Ghost: Can you tell us about your journey into music? How did you get started, and what inspired you to become an indie artist?
Histheory: I played on the guitar of one of my cousins when I was 16 and fell in love with it. Got my first guitar a few months after that and it was the beginning of it all. I did a (really bad) album with my folk guitar, then I fell in love with DAWs and did a (really bad) electro album, to then switch to a (really bad) kind of symphonic metal album. I then tried to make a (really bad) band and as you can see the pattern was leading me to really, I was really bad I decided in 2012 to do instrumental music as I love soundtracks, and I think most of them are pretty generic nowadays. I try to avoid influence, even though I can't control it. But I always think of the emotions or the story first. My inspiration is bringing something new to the world, something people can relate to, something that can live within people.
Ghost: Nice. What is the story behind your artist's name? Does it hold a special meaning for you?
Histheory: This is the contraction of History and Theory, because what I find fascinating with History is that huge portions of it comes from Theory, and History can change through time while it's in the past. I've got the idea of that name more than 15 years ago and it is very important to me. I write most of my songs with emotions, and my 2 albums under Histheory (the second, The Great Unknown, releasing 23 August 2024) are driven by one particular thing: We can change. We can so change that even History, which is in the past, can change! We can find the Truth about us and become better people.
Ghost: How would you describe your music style? What genres or artists have influenced your sound?
Histheory: Instrumental, but then I do not hold any particular style in mind. I do mainly orchestral stuff, but like to experiment and doing electro, post rock, pop, jazz… and also in the future will work to blend more styles like rap. As I said before, I try to avoid influence, but I am of course influenced by Hans Zimmer to name only one.
Ghost: Can you share the creative process behind your latest album/single? How do you usually go about writing and producing your songs?
Histheory: The Great Unknown is a 10-track album telling the story of an astronaut receiving a signal from outer space, taking his spaceship, losing control and being picked up by aliens. Then he is discovering a civilization that lives in harmony with their planet. They then come back together and show the world how to do the same with our Earth. I therefore created each track as different parts of this story, trying to give the right emotions and sound signature to each moment. How I usually go about writing is a long process of looking for instruments, tweaking them so they sound exactly how I want, then composing the different parts. I love making layers and hence I will usually layer the [beep] out of it but then I try to dial it down sometimes.
Ghost: What challenges have you faced as an indie artist? How have you overcome them?
Histheory: The lack of support and reach is the top challenge to me. For support, I've been Lucky finding this wonderful Community and being in a stepfamily
that cares about me as a whole, music included. For reach, I'm still fighting like all of us. I try to give more of my persona to people. I am a pretty crazy guy who likes joking around and not caring about how people look at me. Hence, I try to give this and maybe inspire people to care less about image and more about living the actual life and being who we are.
Ghost: Can you tell us who inspired your passion for music growing up?
Histheory: If we forget about influences, it was not a specific person that inspired my passion. It was just the sound of the guitar strings through my fingers that I could temper with how I wanted, make them do what I want, and then discovering the pleasures of a DAW, being able to have at my fingertips a set of instruments I would never have dreamed of.
Ghost: What message do you want to convey through your music? Is there a particular theme or emotion you aim to evoke in your listeners?
Histheory: I may have been in a hurry or wrote too much before as I answered that already, my apologies! So,. if you followed, you know.
Ghost: Yes, you are very thorough lol. What are your future plans? Are there any upcoming projects or collaborations that your fans should look forward to?
Histheory: As you know, The Great Unknown comes in on 23 August 2024, but this is not all. I have collabs coming Indeed, with no specific date, and I have prepared already a little Christmas gift with a winter EP of 3 songs, all done already, waiting for the right season! For next year plans are still not clear, but I have currently close to 90 projects so I will not rest soon, promise! Thank you for giving me this time and space (ooooh) to do this interview. I love this Community and the Indiescoveries is a perfect place to be. I wish all indie artists to be as lucky as we are, to be in good company of great people, with great minds and hearts!
Ghost: I absolutely cannot wait! August 23rd... right in time for my Birthday on the 29th! Good timing brother!! lol. Thank you so much for taking the time to be interviewed and sharing your incredible story with us. Your insights, music, and experiences are truly inspiring, and we are grateful for the opportunity to learn from you. Your openness and willingness to share have made a significant impact, and we appreciate your contribution.
Be sure to dig deeper into the world of Histheory and check out the interview on Blue Grazer Records! Get to know Histheory even more!!
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