Tez Cadey
Tell us about yourself and how you got into music? I grew up in France and I’ve been producing under the name of Tez Cadey for 6 years now. I think it all started with my parents putting me to piano when I was a kid. I wasn’t a great player but it must have helped me somehow. I dropped the piano later on for the guitar. I was really into rock at the time. It’s seems ironic now but I used to hate electronic music.
Tell us about your track ‘Seve’ I made ‘seve’ a few years ago in autumn. It was getting cold and grey in my hometown and I wasn’t ready to give up summer. It took me a long time to finish the track. I tried to work with a few singers for the vocals but nothing came out of it. It was only a few months later I remembered this Tube & Berger track, ‘Free Tribe’, with this really cool sample from the African Children’s Choir. I tried it over the instrumental and we released the track the following year.
How did you start using FL Studio & what does it mean to your productions? I started enjoying electronic music when a dj played some at a wedding. In just a few months I became obsessed with dance music. I tried to dj but I got bored really quickly. So I went for music production. I found out about fl studio through tutorials on youtube and I tried it out. I was hooked instantly.
I’ve tried other DAWs after that but none come close to it in terms of creativity and spontaneity. I think it really depends on your way of producing, but for me it was it. I spent hours experimenting on it, finding new ways to express my ideas and I still do today. The workflow and the plugins are just great.
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Tell us about your production environment & toys? I have a very minimalistic production environment. I use fl studio on a laptop, an Axiom pro MIDI keyboard, a pair of M-Audio speakers, and some AKG headphones. I don’t use any hardware, for now. I do record some guitar from time to time. I think it’s important to have limited equipment when you produce. Or at least when you start off. It pushes you to explore different ways of doing. Do you have any links you would like to share?
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