some point in their adolescence. You only live once, so go and get that piercing! (or tattoo!)
How I make my animations
Homebody
Sometimes being around people is too overwhelming…
Homebody studio session
Special thanks
My team who helped to make this happen!
“quiet nights”: Felipe Alvarez (guitar), Joel Toh (mastering)
“I wanna get a piercing”: Joel Toh (mastering)
“Homebody” double single [track 1]: Joel Toh (mastering)
“Homebody” double single [track 2]: Felipe Alvarez (guitar), Hanley Chan (piano), Wenrui Lee (bass), Boba Lee (drums), engineers Celine Hsu and cash, Carissa Wong (mastering)
Special thanks to Jae Cho (videographer and editing), Austin Lu (voice programming for Reminese), Naomi (description translator), and last but not least my professor Danny McIntyre for guiding me on these projects!