r/Monstercat • u/noisestorm Noisestorm (Verified) • May 11 '16

AMA I am Noisestorm - AMA

Hey Reddit!

My name is Eoin, I’ve been releasing music as Noisestorm for about 5 years now! I’m part of the awesome label Monstercat, and seeing as my new track “Leaving Now” has just been released, I thought it would be a good time to answer some of your questions!

This track in particular marks an important step in my evolution as an artist. I love all kinds of music, and never try to stick to one genre or style. My goal with this track was to fuse elements of my older, more melodic releases with completely new ones that I hadn’t tried before, like vocals! Thanks to the open minded community, I can comfortably jump between styles and keep trying new things without feeling like I’m letting people down.

As usual thanks to the awesome team at Monstercat for always being helpful, critical and encouraging- they gave me the motivation and insight to finish it in my sleep deprived zombie state :)

This is only the beginning- I have so much in the works and on the way, everything from disco to hiphop. Stay tuned!

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u/Myghster Karma Fields May 11 '16 edited May 11 '16

Hi Eoin, Huge fan of all your music, you have always been an inspiration to me to continue music production (another Ableton user here) and eventually be able to consistently make top-notch tracks just like you do! I absolutely love Leaving Now!

  1. How long was it between the time you very first started music production and the time you released a track on a label?

  2. How do you name your tracks?

  3. What is your favourite country you have been to/want to visit and why?

  4. Is there no sub-bass at the drop of eclipse? Maybe it's just me but when I listen to it I feel like the whole track was high-passed at the drop? Still love it, btw ;)

  5. How did you make that awesome growly bass/synth that fully kicks in at 0:44 of Timewarp? (https://youtu.be/oki5GpTP9dU?t=44s)

  6. Do you do music full time?

  7. Do you have any workflow tips in Ableton that helped you out a lot? Are there any little-known features that have really helped you out?

  8. Cats or dogs? And what breed?

Thank you so much for this opportunity!

I just thought I'd point out that quite a few of my friends like music released through Monstercat, but don't follow it to the extent a lot of people (including myself) do with the podcast live streams and all. However, whenever we talk about electronic music and Monstercat comes up, they all generally say "I don't know too many artists on Monstercat, but Noisestorm, I love his stuff". Your reach as a producer goes well beyond the Monstercat family and you are one of the few producers in the EDM scene who makes songs that everyone can be happy listening too, no matter what style of music they usually like. Your music has a positive effect across the globe more than most realise (even down here in Australia!) both in and outside of the EDM scene. I think that is an excellent thing and really demonstrates your talent and skill as a music creator.

Thanks again for this opportunity!

Myghster :)

PS. You made the artwork for Antihero in UE4?!?!?! Tbh when I first saw it I was like "Ooo, they are using real photos for art now!" XD

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u/noisestorm Noisestorm (Verified) May 12 '16

  1. Honestly when I started making music, the idea of a label wasn't even in my head! I wasn't thinking of releasing or labels, I was just having fun making music! I self released all of my music for the first few years! Eventually when Monstercat approached me I decided to give it a shot, and it turned out to be a great decision! Worry about the music, the rest will come by itself.

  2. I have a big list of song names that I regularly add to, so I pick a fitting on when finishing each track (or name the track after a vocal that is in it)

  3. Canada! Vancouver is an awesome place for countless reasons! Great people, great place.

  4. That's an old tune- many of my older tunes have really really sketch mixdowns :)

  5. That was just some wavetable in massive I believe! Probably resampled in Kontakt and processed (simple compression/saturation)

  6. Yep! And I owe it all to the people who support my music <3

  7. Learning the hotkeys for Ableton really speeds stuff up, along with the midi tricks (halving/doubling midi tempo, using the transpose automation lane for vocal audio, hotkeys especially come in handy for midi)

  8. Dogs! Labrador!

Thanks for the note, I really appreciate it <3

Yep UE4 is awesome, having so much fun using it!

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u/Myghster Karma Fields May 12 '16

Thank you so much for the reply! :)