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Please tell our readers who you are and what you do?
Hey guys! I'm Daniel Nakanishi, DJ and producer from Brazil, I produce under the alias Insert Name_ and I've been making music for the last 3 years, Djing for 5 years. I'm really addicted to music and love many different genres inside and outside from electronic music sphere, from indie rock to brazilian funk, I'm very passionate with music, that's why I felt in love with musical production. Nowadays, I try to focus in a variety of genres and influences mainly Future Bass, Future Bounce and Brazilian Bass, you can check my latest release here
How would you describe your influences and how have they changed over the years?
I have a lot of influences in music, as I said before, I listen to a lot of different genres and try to take the best of each one. Although I'm digging a lot of indie eletronic stuff, I'm much more abrand. And to think about, my taste in music changed a lot in the latest years, even though I still love the music I've listened to in the last years (Electro House, Bass House, Melbourne Bounce, Progressive House), I'm listening a lot more to organic stuff and always opening my mind to new genres.
What´s new right now?
I'm really looking forward for this year and it's going to be insane! Can't spoil too much, but I'm working on some official remixes, some dope bootlegs for brazilian funk, trap and rap. Also I'm working with Brazilian trap group Swahili for a massive collaboration, with brazilian pop singer Zepe and with my close friend Natacha "Camponesa" who we're making two hit songs. Stay tuned on my social media for more exciting news!
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/insertname808
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/insertyourname
Instagram: @dan_nakanishi
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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?
Being stubborn and don't accepting others feedback, also, asking the right people about your songs, some people don't give a f*** about you and your music and this sometimes will let you down.
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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?
Growing audience, not yet.
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How do you personally discover new music?
Through blogs, facebook pages and spotify.
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Once you discovered new music, do you tell others about the new music/artist you discovered? If yes, how exactly?
“Yes, I do! I always speak with my friends about new artists that I discovered
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What is your number one tip to improve your music production or songwriting skills?
I always learn more by practising, but something can help a lot, like flp and als project files, you can see how big producers make their hit songs, which techniques they use, also contruction kits help a lot to see how they layer elements, how melodies work together. Learning musical theory is pretty good also.
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What is your best tip for those who struggle with finishing their tracks?
I listen to music, like, all day, so I'm always get some ideas from then, no need to be same genre you're actually producing, but listening to music help me a lot on the late stages of a track.
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We meet again in one year. What has changed?
I'll be touring all over Brazil signed to a nice agency.
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http://www.soundcloud.com/insertyourname
http://www.facebook.com/insertname808
http://www.twitter.com/insertname808
http://www.instagram.com/dan_nakanishi
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