New Artist Profile – Eddie Eisinger

With a world obsessed with pop stars and the latest X-Factor winners, it’s often easy to forget about those musicians who work hard to create songs that won’t be listened to by thousands of people on YouTube. Despite being seen as a ‘bedroom producer’, Eddie Eisinger doesn’t create tacky club remixes: his musical style is extremely versatile and includes (but is not limited to) rock, ambient and even soundtracks for video games.

So who is Eddie? He’s a twenty-year-old student at Southampton Solent University, studying Sound for Film, Television and Games. His musical background started when he was very young: he started playing the harmonica aged six, started singing lessons aged twelve and started playing guitar since he was fifteen. He is also able to play piano and violin, enabling him to experiment widely with the music that he can create. Inspired by great artists such as Robert Plant, Paul McCartney and Tony Iommi, his specialism lies within the classic rock genre.

Previously Eddie has been in three bands: an unnamed pop-punk band, a metal/rock band called Acedia and a rock cover band called Marmotta. When asked about why he left all three of his previous bands, Eddie had this to say: “Too much drama. I can honestly say I have never been in a band where there haven’t been arguments between the rhythm section (bass and drums) and the lead section (vocals and guitar), because they are always at it. I have never been in a band that never had those two sides arguing, and I probably never will. I don’t like working in an unfriendly atmosphere.”

With such negative experiences in bands, it’s no wonder that Eddie has since decided to focus more on the production side of music. Using many different editing programmes he is able to compose and create music for all purposes.  He was inspired by learning about how to create music on his own: “I thought ‘what do I need a band for?’ I do miss being on stage, but I enjoy creating a song from nothing then hearing the final product.”

Now specialising in creating music for films and games, Eddie hopes that one day people who require music for a project will instantly think of him. When asked about how he would cope with fortune and fame, his response was that he will ‘dance around like an old western prospector that has just found gold. Then possibly die of a massive overdose at 27.’

Check out Eddie's SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/eddie-eisinger