Andrew Johnson 1 Andrew Johnson London Hard to know what to put here but I'll have a bash. Played guitar since I was 16 (am now 49). Always been keen on music and experimentation. Having lived in Gran Canaria for 5 years I was without any instruments to be creative with and so turned to my laptop. As with most people I outgrew Garageband, Logic Express etc and finally landed with Logic Studio and have been using that since to create and experiment with. My method of working is to build up a palette of sounds by using midi loops and attacking them with a variety of synthesisers, filters and modulation so that they are unrecognisable. Eventually I usually arrive at a collection of sounds which interest me and then I start the lengthy process of composition and arrangement. I don't especially like to produce music which is easy to listen to but rather to produce something which evokes an emotion or produces one. The journey of a song isn't always linear and I like music which is sometimes unexpected and takes you in a new direction. Sometimes it's just about the sound. I think all art, music or otherwise should be challenging, enjoyable and always trying new things. Static art is dead art. My influences are many and varied; classical, (Bach, Chopin, Part), Neil Young, Floyd, John Mclaughlin, Radiohead, Autechre, Joni Mitchell, Underworld, The Smiths and on and on. I'm never happy with anything I produce. It can always be made better and I am always learning, but I'm happy with that process. I have mainly made music for myself up until now, but have started to make the effort to let other people listen to it. Music taste is a very subjective thing, but any critical feedback is worthy of listening to. Enjoy! Andrew Johnson 1’s tracks Mahal by Andrew Johnson 1 published on 2014-12-24T11:43:06Z Dismantled by Andrew Johnson 1 published on 2014-12-24T11:41:45Z Bahala Na by Andrew Johnson 1 published on 2014-12-24T11:40:04Z Bones Picked Clean by Andrew Johnson 1 published on 2014-12-24T11:38:36Z The Difference Engine by Andrew Johnson 1 published on 2014-12-24T11:37:01Z The Drunken Flea by Andrew Johnson 1 published on 2014-12-24T11:34:22Z The Spite House by Andrew Johnson 1 published on 2014-10-03T21:40:01Z The Spite House (new) by Andrew Johnson 1 published on 2013-01-08T23:31:52Z A pale blue dot by Andrew Johnson 1 published on 2011-11-27T14:25:26Z The tokyo recluses by Andrew Johnson 1 published on 2011-10-23T20:41:13Z