Straddling two worlds, John Summit‘s debut album, Consolation in Chaos, aptly harmonizes the consolation of the studio with the chaos of the highlight.
In an intimate interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, Summit opened up concerning the new album whereas reflecting on the duality of his life as a musician.
“The whole theme of this is duality,” Summit defined. “I’ve lived two lifestyles—being at home in the studio my myself as comfortable as possible. And then being on stage, which is the chaos.”
Monetary safety was one other key matter Summit addressed, reflecting on his humble beginnings and unlikely journey from CPA to world-touring DJ.
“The only thing I ever want in life is financial independence because I come from normal middle class background and I worked the accounting job,” he defined. “And the reason why I took that job is just for financial security, so that’s everyone. Because then when I went and did this fulltime, I was very broke living in my parents’ basement. That’s how I produced literally 300 records during 2020.”
The dialog additionally touched on the habit to success and discovering a stability. Summit emphasised the significance of getting a transparent imaginative and prescient and never getting misplaced within the pursuit of extra.
“You can get addicted to success,” Summit stated. “And I know a lot of people, and I don’t want to name names, but they just keep adding business after business or do a venture and they just keep expanding and kind of losing a vision… I could just do everything and I have offers to do everything, but I did have to sit back and figure out where I actually want to go in life, what I want to be able to look back on. Because I do want to slow down one day. I do want to have family and stuff. I want to be a normal person and there’s a lot of DJs that… sacrifice that.”
Take heed to the remainder of Lowe’s wide-ranging interview with Summit on Apple Music 1.
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