Aaron J. Schieding

Over the years, Aaron has had a long and varied musical journey. As a child, he joined the school chorus, played the recorder, practiced singing to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera, and was moved up into his middle school’s select chorus and took part in concerts. In his teen years, he followed rock, metal, and electronica music. In his 20s, he formed his first rock band and was the lead singer and lyricist. This led to him being in two more bands where he sang and played bass guitar on-and-off. He led the production of EPs sold at music venues for the second band’s live performances.

In his 30s, he became more familiar with classical music and began composing music for anime music videos for his |LAST_ENIGMA\ YouTube channel. In 2023, Aaron began composing his first sonata featuring violin and organ. The next year, now in his 40s, he wrapped up preliminary work on the sonata to put together for his first solo album. He does the composing from his home studio in Reaper DAW using a 61-key music keyboard and other hardware and software. At the end of 2025, he had the album mastered and completed the printed score. The new classical album will go on sale in early 2026.