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Please tell our readers who you are and what you do?
Hi My name is Seth Hoffenberg. I grew up in Chicago and I have been producing hip hop and electronic dance music for five years and studied music production, sound design, mixing and mastering at Dubspot in Los Angeles. I currently attend entertainment law school at SAE Institute in Chicago. I am a disc jockey and have performed at bars around Chicago. There is another program at my school called the audio engineering program where students learn how to work a recording studio, mic instruments and master tracks. Its great because I still make hip hop beats and know a bunch of rappers and other producers I can work with.
How would you describe your influences and how have they changed over the years?
Trap music has been the biggest influence on my music. Trap music is my favorite music and I listen to it all time. I love both rap trap and EDM trap and I try to merge EDM elements and samples in hip hop beats. EDM has a huge fan base and so does rap so my goal is to combine the two and have both parties happy.
My rap influences include Gucci Mane, Future, Chief Keef and so many others
Southside 808 Mafia is my biggest influence because he makes all the best beats and he also is a rapper who goes by Young Sizzle and he is by far my favorite rapper at the moment.
I enjoy djing EDM and rap too. I make mini mixes because not a lot of people want to listen to a full mix at a party with long breaks and songs that suck. I keep my DJ mixes 100% energy and all hype and fast transitions.
Here is an example of how I like to do DJ mixes:
https://soundcloud.com/itsmadjack/mad-jack-dubstep-mini-mix
What´s new right now?
I have a whole album of hip hop beats I am working on finishing and mixing and mastering professionally so I can show them to rappers and start working on songs right away. I am also coming out with a rap dj mix in a couple days and more dj mixes in the near future. My main focus right now is to work with rappers but I'm still working on some EDM music.
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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/itsmadjack
https://www.facebook.com/sethhoffenberg
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