Formula Indie Sessions _ Interview with Simon Dekkers
What is your earliest memory connected to music?
As a child, I already had a great passion for music, from Italian singer-songwriters to rap and commercial music, and I always had an emotional connection with music.
How did your passion for creating music begin?
My passion for music was born from the fact that I began to associate music with mental and emotional states.
When a memory, a feeling, a good or bad moment is always accompanied by a song, I understand that the connection is stronger than usual and can become a tool for communication.
As a child, I was into American rap and I practiced hip hop, until it turned into a love for electronic music.
What’s the story behind your current music project?
The story behind my musical project is very simple.
The story of a boy who pours his soul into creating music, sacrificing his time in the hope of being able to convey something.
I’ve surrounded myself with collaborators with whom I have an excellent connection.
How would you describe your sound to someone who has never heard your music before?My sound is very varied, but ranges from deep house sounds to more underground sounds, but always maintaining the emotional component.
What is one thing you’ve learned that completely changed the way you make music?
Less is more!
Just because something seems simple doesn’t mean it’s banal.Often, it’s something simple that hits the mark.
What tools, instruments, or software are essential in your creative process?
Mainly FL Studio, with all the next-generation plug-ins that accompany production.Splice and Loopmaster have become very interesting portals for the production phase.
How have your personal experiences influenced your music and artistic vision?
For the same reason I started.
When you can replicate your mood with sounds and melodies, it changes the way you experience music.
What emotions or messages do you hope listeners take from your work?
I would like the general emotion to come through, whether it’s a more cheerful or melancholic song, I would like that when a person listens to it they can associate it with a memory of their life.
What’s the most important lesson music has taught you so far?
The importance and beauty of communicating with people.
How different we all are in the world, yet we have so much in common.
hat is a dream venue or festival you would love to perform at?
I think like all artists, the most impossible sign, Tomorrowland 😊
If you could collaborate with any artist, past or present, who would it be and why?
There are so many artists I’ve loved!
To name a few, Avicii was epic in the history of electronic music.
Hardwell, AVAION, Fred Again, Lost Frequency, Alan Walker…. These are artists I’ve admired both past and present, and I love some of their songs.
Where can our listeners follow and support your music?
https://open.spotify.com/intl-it/artist/1jqnhRCZdWrpmlt4WDz6mE?si=PdB29-mQRo2-tu08mMGtwQ
https://www.instagram.com/simon_dekkers/
Looking toward the future, what’s your dream for the next chapter of your musical journey?
To make a very personal song that can truly reach everyone!To manage to overcome today’s problem of music saturation.
What do you hope listeners will discover about you along the way?
Let them discover my past, present and musical future and become fond of me.
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