Exposed Vocals Interviews Jarno “Don” Tiirikainen
Exposed Vocals: So tell us your story. Where did you grow up? What made you decide to become an artist?
Don: I was Born in 1993 in Finland Pori and grow up also in pori
i started to play drums at 6th grade
i’ve been played since 2005 and then in 2009 i started to make music with Fl studio after couple years of practicing my skills i changed the program to Reason 5 and started to produce with
Exposed Vocals: How did you come up with that name? What was your inspiration behind it?
Don: you propably know the movie Godfather. I love the movie so then i Tought it would be a nice Producer name.
Exposed Vocals: What do you think about online music sharing? Do you ever give your music away for free? Why?
Don: yes sometimes i give freebies if im on the mood. and online music sharing like SoundCloud made my music to go up.
and when im giving my beats free for the artists who aint got much money to pay it so i help them to get the good music what i do
Exposed Vocals: Since everyone was a start-up once, can you give any smaller or local bands or artists looking to get gigs and airplay some tips?
Don: do your own thing and dont be afraid to publish your songs what you do and always be your own critic
Exposed Vocals: Where do you usually gather songwriting inspiration? What is your usual songwriting process?
Don: my process to make a beat is sometimes long and sometimes pretty fast. I can take a couple of days with it just mixing it thru and mastering and listening the song before i publish nothing
Exposed Vocals: Do you have a band website? What online platforms do you use to share your music?
Don: yes i have https://soundcloud.com/don-tiirikainen there you can found my instrumentals what i do
and i use only SoundCloud and youtube
Exposed Vocals: If you were given half a million dollars and a year off, what would you do? How would you spend it?
Don: i propably pay my depth and buy my family a house and build my own recording studio
Exposed Vocals: How do you find ways to promote your music? What works best for you?
Don: social media Twitter/Facebook/Instagram/ and twitter is been the best way to promote my music and also Facebook too
Exposed Vocals: So, what’s next? Any new upcoming projects that you want to talk about?
Don: I have a one very long project what i’ve been worked thru 6 to 8 months now. I started the project in 2015 and maybe it will be ready in this year
Exposed Vocals: If you weren’t making music, what would you be doing?
Don: I Dont Know maybe i could be a construction worker or doctor i dont know
Exposed Vocals: How do you juggle the rest of your responsibilities while trying to stay ahead in your music life?
Don: i’ll try to be as much with my friends and my family when i got the time to be. and i also need my own time of course
Exposed Vocals: What should fans look forward to in 2016?
Don: a lots of instrumentals and my upcoming producer record (i aint got no name to it)