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Please tell our readers who you are and what you do?
Enrico BSJ Ferrari BSJ stands for Barry Saint Just. BSJ was born in Priverno (LT) Italy in 1963.
From 2014 i creates the labels TRAKTORIA and DOMOZERO, entrusting the worldwide distribution of Label Worx.
How would you describe your influences and how have they changed over the years?
Since he was a child he had been listening to 'black' music remaining very fascinated with it: Joe Tex, Timmy Thomas, Willie Hutch, James Brown, just to name a few. The first '45 he purchased was James Brown's Sex Machine which inevitably left a mark on his whole future music production. Other significant influences recognizable in BSJ's music are the masters Giorgio Moroder, Gino Soccio and Cerrone.
Musically BSJ was born in 1976 with the emergence of first private radio stations. Beginning in 1980 he worked in the major Italian clubs and in 1988 he became part of the DMC (Disco Mix Club). With this association he served numerous times as juror for Italian contests. In 1994, still with DMC he published his first record on the Who's da selecta label, created with the collaboration of Sante "SANTOS" Pucello and produced by Claudio Coccoluto.
During the first months of 1995 Enrico Ferrari gave birth to his second record, this time on the UMM record label, titled Playhouse using the name Sohante Feat. With this single B.S.J. collaborated again with Sante Pucello and Claudio Coccoluto. One version of the single was also produced by Dino Lenny.
After a short period of time together with Sante Pucello, BSJ started to work with the Bologna based Expanded Music record label and they produced six records. In 1996 Enrico generated the TAKE THIS project and in October of that same year he created the group The Leaders. Then in February of 1997, he released the single Black People Have Rhythm on the SUNTUNE record label. This release was one of many singles created by BSJ released on important dance music labels.
After a significant amount of work with the DMC staff in January 2000, BSJ under the name BLACK LEGEND, released You See the Trouble with Me. This single was an enormous success and it reached #1 on charts all over the world.
In 2001 Enrico became A&R of the UMM record label producing BSJ & Fun-k Everybody Everywhere – as well as an Elephant & Shepherd E.P. – Barry Saint Just – Electro Y.A.M.
In 2002 on the Mantra label with his friend Santos from the Italian are known as Ciociaria, he baked a very respectful Lp titled From Ciociaria With Dub EP. Under the project name Argan Oil the disc UNDO/REDO started to gain buzz in the UK with the singles titled The Bee And It's Flower and The Voyager with DJs across the UK sharing their enthusiasm for both.
In the first months of 2005 Enrico recorded on Rise, Dancing King Snefro as Barry Garcia.
Since October 2005 has been developing a new labels QOKI and ADMISSION Records in collaboration with Alex Mas. This ambitious project will be distributed worldwide by Karma Distribution.
What´s new right now?
I am not just a producer, I am also the owner and manager of two labels: Traktoria and Domozero. The two labels differ for the type of music. House Music (360 degree house) Traktoria Records and Techo for Domozero. These are the links of the two labes on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/traktoriarecords/?ref=bookmarks
https://www.facebook.com/domozerorecords/
These other links will take you directly to Traxsource:
https://www.traxsource.com/label/17078/traktoria?ipp=30
https://www.traxsource.com/label/19433/domozero?ipp=30
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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://https://www.facebook.com/traktoriarecords/
http://https://soundcloud.com/barry-saintjust/
http://https://www.facebook.com/BSJtheBLACKLEGEND//
http://https://twitter.com/traktoriarec/
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