Owsey

Tell us about how you got into music?

My name is Owen Ferguson. I’m from Ireland, and have been making music for roughly a decade on and off. My earliest memories of finding an appreciation for music are when I was a child in the West of Ireland, listening to a lot of traditional Irish folk and more experimental sounds of the time. I’ve enjoyed all sorts of music ever since, and took it up as a hobby around the age of 15 or 16.

How did you start using FL Studio & what does it mean to your productions?

A friend who had been making sort of ambient music on FL Studio 6 introduced it to me, and I remember getting addicted quickly. My first pieces consisted of some native drum loops and speech synthesizer antics, using Sytrus to create notorious offbeat basslines. Over the years I tested other DAWs, but always returned to FL for the sake of workflow efficiency and creativity.

Tell us about your production environment & toys?

I have a small, home project studio (I say ‘studio’ with reluctance) with some basic DIY acoustic treatment, a Yamaha HS 80 monitor setup, with everything running through a UA Apollo. I have a Komplete Kontrol S-88/Komplete 11/Maschine setup, but mainly the space is filled with acoustic instruments – violins, banjo, lap steel, guitars, drums and so on. In terms of software, my latest favourites have been Reaktor 6, Serum and Omnisphere 2.

Do you have any links you would like to share?

facebook.com/owsey

youtube.com/owseymusic

soundcloud.com/owsey

 

Owen.