Exclusive interview: New Dance Music Friday with Jay Hardway
Apr 20, 2018
We proudly present the New Dance Music Friday feature, your weekly update on all newly released dance tracks, brought together on one amazing playlist. Featured this week (among many others): Jay Hardway! He's releasing his new single 'Jigsaw' together with The Him today, and talks about the creation of it in this exclusive interview.
Hey, you just released your new single 'Jigsaw' together with The Him. How did you create this?
"'The Him and me were inspired by each other's music and decided to hang out together in the studio and see what comes out of that. We were going through some old projects and I had this break melody and chords which they really liked. We worked on that project, re-invented it and added a drop and a chord change. After a couple months of road testing we built the second break together and finished the whole track!"
What does this record say about your musical evolution as an artist?
"I try to do something new every track, I don't really think about working in a certain direction. What I love about this particular project is that you can hear both our influences. It's not a track by the Him, it's not a track by Jay Hardway, it's a track by The Him and Jay Hardway and that's what I'm always striving for in every collab."
The track is featured on Spinnin’s New Dance Music Friday playlist on Spotify, Apple Music and Deezer. How important is streaming to you?
"I love the fact that you can reach a really big audience with it. If your track gets picked up by certain big playlists it reaches a million streams within no-time. This is amazing, because without streaming you would be more reliant on radio stations supporting your tracks. I also love the idea that my tracks are in some personal playlists by users around the world."
Which recently released dance tracks should definitely be added to New Dance Music Friday?
Zonderling - 'Nightcall'
Funkin Matt- 'AEON'
Majestique - 'Empire'
Dave202 - 'Katame'
Tom & Jame - 'Never Look Back'
Zookeper & Goshfather - 'For Real'
Mike Williams - 'You & I' (Axollo Remix)
Promise Land - 'Like This'
[Please note this playlist will change a week after this post]
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