July 15, 2024 • 17 mins
Celebrating their song "Lift You Up" going #1 on the dance chart, the guys of LF System joined us for the first time on America's Dance 30! Sean and Connor shared how the song was born, how long ago they started working on it, and how many Vs there were of the song before its release. They also talk about how it feels to get a #1 so early in their careers!
We also got to know LF System better w #FinkysFirsts!!
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We also got to know LF System better w #FinkysFirsts!!
Find out about:
- if music was the first thing they wanted to get into growing up
- if 'LF System' was their first choice for an artist project name
- their first performance
- who the first person is they reach out to if they can't agree on the direction of a song
- the first time they heard one of their songs on the radio
- the first dance song that made them fall in love w EDM
- the first thing that lifts them up
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(00:00):
I apologize in advance, but thisis the first time we're meeting, and
meeting through video chat, which isa horrible first time meeting. But I
think I watched enough YouTube videos toget this right. If I screw it
up, I apologize. But SeanBeard Connor, no Beard right. Nothing
(00:25):
like starting this chat on an awkwardnote lf system. Welcome to America's Dance
thirty for the first time. Hello, Hello, Hello, Thank you for
having us shows. The toll oneon this small one that's gonna be a
little harder to tell through video dancecounting down the biggest dance songs in the
(00:57):
country. This is America's Dance thirty, But welcome to America's Dance thirty for
the first time. Congratulations on LiftYou Up? Going number one? Yeah,
oh, come on, I can'tbelieve it. Can't believe it.
You know, some artists go theirentire career without a number one, or
(01:19):
produce songs for like ten years beforegetting a number one. How does it
feel to get a number one onthe US dance charts so early in your
careers? Very silly because I mean, like not being from America and just
started touring there recently as well,and then it's just evying's going really good
for us as it's so Sally Humbowas so so grateful for that's happened.
(01:44):
It's just another another step, andthat's mad johndem of you know, as
a duo, I couldn't have,honestly thinking it last for a bit of
the first couple of years in thegame. So it's total worlwind and it's
just another thing that's got as buzzingand I so appreciate it and absolutely love
it. Your kid do America.Well, it's all downhill from here for
(02:06):
you guys. Now, I can'twait to talk about how this song was
born, especially since something that Isaw you guys post when it was released.
But first let's get to know LFsystem a little better with Finky's first.
(02:30):
Now, I don't know if thisis true because hashtag Wikipedia, but
I love finding out the origin storyof artists. Is it true that one
of you guys was a roofer andone of you guys worked at a gas
station. That's true. I wasin the gas station. I was in
the rest in Scotland. That isso crazy. Now I read that when
(02:52):
you were growing up as young teenagers, you were already producing music. Is
that the case? I thought djiand first, and Sean started the producing
first, and then I don't donethe typical way were you start DJ and
then you you wanted to learn howto make music, and then so I
started just tutorials on YouTube and thenI used to go Sean says, used
(03:14):
to show me a couple of bitsbecause he'd done it before me. So
and then that's how it stemmed forme the same I was like thirteen or
fourteen, probably using them, usingCecial Studio, and I just progressed from
there. Ten ten years later Istarted to get a bit more confident and
then that's been almost fourteen fifteen yearsnow making music. You guys are watching
YouTube videos to learn how to produce. I'm watching YouTube videos to make sure
(03:38):
I know which one is correct.Now. When you were growing up,
was music the first thing you wantedto get into or was there something else
you wanted to be when you grewup, I wanted to be a football
player of soccer. Yeah, thatwas that was that was my dream and
then that didn't work out. ButI was always I was. I was
(03:58):
doing music at the same time,so it was it's almost like it was
like a fifty to fifty thing goingon music music one and the end also
football or soccer and then but Iquickly realized I wasn't going to make it.
I wasn't gain enough, so Ihad to switch out quick or I
was going to be stuck on therisk forever. But I walked out,
So yeah, it definitely worked out. Now, the LF in LF system
(04:21):
comes from both of your last names. But when you were trying to decide
on an artist project name, wasLF system the first name you guys were
going to go with or were thereother names you were considering? I think
it was probably five or six beforehandit was a It was Connel Lockman Sewan
Finnegan, which is stay catching,really catchy, that really corat. We
(04:43):
scrapped that quite quickly and it becameLockman and Finnigan. Then it became L
plus F, it became l Fand it became LF System, So I
think it was five or six wanted. So it was like when we were
deciding last minute and we weren't quitehappy as l F, Shoan was like
we should put like a cool oneand then and I was like, what
cool one? System is quite cool. Let's just go with system. Let's
(05:06):
just go with it. That's awesome. Now, you guys have been playing
all over the world. You playedtomorrow Land, you play the eed C,
you just wrapped your North American tour, and you're doing shows in Ibifa
now. But do you remember thefirst show you guys? Ever? Did?
I think the first gig is theLF system is just an Edinburgh and
(05:28):
campball. We were supporting Salad though, and was putting them and that was
a I think that was a firsttop of gig together. Now, was
it tough going from playing separately toplaying as a duo. It wasn't first.
I wouldn't it difficult because we've beenplaying back to back for a while
even as like solot so we're kindof each other thinging. But our music
taste kind of like changed from beforel System. We've always done the sample
(05:54):
stuff and the disc stuff, butwe used to play a little bit more
underground and stuff like that. Butthere was a time that there was a
time that when we're first doing backto Backs's system, we were turning up
with two different separate USBs and differenttunes, not not discussing what we're going
to play so the sets are likeclangy. We went and we went,
(06:14):
and then we came together and wehad a hand of someone from Scotland and
we learned to start over again andjust like put sets together and really make
it makes sense and stuff like that. So you're like, we've got to
talk about this beforehand. HAPK.Like a few gigs are like I think
we sort of disappearing from the dancefloor. Oops. It's funny. People
(06:41):
who probably went to the early LFSystem shows and then later ones were like,
wow, these guys have grown up, we like to think. So
I don't know now, as aproduction duo, who is the first person
(07:04):
you go to when you can't decideon the direction of a song each other
man? Because we do. Becausethat's the thing. We start a lot
of an idea separately, Connell startingidea and he will send it to me
saying maybe I'm not I'm stuck andI'm not sure what to do, and
then I'll take over. I'll dothe same and it makes life esia because
(07:25):
it's a new perspective for this years. So I think it really helps us
be in our duo in that sensebecause we're quite I'm not sure if the'
them decisive, but we've got wedo get stuck in it, leaning each
other to help each other, whichis good. Questions very much like is
as good or rubbish? Should wekeep going on? Not? I've learned
to be brutally honest with each otheras well, because I think I think
(07:46):
when we first started, probably thisis good, but now it's like now
we can just say no, wedon't think that's right. Yeah. I
think it's good that you guys haveknown each other for so long so you
can be honest with each other.That's great. As we mentioned, you
guys have had amazing success so earlyin your career. Do you remember the
(08:07):
first time you heard one of yoursongs on the radio. It was one
never even actually ever came out,but it was a song. It's called
I Can't re Mind That your nameand was feel It And it was Annie
Mac on BBC Radio one, andwe got told, like remember, like
half an hour before the show airedthat she was going to put one of
our songs. And I was inthe car and I remember hit in the
(08:28):
car, the go goose bumps andeverything that was wild. That was so
cool. That's got to be suchan amazing feeling. Some of them gets
old when I hear them, thoughdoesn't go old, and it doesn't get
old me hearing my stuff on theradio still, and I've been doing it
for three decades now, so makessense. Now, do you guys remember
the first dance song that made youfall in love with edm? Oh?
(08:50):
It's probably it's probably eat it either, and that kind of that kind of
thing, because I said, weboth got into it was they that kind
of big zoom house and stuff.And tomorrow Land was back in about twenty
thirteen maybe or something like that.But then I think I sound taste changed
with a daft punk daft punk recordI heard. I think it was Around
(09:11):
the World. Was when I startedgoing down this different route and I was
like that really hooked me in andstuff like that. I think my first
dam one was Aviati's El Days.It was Seat Romance. I think I
first said that I've seen a musicvideo of that, and then that's when
I went from my from my youngage of listening edm and stuff like that.
But again like Sean daft punk andall these differently and defected and all
(09:33):
these differently underground music things and startedfinding the podcast and stuff and mix season
soundcluding just I just then started goinginto more underground sounding and they moved away
from MEDM. But still have itclose to my heart. I can't lie.
I still still does it for me. Now. Finally, in thinky's
for saying honor of lift you upgoing number one? What is the first
(09:54):
thing that lifts you guys up?Oh, in the morning of coffee.
I was going to say sleep,but I think that's the opposite absolutely,
because sleep is like the best thingin the world. Maybe sleep too much?
I can't actually get up? Isthat possible? Though? Can you
(10:16):
sleep too much? Things? Ican sleep too much? There's been another
bit about it. I'm I'm turnedinto the sleeper now, I don't.
I don't sleep on as much assell Shan though he loves if he goes
to sleep and devastates alarm some areyou a psychopath? Like that? Wow?
(10:39):
You know what? I know?What's crazy about that is there will
be times where I don't set myalarm, like on the weekend or something,
and I still wake up early.I'm like, are you kidding me?
This is just annoying. Well,let's talk about this smash and I
saw you guys post something when itwas released that you guys left your voices
(11:00):
in the song. Where I've beenlistening closely, I think I think it's
pretty buried, and I think Ithink it was a public decision to low
the volume a little bit because notnot exactly in key, but it was
like it's during the break, duringthe break because I kind of it's almost
like a gospel kind of a cloudsing within there somewhere. I don't know
how how audible it is, butwithin there, Sean was doing the really
(11:24):
lowlan shans that we're doing. Iwas in the middle because it's just the
way we speak. He's got alow voice in me, I'm about the
middle. And then we had therest of people just doing different octaves and
stuff like that. So it wasthat was cool, that's awesome. Well,
let's talk about how this song wasborn. I can't believe that it's
another song that's got Clementine Douglass behindit. That is incredible. How was
(11:46):
Lift You Up born? We camefrom we're still our bedroom producers, so
we had never really done sessions before, and then what a group we've got
on the first So it was Ithink it was the first time doing a
proper session, four us in thereand then seeing the process of like different
ways of making music, obviously writingclem, writing lyrics and just singing it
and all coming together, and Iwas really special, actually it was.
(12:09):
It was really nerve wracking. ThoughI still I'm still not using them,
to be honest. It's a bitlike I was meeting the people and you
know your bedroom you used to usedto be all tucked away and comfortable,
but it's like that thing where whenyou step out of the your comfort zone
and like different types of stuff comeout. So I really am really glad
we did it and it was specialif it was good. Now was the
(12:31):
song written during the session or didClementine Douglas and you guys have it before
the session? So it was acompletely fresh idea. We just went in
with no no real plan. Itwas just because we concer It was the
first time we've done it. Wewalked walked down and just saw let's try
and make something. That's why itsounds a little bit different, I think
because there was no there was nopre pre idea or anything, and then
(12:52):
it was but it was born inthe full track was almost born that that
that that first day, that oneand that one day. I think Clem
we recorded vocals because he worked likea second verse. I think a second
verse came. There's a few bitsolytics later on, but there was not
that full idea was born in thefirst day. Now, how long ago
(13:18):
did you guys start working on it? When were the sessions? I've always
all track of time these days?Is that's other time zones? I'm lost
and it seems to be all summerall the time whenever I am. I
think it was. Was it Februarythis year? Oh so it wasn't that
long ago. Yeah, I thinkit was. It was out of the
Zember last year or February this year. Because we've done I can't. I
(13:41):
can't. I'm the same as Connelose track of time because we took a
bit of time off to make somemusic. I think I think it was
in that period, like towards towardsthe end of last June and start this
year. Gotcha. Well, I'mnot sure if we're going to remember this,
but something I love to find outabout songs is how many different v's
there are from when you start workingon it. All the tweaking that goes
on when you finally mastered and putit out. Do you remember what the
(14:03):
final V was of Lift You Up? I feel it was about fourteen,
I think so, as far asfar as I remember, I think the
way the naming system wasn't even numbers, it was just it was letters on
the keyboard, So I think itwas going it was going q W E
R T Y. It was goingup that way, So I think it
ended up on I think it wasfourteen. Now when it when it comes
(14:24):
to songs that you guys produce,is there a lot of tweaking that goes
on. We do do a lotof tweaks, obviously internally and obviously you
know how labels and stuff like that, so you have to you have to
walk on both both sides and caterto both sides. But I'd say,
I'm a I'm a bit more free. I'm a bit more free when I'm
I'm like, I've done my batsounds good to me. But Sean's more
(14:46):
there. He's more of the takehead, so he hears things I don't.
So I'm like, oh, isall that basically quick? Right?
And I'm like, sounds give me? I think it was. It was
called would just be two or something. Yeah, I'm the one who keeps
what to push it and push it. I could be detrimental sometimes. Actually,
as a fellow perfectionist, I totallyget that it is so annoying sometimes
(15:09):
sometimes it goes up versions and thenwhen I'm going on the way back and
be like, no that versions probably, But well, congratulations on the final
version of Lift You Up going numberone. That is so awesome. What
is next for LF system? Imean, we've got so many, so
many songs that's just setting setting there, ready to go. So hopefully a
(15:31):
few more releases out this year andhopefull maybe in our couple of remixes plenty
two of them. This is thesame as always, just just try to
keep pushing on and advancing what we'redoing and just enjoying it exactly. Try
to do it for as long aspossible because like we obviously we feel so
lucky we're doing this, So aslong as we can keep doing this and
keep steady and pushing on, butwe're happy. Well, I'm sure you
(15:52):
guys are going to be doing itfor a long time now. Something that
you just mentioned about having a lotof music sitting around I remember chatting with
Nina nez Bit and her mentioning thatshe had a song on her hard drive
for like five years before it evercame out. Do you guys have stuff
that's sitting on your hard drive forthat long? We have too much,
honest But just as that long processalwoso. We do a lot of samplings,
(16:12):
so you know how as a fellowmusic man, I was like,
it's not as easy as just makingthe song on these days and then sticking
it out. I mean, Iwish it was, but it's obvious a
long put. Once the fun bitis done, then the slow bit comes
and all the all the waiting aboutand discussions that you don't see going on
behind closed doors. So but yeah, it's just as long as we can
(16:33):
keep plugging away and make sure there'smusic. Lots of music sitting there ready
to go. And we have donea bit, it's just just the the
universe up to decide if it comesout or not. I can't wait to
hear what's next for you, guys, LF System. It is so awesome
finally meeting you. Congratulations on everything. Thank you so much for your time
with us on America Stands thirty.Thank you so much for having us as
(16:56):
brilliant, Thank you so much.Counting down the biggest dance songs in the
country, America is dance thirty
I apologize in advance, but thisis the first time we're meeting, and
meeting through video chat, which isa horrible first time meeting. But I
think I watched enough YouTube videos toget this right. If I screw it
up, I apologize. But SeanBeard Connor, no Beard right. Nothing
(00:25):
like starting this chat on an awkwardnote lf system. Welcome to America's Dance
thirty for the first time. Hello, Hello, Hello, Thank you for
having us shows. The toll oneon this small one that's gonna be a
little harder to tell through video dancecounting down the biggest dance songs in the
(00:57):
country. This is America's Dance thirty, But welcome to America's Dance thirty for
the first time. Congratulations on LiftYou Up? Going number one? Yeah,
oh, come on, I can'tbelieve it. Can't believe it.
You know, some artists go theirentire career without a number one, or
(01:19):
produce songs for like ten years beforegetting a number one. How does it
feel to get a number one onthe US dance charts so early in your
careers? Very silly because I mean, like not being from America and just
started touring there recently as well,and then it's just evying's going really good
for us as it's so Sally Humbowas so so grateful for that's happened.
(01:44):
It's just another another step, andthat's mad johndem of you know, as
a duo, I couldn't have,honestly thinking it last for a bit of
the first couple of years in thegame. So it's total worlwind and it's
just another thing that's got as buzzingand I so appreciate it and absolutely love
it. Your kid do America.Well, it's all downhill from here for
(02:06):
you guys. Now, I can'twait to talk about how this song was
born, especially since something that Isaw you guys post when it was released.
But first let's get to know LFsystem a little better with Finky's first.
(02:30):
Now, I don't know if thisis true because hashtag Wikipedia, but
I love finding out the origin storyof artists. Is it true that one
of you guys was a roofer andone of you guys worked at a gas
station. That's true. I wasin the gas station. I was in
the rest in Scotland. That isso crazy. Now I read that when
(02:52):
you were growing up as young teenagers, you were already producing music. Is
that the case? I thought djiand first, and Sean started the producing
first, and then I don't donethe typical way were you start DJ and
then you you wanted to learn howto make music, and then so I
started just tutorials on YouTube and thenI used to go Sean says, used
(03:14):
to show me a couple of bitsbecause he'd done it before me. So
and then that's how it stemmed forme the same I was like thirteen or
fourteen, probably using them, usingCecial Studio, and I just progressed from
there. Ten ten years later Istarted to get a bit more confident and
then that's been almost fourteen fifteen yearsnow making music. You guys are watching
YouTube videos to learn how to produce. I'm watching YouTube videos to make sure
(03:38):
I know which one is correct.Now. When you were growing up,
was music the first thing you wantedto get into or was there something else
you wanted to be when you grewup, I wanted to be a football
player of soccer. Yeah, thatwas that was that was my dream and
then that didn't work out. ButI was always I was. I was
(03:58):
doing music at the same time,so it was it's almost like it was
like a fifty to fifty thing goingon music music one and the end also
football or soccer and then but Iquickly realized I wasn't going to make it.
I wasn't gain enough, so Ihad to switch out quick or I
was going to be stuck on therisk forever. But I walked out,
So yeah, it definitely worked out. Now, the LF in LF system
(04:21):
comes from both of your last names. But when you were trying to decide
on an artist project name, wasLF system the first name you guys were
going to go with or were thereother names you were considering? I think
it was probably five or six beforehandit was a It was Connel Lockman Sewan
Finnegan, which is stay catching,really catchy, that really corat. We
(04:43):
scrapped that quite quickly and it becameLockman and Finnigan. Then it became L
plus F, it became l Fand it became LF System, So I
think it was five or six wanted. So it was like when we were
deciding last minute and we weren't quitehappy as l F, Shoan was like
we should put like a cool oneand then and I was like, what
cool one? System is quite cool. Let's just go with system. Let's
(05:06):
just go with it. That's awesome. Now, you guys have been playing
all over the world. You playedtomorrow Land, you play the eed C,
you just wrapped your North American tour, and you're doing shows in Ibifa
now. But do you remember thefirst show you guys? Ever? Did?
I think the first gig is theLF system is just an Edinburgh and
(05:28):
campball. We were supporting Salad though, and was putting them and that was
a I think that was a firsttop of gig together. Now, was
it tough going from playing separately toplaying as a duo. It wasn't first.
I wouldn't it difficult because we've beenplaying back to back for a while
even as like solot so we're kindof each other thinging. But our music
taste kind of like changed from beforel System. We've always done the sample
(05:54):
stuff and the disc stuff, butwe used to play a little bit more
underground and stuff like that. Butthere was a time that there was a
time that when we're first doing backto Backs's system, we were turning up
with two different separate USBs and differenttunes, not not discussing what we're going
to play so the sets are likeclangy. We went and we went,
(06:14):
and then we came together and wehad a hand of someone from Scotland and
we learned to start over again andjust like put sets together and really make
it makes sense and stuff like that. So you're like, we've got to
talk about this beforehand. HAPK.Like a few gigs are like I think
we sort of disappearing from the dancefloor. Oops. It's funny. People
(06:41):
who probably went to the early LFSystem shows and then later ones were like,
wow, these guys have grown up, we like to think. So
I don't know now, as aproduction duo, who is the first person
(07:04):
you go to when you can't decideon the direction of a song each other
man? Because we do. Becausethat's the thing. We start a lot
of an idea separately, Connell startingidea and he will send it to me
saying maybe I'm not I'm stuck andI'm not sure what to do, and
then I'll take over. I'll dothe same and it makes life esia because
(07:25):
it's a new perspective for this years. So I think it really helps us
be in our duo in that sensebecause we're quite I'm not sure if the'
them decisive, but we've got wedo get stuck in it, leaning each
other to help each other, whichis good. Questions very much like is
as good or rubbish? Should wekeep going on? Not? I've learned
to be brutally honest with each otheras well, because I think I think
(07:46):
when we first started, probably thisis good, but now it's like now
we can just say no, wedon't think that's right. Yeah. I
think it's good that you guys haveknown each other for so long so you
can be honest with each other.That's great. As we mentioned, you
guys have had amazing success so earlyin your career. Do you remember the
(08:07):
first time you heard one of yoursongs on the radio. It was one
never even actually ever came out,but it was a song. It's called
I Can't re Mind That your nameand was feel It And it was Annie
Mac on BBC Radio one, andwe got told, like remember, like
half an hour before the show airedthat she was going to put one of
our songs. And I was inthe car and I remember hit in the
(08:28):
car, the go goose bumps andeverything that was wild. That was so
cool. That's got to be suchan amazing feeling. Some of them gets
old when I hear them, thoughdoesn't go old, and it doesn't get
old me hearing my stuff on theradio still, and I've been doing it
for three decades now, so makessense. Now, do you guys remember
the first dance song that made youfall in love with edm? Oh?
(08:50):
It's probably it's probably eat it either, and that kind of that kind of
thing, because I said, weboth got into it was they that kind
of big zoom house and stuff.And tomorrow Land was back in about twenty
thirteen maybe or something like that.But then I think I sound taste changed
with a daft punk daft punk recordI heard. I think it was Around
(09:11):
the World. Was when I startedgoing down this different route and I was
like that really hooked me in andstuff like that. I think my first
dam one was Aviati's El Days.It was Seat Romance. I think I
first said that I've seen a musicvideo of that, and then that's when
I went from my from my youngage of listening edm and stuff like that.
But again like Sean daft punk andall these differently and defected and all
(09:33):
these differently underground music things and startedfinding the podcast and stuff and mix season
soundcluding just I just then started goinginto more underground sounding and they moved away
from MEDM. But still have itclose to my heart. I can't lie.
I still still does it for me. Now. Finally, in thinky's
for saying honor of lift you upgoing number one? What is the first
(09:54):
thing that lifts you guys up?Oh, in the morning of coffee.
I was going to say sleep,but I think that's the opposite absolutely,
because sleep is like the best thingin the world. Maybe sleep too much?
I can't actually get up? Isthat possible? Though? Can you
(10:16):
sleep too much? Things? Ican sleep too much? There's been another
bit about it. I'm I'm turnedinto the sleeper now, I don't.
I don't sleep on as much assell Shan though he loves if he goes
to sleep and devastates alarm some areyou a psychopath? Like that? Wow?
(10:39):
You know what? I know?What's crazy about that is there will
be times where I don't set myalarm, like on the weekend or something,
and I still wake up early.I'm like, are you kidding me?
This is just annoying. Well,let's talk about this smash and I
saw you guys post something when itwas released that you guys left your voices
(11:00):
in the song. Where I've beenlistening closely, I think I think it's
pretty buried, and I think Ithink it was a public decision to low
the volume a little bit because notnot exactly in key, but it was
like it's during the break, duringthe break because I kind of it's almost
like a gospel kind of a cloudsing within there somewhere. I don't know
how how audible it is, butwithin there, Sean was doing the really
(11:24):
lowlan shans that we're doing. Iwas in the middle because it's just the
way we speak. He's got alow voice in me, I'm about the
middle. And then we had therest of people just doing different octaves and
stuff like that. So it wasthat was cool, that's awesome. Well,
let's talk about how this song wasborn. I can't believe that it's
another song that's got Clementine Douglass behindit. That is incredible. How was
(11:46):
Lift You Up born? We camefrom we're still our bedroom producers, so
we had never really done sessions before, and then what a group we've got
on the first So it was Ithink it was the first time doing a
proper session, four us in thereand then seeing the process of like different
ways of making music, obviously writingclem, writing lyrics and just singing it
and all coming together, and Iwas really special, actually it was.
(12:09):
It was really nerve wracking. ThoughI still I'm still not using them,
to be honest. It's a bitlike I was meeting the people and you
know your bedroom you used to usedto be all tucked away and comfortable,
but it's like that thing where whenyou step out of the your comfort zone
and like different types of stuff comeout. So I really am really glad
we did it and it was specialif it was good. Now was the
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song written during the session or didClementine Douglas and you guys have it before
the session? So it was acompletely fresh idea. We just went in
with no no real plan. Itwas just because we concer It was the
first time we've done it. Wewalked walked down and just saw let's try
and make something. That's why itsounds a little bit different, I think
because there was no there was nopre pre idea or anything, and then
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it was but it was born inthe full track was almost born that that
that that first day, that oneand that one day. I think Clem
we recorded vocals because he worked likea second verse. I think a second
verse came. There's a few bitsolytics later on, but there was not
that full idea was born in thefirst day. Now, how long ago
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did you guys start working on it? When were the sessions? I've always
all track of time these days?Is that's other time zones? I'm lost
and it seems to be all summerall the time whenever I am. I
think it was. Was it Februarythis year? Oh so it wasn't that
long ago. Yeah, I thinkit was. It was out of the
Zember last year or February this year. Because we've done I can't. I
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can't. I'm the same as Connelose track of time because we took a
bit of time off to make somemusic. I think I think it was
in that period, like towards towardsthe end of last June and start this
year. Gotcha. Well, I'mnot sure if we're going to remember this,
but something I love to find outabout songs is how many different v's
there are from when you start workingon it. All the tweaking that goes
on when you finally mastered and putit out. Do you remember what the
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final V was of Lift You Up? I feel it was about fourteen,
I think so, as far asfar as I remember, I think the
way the naming system wasn't even numbers, it was just it was letters on
the keyboard, So I think itwas going it was going q W E
R T Y. It was goingup that way, So I think it
ended up on I think it wasfourteen. Now when it when it comes
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to songs that you guys produce,is there a lot of tweaking that goes
on. We do do a lotof tweaks, obviously internally and obviously you
know how labels and stuff like that, so you have to you have to
walk on both both sides and caterto both sides. But I'd say,
I'm a I'm a bit more free. I'm a bit more free when I'm
I'm like, I've done my batsounds good to me. But Sean's more
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there. He's more of the takehead, so he hears things I don't.
So I'm like, oh, isall that basically quick? Right?
And I'm like, sounds give me? I think it was. It was
called would just be two or something. Yeah, I'm the one who keeps
what to push it and push it. I could be detrimental sometimes. Actually,
as a fellow perfectionist, I totallyget that it is so annoying sometimes
(15:09):
sometimes it goes up versions and thenwhen I'm going on the way back and
be like, no that versions probably, But well, congratulations on the final
version of Lift You Up going numberone. That is so awesome. What
is next for LF system? Imean, we've got so many, so
many songs that's just setting setting there, ready to go. So hopefully a
(15:31):
few more releases out this year andhopefull maybe in our couple of remixes plenty
two of them. This is thesame as always, just just try to
keep pushing on and advancing what we'redoing and just enjoying it exactly. Try
to do it for as long aspossible because like we obviously we feel so
lucky we're doing this, So aslong as we can keep doing this and
keep steady and pushing on, butwe're happy. Well, I'm sure you
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guys are going to be doing itfor a long time now. Something that
you just mentioned about having a lotof music sitting around I remember chatting with
Nina nez Bit and her mentioning thatshe had a song on her hard drive
for like five years before it evercame out. Do you guys have stuff
that's sitting on your hard drive forthat long? We have too much,
honest But just as that long processalwoso. We do a lot of samplings,
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so you know how as a fellowmusic man, I was like,
it's not as easy as just makingthe song on these days and then sticking
it out. I mean, Iwish it was, but it's obvious a
long put. Once the fun bitis done, then the slow bit comes
and all the all the waiting aboutand discussions that you don't see going on
behind closed doors. So but yeah, it's just as long as we can
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keep plugging away and make sure there'smusic. Lots of music sitting there ready
to go. And we have donea bit, it's just just the the
universe up to decide if it comesout or not. I can't wait to
hear what's next for you, guys, LF System. It is so awesome
finally meeting you. Congratulations on everything. Thank you so much for your time
with us on America Stands thirty.Thank you so much for having us as
(16:56):
brilliant, Thank you so much.Counting down the biggest dance songs in the
country, America is dance thirty
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