10 Questions with ... Deorro

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1) We are here in Miami and it looks like you are having a very good day. What's made today so great for you?

Thank you for having me, man! We've been having such a good day today and it's only getting better, so thank you! Number one, I already had some ceviche, you know, some local food. Being back in Miami, it's just an honor and meeting so many people you talk with over e-mails. Finally seeing them face-to-face. Meeting some old friends, it's always a pleasure to be out here whether you're a DJ or just like a normal person coming out, and it's always a great time.

2) You've been making music for a little while now where did it begin for Deorro?

You know what, for me as a little kid, like six years old, I was already playing instruments, but EDM started around like 13, 14 years old for me.

3) Where does Deorro come from?

My last name is Orrosquieta; it's a Latin term, "de orros quieta," which I got from my father, so that's where Deorro comes from now.

4) You recently had a big single with DyCy...

Yeah I had "Goin Up;" it's so great to work with her. Every time I work with her, it's like boom! It just comes out perfectly. And the support I've had from Ultra and the whole radio team. I can't take much credit for it, you know because damn, they're killing it right now

5) You recently had another song out that Dance radio jumped on early, which was a little bit of a change from what you do...

"Rise And Shine." Well, it is something similar when it comes to the style, it's like a Melbourne bounce, but when it comes to fusing it with old-school swing, that's something I wanted to incorporate. I'm a big fan of The Great Gatsby. Those times, the Roaring Twenties ... I love that sound, that vibe, and I wanted to incorporate it, so I recorded all the trumpets and the sax and everything, but it's not real instruments. It's my voice, so it was fun doing that. I got some drums together on my own. I'm a perfectionist, so it took me quite a while to get it together.

6) Being a perfectionist, how long does it take you to get to the point from where you start a song to where you're ready to say to the label, "Okay, this is it?"

I'll go from my shortest track, which was literally 45 minutes, to my longest track, which is almost two years. It's more of my more recent work, like the album, which altogether took around three years to create, but I produced the album all as one piece. If you listen to it from beginning to end, it's all one continuous piece, seamless transitions because I produced it all as one track, so that one took three years to make.

7) You mentioned The Great Gatsby, Roaring '20s ... who were some of your inspirations?

Honestly, I'll go on YouTube and I'll just look up 1920s music. But the furthest I can go back that I can name is B.B. King. I like a lot of blues, jazz, and then it's almost more recent for me. I love Jimi Hendrix and all that smoke guitar, but I don't have a lot of specific names. It's just that era of music that I listen to.

8) The album that you worked ... came out when?

The album I just mentioned came out March 31st. It's called, "Good Evening." As I said it's been three years in the making; it came out on Ultra Records.

9) A lot of young people are trying to break into the business and are trying to be a producer or remix or a DJ; what piece of advice you would give to an up-and-coming...

My best advice is if you are the one producing the music, you got to see yourself as two different people. Number one is, you got to see yourself as a creative creator, and number two, you have to see yourself as someone from the audience. You got to ask yourself a question as someone from the audience: What do you want to hear, because you're playing to the same age audience as yourself. And then as a creative creator, what hasn't been done yet? What doesn't exist yet? That way, if you listen to the radio you may hear a hit, but it's already been done before. What you want to do is you want to sit down and just think, "Okay, what hasn't been done yet?" Every time you hear a big hit, every everlasting hit, it's always something completely new. And that comes from sitting down, just risking it and doing something completely different. Something that has never been done before. And then as someone from the audience at a festival, what would you like to hear? What would you like to enjoy? That's my biggest piece of advice as a producer and for other young producers; you can't forget where you come from which is other side of the speakers. You've got to stay humble, and you always have to have fun with whatever you're doing.

10) What would your dream collaboration be?

Coldplay, Alicia Keys ... you know what, I could go on for days about this list, but they'd probably be on top, definitely Coldplay.

What did you do before you were making music?

I was in medical school. I got certified as a Nurse.

What did your family say when you said now I'm going to go make music?

They're actually the ones that encouraged me to pursue music. I was thinking of going back to medical school and they're were like no you're doing what you love. They encouraged me to follow music.

Something breaks in your house are you fixing it or are you calling somebody to do it?

I'm fixing it.

Do you have a hobby?

Yeah, I love putting together LEDs and electronics.

Mac or PC?

Mac.

What's a hidden talent of yours?

I'm an archer.

How many bulls-eyes are you hitting, 10 shots...

With a longbow, I'd probably hit about seven.

What's the last song you sang in the shower?

You know this is embarrassing, "Trouble" by Taylor Swift!