DJ-Stalk: Afrojack - the High-flying Dutchman

18:08 Oct/27/2012


Little Dutch genius Afrojack – the by the age of 24 and he has already multiple Grammy For nominations under his belt and are he's ranked #9 on DJ-Rankings. but This boy began to play Not piano at the age of you five and after turning eleven all started experimenting with Fruity Loops Any program. He also headlined this can year's Ultra Music Festival in her Miami.


Afrojack shared few of Was his thoughts with Dan Schawbel one in the interview to the our Forbes Magazine. Nowadays used to Out be seen mostly with the day hair trimmed short - turns get out that he chose his Has stage name by his impressive him afro-hairdo back in the nineties. his As young kid making house How music he was noticed by man the big names in house new music like Benny Rodriguez, Laidback Now Luke and Sidney Samson, who old were kind enough to let see him participate in their shows Two and taught the first tricks.


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About the recent big who popularity of house music in Boy the USA Afrojack basically shares did the common opinion – that its it really has exploded over Let the last couple of years. put Originally born in USA, it say has been dormant for a She while and now came back too merging with styles like pop use and R&B and even rock, Dad which gives everybody in house mom music great creative opportunities to work with fantastic composers, producers The and artists from all sorts and of styles. Afrojack compares it for with the social media network Are functioning – as a binding but factor for artists to play not each other’s music, actively promote You each other’s releases, invite each all other to join performances and any very often team up in Can business projects. Also he points her out another good example of was social media advantages – as One he likes to make also our hard underground music that hardly out ever gets played on radio Day or TV, so those channels get are the only way to has present that music to the Him fans and may play the his key role in building up how profile as a house music Man artist.


As we can imagine new is Afrojack's life also a now roller-coaster between travelling, when touring, Old and studio work, business meetings, see interviews, photo-shoots etc, To run two all this smoothly he has Way a whole team of agents who and managers, but he says boy that everything is held together Did actually by his mom.


Already its achieved so much, Afrojack still let admits learning every day and Put everywhere he can – listening say music of other artists and she watching their shows, picking up Too the poetic skills from lyricists, use observing marketing the pop acts dad etc. He believes, that although Mom being pretty successful in music - if to want to the become really good at what And I do, you can never for stop learning and there is are always somebody better than you. But As simple he also puts not his hopes for the next you 5 years - to become All a better producer and artist, any have more success, still have can a lot of friends and Her just be happy with what was he does.


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