I am a music producer.
The sounds of vintage electronic instruments and the interplay of chords and melodies keep me coming back to the studio every day and night, writing music that evokes a sense of retrospection and nostalgia using analog techniques and equipment. I freely share what I know with my fans and contemporaries in the music production community and firmly believe that we can all find our own unique ways through collaboration and by building on each other’s work.
Sincerely,
Lars.
(You can find my music on Bandcamp at https://larslentz.bandcamp.com/ or on Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/artist/4iZntCQnlaxYqBmkX9MPET)
PS: if you want to know more of my story, I’ll tell you. Read on.
My fans connect with me because they like analog electronica and ambient music and they like that I am open and show them whatever it is they want to know. I give freely.
I want my fans to connect with my music and images in the photos and videos I make in addition to the music files.
I’ve been taking photos and making music for years and I love it.
I played piano at my grandparents house and I really liked the sound of it. I took piano lessons, but it was more of the sound that got me going and less of the reading and playing of music.
I took photos with an old Zeiss Ikon Contaflex camera that my Uncle Hal had given me. It was film, and it really taught me how to frame shots and get good photos the first time, because film was expensive to me and processing it took time. Weeks. I had to get good if I wanted to enjoy it.
I was a master marksman in 4H gun safety. I shot well. So well I earned the NRA Distinguished award and a lot of shooting competition awards. State titles. I realize now that this is one of the skills that has helped me get photos that others can’t – I have to be absolutely still to shoot a target, and I need that same stillness to push my camera to its limits without blurring images. As a result I’ve been able to take photos that others can’t. I find that for both target shooting and photography, I control my breath and that is how I can stay very still. I also use a strap with tension on it to further still my aim.
I’ve embraced the stoic philosophy as translated by Ryan Holiday in his works and videos. I’m also a regular meditator, preferring the transcendendental type, but I’m not affiliated with the whole TM and maharishi thing, as you can get the same instruction and effect at little or no cost from NSR (Natural Stress Relief) or studying the Indian Vedic or mantra meditation.
I’m a practicing electrical engineer (my day job). I also grew up on a farm and did farming for over 40 years (recently scaled that way back). I went to high school then college, was a Mensa member for a while, have always had a job or working on something or fixing things.