Interview with July Music Video 2 Winner Ejay Ivan Lac

Watch the Ejay Ivan Lac music video 'You Are Not Alone'

MAS: First off, tell us how it feels to have won…..again.

Ejay: Won 3 times and I have almost always gone in the final, feels good, because I know that my music is liked, even if it is different from the usual!

MAS: Is there an interesting story behind your band’s name?

Ejay: Ejay was my first music program, I used the computer to compose my first songs that were really ugly! So, I decided to put it as the name of art Ejay. Ejay Ivan Lac!

MAS: Tell us how you got started as a band and how everyone became a part of it.

Ejay: I began making music since I was in the rave. I liked that strange music, electronics, came into my head as a signal, a sound that made me fly. I left home and went into the discovery of the hidden, where they made electronic music, the sounds came from my heart, and slipped inside me!

MAS: How did you develop your sound? Is there a primary songwriter, or is it collaborative?

Ejay: My songs come from my soul, I think my electronic music is different from everything around me, or everything you hear about, everything that is broadcast on music channels like Mtv or Fuse tv I am different in my compositions, there is a basic rule to create my songs. Every sound, every single noise is created according to my moods, depending on what happens to me, I feel what is around me. I do not write the lyrics of my songs when someone works with me, I let the singer write the lyrics!

MAS: What’s the story behind the video you’ve entered in the Make A Star contest?

Ejay: I wanted to create something different from usual, I wanted people to remain shocked by what they see, accompanied by a sad song and air, the pieces that went into making this video are commercial spots, drugs are the enemy of humans. Humans use it when they think they can not manage or cope with life, when they feel alone and when they feel disappointed by everything and everyone.

MAS: How did the concept for the music video come together?

Ejay: My videos are born with the intent to upset listeners and viewers. I like to create videos with direct messages and heavy as my video (suicide) who speaks of death caused by road accidents! Purpose and psychology merge, brain stimulation reasons and to make people think, human beings are influenced by music and videos are a great way to make the person think, my purpose is to send messages and then for all to think!

MAS: What other video work has the music video’s director done in the past?

Ejay: The only videos I have directed are (chemistry) and (Hot Blood) the rest of the videos are all collaborations and have worked out wonderfully well!

MAS: How does MakeAStar.com compare with other websites for music fans and musicians?

Ejay: I think Makeastar.com is one of the best sites for artists. You should also make the music categories, like pop, electronica, DJ, or even a selection of music like (best remix):)

MAS: We are always open to suggestions. Which musical influences have other people compared you to?

Ejay: I’m compared to the Chemical Brothers, The Prodigy, or Fat Boy Slim, but I think that mine is a genre without a clear label, I have a style that comes from me!

MAS: What sets you apart from other artists in your genre?

Ejay: As I said before, my music is different from the usual, I create sounds and rhythms that are distinct from all over the musical world. There was created a new genre when she was born electronic music, not everyone played, there were only 2 or 3 artists that played ... and then gradually evolved and all are taken! My goal is to be able to create a particular sound, able to travel with the soul and body at that time people listen to it!

MAS: Who do you get inspiration from or wish to emulate in music and life?

Ejay: I take inspiration from everything, I take and feel all the situations, events and words, turning everything into music, if I'm in love I create something exciting, if I'm angry I create something bad, every moment of my life I create my songs ...it is not simply my electronic music!

MAS: What are your thoughts on music videos? The ideas, the production, working with directors, how they add to the song, etc…

Ejay: I am working with various directors on the web, I like doing these collaborations! I think music videos should not be done only to advertise a song; I must give something, psychologically and morally. I do not like videos where you see t*ts and asses, stupid videos that do not teach anything in the world that the world and humans need to learn, like to learn that there are things perfect, but there are several things that are beautiful in their own way! When you create a music video, you should be very careful about what you create!

MAS: What are you or your band’s plans for the year ahead?

Ejay: I think my third album released in December will enclose various musical genres and I will like listening to them on the radio, a trip, I’m really curious!

MAS: Who were your favorite musicians as a child? What was your first album or concert?

Ejay: I listened to Michael Jackson when I was a kid, I lived with the music of Michael not stop and even now I listen to his works, musically I approach like him in that he created rhythms that took you away, and I do the same! But my first concert was the Chemical Brothers!

MAS: What is the best and worst part about being a musician?

Ejay: The best part is definitely being known, when people give you compliments and when you want to know the girls ahaha! Also being able to create things that even you can make feel pensavidi realized on paper, there are so many factors to be a good musician. The drawbacks are the continual disappointments, negative comments, the fact that sometimes you can’t always get what you wanted! Another positive side to being an artist is being able to escape from this life of sh*t that has accompanied you all this time!

MAS: What is the best and worst part about the music industry today?

Ejay: I can be bad, but I think in the music industry there is nothing good. Everything revolves around being cool and singers singing songs in a trivial place and it’s already heard, transforming the listener into superficial people ... I think the music that is wonderful and ingenious is that of the 80’s and 90’s!

MAS: Tell us something completely random.

Ejay: I wish to use this space to tell everyone that the world needs to change, and that if we all love and live intelligently and we can have so much more!