Mosimann on Dream Tracks, Viral Fails & Selling Out a 19,000 Seat Arena

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Swiss-French DJ, record producer and #dreamtrack inventor Quentin Mosimann sat down with Dam Yankee host Zack Newmark fresh off a sleepless night after announcing a sold-out show at the Accor Arena in Paris for 19,000 people. After 15 years as a DJ, something shifted in the last two years. The social numbers went up, the gig requests went up, and suddenly Quentin was playing 150 shows a year while trying to figure out how to handle worldwide agency requests with a team that was never built for that kind of scale. He talks about the viral Dream Tracks series he created with Hugh Jackman, Kate Hudson and Edgar Wright, why his worst dream track got millions of views, and why he once walked away from a million euro deal and a Universal contract to start completely from scratch. Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction & The Paris Arena Announcement 01:58 - 5,000 People in Line & Why He Can't Believe It's Happening 03:17 - 15 Years as a DJ & What Suddenly Changed in the Last Two Years 05:14 - Paradiso Amsterdam vs a 19,000 Seat Arena 07:19 - Why One Hour as a DJ Is a Disaster & Why He Needs to Tell a Story 09:20 - Producing His Own Shows for the First Time & the Risk That Paid Off 09:58 - Dream Tracks: The Concept, Hugh Jackman & the Wolverine Scream 12:35 - When Dream Tracks Become Real Releases 13:03 - Edgar Wright, The Running Man & the Dream Track That Shouldn't Have Existed 16:18 - How Dream Tracks Became the Concept for His Entire Live Show 18:38 - Building a Track Live on Stage by Sampling the Crowd 21:14 - How He Opens & Closes Every Show & the Eric Prydz Outro 23:08 - What It Means to Be Aligned as an Artist 24:20 - Star Academy France: Why He Did It & What He Had to Lose 26:12 - Winning a Million Euros, a Universal Deal & Walking Away From All of It 30:36 - Quitting Universal, Signing to Sony RCA & Trusting His Team 32:28 - Paying Off His Mother's 145,000 Euro Debt 34:21 - Swiss-French Identity and Dutch Directness 38:07 - Working 24 Hours a Day & Watching Other People Drink Beers 40:15 - 150 Shows a Year, No Alcohol on the Road & One Cigarette a Day 42:04 - Hotel Rooms, Netflix, a Dog & Waiting for the One 44:00 - Why Being Aligned Is the Only Thing That Matters 46:10 - Why He Started Bringing Live Instruments on Stage 48:00 - Playing Underground Techno at Fuse Belgium: A Childhood Dream 49:07 - Checking Off Bucket List Milestones & Amsterdam Dance Event 50:52 - Four Seasons as a Judge on The Voice Belgium & Why He Stopped 51:13 - What Opened the Door to Big Name Dream Tracks 52:03 - The Dream Track He Still Wants: Jimmy Fallon & a Dutch Artist 53:35 - The Full Dream Tracks Process: From Pre-Interview to Final Edit 57:04 - The Two Hour Remix That's Now Everywhere on French Radio Connect with Mosimann: https://www.instagram.com/mosimann/ https://quentinmosimann.com/ Connect with me: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zacharynewmark

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