Getter

Close your eyes and reminisce on the time where Vine was in its prime. Those were the good ol’ days, am I right? None of this Musical.ly noise, but a time where people could create content gold in a tight six-second-loop. Alas, those days are long over and our favorite Vine stars have made their moves into other branches of social media celebrity—from the Paul brothers stirring up controversy on an international level to Lele Pons breaking the sound barrier on YouTube. But what about the stars of the iconic “Suh Dude” Vine? Well, as it turns out, one of its creators is also a legend in the world of EDM. Tanner Petulla, a.k.a. Getter, is a highly sought after DJ and has collaborated with the likes of Skrillex, Datsik, and Borgore. And with his debut full-length album dropping in mid-2018, we decided to meet up with him to learn what fans can expect from Visceral.

When did you decide to pursue your music career? I always had been into music. Playing drums or guitar, shit like that. When I got to high school my homies were into similar music as me, so we would mess around and record ourselves playing our favorite songs. From there I discovered making music on a laptop with software synths. I got obsessed with making sounds. It was like a video game to me. Eventually, I would go on to play small shows here and there—for not that much money. The day I got fired from my job at smoke shop was the day I decided to take it seriously and saved up money to move to L.A.

How did SoundCloud impact the early stages of your career? Oh God I miss the days when SoundCloud was cool. No bullshit, just music. It was such an important part of the come up. You would obsess over getting your song as many plays as possible, which meant making the craziest shit. After about a year, SoundCloud was full of so many sick producers trying to one up each other—it was so tight. I remember starting to get noticed by my heroes and they would repost my songs. When I first hit 100k, I was shitting my pants.