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Ok well I'm no Armin, but I'll tell you my story and maybe you can learn something from it. Trance music has been a passion of mine since I first discovered it back in 96. Up until last year I never really thought about producing. I just loved listening to great tunes. I was in university, working weekends, girlfriend, and I had a second passion which was bodybuilding, and I was very focused on that. Then one day while browsing the user forums I came across this production forum and I was amazed at how many people were producing trance with just computers and software. so i decided to try out fruityloops and I found it really fun, even though I had no idea what I was doing, it was very enjoyable. For the first 2 months, I would use it on and off, whenever I had time. Then one day I came up with a track (that sucks ass by the way, when I hear it now), that i thought was awesome! I was so proud that I started using fruity more and more. Around this time I was approached by a bodybuilder in my gym who had done the Canadian nationals. He brought me in his office and told me he thought that i had a great body and I got a great shot at competition, and he would train me free of charge. I told him I'd think about it, then during the next month I really hit fruity hardcore, broke up with my gf because of it, quit my weekend job, and I just graduated from university and didnt even go to my graduation ceremony. Trance production had taken over me, and I started to neglect my gym training and I told the guy who wanted to train me that I wasn't gonna do it. My friends thought I was crazy, turning down an opportunity like that, but I told them. I'm gonna make trance and make it big. Then around 6 months had passed , one night I came up with a track, I knew right away I had something good. One dj from miami told me it was awesome and I should sent it to ATS records (a record label with artists like Mat Silver who I look up too). I sent a sample and the next day got a reply, " like your melody !!! it is a very good one !!! no joke…Where do you come from, mate ?And what are your thoughts about it ?A remix ? a release on a label". I started screaming and running around the house  I emailed him back and for 3 week I didn't get a reply, and pretty much thought it was 2 good 2 be true. Then I got the big email, "It is not Christmas and it is not your birthday…. BUT !!! We want to release your track on ABOVE THE SKY RECORDS / UK next year !!!Now you can smile or do what ever you want to do J.It is not very often that we decided to push a rookie !!!"
This email really floored me, and I couldn't believe it. Ok I still havent completed the song because I'm setting up my new studio very soon, as I work on a 866mhz piece of crap. But I've gotten a recent email and they haven't forgotten me, they are being very patient with me.
Ok, too me my productions still suck, and I have a long way to go. It's been less than a year since I picked up fruity. But The point of this story is this . Whatever I did in life, whether it be getting a university degree, competitive bodybuilding , or trance production, I did with passion. When you have passion for something you will dedicate yourself to it, you will give 100%, and you will keep trying and pushing yourself until you get it right. I used the same concepts in bodybuilding, in school, i Do with producing. Whether spending late nights in the library studying for midterms, or eat 6 meals a day, training 2 hours 7 times a week and running 1 hour in the cold at 5am in the morning, and drinking a diet coke while watching my friend drinking beer and eating mcdonalds at 3am in the morning. All these things add up to success. I take the same approach to everything I do in life. My passion in life comes from my Lord Jesus Christ. He gives me the strength, everything I do is for His glory. I hope this helps you to realize your dreams. God Bless
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