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{ e-sin }
e-sin: interview taken by velian staykov a.k.a. deflate
Hello, e-sin
*bpm : What is your name, where are u from, how old are u [u can skip
this one ;]
e-sin : Josh Morris, Statesboro, GA, and I'm 19.
*bpm : What are your music influences, like what u used to listen when
u was a teeny?
e-sin : Well…I first got into music heavily in the 5th grade. I was a
kid so… I was into whatever was on the radio…at the time, that was Bryan Adams,
Phil Collins… even Wilson Phillips. In the 8th grade I got into nirvana heavily,
and that changed my life… though, in all honesty I hated electronic music, especially
industrial. Sometime during my 10th grade year though, I heard Pretty Hate Machine
all the way through. When I first heard Something I Can Never Have I started
crying because it just hit home that hard… I've never looked at music quite
the same since then. Now, my influences come from everything I hear. From bands
like Ultraspank and NIN to smaller indie acts like digitalia and twerk.
*bpm : How did u started in the music scene, making musing, working
with sound?
e-sin : Well, I played the sax in band for 3 years but never expected
to get into music like this… in 7th grade I started messing with guitar a bit,
b/c some girl's boyfriend could play, and I liked the girl… you know…guitar
became a serious focus for me, and it still is. I got into electronic stuff
in june of 1999 thanx to an article I read at a NIN fansite. Heh, that article
changed my life in ways I never dreamed possible.
*bpm : Artist hate this question... but if should define/describe ur
style... what would it be?
e-sin : Well, it's dark… and rooted in industrial, tho it's not exactly
industrial at all. I draw from a lot of styles, including hardcore rock, drum
n bass, down tempo, and even stuff like hip hop and trance that I don't listen
to that often. Every type of music has base feeling that goes with it… I like
to try and touch on as many as possible, in as many combinations as I can.
*bpm : What computer platform do u use... for creating muzix?
e-sin : Win2k on a pII400 w/ 288mb ram and an SBLive!
*bpm : What software do u use?
e-sin : Fruityloops, reason, simsynth, cubase, cakewalk, and assorted
others… I'm really into effects so I've got about 40 times as many plugins as
I do programs.
*bpm : What hardware do u use?
e-sin : Sadly, I don't have any hardware in the way of synths and such
as that. My guitar setup consists of a fender strat, dod grunge, boss ds-1,
dod vibro thang, peavey dirty dog, and a vintage mxr phase 45w a tone so sweet
it'll make u cry. I play thru a hybrid made from a peavey transtube audition
110 and an old marshall lead12. ernie ball strings… jim Dunlop picks… hey, am
I gonna get payed for all these plugs? ;)
*bpm : Do u think that nowadays.. audio software is good enough to replace
hardware for some things?
e-sin : Software has a lot of potential for music making, obviously.
I think you can create some really great stuff without ever even touching a
piece of real equipment but…you just can't replace the hands on aspect of working
with real gear. And, also, I think having something there to touch can be a
lot more emotional and inspiring during the process of composition. Software's
nice, and without it I'd still just be a guitarist but… it just can't beat the
real deal.
*bpm : Lets talk now about the music. On what project u have taken part
or u take now part?
e-sin : I've been in a few bands, none really ever got anywhere… got
tired of dealing with missed practices and broken drum heads, so I dove into
my little world of electronica. I've done various collaborations/remixes/etc
with t3rraph0rm, jeyjeydiggy, and a few others. I'm currently involved in a
track with digitalia, which I'm doing guest vocals on, and I'm in the final
stages of a co-authored track with diceman. All of these guys do excellent work
and I hope to have the opportunity to work with each of them in a more hands-on
situation. File transfer collaborations aren't real-time.
*bpm : How do u act with ur own music performance. Are u djing, or are
u performing live?
e-sin : For various reasons, my music would be difficult to pull off
live without a good bit of gear and help, neither of which I have right now.
I would /not/ dj. If I were to be playing live though, it'd be a mix between
tweaking synths and samplers, playing keyboard and guitar, singing, and using
my pc to perform various tracks.
*bpm : What do u think about DJz, who play only 2 cdz, or 2 vinils?
e-sin : I don't like this question because it's going to invariably piss
someone off. Without dj's the dance scene wouldn't exist in it's current form.
While a lot of dance music is really template based, a lot of great things have
come out of it, so I think dj's play a vital role in keeping a scene alive that
occasionally starts something groundbreaking. As far as dj's being musicians…no,
I'm sorry but no. when you write your own stuff, you're a musician. When you
play records - ur just a dj. Nothing wrong with that…but it's not making music.
*bpm : Tell me some of ur favourite artists nowadays. What are ur musical
favourites now.
e-sin : To be honest I don't listen to a lot of music other than my own
these days. When I do though, It's stuff like tool, the kidneythieves, nin,
oldskool korn, a perfect circle, mindless self indulgence, ultraspank, some
spineshank… then of course there are all the guys online: digitalia, t3rraph0rm,
jeyjeydiggy, keado, kneel, waveglider… there are so many more too, and they're
all doing great work.
*bpm : e-sin, 10x for the interview
e-sin : No problem, yo. My pleasure.
homepage : mp3.com/e-sin
2000-02-17