Sam FeldtHeartfeldt Foundation · Dutch DJ, multi-platinum-selling artist, entrepreneur, investor, speaker and philantropist.

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11 Aug 2026 · 1 min

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Sam Feldt shares advice for bedroom producers: make music you love, not copies of Martin Garrix. He says live shows energize him through crowd connection, and songwriting takes anywhere from a day to a year. His influences include John Mayer, Paul McCartney, and Jack Johnson.

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Make shit you like. Don't try to make Barney Garrick's shit because you're too late.
Are you an alien?
I am actually maybe from outer space. Like, I think I was born at some point. That's what it says on my passport, but who remembers, right?
Sam, how do you stay positive every show without burning out?
Shows just give me a lot of energy. Playing a show has never been work. I don't care if I haven't slept for a day. If, you know, my house is on fire, maybe I would care. Like, it's just me and the crowd. In my mind, there is nothing else.
How long does it take on average to make a song?
A song can be done in a day or in a year. You can have songs that are finished finished, but then the legal and paperwork, getting all the deals done takes a lot of time. You can really realistically do 2, 3 good songs a day if you're with a really good group of people.
What music do you listen to when you're not working?
You should see my age on Spotify. Mine is 74. I like real music that's, you know, singer-songwriter stuff. John Mayer, for example, was a favorite artist. A guy like Paul McCartney, who I saw last year. Jack Johnson.
Your number one advice to bedroom DJs who want to become producers?
All right, bedroom producers, this is my number one advice. Make shit you like. Don't try to make Martin Garrix's shit because you're too late. Instead, like, look at what do I like, how does that like all combine into one genre that you can own, and go make that.