With over millions of views on youtube, and just as many on soundcloud, there’s a pretty good chance that you’ve heard of Butch Clancy. His talent for producing dubstep and electro is apparent and is what continues to makes him stand out from the crowd. Butch was kind enough to give us a new remix that he did of Feel So Close by Calvin Harris, which shows that he has the skill to take beautiful songs and transform them into a dubstep masterpiece.
’Calvin Harris – Feel So Close(Butch Clancy Remix)’
We recently had the chance to talk to the talented producer ask him a few questions, and this is what he had to say.
The Music Ninja: Most of your songs, especially the Band of Horses remix, go crazy on the Hype Machine. How do you feel about their popular charts, the Soundcloud rankings, and the blogosphere in general? Do you pay attention to them when you release a track?
Butch Clancy: Somewhat. I try to stay in the loop and see how people are responding to my music, but for the most part I am on my computer making new stuff.
TMN: We know you started producing hip/hop early on in your career. Was it easier to transition into dubstep? What do you think is the biggest challenge upcoming producers face when trying to create a unique sound.
BC: It was difficult at first because I started making it the day I first heard the genre. There are a good amount of similarities between the genres so it helped but the hard part at first is getting used to sound design. There aren’t really any other genres aside from EDM where it’s mandatory to make your own sounds. People do make sounds in rap or pop but its not something that you absolutely have to do. With dubstep or electro you can’t just download a vst or plug in a keyboard, you have to start from scratch and create your own sounds. I think its the best part about making EDM though. Once you make those sounds they are yours and people recognize your songs just by hearing a certain sound or the style of a sound.
I think the area that a lot of up and comers struggle is sound design. You need to have the patience to figure out whatever plug-in you are using, and really understand what it is that you are doing. You can mess around on massive or whatever you use and make a nice sound, but to really start making good sounds you should know why each thing you do is effecting the sound that way.
