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Please tell our readers who you are and what you do?
My name is Mickael Castellote Ciechanowski, but I go under the alias of CastNowski in my musical career. I'm a Producer and DJ that specializes in the Bass/G-House genre. I have over 20 releases under my belt so far and many more to come this year, including an EP due in March. I'm also a founding member of the UpNorth Agency, which is a Booking & Management agency with 3 record labels under it. I've started this whole electronic music adventure around the time I turned 21 in 2014. I started DJing in local clubs and then, 2 years later, I really wanted to bring it a step further and learning to produce in a studio and using my musical background I've gather by playing multiple instruments in a few bands over the past decade. Fast forward to 2016, I'm finding myself on stage with artists such as Sander Van Doorn, FTampa and BYNON. Moving up to 2017, I was he opening act for guys like Kayzo and SAYMYNAME, ending the year by setting foot in Europe, playing shows alongside Asdek and Koos.
How would you describe your influences and how have they changed over the years?
When I got into the electronic music scene, Progressive House was the big thing. Swedish House Mafia, Alesso, Nicky Romero, all those guys were huge influences at first. Then came the Future House trend with guys such as Oliver Heldens, Tchami and Kayliox (Which was my mentor back then). Of course everything started to click for me when I discovered my sound, my own unique, dark and bassy sound back in 2016. From there on, I've started looking up to guys outside of the mainstream scene. Two ''crews'' I've really inspired my work from were Night Bass (AC Slater) and Confession (Tchami). I'm still hoping to maybe get onto those labels on day, one of the artists over at Confession, Koos, who became a really good friend of mine is helping me a lot recently, which is a great source of inspiration for me.
What´s new right now?
For the moment being, I'm working a lot on some new music, trying to get my EP ready for the launch of one of my record labels under our agency that will be called Fraudulent Records. I also have a few shows planned in Canada for next month, but I'm looking forward having my first European tour in March and then, playing all across Canada from May to August, bringing with me my music along the way. I'm expecting to release around 10-12 songs again this year, so be prepared for a bunch of new sounds!
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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?
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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?
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How do you get gigs? Can you share any tips?
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Do you have good promotion tips for other musicians?
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Do you have insights on how to grow your audience on soundcloud that you want to share with our audience?
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What has been your biggest challenge right now? Have you been able to overcome that challenge? If so, how?
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How do you personally discover new music?
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Once you discovered new music, do you tell others about the new music/artist you discovered? If yes, how exactly?
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What is your number one tip to improve your music production or songwriting skills?
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What is your best tip for those who struggle with finishing their tracks?
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We meet again in one year. What has changed?
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https://soundcloud.com/castnowski
https://www.facebook.com/CastNowski
https://twitter.com/castnowski
https://open.spotify.com/artist/3k401DGwSxRHA33UfMeMtl
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