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us through your process .
I wish it was an exciting thing to share . It ’ s a very boring process . It ’ s as simple as taking a walk , it ’ s all the basic human stuff that all of us do . The only difference is how I channel all those emotions , I could have a regular conversation with my dad about things , however , I feel about that . Anything can inspire me . The other day my dogs inspired me to write a song that I didn ' t think was possible because I didn ’ t have pets all my life , but now I am attached to my dogs . I just recently became a dog owner to give you context . Anything or anybody that we feel strongly for will naturally affect us in a good way or a bad way and then there will be an outflow . So it ’ s a regular day as a 25-year-old , I am going to the gym and coming back , something inspires me I sit on my laptop and create . I think my latest thing that inspires me , first it used to be very instantaneous , where I would feel things and I would write music . Now it ’ s become more like I am understanding what I am feeling when I am writing the song . Earlier it used to be more mysterious , now I take a serious amount of time to think . Sometimes we don ’ t even know what ’ s going in our subconscious mind . Writing music is the most boring thing one can imagine because you are just in front of the screen , playing around with melodies , this note sounds nice okay this doesn ’. It ’ s a lot of trial and error , sometimes it happens over time , sometimes it takes two years .
Tell us about Major Lazer ’ s Light It Up Remix ? How did it happen ?
That was very exciting ! For me , there are very few artists that I truly enjoy and look up to and Major Lazer is the band for me . I feel like my music is very synonymous with their music . They are very celebratory , so when they reached out in 2019 Diwali , it was like ' hello ! I am on it ’. I remember making that remix overnight , I had just gotten done with a show and I remember writing the song there and cut to now there was another remix that was in the works but didn ’ t work out but it ’ s epic to just have them as people I can send my music to . I just love them . “ I love you guys ” – to Major Lazer .
Can you tell us about your gear or the softwares you use ?
My gear is basically the laptop , my Macbook Pro . I remember using
a pair of Skullcandy when I was starting out , when I was in school , in the early days of composing . I always keep a pair of Skullcandy with me because it reminds me of who I listened to music back in the day . My gear is all very anti-musician gear , all the flat frequency headphones and all I tend to leave to my dear soundengineer , my listening has to be the same as it used to be back in the day which is a pair of Skullcandy , I have a couple of Beats lying around . If I was just following the simple rules of a music producer and listening to music on the monitor speakers and flat frequency headphones , I would not have to listen to music on four different things . But I am a rebel , I keep doing that , that ’ s my process of listening to audio . I am basically telling brand names that people will judge me on . I use an Akai Midi Keyboard , that ’ s like a tiny keyboard I carry with my laptop . I am all about the portable life , I am always on the run so I don ’ t have a desktop set-up , I have a laptop set-up . So , I make sure all my gear is travel friendly . All of my gears are plugins and software oriented , so in hardware that ’ s pretty much it .
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