Aries SZN

Released April 19, 2019 — an EDM-only project born from frustration. I was really good at producing, people told me that constantly, but my vocal delivery wasn't there yet. I didn't have the resonance, didn't know how to engineer vocals properly, didn't know how to find my voice.

So I said fuck it. I'll just be a producer.

I made this beautiful melodic EDM album inspired by Avicii, Martin Garrix, Kygo, Marshmello — all the greats. Used vocal samples instead of my own voice and focused purely on production.

This was the first project that ever moved the needle for me. First radio plays. First time friends and family actually passed my music forward. First real streams. I remember thinking "holy shit, this is actually working."

Made entirely on a laptop with Apple earbuds. Now it streams in 100+ countries. Proof that gear doesn't matter — the music does.

The takeaway? Sometimes you have to step back from what you think you should be doing and lean into what you're actually good at. This project taught me that production was my superpower. The vocals came later.