RS: How's the modeling career going?
Dave Seaman: That was short-lived, that was short and sweet, and I
think I actually had to lie under a life-size Xerox machine pretty
much all day. After that I decided modeling wasn't for me.
RS: Just curious – when you were modeling, what was the
soundtrack of the day?
Dave Seaman: Oh god, I have no idea. I can't remember, it was so long
ago now. It was in Tokyo – 2000 / 2001, somewhere around there. So I
don't know – something that was big in Japan at that time, Shampoo or
somebody like that, probably.
RS: Aside from Eric Prydz, what artists out there to do you see
as the future voices of dance music, who are really making the best
music right now?
Dave Seaman: Well I think producers Eric and Ali Dubfire are the two
that are really in the field at the moment. It's all about consistency
in this game. I think anybody can make a big record but then to be
able to keep making big records, one after another, is a sign of real
talent. I think those two have got consistency in abundance – they
just keep churning them out, one after another. But there's loads of
people, obviously – Oliver Hunt, Gui Barato makes some good records.
Oh god, I could probably go on and on and on. I can't remember them
all off the top of my head, but there's a few that spring to mind,
anyway.
RS: What are you working on in the studio right now?
Dave Seaman: I'm doing my own single actually. It's called
Gobbledygook, and I've just done two mixes – one's kind of an
Eastern-influenced, with some of the sound and samples that I have.
One of them is more of a full on, sort of techy acidic kind of
stomper, and then the other one's a bit more housey, more tribal, a
techy tribal affair. I just finished those late last night, so we're
getting them mastered and throwing them out over the next couple of
weeks, and hopefully be giving them out just before Miami, so people
can start playing them from the Conference.
RS: Yes, what are you playing there? Are you playing a bunch of
parties in Miami or…?
Dave Seaman: Yes, well, I'm doing just one. I'm flying straight in on
the Friday, and then flying home on the Sunday. I'll be there for a
couple of days. I've got a party with Nick Warren at Shine, at the
Shelborne, on the Saturday night, with the Lolitas and Hybrid. That
should be a good one. But I'm trying to stay away from being there all
week. Otherwise, I'll need a week's holiday afterwards.
RS: What advice do you have for up and coming DJs?
Dave Seaman: I think it's all about social skills these days. It's
being able to nurture relationships and get on with people and get
your foot in the door. Unfortunately it's sad to say so, but I think
it's probably more important than the talent these days. If you can't
actually get on with people, and nurture relationships, then you're
probably not going to get very far, however talented you are. There's
people that aren't so talented who can get a long way, if they've got
the gift of mouth kind of thing. So I think it's important to be able
to nurture relationships, but I think the main thing is to get
yourself noticed. Go and get in the studio and make a big record,
because if you were to make a big record, then people would come
knocking on your door, and you don't necessarily have to go knocking
on theirs.
RS: What would you like to say to all your fans out there?
Dave Seaman: Thank you for being so. I'm glad there's still people
out there that want to listen to me. Thank you for all the support.
It's great when you can do something that could basically be my hobby,
for a career. I owe that to the people that come and watch me all the
time, and buy all the CDs and tracks. So I'm very grateful.
Posted March 18, 2008
