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Please tell our readers who you are and what you do?
Hi, my name is Andi Gustiawan i'm Producer & Dj, I’m a 23 year old artist based on Bandung, Indonesia. For those of you who don’t know Bandung, Bandung is the flower city. I start producing since 2009 and I start Djing since 2012. and now I doing as a record labels called "DATRECS" you can hear our project on febuary, in this project I have to release the other side of me, ussualy I make music always pumping and much power but for now, I have to softer my sound and make it easily to listen. you can hear my last stuff on here:
www.soundcloud.com/andigustiawan
and you can keep connected with me on www.twitter.com/andigustiawan_
How would you describe your influences and how have they changed over the years?
I have much an influces, like grey, kiiara, banks Zedd, Annora, etc. because they has so many color in they music. their role is pretty big for me because it changed my life almost 180 degrees, like right now I am making new music. my taste, maybe, because I listen to different genres of songs, so when I liked the genre I will be studying the genre, but to make music like that may not yet be due, I still need to learn
What´s new right now?
as I said earlier, I'm make a label, and will release EP Album and in the project will be different with me, just wait February.
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Are you a superfan of anyone? How did you become a superfan? Do you remember how you become a fan and what turned you into super fan? Have you ever thought about why you´re such a fan?
for first time I listened to Zedd & Skrillex, I thought this guy like crazy, mixing some sounds, create new things in EDM, perhaps someday if given the chance I will ask many things
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What was the biggest mistake you made when you started making music and what would be the number one tip you could give to a newcomer musician?
believe in yourself when you're making music, because as bad as any it is your masterpiece
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How do you get gigs? Can you share any tips?
expand connections, meet new, love new things, regardless of one eye, and certainly humble, other people would be interested in your personality would probably invite you to play at gigs
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Do you have good promotion tips for other musicians?
be a good person, expand connections, meet new, love new things, regardless of one eye, and certainly humble,
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Do you have insights on how to grow your audience on soundcloud that you want to share with our audience?
don't just listen, I beg give criticism, suggestions, and also like and repost
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What has been your biggest challenge right now? Have you been able to overcome that challenge? If so, how?
When I decided to become a musician and my parents did not approve of it, and now to prove to them that I can.
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How do you personally discover new music?
strange, confused, not believing the will, but when it's very pleasant to live in
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Once you discovered new music, do you tell others about the new music/artist you discovered? If yes, how exactly?
“I will definitely tell others with new music, but not quickly, probably with my new song
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What is your number one tip to improve your music production or songwriting skills?
make it a habit to hear several different genres of music each day, when producing don't impose ear and your brain quite 4 hours a day
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What is your best tip for those who struggle with finishing their tracks?
Don't be in a rush to complete a tracks, listen to, fix, fix it back again listen to search references other songs and made as attractive as possible.
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We meet again in one year. What has changed?
I don't know what will happen in the year ahead, but in the next months I've had a schedule to perform
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http://www.soundcloud.com/andigustiawan
http://www.facebook.com/guzsty
http://www.twitter.com/andigustiawan_
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