Beat / Hi Matthias, you are insanely active and know the scene inside out… what do you think are the most outstanding changes of the last three years? Has the lockdown brought out more producers?
Matthias / In general, digitalization has simplified many things and further advanced developments in the scene. For example, access to good equipment has become easier, and nowadays you no longer need expensive tools to make music at home. In a very short time, musicians can publish their songs on all common platforms, for example, via recordJet.
Producing and releasing music took place even more during the lockdown period, because otherwise no income could be generated. The instrumental lo-fi market is now so oversaturated that the stores can hardly keep up, because every producer also has two or three other alter egos. Here again there is the challenge of quality to filter the really good producers. It‘s not about boring 1:30 minute saxophone loops, but about explicit producing with intro, bridges, outro and various instruments, far away from the optimal specifications of the
