{"id":23096,"date":"2022-10-01T12:09:25","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T16:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/?p=23096"},"modified":"2022-10-04T13:11:46","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T17:11:46","slug":"michael-bruner-in-the-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/michael-bruner-in-the-studio\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Bruner on starting from a sample and the importance of physical activity for creativity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;Approach every environment like it&#8217;s the first time you&#8217;ve been in that environment, and you&#8217;ll find sounds that no one else has found,&#8221; Michael Bruner tells us.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael Bruner is an Indiana-based vocalist and producer who&#8217;s carving a path of his own in the world of bedroom pop. His recently-released debut EP <em>Time With You<\/em> provides a taste of his nuanced sound, which combines a lo-fi aesthetic with found sounds, ambient soundscapes, and R&amp;B grooves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/playlists\/1390047565&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;visual=true\"><\/iframe><div style=\"font-size: 10px; color: #cccccc;line-break: anywhere;word-break: normal;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;text-overflow: ellipsis; font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/michaelbruner\" title=\"Michael Bruner\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Bruner<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/michaelbruner\/sets\/nova-ep\" title=\"Time With You\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: #cccccc; text-decoration: none;\" rel=\"noopener\">Time With You<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Also a SoundCloud x Splice NOVA Beat Battle winner, Michael Bruner recently released <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/sounds\/splice\/michael-bruner-sample-pack\/\" target=\"_blank\">his very own sample pack on Splice Sounds.<\/a> In celebration of the release, we had the opportunity to sit down with Bruner in the video above to hear about his approach to music creation, the connection between physical activity and creativity, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Which part of the video was your favorite? Let us know in the comments section, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/splice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">subscribe to the Splice YouTube channel<\/a> for more artist-led tips, production tutorials, and insights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Incorporate Michael Bruner\u2019s original sounds into your own productions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/sounds\/splice\/michael-bruner-sample-pack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Explore the sounds<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bedroom pop artist Michael Bruner discusses his approach to music creation, the connection between physical activity and creativity, and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":23117,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1696],"tags":[1707,1307,1061,1254],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Michael Bruner on starting from a sample and the importance of physical activity for creativity - Blog | Splice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bedroom pop artist Michael Bruner discusses his approach to music creation, the connection between physical activity and creativity, and more.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/michael-bruner-in-the-studio\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Michael Bruner on starting from a sample and the importance of physical activity for creativity - Blog | Splice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bedroom pop artist Michael Bruner discusses his approach to music creation, the connection between physical activity and creativity, and more.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/michael-bruner-in-the-studio\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blog | Splice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Splice\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-10-01T16:09:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-10-04T17:11:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/In_the_Studio_Michael_Bruner_BlogPost.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Harrison Shimazu\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/bitly.com\/namaboku-twt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@splice\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Harrison Shimazu\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/michael-bruner-in-the-studio\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/michael-bruner-in-the-studio\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Harrison Shimazu\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/1ed73f890efad66c4808440680e9e50d\"},\"headline\":\"Michael Bruner on starting from a sample and the importance of physical activity for creativity\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-10-01T16:09:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-10-04T17:11:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/michael-bruner-in-the-studio\/\"},\"wordCount\":200,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/michael-bruner-in-the-studio\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/In_the_Studio_Michael_Bruner_BlogPost.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"in the studio\",\"pop\",\"sample packs\",\"sounds\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Tips &amp; 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