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Please tell our readers who you are and what you do?
My name is Abel Abrego IV but Im also known as Short Fuse and I am a DJ. Born in Dallas, TX I found myself surrounded around music at a young age and soon became an admirer of the art and history of music. I moved to Chicago around 2009 to attend a selective enrollment school and to ultimately move to a city with more opportunities. I knew for the longest that I had passion in music but I didn't know in what aspect to engage my passion. It wasn't until I attended my first music festival in 2015 (Spring Awakening) was it when I realized that I wanted to further my passion by becoming a DJ. I found it remarkable that one person could set such a mood and atmosphere to bring people together from different states and countries to dance and enjoy the time. Once I decided that this was going to be the path that I was going to pursue I did research and spent my time networking with local DJ's in the city to get a head start. 3 years later I have residencies at all the bars down in Macomb, Illinois and a Following built from Local Events, Parties, and Social Media.
How would you describe your influences and how have they changed over the years?
My influences led me into the Electronic Dance environment but as any other DJ or Artist after being exposed to what you see, you soon find yourself and your style to bring to the table. When I first started DJ'ing my influences and role models were artists like Tiesto, Laid-back Luke, Martin Garrix and a couple more house-trance DJ's. Over the past couple of years my influences have changed merely because I found a style that I was most comfortable with and a style I adapted under my name for me to continue further down the pursuit of my DJ Career. I started off admiring those who created house and trance music but once I got exposed into other genres like Trap, Moombhaton, Jersey, Dubstep, and Deep House I found myself following a whole other movement and selection of DJ's.
What´s new right now?
What Ive been working on is continuing my progression as a DJ before I enter the legit industry back in Chicago and Dallas. I am working on a new Trap Festival Mix that I will be releasing soon in a month or two so stay tuned. I currently have taken over at the Ritz (A Local Bar down at School) along with a couple other DJ's by my side. Im attending a University obsolete from the City so I am using that as an advantage to focus on networking at my school and getting my name more known while focusing on my skills. My next big thing you could say is that I was just booked to DJ at the next Slow and Low Car Festival which focuses on bringing the Latin Culture and the Passion for Lowrider's back to the city of Chicago.
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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/abel-abrego-1
https://www.facebook.com/DJShortFuse/
https://twitter.com/ImDjShortfuse
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