Feel Your Love For Alex Martello

"Bye Bye" was the first time when I got my attention on his music. He's an amazing producer and a really nice guy. He is Alex Martello and the remix of Ron May's song is just one out of many great tracks, he's produced. He likes to say, that you have to believe in what you do, without pursuing success as a goal. And you can feel this through his music - it touches you, changes you and inspires you...

E: Alex, how comes that you became a producer?

A: I have been involved with music since I was a child, taking piano lessons when I was eight and at the same time learning the guitar thanks to my dad! When I was 15 I started djing too…and soon I started to produce songs but hey…my first songs were really bad, even if I think that I know the music and the piano helped me a lot on the arrangement of the track.


E: What is your favourite free time activity?

A: My work! I spent almost all the week in the recording studio; I wake up and just go to the studio, have a lunch and return to the studio, then have a dinner and return to the studio again and maybe later I watch a movie.



E: I’ve noticed that you love to work during the late night hours :) are you being more inspired at this time or why is it so?

A: I don’t know why I work often during the evenening / night / early morning…maybe in another life I was a vampire, maybe it’s because playing in the clubs during the night and until the early morning changes your biorhythm; but probably, yes, during the night time I’m more inspired!


E: What do you think about the house scene in Italy? Any different than the rest of Europe?

A: Honestly? It’s a complete bulls**t! Italians have no idea about what is progressive house music even there are so many people that like that genre. I guess, the main problems are the resident djs in the clubs that play always the same stuff. Anyway, I don’t like at all the Italian House Scene…we’re so damn far from the European sound that you can’t imagine!




E: Your opinion on this year’s WMC?

A: Me and my label crew was planning to go but this year the organization was really, really bad and too many people couldn't decide if they want to go for the WMC or just for Ultra, so we decided to stay in Europe.


E: Can you name 5 artists you wanna work with?

A: Axwell, Dirty South, Thomas Gold, Sebastian Ingrosso and Avicii and many more.

Ron May feat. Kitty - Bye Bye (Alex Martello Rmx) Preview by alexmartello

E: You work with several labels now. Can you tell me something more about the time when you was looking for a company to sign? Do you have any tips for the upcoming producers?

A: Yes, I have a really good tip: Get another job!!! Seriously, right now the music biz is a really, really big mess and you need to work for many years at least to arrive on “medium” level ! When you start producing, you will earn for sure more money workin' at BurgerKing than with music, so you need to spend a lot of time with an uncertain outcome and especially no guarantee of success. Too many people think that success is casual, but it is not! It's thanks to the intense and constant hours of work, and in believing in what you do and in reaching the top someday.


E: Which software do you use for producing and why?

A: Steinberg Cubase 5 on Intel Core i7 Workstation, which I assembled by myself (I love to choose the right components), but I’m switching on Apple Macbook Pro and Logic 9; Even if I strongly believe that the creativity and the talent make the difference in the working process and so… and that software like Logic, Cubase, Protools, FruityLoops are just workin tools, I need to switch again to Logic (I worked on Logic 5 and 6 for several years!) because 90% of Electronic producers use Apple Logic Pro as sequencer and I need to be the most compatible and comfortable as possible for my actual and future collaborations with other producers. Cubase 5 it’s a great sequencer by the way!




E: What do you like more – to do a remix or to work on a complete new track?

A: Remixing because you don’t spend time and concentration on the choice of a good singer, or on writing the lyrics.. you can devote yourself completely to the production and give your 100% on the track!


E: Your influences?

A: Too Many. I use to listen from Mozart to metal bands like Korn, from slow R’n’B music to really rude Gansta Hip Hop. Really...too many and to name some would not be realistic. By the way, Axwell was for me a big influence back then in 2004 when I started following his music and started to produce House Music.


Alex' latest track "Better Day" is currently #16 on Beatport's top 100 progressive house tunes, 2 new releases will follow soon.