Sequel E2. Giolí and Assia: Becoming Ibiza #1 DJ duo, Building A DJ Brand, Creating Performances For 25 Million People
Giolí & Assia is a dj duo with music videos and live youtube shows with over 25 million views. They started their music careers separately but found each other and soon became resident djs at the biggest club in Ibiza - and the world.
They took time out of their world tour schedule to talk about how they went from not knowing how to dj to become resident djs at the world's biggest club in 3 weeks, life as a touring dj couple, what is misunderstood about being an artist, and building a business as a musician, among many other things.
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Topics:
(00:00) Intro
(01:15) Prejudices about djs
(05:47) Feeling when world touring
(07:16) Growing up in Sicily
(10:10) Making music a job
(11:50) Learning how to dj in 3 weeks
(13:25) Touring and residency on the biggest club in Ibiza
(15:50) Meeting through a viral video with 17 million views
(18:26) Assia hated studying
(20:20) From not knowing how to dj to play in front of 10,000 people
(24:00) Living healthy in the world of electronic music
(25:44) How to get a dj residency in Ibiza
(30:07) American Express lounges
(31:20) Is underground music going mainstream?
(38:42) The dopamine rush of going on stage for the first time to play for 10,000 people
(41:55) Anxiety and feelings when performing
(45:58) Do the feelings go off after playing over hundreds of shows?
(48:00) How to make 25 million people watching your music videos
(57:04) How to get repeated hits and the power of having millions of Youtube subs
(01:01:40) The power of an audience
(01:02:55) Touring as a couple
(01:05:28) The truth about life as a touring dj
(01:12:54) Why djs have no time off
(01:14:38) Fashion colabs and working with a 360 vision
(01:15:48) Misconceptions among people about what it's like to be a dj
(01:16:47) Sacrificing body health and appreciating McDonald's
(01:17:38) How happy are you 1-10?
(01:19:17) What will be G&A's legacy?
(01:21:58) Stay away from music labels!
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