Your Name: Andrew Goddard
Your location(country,city): Leeds
Dimitri: Can you mention your biggest music career achievements in 2017?
Andrew Goddard: Signing with Eight0Eight Records, gaining support from the biggest names in the industry and finally bringing signed with a manager.
Dimitri: Can you mention your biggest personal life achievements in 2017 that make you extremely proud?
Andrew Goddard: I ached a first class honours in Electronic Music Production and I'm now studying my Masters in Music & Management
1) Best Track from other artists:
OC & Verde -Solistice
2) Your top 3 2017 personal productions
Acid Or Techno (Eight0Eight)
Shape The Future (Eight0Eight)
Zone 2 - Madness Remix (unreleased currently)
3) Best Artist (Dj & producer):
Latmun, PAWSA
4) Best Remix from other artist:
5) Best Remix that you have produced?
Zone 2 - Madness
6) Best Remixer:
Latin
7) Best New Talent (Dj or producer):
8) Best Electronic Music Album:
9) Best Electronic Music Compilation:
10) Best artwork/cover of an Album or Compilation:
11) Best Vocalist/Singer featured on Electronic Music track:
Emma Black
12) Best Electronic Music Label:
13) Best Electronic Music Video:
14) Best Online Social media for communication with your fans:
Instagram & Facebook
15) Best Twitter or Facebook message or Instagram message you received from a fan or friend or you have read on someone else’s account:
From D.O.N.S: What the fuck is wrong with you mate?? Ha ha ha. Your new tune/remix (or at least the newest I know off) is fucking huge. "Go Crazy". Just mixing it for my new radio shows for this and next week. What do you charge for a remix?
16) Best music composition software:
Ableton
17) Best Club Event or Open Air Festival:
Elrow for the big ones, upclosemanchester for the more personal ones.
18) Best personal Dj Gig:
19) Best Dj set of the year from other fellow Dj:
Patrick Topping Kaluki NYE Albert Hall
20) Best country that you have played in 2017 and where did you met the best festival/event crowd:
I have yet to achieve a abroad gig... however the Brits know how to party :)
21) Best Radio show or Artist Vlog?:
Danny Howard (Radio 1)
22) Best Radio station:
Toolroom Radio
23) Best Online Record shop that you purchase your music:
Beatport
24) Best music related website that you visit frequently:
Data Transmission
25) Best Smart phone or smart phone application:
Radio 1 player
26) Best Dj equipment (software or hardware):
Pioneer for DJ'n. Ableton and Native Instruments Komplete 7
27) Best new sound or sample that has been used in Electronic Music this year perhaps introduced first by you?
The sample used in Acid Or Techno has been getting a lot of brilliant feedback!
28) Best tip that you learnt this year for your Djing techniques or music composition:
Don't get too drunk whilst DJ'ing.
29) Best piece of advice you got in relation to your career in 2017:
Keep on pushing and keep motivated and good things will come, guaranteed!
30) Best hobby or activity that you spent a lot of time in 2017:
Producing or going down the Roxy's Ping Pong in town
31) Best holiday destination for 2017 either to relax or to perform in a club or festival:
Ibiza seems to obvious, I would love to test out Croatia!
32) Best Electronic Music magazines in printed form not online:
MixMag
33) Best Movie of the year that may inspire you to compose a track:
Logan
34) Best online/PC/video game of the year that you have played this year?
Literally have played any all year :/
35) Best soundtrack for video game of the year:
Sorry... I have no idea!
36) Best electronic music related joke you heard this year and make you still laugh:
In the 90's we called it the dial up noise... now we just call it Skrillex
37) The saddest electronic music news you heard this year and still makes u cry:
When Robert Miles passed :'(
Dimitri: Finally, please tell our readers your plans with your future releases, tracks, albums, collaborations, Dj gigs.
Andrew Goddard: I am currently working on a track a month to push myself through the scene with the help of my trusted manager Steve Stimpson, we are also working on not of remixes for artists including Zone 2, ZOOM, Jo Cooper and many more!
Thanks to Steve Stimpson for arranging this interview
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