American - Musician | February 12, 1988 -
I have a very wide spectrum of stuff that I grew up listening to.
Mike Posner
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Some of my early musical memories are attached to grunge.
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When I started picking out music for myself, I was a hip-hop kid. DMX, The Roots, Outkast, people like that.
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I've always had an eclectic taste in music. But what I try to do is combine these things in ways that others would never think of, like putting Bun B on an Elton John song.
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All my music is autobiographical, and that's the reason why people like my music. They know when I'm saying something on a song, I mean it. It comes from a real place and captures the realness in my life.
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I wanted to break into producing, so I would peddle my tracks and beats to labels. I always heard the same thing: They liked the music, but it didn't fit any of the artists on their roster.
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I came to realize that if I was going to succeed in the music industry, I was going to have to learn how to perform my songs myself.
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I consider myself a lyrics guy.
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It's important to me that my songs actually make sense. So often, I turn on the radio, and I have no idea what the people are singing about. It may sound good, but when you listen, they're just saying words that rhyme. It's another song about nothing.
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I think of the pop music that I've made in the past and hear on the radio as candy bars. And I was really good at making candy bars.
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I remember with my first album, I was so scared of messing it up, of blowing the opportunity, that I blew it.
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When you know it's a game, you can have more fun playing it. When things seem serious, you tend to take less risk and have less fun.
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