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What tips or advice would you give
to aspiring young musicians and
producers just starting out?
Don’t have a Plan B, stick to your Plan A and
don’t take no for an answer! Being polite is a
key trait to own, nobody actually owes you
anything. All the people that listen to your
demos are doing you a favour. So be polite
to them and they will more likely take the
time out of their day to give your stuff a
listen. You will also hear ‘NO’ a lot. Just don’t
let it set you back, treat it as two separate
letters - N O - meaning ‘Next One’, just keep
plugging away and stick you Plan A!
Do You think Dance music has become
over-saturated with artists easily
being able to get their tracks released
on digital labels and Beatport, or do
you see it as healthy competition?
There are two sides to the coin, on one
hand you have so many different channels
to get your music heard with the likes of
Beatport and Soundcloud, however getting
the influential people in the industry to hear
your music has become harder than ever. I
don’t see it as a competition, writing music
should be for fun, for your enjoyment with
the hope that your music is heard by others.
If music was a competition, then the prize
would be taking part!
And finally, do you have any upcoming
gigs or DJ residences at the moment
where we can catch you and can you
tell us whats next up for Freejak in
2015.. Any exciting news regarding
new releases or remixes?
I have been working on many tracks
recently. A collaboration with Mr Belt and
Wezol will be released on Spinnin Records
soon. Mistajam has been pioneering the
remix of ‘Down’ by Wideawake ft Tanya
Lacey on his Radio 1 shows, which is also on
his Speakerboxx Records. I have just finished
a remix of ‘Are You With Me’ by Lost
Frequencies which is forthcoming on
Universal/AATW. And I have also just been in
the studio with the Wideboys working on a
track titled ‘Holding On’ as well as the remix
I have done for their record ‘Move and
Groove’.
So lots of tracks being released soon and I
have some studio time scheduled in over
Spring ahead of the summer season which
holds quite a few big gigs for me, but they
haven’t been announced yet so you will have
to watch out for the announcements on my
social media!
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Interview by Rokuro
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