[Interview Number 51]
This time, we get to know Deeks. His track "Only for You" is featured in the New Artist Spotlight Family of Playlists.
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Okay, letโs get into the Ten questions for Deeks!
๐ญ. ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ต๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐?
I am from Raleigh, North Carolina and my hobby is doing anything creative such as watching animated series, playing video games and watching sunsets. Listening to music I love is also one of my favorite hobbies.
๐ฎ. ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ/๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป?
Early on in my life around the age of 8 I started playing the piano, guitar, drums, and saxophone. Although not taking more than a few lessons, I was always able to play instruments by ear without sheet music.
๐ฏ. ๐ช๐ต๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐?
Juice Wrld, Lil Uzi, Post Malone, the Weeknd, Future. Those are definitely my top 5 influences when it comes to the music that I make and also listen to.
๐ฐ. ๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ป ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ?
Summer of 2020. I started making music when I quit my job this summer. I had more free time on my hands to express my feelings and my life through music. I started making music with a set of iphone headphones as my mic and my ipad as my daw/interface.
๐ฑ. ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ด๐ผ๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐?
I want to one day potentially sign a deal with a big record label so that the world can listen to my life, my feelings, and my thoughts through my music.
๐ฒ. ๐๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ?
Los Angeles, CA. For me thatโs the dream. To be performing a show of your own music in front of thousands at a big event in Los Angeles. Especially with people that really vibe with my music.
๐ณ. ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด?
Hand Me Downs by Mac Miller. Iโve had a lot of songs that could probably make a run for this one but when 2020 started I reached out more with my music creativeness and really took the time to listen to Mac Millerโs posthuman album โCirclesโ. The moment I first listened to the song โHand Me Downsโ, I was blown away and in another world almost vibing to that song. It brings pure emotion and realky says a goodbye to all his fans and loved ones.
๐ด. ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐?
My most embarrassing moment is probably when my engineer messaged me asking what equipement I used to record my first selection of songs that he was mixing and mastering. I reply saying, โstandard apple headphones and an ipadโ and he goes โyeah change to a legit setup ASAPโ. I listened quickly to say the least.
๐ต. ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐๐ต๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐?
My proudest accomplishment in music so far in a short 4 month career is to say that all the music I have released so far has been overachieving whether it comes to numbers, other musicians reaching out to potentially work with me, etc. To be able to release my first official project in which got over 11K streams in a month was a great feeling.
๐ญ๐ฌ. ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ฒ?
I have a lot of dream collaborations, but my #1 dream collaboration would be making a song with Internet Money and performing the song alongside some of the artists that are signed within his label.
"Only for You" on Spotify
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You will not be disappointed!
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