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Please tell our readers who you are and what you do?
Hello, my name is Levi Duran, but my stage name is Lil Izak. I am of sixteen years of age and I have a very big drive for music and I have ever since I could remember. I make music on soundcloud, I do singing and rapping. I am slowly building a fan base with people who live in my city. A majority of my fans are locals. I have only a handful of tracks up, but of those few tracks I have more than 3 songs that have reached over 1,000 listens and I have a song that is almost at 3,000 listens on soundcloud as we speak. My goal is to touch people with my music, and make them feel my emotions, and even have them use my music as a way to cope through things that might be going on in their lives. I want to help people. Before making music, I used to want to be a therapist, because I have a drive for wanting to help people feel better, but i'm not very good education wise, so one day I picked up my laptop and a microphone and started messing around… and people liked it. I love making music. It's honestly my passion.
How would you describe your influences and how have they changed over the years?
Growing up I listened to a lot of rock and heavy metal. I listen to bands like My Chemical Romance, Bring Me The Horizon, Green Day, and much more. But just until recently did I actually start listening to any other genres of music. I think my biggest musical influence is Lil Peep. When I first listened to him, he really made me feel like he understood what I was going through, and he has helped me through so much in my life, and ever since i've started listening to him, I've aspired to want to help people in the way he has helped me.
What´s new right now?
Right now i'm working on two projects. I'm in a group called Lonely Boy Clique, which I created, and I make music and do collaborations with friends and artist who are in the group. We are working on a mixtape, and my fans are so hyped that they wanted me to drop a song from it so they could get a feel of the album. I dropped a song called "I Remember Everything" and everybody in my home town tells me how hype they are for more music.
https://soundcloud.com/lil-izak/i-remember-everything-you-kept-it-in-my-head-prod-cherryxxi-x-sonya36
I am also working on a personal album called "The October Album" and I have been for a while. I dropped a song from it awhile ago called "October" and people seemed to like that song too.
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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/lil-Izak
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN0Cpf5py0DzE45B26_OATw
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