03/10/2020
Interview with Someone Else
ーYour new track "Never Let Me Go" is out. Tell me more about the new song.
This track is especially close to my heart because of one thing. I saw Kaiya's demo and was instantly mesmerized by the guitar intro, heavily inspired by one of my all time favourite videogames, called "Life is Strange", makes us feel like being in the tranquil setting of the fictional town of Arcadia Bay, Oregon. Made for the listener to delve into how amazing life can be when you live in the present moment without caring about the threads that bind reality and the innate desire to live a meaningful life and yet look back and reminisce about the great moments they experienced. Never Let Me Go is about love, friendship and the experience of life.
ーHow did you start producing?
I started playing the piano when I was 5 years old, coming from a family where music was a collective interest. My father listened to Electronic music from the post disco era and forward, from the 90s and so I have a world of influences about my music. a few years later, in 2010, I saw a YouTube video of someone who posted a remix of the song, "Settler Project - Le" and the software used was called "Fruity Loops 8".
I immediately downloaded the demo version and started playing around and cultivated an interest in electronic music production, mainly to make hip hop beats for me to rap on, as I wanted to become a Rapper at that point. Slowly I found myself going to other interests such as Filmmaking, Game Design, Web Development, etc. and music faded away for a while, then I picked it back up in early 2016, to help a friend of mine find his passion, and ended up making it mine, so that's my story!
After a number of aliases and experimentation, I settled for two main projects, "Color Sirens" for my experimental music and "Someone Else" for more mainstream stuff, and I formally debuted with a viral cover of the Netflix Theme of the Witcher, this year, in February 6, 2020.
ーWhere do you get your inspiration from when producing music?
As I already mentioned earlier, I was very much into music, electronic and otherwise, from a very young age, my taste like a vast ocean, from Boney M and Vengaboys, to Avenged Sevenfold, to Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre and T.I., From Klaypex and Skrillex, to Aero Chord and Unknown Brain.
Being from the multicultural country of India, I also draw various influences from subcultures ranging from Arabic to Japanese styles and soundscapes, most of my music tastes developing from Videogame soundtracks, among other things like Industrial and Orchestral music. There's just so much more diverse stuff from me coming, so stay tuned about that!
ーTell me your branding / marketing tips!
When I finally decided on making my primary alias, "Someone Else", I was thrilled at the prospect because the name itself, was a brand. People will be like, "Yo! Is that him?", "Nah! That's Someone Else!", that sort of thing haha, and regarding marketing, I'd personally say any upcoming talent to look out and make meaningful connections with fellow producers, promoters and label guys. Everyone's down to earth and very helpful, or at least most people are.
Unofficially, the teen prodigy, Jaydon Lewis, got me into the industry and it's been incredible knowing such talented people in the last four years. Find your sound, be confident and true to yourself, explore and most importantly, take care of yourself. Making music is less than half of the journey, marketing is essential, you can either do it yourself or through labels. Always make wise choices and don't hesitate seeking help from others, always don't think twice about investing in yourself. It will pay off in the end.
ーWho would you like collab with next?
I've got a lot of interesting tunes coming, most notably the next cover release with the amazing and talented vocalist, Hellish, and possibly a couple tunes with Drama B and M.I.M.E, I've been looking to work with more amazing vocalists that I've recently met, like Caravn, Benni Hunnit, Atarii, Laurie Acckerman and others.
Producers that I'll be working with soon are Beutos, IMMENSE, Okvru, Coldhours and some more local talent that are very underrated at the moment. A dream come true would be to get a track on NCS with maybe Unknown Brain haha but that's the far future I'd say.
ーTell me your release plan!
The future I'd say, looks promising indeed, God is good!
I have a couple releases coming every month at this point on various labels, especially the label I'm a partner with, called "Seiromem". We've been working hard on getting you a lot of good tunes in the forseeable future, also stay tuned for releases on Tribal Trap, Magic Records and more!
I'd like to thank Kaho and the rest of the team at EDM Press for giving me this awesome opportunity so major shoutout to y'all. Arigato!
