I always just sit down at the piano and make the main hook—what I want the track to be about melodically—and then I’ll build everything else around that. But growing up, I did not play any instruments.
AVICIITo me, I’m always trying to look for the energy, to imagine in being played on the dance floor. I guess that’s the most important thing in making music for me.
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House music originated in America, and it has always been around, but I guess it just got a tighter hold on Europe and other parts of the world.
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It’s hard – some people get inspired by a feeling, but I’m mostly inspired by melodies.
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When I started working on electronic music, that was after the rave period. I haven’t even seen that part of it that much.
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I 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.
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I think I am a pretty good judge of character in general and try to surround myself with the best people I can.
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To me, I’m always trying to look for the energy, to imagine in being played on the dance floor. I guess that’s the most important thing in making music for me.
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I actually only started listening to house music around the time I started making it. I got hooked both to making music and to house music.
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All this time I was finding myself and I didn’t know I was lost.
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There’s always haters, no matter what you’re doing – whether they’re complaining that everything you do sounds the same, or it’s too different.
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I tried carrying the weight of the world. But I only have two hands.
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When it comes to electronic music, I started listening to a lot of Daft Punk, way before I knew what house music was, and then progressed into a lot of Steve Angello, Eric Prydz, Axwell, Sebastian Ingrosso, and Laidback Luke.
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Life’s a game made for everyone, and love is the prize.
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I’m good at melody – I’ll write the top-line melody and ideal words I want to go with it. But I’m not that good at writing lyrics. I bounce those back and forth with songwriters or someone who can sing.
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I make sure to use both Twitter and Facebook a lot which helps me connect to the fans.
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I have a hard time writing music when I’m on tour.
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