LSS Student Profile: Gabriel Aguilera

Name: 

Gabriel Aguilera

Links:

http://soundcloud.com/gabriel-aguilera

LSS Courses:
Structure, Form and Creativity

Featured Track: Illuminate

Illuminate - Gabriel Aguilera (Full Track) by London School of Sound

Q&A With Gabriel

- Where are you from?

My dad's from Chile and my mums British, but I was born in England so im technically just British.

- What is the best city for music in the world?

The music scene in Brussels is excellent, supporting a lot of up and coming dubstep artists as well as drum and bass. But really I have to say London due to how diverse the music scenes are, ranging from garage, uk funky, various forms of house and electro, jazz, reggae, indie and many more. 

-  When did you first start making music?

I first started making music when I was fourteen, circuit bending children's toys. I wouldn't really refer to it as music anymore, just creating bizarre noises. I created my first track when I was sixteen.

- What is your favourite DAW? Why?

So far I have only used Logic and Abelton, I found Abelton quite complex and not very user friendly. Logic on the other hand is straight forward, has some good synth presets and an excellent selection of EQ and compression.

-    Who are your favourite artists and who inspired you the most to pursue your music studies and career?

I listen to so much music its really impossible for me to specify who is my favorites are, but currently Synkro is producing amazing garage/dubstep. My main inspiration is an artist called Burial, he produces a combination of ambient soundscape and garage. His ability to create such emotion and thought provoking music really is inspirational.

-    How long have you been studying music production? Which courses at LSS did you take?

I started a one year course when i was sixteen and I then stopped for a year when it finished due to other college work. I chose Structure, Form and Creativity at LSS.

-    Why did you pick LSS?

I had heard good things about it so I decided to visit one of the campus's. I was shown around and met a few of the head teachers and it made a very good impression on me. 

-    How do you feel your learning at LSS has contributed to your musical development?

LSS has not only provided me with real head start in production, but a certain mind frame as well. I have progressed so much in the past 11 lessons and I have learned information thats invaluable.

- What tune do you simply wish you wrote? 

This has to be one of my favorite tracks of 2011, http://soundcloud.com/boddika/swims. The use of the cowbell is just genius and the bass line means business. 

 -    What happened after your time at LSS?

Im going to finish off an album i have planned that contains various genres such as dubstep, drum and bass, garage/uk funky, ambient and electro. Im going to give it out for free and try and get signed as soon as possible but with a label that respects the producers and I know will take me as far as possible. 

-    What advice would you give prospective students interested in starting studying music or music production?

I'm not even close to where I want to be in music as I think im still in a really early stage of my production so its hard for me to offer advice, but all I would say is dont give up and be as original as possible. 

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