See ya soundbyte5/25/2023 In the early 2000s, I cultivated a huge interest in cyberpunk and virtual worlds, Second Life in particular, and I joined SL during a period of depression where I felt just isolated from human contact hoping for a greater transhuman future where people who are disabled, or differently-abled are able to thrive. As you probably know, that sort of fizzled or didn’t meet expectations, only to comeback mainstream in the last few years with dubstep and the whole EDM thing. And by this time I had gotten more serious, hearing in the mid-90s about the new electronica revolution that was coming Stateside. I wanted to “paint” with a broader spectrum of colors than what the piano afforded me. In my mid-teens, I eventually discovered electronic music through its natural technological proxy, the computer. I’ve been sad in recent years with my former teachers dying off one by one … that’s been one of those passages-of-life things. Along the way I went through formal, sometimes very rigorous classical training. Torley: In a nutshell, it all began at the age of three when my mom sat me down at the piano and my feet were still too short to reach the pedals. Soundbytes: First tell us about your background, musical or anything pertaining to how you became the YouTube serial videographer that you’ve become known as. Torley with Sushi – photo courtesy of Torley’s soulmate and wife, Ravenelle Soundbytes tracked Torley down and he agreed to give us the interview that follows. If you’re thinking of spending money on a synth, checking first to see if there’s a Project Preset on the instrument is always a good idea. He has several performance tutorials to his credit that have in excess of half a million views. His offerings are mostly focused on some aspect of music, usually electronic. Torley has become known to many as a prolific YouTube videographer. So it was that I encountered Torley for the first time in one of his ongoing series of Project Preset videos. And let’s just say that he was … ahem … colorfully dressed and leave it at that. The presentation was clearly unrehearsed and some seriously well-developed keyboard chops were on display, as well as some inspired improvisation. I happened upon a YouTube video in which an exuberant young man was going through Pro-53 presets one by one and riffing on what he found there. This interview should serve as a great introduction.Īpproximately four years ago, I was searching the web for some information on Native Instruments’ Pro-53 software synthesizer. If you’ve never encountered him, you should get to know him. Torley is a prolific creator of youtube music videos who has many fans.
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