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Pharrell Williams Influence of Martin Garrix

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Pharrell Williams Influence of Martin Garrix

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Martin mentions Pharrell being an idol during an interview and meeting him during one of his tours which left him stunned as he thought Pharrell had no idea who he was (First We Feast, 2016, 10:25). Pharrell Williams, born in Virginia, is an American Producer and musician, Pharrell’s history starts way back while he was in school and was just a percussionist in his school band. Pharrell became fond of saxophonist Chad Hugo, and both became quick friends, pairing up and calling themselves “The Neptunes”. In 1992 the group created a verse for Wreckx-n-Effect and their most popular track “Rump Shaker” (Kellman, n.d.). This left the pair highly demanded which shaped both of their careers (Bauer, 2019).

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Pierre David Guetta or David Guetta is a French DJ/Producer from Paris (Jeffries, n.d.). David started mixing at thirteen, and at fifteen David was frequently mixing at local clubs. During David’s time playing at the Paris Broad Club, he started mixing pop with house, this eventually became what David was known for (Chandel, 2022). For Martin, David is a mentor, inspiration and best friend, Martin would send David tracks all the time and David would always provide him feedback. David was one of the first to play Martin’s track “BFAM” This gave Martin a load of inspiration to return to his studio and get stuck into his work (Johnston, 2018).

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The Chainsmokers mention Linkin Park's everlasting influence not just on them but on anyone who listened to the band (Bein, 2017). Linkin Park was an American rock band that originated in California, the first three members Rob Bourdon, Mike Shinoda and Brad Delson all met in high school and decided to create a band together (Grierson, 2019). After graduation the group recruited another three members, Mark Wakefield, Joe Hahn and Dave Farrell and began calling themselves Xero (Yeung, 2010). In 2000 the group released their first album which was an instant success, paving the way for the group and their future (Grierson, 2019).

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The Chainsmokers mention Max Martin as an artistic influence, referencing “We look up to guys like Max Martin” (Tingen, 2022). Karl Martin Sandberg or Max Martin is a songwriter, singer and producer from Sweden (Max Martin | Songwriters Hall of Fame, 2017). As one of the biggest names in songwriting history, Max has co-written twenty-two number-one hits (Levine, 2019). Martin has co-written songs such as the Backstreet Boys' “I Want It That Way”, Ariana Grande’s “No Tears Left To Cry” and many more. Despite Max dropping out of high school his group would later be signed with producer Denniz PoP’s label known as Cheiron Records, shaping his career to what it is today (Max Martin | Songwriters Hall of Fame, 2017).

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Joel Thomas Zimmerman, better known as Deadmau5 was an inspiration towards the Chainsmokers due to his unique beats and sounds in which the Chainsmokers found ways to mix his style with theirs (Stanley, 2020). As a teenager, Joel became a co-producer of a dance program for a Niagara Falls radio and spent time learning to create music with computer chips (Stanley, 2020). The famous name, Deadmau5 came after finding a dead mouse inside his computer. Joel would later become one of the most recognizable people in the EDM space with music resembling the sounds of his childhood video games and his large mouse themed helmet (Stanley, 2020).

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Micheal Jackson Influence of David Guetta

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Micheal Jackson Influence of David Guetta

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Micheal Joseph Jackson or Micheal Jackson was a dancer, singer and songwriter from America. An inspiration for David was Michael's musical style of pop, dance and electronic. Born in Indiana, Michael became one of the most famous entertainers in the world (Vincent, 2019). In 1996 his group named “The Jackson 5” was signed to Motown Records and became a huge success (Vincent, 2019). In 1970 they had four hit tracks “I Want You Back”, "I'll Be There”, “ABC”, and “The Love You Save” and continued seeing success up to 1975 (Vincent, 2019). In 1979 Michael’s solo album became best seller of the year and as of 1984 Micheal became known as the “King of pop” (Vincent, 2019).

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Farley Jackmaster Funk Influence of David Guetta

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Farley Jackmaster Funk Influence of David Guetta

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Farley Jackmaster Funk was one of the biggest inspirations for David Guetta, hearing Farley play house at a club at the age of fifteen David was instantly inspired and knew he wanted to create something similar (Chandel, 2022). Farley Jackmaster Funk, born in Chicago, is known for bringing house music into the UK. At the age of twenty-four, Farley released a track named “Love Can’t Turn Around” reaching the top 10 in the UK charts (Baines, 2015). While only a teenager he was able to make a name for himself when he joined Chicago’s WBMX-FM radio, the crew were responsible for bringing house music to the ears of a much wider Chicago audience (Bush, n.d.).

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In 2020 David Guetta did an in-studio interview with Genelec, David specifically mentions older generations of music like Prince influenced him in the early days of his career and continue to (Genelec Official Channel, 2020, 1:21).  In David’s twenty-sixteen Brasil Tomorrowland set he played a special tribute to Prince stating “I think the two best artists ever were Michael Jackson and Prince.” (Maksimovic, 2016). Prince Rogers Nelson known as Prince was an American composer known for being able to professionally play any instrument (Walser, 2018). Prince began his career with funk and soul. His track “Little Red Corvette” saw him on MTV which at the time was nearly impossible for black artists (Walser, 2018).

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Tijs Michiel Verwest known as Tiësto is a Dutch DJ/Producer from the Netherlands. Today Tiësto is one of the best DJs of all time winning the title three years consecutively in 2002, 2003, and 2004 (Tiesto Story - Bio, Facts, Home, Family, Net Worth | Famous Musicians | SuccessStory, 2013). Tiësto has been a huge inspiration for many in the industry however Martin states that he owes everything to Tiësto, seeing Tiësto play live at the 2004 Athens Olympics at just eight years old Martin knew exactly what he wanted to do from then on. In 2018 Martin was able to follow in his biggest inspirations footsteps after he played a fifteen-minute set at the Olympics in South Korea (Gable, 2018).

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Throughout the years of listening to all kinds of music, the Chainsmokers have been one of the most unique sounds to me, ever since hearing their song “#Selfie'' all the way back in 2017, despite not being one of my favourite songs it was definitely something unique to my ears. Years later I heard their track “The Reaper”. This was the first song of theirs that I had on repeat for weeks. Watching various videos on recreations of the song led me to understand a lot about how their music is made, inspiring me to attempt to create similar sounds.

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David Guetta is a French DJ/Producer which I discovered after Martin Garrix and himself played their collaboration track “So Far Away” at Tomorrowland in 2017, as soon as I heard the track it was an instant favourite. The track to me was a masterpiece, from the sheer passion of the vocals to the incredibly powerful drop. This song has influenced me to learn more about music creation as a whole and especially how they created the vocal chop for the drop. I continue to listen and enjoy David’s music on a daily basis.

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Martijn Gerard Garritsen known as Martin Garrix is a DJ/Producer from the Netherlands, Martin and his team have been a massive inspiration to me from first hearing his music back in 2014 with his song “Gold Skies”, to learning how his music is made through his YouTube series, to visually seeing how Martin’s team is able to tell a story throughout his shows and make them so spectacular. Martin’s inspiration led me to studying Entertainment throughout highschool which has now led me to where I am today.

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