Afrojack
Afrojack
Nick van de Wall, commonly known by his stage name Afrojack, is a Dutch DJ, record producer and remixer. In 2014, he released his debut album Forget the World. Afrojack regularly features in top 10 of DJ Mag Top 100 DJs...
NationalityDutch
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth9 September 1987
music
I'm a DJ who makes dance music who got to play with Sting.
home music stop trying watching
If you really want to be a music producer, stop watching 'Friends' when you get home from school. Start trying to make music. If you're not going to try, then it's impossible. When you try, it's always possible.
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When I had my first gig, I was 18 in January in 2007. My first gig that I got paid, I was playing for 10 people in a 250 people capacity venue. The promoter wanted to book me because he liked my music. I played a couple of songs that made people dance. To me, that rush has always stayed the same.
basically holland music
Most music that comes out of Holland is basically the harder part of dance music - hip-hop, drum'n'bass.
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Holland is a really small country, but with a very strong club and festival scene. Dance music has been huge in Holland since the late eighties. So there were a lot of opportunities for producers and DJs to release records and play live.
idiotic music
When I started producing, I was just making music under all different names. 'Black Afro.' 'Super Grandmaster.' 'Mister Bull.' Like, the most stupid, idiotic names. 'Afrojack' was one of those idiotic names.
came dj favorite music people signature solo songs
At a festival, a lot of people came to see other artists, so you have to put on a signature set and performance: 'This is what I do, this is why I'm here.' At solo gigs, I'm a DJ - I'll play two-and-a-half hours, and not just my own music, also my favorite songs by other artists.
one-day maybe-one-day electronic-music
Maybe one day there will finally be an education for electronic music.
music people
There's nothing better than making music and hearing 3,000 people chant, 'Afrojack! Afrojack!'
loved time
I always loved cars. I used to play 'Need for Speed' all the time... any racing game.
cool cooler finding happier love people
You're going to be way happier doing what you actually love and finding other people that love the same thing than doing something that other people love so you're just cooler and you have cool friends.
station
If you really want a radio station to play your song, go to that radio station every day with that song in your hand and say, 'Please play it.'
I'm a DJ, but I'm also a ridiculously high-grossing musician due to doing productions.
The only way you can be happy is if you be completely yourself. You have to be you. Don't be what you think you should be.