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Unique blend of deep, soulful house and disco infused with nostalgic instrument sounds from the 80's groove could possibly be the best description for Chak Attack's Music. Located in Western Canada, he plays the music that house music lovers dances to. The passion for music and the love of groovy sway in inspires the listener to have a positive, sexy, expressive experience.

“Don’t Die With Your Music Still In You.” is a quote that Chaky believes in deeply about music and people. Ever since he was young in Hong Kong, his father taught him a lot about sound engineering and music. He always have valued music and expresses his feeling with it. After he moved back to Calgary, Alberta, he had let this passion hidden away. Until he had gone through some self-discoveries and received encouragement from his colleagues. He decided to purchase his first DJ controller at the end of 2014. Never have he thought that he had the talent of DJ-ing and rediscovered what was important to him, music. Since then, Chaky has performed at numerous events in Calgary and in California in front of hundreds of people. Chaky’s reputation grew tremendously and have been keeping his fans plugged in to his online mixtapes. Chaky plans to build a business in the music industry and he aspires to become one of the famous music producers in the world by producing Electronic Dance, Pop, and Hip-Hop music and perform, thus creating memorable experiences for people around the world.

In March 2016, Chaky entered a Local DJ Competition with Dirty Tones Entertainment for their 8th annual competition at Habitat Living Sound. Through the competition, Chaky has made the semi-finals with his unique storytelling style, inspiring nostalgia with the his unique blend of old school Hip-Hop + R'n'B and House Music. With this, he has evolved to a new level in his career by gaining attention from his local DJ Community.

CHAK in ChakAttack stands for his name, Chaky Ling, and ATTACK stands for the positive influence he has made to touch the souls of his listeners. He expresses his passion and emotions through his music with a spin of story telling style taking his listeners on a musical journey! This differentiates him from other DJs out there, thus creating soulful connections to whomever comes across his music one at a time.

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/djchakattack
instagram: www.instragram.com/djchakattack

How would you describe your influences and how have they changed over the years?

I believe when many DJs first started their career, they want to play the hottest, head bouncing , hard hitting tracks that packs every dance floor. I was one of them. I was first influenced by the big room genre through listening big festival headline sets by Martin Garrix, Tiesto and Alesso, Etc.

However, that quickly turned away people as I learned from playing a small house parties and from my mentor that music is more than just that. I knew I had to expand my knowledge and listen to more other genres. So I started listening to more smoother, meaningful and emotionally strong tracks from deep house, someone like Nora En Pure (Whom I still have lot's of respect for). Since then, I realized that deep house is a fantastic match for my personality. But I always knew something is missing.

Through a year of searching and playing at cafe venues, I wanted to reach to a broader audience. I knew I always had the love for 80s and 90s music. So I looked for remixes of old famous songs that I know. I discovered one that really inspired me was an re-edit of Rock with you by Michael Jackson by Dj "S". This has lead me to believe my true genre was Nu Disco.

What´s new right now?

As of right now, you may catch me at my soundcloud podcast: https://soundcloud.com/djchakattack

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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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http://www.soundcloud.com/djchakattack

http://www.instagram.com/djchakattack

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