From Gaming to Producing: An Inside of Renz, was impressed by Renz’s ranking.

Look at Isaac Renz “I am amazed because I know how

much time is needed to climb the rankings

By Matthew Conde
CONTRIBUTOR for videogames. It’s difficult,” Tang said.

With this achievement, “Rocket

The sun shined brightly on Oct. 2,
League” became a hobby with business
2021, as Seattle University Junior Isaac
opportunities.
Renz started his monitor and grabbed his
“Big content creators asked me to
headphones to prepare for his busy day.
play in their YouTube or Twitch streams. It
On this date Renz competed in a
was exciting,” Renz said.
Collegiate “Rocket League” (C.R.L.)
Competitiveness is no mystery for
tournament with Seattle University’s team.
Renz, as he played soccer, basketball, and
Renz played this videogame for seven years
track and field in high school.
and was once amongst the top 60 players
Now, eliminated at quarter finals,
worldwide.
Renz trained for the next tournament and
Ray Tang, a junior at
will compete on Oct. 10, 2021.
Seattle University and friend
Renz spends hours reviewing film

and practicing. Outside

C.R.L.

tournaments, he

competes in Play

V.S. tournaments,
where he makes between $1,000 and $2,000. software. So, he took piano classes to learn

Max Rosenblum, Renz’s friend and music theory and attended audio program

junior at Seattle University, said that he can classes.

hear Renz’s intensity for the game. However, Renz realized those

Rosenblum said, “Isaac has so much classes did not fully encompass music

passion for the game because, at 12 a.m., production, so he taught himself.

he’s screaming at people on the internet for “There are many unknown practices

messing up their shots, not passing, or being in music production. There’s no other way

dull-minded.” to learn about them without trial and error.

Around the time he learned about That’s the hardest part,” Renz said.

“Rocket League,”, Renz developed a love For over seven years, Renz taught

for music production. himself how to create music. When making

From a young age, Renz felt a larger songs, he emulates his favorite artists and

connection to many songs. genres.

“I felt like I had a deeper “I’ve always been inspired by old

understanding of music. I can hear the school synth sounds—dark,

background sounds, and I wanted to make retro synths—and

them,” Renz said.

One

challenge Renz

faced was learning

music theory and

navigating audio
combining them with modern hip-hop “Whatever he made in 30 minutes

sounds,” Renz said. sounds like a professional rap-beat or

Renz releases songs on Soundcloud, alternative song. People would stop and

Spotify, and YouTube under the alias listen to it,” Rosenblum said.

“OSAKA,” named after his favorite song by As the sun set, Renz finished his

Flume. Some of his songs are also used in song and turned off his monitor—an end to a

TikToks. day full of his passions and businesses.

Currently, Renz is starting a sound “If something makes you happy, you

design company called “Retrocult,” which should do it. Often, people lose sight of that

will provide sound packages for creators. and do what’s convenient in the long-term.

Many producers are in this industry, so That’s okay. It depends on how you see

successful artists must be unique. life.”

Renz said, “Everyone wants to sound

like everyone else, but it’s fun trying to

make new sounds and songs.”

With Renz’s company and songs,

Tang said that Renz’s work reflects his

character.

“Renz is a dedicated person for

carrying out a career from doing what he

loves,” Tang said.

Rosenblum collaborates with Renz

on music and hears many of Renz’s songs.