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" I really enjoy collaborating with other artists, two heads are better than one. It's great to bounce ideas off each other and speeds up the process of finishing a track. "
Everybody has an opinion what they like & what they think should be played and their entitled to it but if you don’t like what a certain DJ plays then don’t listen to them find someone you do like,
I try not get sucked into it all that negativity and focus on what I want to do. Im a massive progressive house fan, not the stuff beatport classes as prog house but the proper prog house stuff the likes of Guy J, Gai Barone, Airwave produce at the moment loved Airwave & Phi Phi - Back On track from a couple of years ago great progressive house track.
Trance has always been known as a very melodic and uplifting genre, with early tracks spanning almost 10 minutes in length. Over the years tracks have gotten shorter and more energetic, possibly due to the increase of online streaming. What is it for you that actually defines the trance sound and the genre as a whole?
Its a tough one to answer as the genre has developed in to so many sub genres now and the younger generation will have a different opinion to the older trance fans i think. Trance music for me has always been something i can switch off to when listening to it.
If you listen to Insigma - Open Your Eyes, for me that is the perfect trance song and defines trance music for me.
You have worked with Darren Flynn quite a bit recently on both originals & remixes. How do you find the process
of collaborating in the studio and what is it that Darren brings to the table that you work with him so often?
I really enjoy collaborating with other artists, two heads are better than one. Its great to bounce ideas off each other and speeds up the process of finishing a track.
Also you learn a lot from working with others. With Darren we are good mates and always have great laugh when in the studio I think this helps a lot especially, You’ve got to have a good working relationship with whoever your working with. We both live relatively close to each other aswell which again is great as you are working in the studio together and not like say over Skype or going back and forth with stems. Same taste in music also helps a lot to.
It is no secret that digital music sales are failing due to illegal downloading and mass sharing of content online. Many high profile trance artists have made it clear that there is no money in production anymore, so what is the driving factor that keeps you wanting to bring out more tracks?
I basically love it, Love producing and listening to new music thats what drives me, If you haven’t got that drive then forget it.
Theres been so many times I wanted to pack it in as theres no money in selling your tracks at all but just as I think its going nowhere something always happens that changes my mind be it support from
one of the big names or getting a track on a label ive been trying for years to get on.
Many musicians pull inspiration from places they visit, venues they play or from the people they meet. Do you get much inspiration outside of the studio or do you like to keep your production life separate from your day to day life?
I find inspiration from anywhere really can be watching a movie and hear some chords or I could be out and a melody pop into my head,
Sometimes the studio is the hardest place to find inspiration especially when your stuck on a track, best to get out and go for a walk play playstation or do something to take your mind off it.
If you could have sat in on the making of any trance track since the birth of the genre, what would that track be and why?
I could pick 100 haha! theres been so many amazing tracks through the years, Im gonna go with Push - 'Universal Nation' the track has special meaning to me and one of my favorite tracks of all time. Still sounds so fresh to almost 20 years after it was released.
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