Behind the Beat: Soren Andrews Lightin’ Up the Trance – Mix 247 EDM

Mix 247 EDM: What inspired you to start making music?

Soren Andrews: Ever since I was a kid, I grew up on 80s music such as The Cure and Metallica and I got into drumming. However, I wasnt interested in DJing until I went to college at Eastern New Mexico University. One day I was sitting in the computer lab and a trance tune popped up and I told myself that I wanted to do that!

Mix 247 EDM: After inspiration came to you in the computer lab, what was your first step to try to set that goal of being a DJ?

Soren Andrews: My parents were against the whole idea but my sister personally thought it was great. I just stumbled into the whole DJing life because I thought it looked fun and it also looked like that it was something that I should be doing.

Mix 247 EDM: Did you ever take lessons, have mentors, or teach yourself?

Soren Andrews: At the beginning, I taught myself, but with my first official release in 2009, signed on with Elliptical Recordings in Chicago, there was another DJ that called himself DJ Menace that came out of New York. Hes a great guy that took me under his wing and he taught me everything from the basics and how to bold my sound. Also since 2012, a guy named Mark Sherry, whos originally from Scotland, helped mold me into where I want to go now.

Mix 247 EDM: What was your first big gig as a DJ?

Soren Andrews: My first big gig was at Spinning Vision in Chicago, back in 2010! I love the music and the people in Chicago because it is so molded and defined. You get all these people who all love one genre within an entire city.

Mix 247 EDM: After your huge gig in Chicago, what led your career to Utah?

Soren Andrews: While being raised in Roswell, with a town of around 50,000 people, my brother was stationed out in the air force in Utah and he told me to come over and start DJing in Utah. My first gig in Utah was at Area 51 in Downtown Salt Lake City. At the time there werent any monitors in the booth so I couldnt hear myself mixing. From that point on to where I am now, I couldnt have picked a better path!

Mix 247 EDM: I see that you have recently released a brand new track, Pacific Coast Highway, want to tell us all about it?

Soren Andrews: Yes! It all started when I took a trip to Oregon one time with my friends. Starting in Portland, we drove all the way down and stayed in this city called Bandon, which is four hours south of Portland. We then drove further south into Northern California to go see the Redwoods and the coastline and the forest that you drive through inspired me to write this track. This tune is a little softer than what I usually write but I was really encouraged to write something that made me come out of my comfort zone. It has a mixture of future house and progressive trance.

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Behind the Beat: Soren Andrews Lightin' Up the Trance - Mix 247 EDM