You have spent approximately 10 years of your life learning traditional piano. What led to the transition of producing house music
You have spent approximately 10 years of your life learning traditional piano. What led to the transition of producing house music
It was at the point when I quit taking lessons, that I began forming my own songs on the piano. I found out about Avicii in 2009 and after that I got truly inspired by his melodic style of house and electronic music.
You garnered global attention after your first release that crossed over 80 million views. How has your life changed since It’s busier now than it was some time ago. I’ve enjoyed it so far. I think I’m in a good place right now; getting to meet so many people and see so many different countries and cultures is something that excites me greatly. I wouldn’t be where I am without my fans and I am very thankful for them.
How do you get pumped up or prepared before any show I usually get very energised when I’m at the venue, when I hear different acts playing before me, when I can hear the fans cheering. When you’re at a place or a festival or a venue, you soak in the atmosphere and you get very excited; it just makes me too eager and excited to go stage and perform.
You have stated multiple times, that Avicii has been your biggest inspiration until now. What was it about Avicii’s style of music that inspired you the most I truly like tunes. I like happy music. I feel like music can influence you in a number of ways. When you hear a cheerful tune, it can change your state of mind, it can change your day. I like to keep my music happy and upbeat in light of the fact that it can fulfil other individuals. So that’s the way I feel when I listen to Avicii’s music. My biggest influence growing up was Avicii, who put me onto creating the sorts of melodies that feature throughout my songs today. Besides him, I’ve been influenced by mainstream pop music like Coldplay and more.
It was a remix conquest for you initially—it began with creating a remix of I See Fire by Ed Sheeran; then you were approached by Chris Martin of Coldplay for a remix of Midnight. When did you feel that it was time to start producing your own singles After all these remixes, I felt that it was about time to get some original material out there. I really enjoy doing remixes, but I don’t want to be known as just a “remix artist” for the rest of my career. I thought if I could teach myself how to produce and get those melodies out of my head and into the computer, maybe I could make some cool music too. The difference between doing a remix and an original track is that when you do a remix, you obviously already have the original track as a starting point. But with the originals you start from scratch. So you could say it’s more work doing originals, since you have to come up with the basic ideas like chord progressions and how to build up the track.
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