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J-Mi & Midi-D The Galactic Ravers!
The galactic Raver J-Mi and Midi-D are two Canadian electronic producers that live right here in my own province! Isn’t that cool?! I think so. These two are amazingly talented at what they do and I personally have been listening to their music for close to 3 years now. Recently I have come in contact with them and they kindly offered to do an interview with me to get my feet back on the ground in this area.
These two music producers have worked with amazing artists like Vic Mignona and have even gotten their music into the ever popular arcade game Dance Dance Revolution. Recently producing songs with Adam Barta and Margaret Cho these two producers never cease to amaze with each next song.
When I interviewed them I asked them all sorts of Interesting questions about the past, present and future! Here’s how it came out:
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The Fancy Platypus: How’d you guys meet? When did you guys come to start making music? And what was the first thing you guys made?
J-Mi and Midi-D: We met in high school and we started making music around 2006 ish. First song? Probably "Some Stranger feat. Charlotte Summer - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) (Cusimo & Co. Radio Remix)".
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The Fancy Platypus: What kind of musical role models does each of you have?
J-Mi: I guess I'd say probably the vast majority of artists featured in Japan's Dancemania compilations series! And a lot from DDR as well!
Midi-D: There's several for me as well. There’s probably too many different ones to list for me.
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The Fancy Platypus: How long does it take you to make any given song? What kind of programmes do you use for them?
J-Mi and Midi-D: We use FL Studio 11 (currently), and we'd have to say, hmm maybe 1-2 days tops, depending on inspiration at the time!
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The Fancy Platypus: When working on a song do you guys work together or do you each work on your own section?
J-Mi and Midi-D: We work together, but (Midi-D) is the best at compositions, while (J-Mi) is the best with mixing things and getting that "sound" we're looking for. But we both occasionally switch roles from time to time.
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The Fancy Platypus: What’s your favourite song you've worked on? Why?
J-Mi: Mine, would have to be Life is a Journey. Reason being is because I wrote the song entirely by myself and it holds great meaning to my own life.
Midi-D: Hmm... Perhaps Doki Doki from the Smile Dk album we worked on. I had completely did the composing part on that one, and I feel that it really turned out great! Also though I have another one that I really like which is our Remix of Werewolf Boyfriend!
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The Fancy Platypus: Are there any songs that looking back you’d wish to change?
J-Mi and Midi-D: Too many to list, but that's a producer for you right? haha.
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The Fancy Platypus: What do you consider as your greatest accomplishment so far?
J-Mi and Midi-D: Hands down, the 2008 return of SMiLE.dk. Man what a time that was. Had so much producing that record and we met our friends and partners in crime from Sweden, Dick Örnå and Hanna Stockzell!
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The Fancy Platypus: Having worked with many great people in the past, which would you like to work with again if given the chance?
J-Mi and Midi-D: Naoki Maeda. That guy is awesome. Super nice and super creative!
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The Fancy Platypus: Following that these people you work with come from all over, so how does the collaboration process work?
J-Mi and Midi-D: Mainly the internet, and drop box... and skype... and... Well... the internet. Lol... not much more to say there :)!
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The Fancy Platypus: What about the music industry has surprised you?
J-Mi and Midi-D: How many different kinds of people there are. It's not just artists and producers. There's like a whole other layer of stuff between all of that. (Stuff that can sometimes drive us nuts lol)
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The Fancy Platypus: Getting your music in popular games like DDR is an amazing feat! Has being involved in such a market opened up doors that otherwise might be out of reach?
J-Mi and Midi-D: Yep. It's probably because of DDR that we've managed to make some nifty collabs with people! And that's pretty sweet. We love working with different people and trying our take on their creative world!
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The Fancy Platypus: Where do you guys draw inspiration from for your music?
J-Mi and Midi-D: Well, there's a long and short answer for this one, but I'd say, emotion and color. Don't ask. We know. (we sound crazy!)
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The Fancy Platypus: What’s the most important thing to keep in mind for you when creating a song?
J-Mi and Midi-D: Not to get distracted and let your mind stray. Staying focused really keeps that idea moving!
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The Fancy Platypus: What are some of your future goals for your musical Careers?
J-Mi and Midi-D: Not sure. We'd mainly like to open our studio full time, but we also just wanna remain what we are, producers. (Not artists) Since we don't really perform, nor have any skill with performing! We like sitting back and letting our imagination flow!
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The Fancy Platypus: To finish off do you guys have any words of advice or any messages you’re like to give to your fans?
J-Mi and Midi-D: listen to yourself more. Stop listening to that moan of society trying to bring you and your dreams crashing down. (Mostly trolls on YouTube lol)
Thanks for asking us to answer some questions!
J-Mi & Midi-D
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These guys are outstanding at what they do and I could not thank them enough for what they have done! If you haven’t already gone to check them out what are you waiting for?! You’re done here go! Please leave a comment bellow if you have any questions for J-Mi & Midi-D or me. Please follow this blog, and expect more in the future! Thanks!
J-Mi & Midi-D’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/jmiandmidid
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J-Mi & Midi-D’s Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/j-miandmidi-d
J-Mi & Midi-D’s Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVhOGMeDVGBREl8vTooGtuA
