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Laying Tracks: Carving a Life-Path On and Off the Stage with EDM Sensation Jay Hardway By Santina Murin | PHOTOS BY Darryl Adelaar Electronic Dance Music producer Jay Hardway hails from Drunen in the southern Netherlands and has been DJing since the age of fourteen. Influenced by the producers of his youth, Jay used his natural love of music to harness his talents and establish an impressive career. After relocating to Amsterdam, Jay teamed up with Martin Garrix for his first professional release, which catapulted the duo into a successful partnership that continues to this day. Their song, “Wizard”, racked up 3.6 million views on YouTube in its first week, and “Spotless”, their 2016 smash, garnered over forty million. With a very large and dedicated social media following, it’s no wonder that Jay has 1.2 million monthly listeners on Spotify alone. In fact, his top songs have twenty to thirty million plays each which helped him earn the sixtyfourth spot on DJ Mag Top 100 DJs poll in 2018. Face the Current and Jay discussed many facets of his life and career including the balance he strikes between life on and off the road, the ways in which he gives back to the music production community, and the benefits of his fruitful remix collaboration contest.
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