26 | Steel Notes Magazine steelnotesmagazine . com | June 2014
DJ Review by Alexxis Steele
THE ART OF THE MASTERFUL DJ
This Virginia Beach native who is now residing in LA , has a rich history of musical inspiration . The twenty three year old ’ s foundation in electronic dance music remains his prowess for live mixing and the true art of DJ ’ ing . It wasn ’ t until after a couple years of mixing under his belt , that he began channeling his classical influences into producing his own music . A student of the piano , Shay has taken aim at creating a style unique to his own .
He has performed with Flosstradamus , Krewella , Brillz , CandyLand , Figure , Sound Remedy , Dj Sliink , Alex Yonug , 12th Planet , Torro Torro , Cory Enemy , Luminox , HugLife to name a few . For this very reason , Shay spends countless hours learning the art of production with the hopes of leaving a dent in the music scene .
Shay recently became the winner of a song remix contest by Adventure Club , with his remix of their song , “ Wonder ” and was signed to their management as a result of it . This up and comer is creating a buzz on the scene is a force to be reckoned with !
To find out more about Luke Shay and hear
his music , you can find him at : twitter . com / Luke _ Shay soundcloud . com / lukeshay facebook . com / LukeShayMusic
Q : How old were you when you seriously got interested in music ?
My whole life , it just took me until I was older to seriously persuit it and start making it . I have always been interested in music
Q : Who were your influences , and why ?
I was influenced by calvin harris , zedd , deadmau5 and some other artists . I was really impressed by how great their writing was and how cool the productions were
Q : What is your favorite genre / style of music ?
Classical music has always been one of my favorites and now also electronic .
Q : What influenced you to become a DJ ?
I started DJing to have a way to express my self through music because at this point I wasn ’ t making music at the time that came after .
Q : How does it feel to have won the Adventure Club remix contest , and to be signed by their management team ?
it is a really great feeling to work and have won and to know my music is being heard and my hard work is paying off .
Q : What are your future goals , and where would you like to see yourself in the next five years ?
In the next 5 years I hope to be a bigger artist , to have traveled alot and played alot of shows and to have had a lot of successful releases . Also maybe do some writing and producing for pop artists as well ♫
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