Life & Work with Digital Garden

Today we’d like to introduce you to Digital Garden.

Hi Digital, we’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
My interest in music production started on a summer trip when I got really into GarageBand. I had just been exposed to some of the trending electronic music at the time (dubstep, EDM, etc.) and I wanted to incorporate those vibes and movements into my own work. I had always played and written music (piano being my first instrument) but I hadn’t really dove into the full potential of software programs until I was about 12. From then on, I was producing for fun and trying everything from arranging to sampling to recording live MIDI takes to manipulating audio. These are all things I love doing now, and yet I find that with this type of art I never ever stop learning. Even after over a decade, there’s always going to be something I can try next.

I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
Looking back, there’s been a good mix of things that went very well and things that didn’t. For the former, I was very prolific with online releases in my early years because I was just making so much stuff. Before Digital Garden was a thing, I made full-length albums based on different musical styles (using GarageBand and not much else), and for a period I was finishing three of these a year and posting them all to SoundCloud. One of my struggles was dealing with perfectionism, and the feeling that I needed to get everything right about a track if people were gonna hear it, otherwise it wouldn’t be good enough. Another struggle was not being bothered to expand beyond basic production/songwriting and invest time in learning new skills to improve my work (mixing, mastering, speaker testing, etc.). So my problems were many – I wanted to get so much right about music but only the stuff I thought would be right, not keeping in mind the technical improvements that would make for a more pleasing listen than any complicated song ideas will.

Appreciate you sharing that. What else should we know about what you do?
I’m Christian, aka Digital Garden. I’m an artist and creative in AZ, primarily in the fields of music production and video editing. I’ve also dabbled in web design, 3D modeling, and most recently collaboration with AI in game design. While I’m not “famous” for anything in particular, I’ve built up a following on my YouTube where I post visualizers for original tracks, plug-in demonstrations in software programs, and other general things I like to make. I’m proud of the string of content I’ve produced lately (both in video and music) because I feel very free to try things out and express all-encompassing creativity with the outlets I have, and whatever I end up making I’ll always be proud of down the line. I’m still trying to figure out what sets me apart, but I’m sure the more I express myself over time, the more unique I’ll become and the more I’ll know!

Can you talk to us a bit about happiness and what makes you happy?
This is easy: good music, food, productivity, the right amount of physical exercise, and occasionally a chat with a friend or two. All of these make life so cool and worthwhile, and it can be easy to feel fulfilled on a regular basis this way.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: instagram.com/digitalgardenmusic
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@digitalgardenmusic/videos
• SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/digitalgardenmusic
• Other: https://digitalgardenmusic.bandcamp.com/

Image Credits
Sierra Fisher / Sidharth Sivaprasad