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Please tell our readers who you are and what you do?
I'm a 18 year old music artist from Portsmouth, England. I've been making music for around 5 years now, and have a variety of releases on Labels such as Frequencies and Diversity. I produce a wide range of genres such as House, Drum and Bass and Melodic Dubstep.
How would you describe your influences and how have they changed over the years?
My influences since I have started making music have always been artists such as Eptic, Modestep and Pegboard Nerds that I regularly listened to in 2012. Their style of dubstep influenced me to try out making heavy dubstep music and learning the basics of dubstep music which helped me evolve into further genres. Which is where my taste grew, I moved away from heavy artists such as these and looked at inspiration from great artists such as Myhre, Soulero and Seven Lions. I listened to these artists on a day to day basis and feel they really influenced what I make today.
What´s new right now?
I have a few releases and collaborations in the works, so be on the look out for them ?
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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?
I'm a huge fan for sure of Nitro Fun, I love every aspect of his music and every new song he releases is just great. I remember when I was 14 having a nitro fun wallpaper on my laptop and trying to create similar sounds to him, my song 'Funk City' was my own way of making something inspired from Nitro.
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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?
EQ. Please remember to EQ. When I first started I never used EQ on any of my synths and I ended up having the lows all clashing and wondering 'why isnt my mix sounding good'. It's because you need to low cut synths that don't need those low ends.
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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?
In my opinion, growing my audience for me was all about having friends in the music industry. If you want to get some more followers make close friendships in the music industry and repost one another ?
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What has been your biggest challenge right now? Have you been able to overcome that challenge? If so, how?
For me the biggest challenge is creating something good. Every artist goes through a stage of writers block and I hate it and I think everyone does, and the best way to fix this for me is to just take a break from music and come back with fresh ideas of what I want to make.
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How do you personally discover new music?
Anything! Radio, YouTube, Spotify playlists. Just explore what genres you like or check out labels such as Monstercat or Frequency, that's what I like to do.
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Once you discovered new music, do you tell others about the new music/artist you discovered? If yes, how exactly?
“Definitely, me and my best friend Liam both love music, and when we see each other, we both show one another new songs and artists we've found.
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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?
Hopefully I'll be on a few more labels, and I hope my writers block goes lol.
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http://www.soundcloud.com/trixtorofficial
http://www.facebook.com/trixtorofficial
http://www.twitter.com/realtrixtor
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