5howtim3

**5howtim3** is a Canadian musician from the city of Calgary. he also goes by the name **5t3**.

## Appearances

### Debut

october 2020

5howtim3 was born in Calgary, Alberta Canada. he had an early appreciation for music and would beatbox as a young child. in a grade 3 music class he had to produce an electronic music song, and the song he produced was extremely impressive. around this time he began playing the game **my singing monsters**, which ignited his enjoyment for making music. his parents downloaded *music maker jam* onto his phone, where he began making music under the name **arctic fox**. in 2019 he began using G*arageband* to make soundtracks for small movies. he began starting to make more music on the software and took up the name "5howtim3" off of an old character he created as a child.

## Career

during COVID-19, 5howtim3 began making "country trap" songs inspired by **lil nas x**. these songs would end up culminating in 5howtim3's first mixtape, **country thing**.

during that time, he also began making various songs for fun. these songs would eventually become the mixtape **laser**.

between October 2020 to December 2021, 5howtim3 would make various other songs for fun which would become all the other EPS and singles such as **zapper** and **country thing 2**.

at the start of 2022 5howtim3 began listening to the french duo **justice** which was his first awakening into the world of french electronic music and professional music production. from January to April of that year he would work on songs for the album **AGENCY**, most of which were based on tricks and songs from Justice.

around may 2022 5howtim3 would watch a video on songs that sampled S**tevie Wonder**, one of 5howtim3's favourite artists. from this video he found the album **mouth moods** by **Neil Cicerega**, which inspired him to make the mashup album T**ourettes**.

At Coldia Convention 2022, 5howtime released a trailer for his upcoming album **STAINED**.

5howtim3 is a member of the music duo **kirigami**, which consists of him and his label member **4own-2-3arth**. He is also a member of the band **Geometrax**.

## Discography

#### Mixtapes

* Country thing (2020)
* Laser (2021)

#### Albums

* Agency (2022)
* Tourettes (2022)

#### EPs

* Zapper (2021)
* Country thing 2 (2021)
* The autumn EP (2021)
* The six chances EP (2022)
* LED (2023)
* the spring EP (2023)

#### Singles

* City night (2020)
* Internation (2021)
* Petrichor (2023)

#### Soundtrack

* Mothman (2021)
* Base OST (2022)

#### Compliations

* Halloween (2020, 2021, 2022)
* Christmas (2020, 2021, 2022)
* Sounds of coldia volume 1
* Sounds of coldia volume 2
* Sounds of coldia volume 3
* Sounds of coldia volume 5
* Sounds of coldia volume 6
* Sounds of coldia volume 7
* Sounds of coldia volume 8
* Sounds of coldia volume 9

#### Performances

* Coldia olympics - agency live (2022)
* Coldia-con 2022 - agency live (2022)
* LED release party (2023)
* Jamnicer - daftentourettes (2023)
* Seton pep rally - daftentourettes (2023)
* Laser party 2023 - daftentourettes (2023)
* coldia olympics '23 "the apocrypha set" (2023)

## Music style

5howtim3s music style has evolved over time due to his changing musical interests.

### Country thing/laser era (2020-2021)

5howtim3 began making music on a regular basis when he began making music on **Garageband**. the music of this era was mostly country-trap, Folktronica, and electronic pop. The main inspiration for 5howtim3's country themed music was how it reminded him of the days before COVID-19, the time he started making music.

*"2019 was an amazing year before the abomination that was 2020. one of the things i remember fondly about the year was the amount of country style music to hit the music scene. when 2020 happened, i was trying to bring as much of the 2019 things i had done back to 2020 for me to enjoy."*

a good chunk of 5howtim3's music was made with Garageband loops, a fact that he isn't too proud of. His choice to make music with these loops was inspired by the fact that many other aspiring producers make music on Garageband with loops as-well, allowing them to connect to his music on a more personal level.

### Agency/Tourettes era (2022)

Due to 5howtim3 becoming more interested in music production after listening to the album **cross**, He wanted his music to be more original.

*"this really is one of my best. i've also been listening to cross by justice, and that definitely led to most of the inspiration. when i was making three flaming creatures, i realized it sounded a-lot like justice."*

5howtim3's musical approach became more and more professionally oriented and less of a casual way of passing the time. The music from this era is more original, while still utilizing the Garageband-loop approach. while the loops would usually be untouched in the previous era, The loops in this era would be Chopped and made into entirely new sounds. This was an early demonstration of 5howtim3's skill for sampling.

After hearing **Neil Cicerega's** album **"Mouth moods"**, 5howtim3 decided to make a Mashup album as an homage to his Tourettes syndrome.

*"this albums unpredictability and craziness was made to replicate my* T*ourette's, which can be a friend sometimes (but mostly a bad friend)"*

**Tourettes** is probably 5howtim3s most controversial album, as a good chunk of his fanbase either loves it or hates it.

### Stained era (2023-)

As 5howtim3s interests from **Justice** branched out, he would discover more and more artists that inspired him. Artists like **SebastiAn** and **Mr.Oizo** became favourites to 5howtim3, but no other artist really inspired 5t3 more than **Daft punk**. His interests in these artists eventually culminated in the release of the **LED** **EP**.

Around December 2022, 5howtim3 would accidentally delete Garageband off of his phone. Due to it not having IOS 16.0, He wouldnt be able to redownload garageband, forcing him to make music on his macbook pro from 2010 with garageband and an **Akai Mpk mini**. During this time, He would become interested in **Dawless music production**. using the money made from the daftentourettes-tour he would save up to but an **Akai MPC 500**, but he would change his mind and choose to buy a **Circuit rhythm** instead. Using the Circuit, he would create all the music for the **Spring EP**. The Circuit is now used in the **STEAMTRAX STUDIO**.

## Equipment

#### DAWs

* Garageband IOS
* Garageband mac
* Music Maker Jam

#### Keyboards/Pianos

* Akai MPK mini
* Yamaha CVP-10PE

#### Sound equipment

* Vestax VCI-380
* Samsung HT-P38
* Sony DAV-HDX900W

#### Other

* Macbook pro 2010
* Iphone 6s
* Iphone Xr