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INTERVIEW
INTERVIEW
PM: Let’s speak about production, as you know
a lot of people are leaning on this days and I’m
sure they want to read your suggestions.
EC: Yeap. but i don’t think i will help them a lot
with an answer here so i want to say that I’m preparing some tutorial videos soon for all of them!
PM: Woah! That’s awesome news. So tell me,
what DAW will find today at your studio and
why you prefer it?
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PM: Do you want to give an intro to your self?
EC: Hello everyone. I’m Marko aka E-Clip from Belgrade, Serbia.
PM: How you started with Psytrance in the first
place?
EC: It started 2000. Actually NYE of 2000 i was at
a massive party with Astral projection and Alien
Project here in Belgrade. I went to this party accidentally and everything started after
that.
PM: How you see the
booming of Serbian
projects the latest
years?
EC: Well i must say
that Serbia had a
strong scene in the
past, and always
has been a place
where music have
big matter. Im sure
we would have great
producers much before if we had a better
economic situation in the
past. Today you don’t need
expensive studio and gear
to make a good-sounding music
which is i believe a reason why producers from places like Serbia got a chance.
In the past, if you wanted to produce something,
nothing was possible without a good studio.
PM: Although the “internet era” brought up
the problem of piracy (along with several benefits though), you think a producer in our scene
makes more money this days or it was better
back in the old days?
EC: It is true that internet brought piracy and destroyed music selling business, but i believe it
opened many other doors. It was never easier
to promote your music than through internet as
nowadays. I believe that making money as an artist today don’t have much influence from internet, it has more with growth of the scene, and yes
i believe today is easier to get more money than
in the past, but only if you work as a producer and
performer, by only making music the income is almost zero.
PM: If you had a “magic wand” for one time
only, what would be the one thing that you
would change to our scene?
EC: I would book E-Clip on every event! (laughs)
Just joking. Not sure i would change anything. I believe everything happens with a reason and that
we should find solution in every moment and situation.
PM: What means for you to be part of IONO
family?
EC: It means a lot. I’m really ambitious guy and i
had a problems with finding a crew of people to
work with, who share high goals with me, which i
found all of them with IONO.
EC: Cubase and Ableton. Cubase if you ask me is
most stable and the best out there for mixing, but
Ableton is the most user friendly daw out there.
How fast you can do things in Ableton is just insane, but i hate mixing in Ableton with problems
of latency etc. So basically i use Cubase as my core
and use ableton for some trick in creative process.
PM: The eternal question for a “newbie”, what
he needs to start producing music in a tight
budget?
EC: I’ve spent a lot of money only to realize that
there are only 3 things you should spent money
on: Monitors, acoustics and plugins. There is no
need for hardware stuff today. Software technology is extremely good this days.
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PM: Is there anything specific you draw inspiration from?
EC: Nope, nothing specific. Mostly traveling inspires me. Some warm sunny places, something
different from the Grey and rainy Europe.
PM: What you’re up to now? Any new work on
the progress?
EC: Yes. Kinda busy touring around, but we are
working on Time Travelers at this moment. Preparing our first 2-track EP, and working on a new
E-Clip single that will be out really soon on IONO.
PM: Thank you for your time Marko and the
Psychedelic Mag’s team wishes you all the best!
EC: Thank you, wish you all the best as well.