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Gareth Emery on where he is in 2016 ... versus 2006.
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| Swamper |
He's come a long way from posting in Music Discussion in 2002 to reach fans... :)
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10 years ago I nearly gave up making music.
In 2006 I was broke, making less than minimum wage, no girlfriend, still lived with my parents, whilst my friends all had proper jobs with career prospects, good salaries, houses, etc.
My life was very ing far from where I wanted it to be.
I remember going 3 months without a single show. Not because I wanted studio or vacation time.... there just wasn't a single club or festival IN THE WORLD that wanted to book me!
I was told "You've tried your best but it's time to give up" by my closest friends, some members of my family, other DJs, even my agent.
Giving up would have been easy but instead I accepted some hard truths.
My career sucked because I was lazy. I was never in the studio and I was bitter about those who were doing better than me, rather than looking at myself.
So I turned around.
I used the time off gigs to create my podcast. It did 300 episodes and eventually became Electric For Life, which just promoted my biggest solo show in my life.
Of course things didn't happen overnight.
But it was a start and ten years on, after continuing to work damn hard every single day since then, I've got an incredible family, amazing career, and everything I ever wanted.
Was it easy? no.
But was it worth it? yes.
Now I'm not saying I've "made it" now because there are still many things I want to achieve and I firmly believe you guys haven't even heard the best music I've made yet (just wait until you hear the new album). But I wanted to write this message for those of you who might be where I was ten years ago.
You might see all the cool I have now and think it was an easy journey, or I got lucky, because Instagram tends to show the product of success but not the struggle to get there.
So however ing dark things may seem now, and however much you might want to give up on your dreams (whatever they are), DO NOT GIVE UP.
So happy 2016. Go out and ing crush it and finish the year a step closer to your dreams, whatever they may be.
Happy New Year,
Gaz xx
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| Trancelover03591 |
I read this earlier today and honestly read it at the right time personally, as I am sort of the same age/place as he was 10 years ago.
Actually, saw something similar by Ferry this week too: https://news.beatport.com/us/ferry-corsten/ |
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| Trance-M |
I read that too a while ago, my first thought was why he mentioned For An Angel in that list, as it's much older.
I'm sure Airwave or Lolo, who's still following TA several times a week, also can write a nice story about his last 10 years. |
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| Trancelover03591 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Trance-M
I read that too a while ago, my first thought was why he mentioned For An Angel in that list, as it's much older.
I'm sure Airwave or Lolo, who's still following TA several times a week, also can write a nice story about his last 10 years. |
Good point, I didn't think of that. I think For An Angel was remixed a lot around that time. Maybe the remixes were played out a lot. |
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| Godking5 |
Seems live a very cool and humble dude. Its a shame his output has been pretty terrible. Hes producing the same kind of trance as Armin Van Buuren.
His live shows are pretty fun though. Saw him perform in 2011. Fun atmosphere and great energy, poor music though. |
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