EP#73: Forging An Artist Identity & Embracing Music Tech w/ VOLTA HYMN

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There’s nothing more frustrating than being creatively restricted by the skills and tools at your disposal, and oftentimes this leads to musicians being overly-reliant on others to get our music out into the world. But this week’s podcast guest, VOLTA HYMN (AKA Delali Zevon-Aniakwah), decided to develop her music tech know-how in order to forge her own artist project and become fully independent.

Inside this conversation, Delali shares how attending one of Isobel’s 5 day recording challenges helped her record her new release, INCOGNITO MODE, and we get the chance to hear two tracks off the record and the concepts behind them. 

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
{0:00} Intro
{02:55} How Delali got started in music and the artists that influence her
{13:20} What led Delali to form her artist identity, VOLTA HYMN
{18:07} Learning to record and produce herself as an independent musician
{22:03} How attending one of Isobel’s 5 day challenges helped Delali record her new album, INCOGNITO MODE
{30:39} The process of writing and producing her album
{42:30} What’s next for Delali?
{44:45} Episode Summary

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