Who were some of the artists you were looking up to at the time? Flume was definitely a big one, and Allan introduced me to Lido, who is still one of my favourite producers in the game. I also went through a big dub step and trap phase, listening to people like Skrillex. I still haven’t got out of that! A lot of my time was spent behind a computer at my desk, just working towards music and learning all the techniques and skills needed to make proper electronic music. What inspired your music production dream? Back in music class, studying at Sorrell High School, everyone was getting into traditional instruments, learning how to play drums or learning how to play covers on keyboard with other people’s music. I was just fiddling away a lot of the time making my own stuff up, and I was fortunate enough to have a very understanding music teacher at the time (actually all of my music teachers have been lovely!). I just really wanted to make my own music and he supported me in performing music that I made up on the keyboard. It felt a little more unique, and that was my way of standing out. How did the COVID lockdown affect you? I’ve got a home studio right next to my bedroom at my parents place. I’m lucky enough to have a separate space to where I sleep, so that I’m not too distracted. I’ve been producing in this little home studio since before the pandemic, so it hasn’t really affected my creativity that much. It probably has in terms of working with people and collaborating; it’s made that harder. For example, I wasn’t able to do any recording work with vocalists until the restrictions eased! If you’d like to hear KOH-DEE’s music, be sure to check out his Facebook: www.facebook. com/kohdeemusic, Instagram: www. instagram.com/kohdeemusic, Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/kohdeemusic, or Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/ artist/4lH0cuynBNDik4nmfuItMN.
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