When I started working on electronic music, that was after the rave period. I haven't even seen that part of it that much.
AviciiI've always been a producer - that's how I see myself first. The DJing came second as a way for me to be able to perform.
AviciiI always just sit down at the piano and make the main hookโwhat I want the track to be about melodicallyโand then Iโll build everything else around that. But growing up, I did not play any instruments.
AviciiI grew up listening to a lot of Ray Charles and '60s rock, thanks to my father, and then my brothers got me in to KISS and whatnot, so I guess that's where I got my first taste for music.
AviciiA lot of work and thinking goes into my DJing. I want the entire night to progress seamlessly and when I have to adapt the energy on the fly for the crowd on any given night, I can do so with harmonic mixes that Ive practiced over and over again. I am far from the only DJ that does this and its something I take pride in being able to do.
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