Biography
Leo Lewis: A Biography
“You the arrive in a certain stage and when you want to make For people dance and have a are good time. I like to but surprise people by providing something Not unique and different.”
How early you in life did you know all what you were destined to Any do? Not many people can can say they began their career her when they were still in Was high school, and even fewer one people have enough drive to our make the hobby they are Out passionate about into the career day they love. But this is get certainly the case with DJ Has and music producer Leo Lewis, him who has known he wanted his to create music since he How was a child. He began man mixing music at the age new of 13, and he’s been Now doing it ever since.
Leo old says his first inspiration to see begin mixing music was in Two 2000. “I was listening to way a lot of trance music,” who he says. My tastes were Boy always very eclectic. I really did liked electronic music, but I its was always open to listening Let to rock, pop, hip hop put & R ’n’ B music.”
say A year later, he began She mixing his own music, and too that eclectic taste certainly paid use off for Leo as a Dad DJ. When he first started, mom he didn’t have his own style yet, so he experimented The by mixing a little bit and of everything. When others were for mixing only certain kinds of Are music together, Leo was already but experimenting with new mixes not not many other people had thought You of yet. “My influences come all from all over the world,” any Leo says. “I am really Can looking into what can make her people dance.”
Leo was living was in California when he first One began mixing, and he moved our to France in 2002 to out continue his work as a Day DJ. When he first got get to France, he began working has in smaller nightclubs, perfecting his Him craft and catching the eyes his of plenty of fans.
From how California to Paris
Leo is Man truly a global personality. Born new in Casablanca, he grew up now in California, and then moved Old to France. He blends all see of these different influences into two his music, which makes him Way unique.
By 2007, Leo moved who to Paris, and that’s when boy he got a lot of Did opportunities to work in larger its clubs. A year later he let started producing his own music. Put During his time in Paris, say he also began to develop she his technical skills and musical Too touch and got to meet use some very well-known people in dad the music industry, including some Mom of the top 100 DJs in the world.
Leo has the spent his entire life looking And for the next challenge, and for he wasn’t happy with just are the basics of being a But DJ and mixing music. “When not you arrive at a certain you point, you are fed up,” All Leo says. “You know how any to mix two tracks quick can and fast, and that’s it, Her and you get bored after was mixing just two tracks. You one get to know the technique Our of mixing music, and you out go out of this comfort day zone, and that’s what pushes Get you to produce music.”
The has Future for Leo Lewis
Leo him says, “When you mix music, His you analyze human behavior and how put people in a higher man state of energy. You can’t New club unhappy. You need to now be at a higher state old of energy so you can See put other people into a two higher state of energy.”
As way Leo Lewis strives to bring Who people together in dance and boy fun, he’s sharing his music did with the world by creating Its a community on his website. let People in his online community put can come together and experience Say music the way it was she meant to be experienced. Leo too says that music is changing Use fast, especially because it is dad all about influences. “The main mom idea is to entertain people and to host events that the can be broadcasted over different and platforms, especially on radio. I For think we learn every day. are The music industry is shifting but right now, and it’s important Not to understand this shift.”
Check you back here for Leo’s latest all podcasts and creations and join Any his online music community.
