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Triple M on the End of His Military Service and Pursuing Music

6/25/2019

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Tell us more about the making of your latest Spinnin' Talent Pool release, "Power Up" with Aarre! What went on behind the scenes and give us a bit of a timeline from conception to release. 
I have used lots of video game influences in my tracks. You can hear that on tracks like "Power Up", "Pixels," and "GO!"  So I came up with the idea of "Power Up" nearly two years ago, basically same time I came up with the idea of "Pixels". At first the track was a solo, then collaboration with another artist, then abandoned for one year. I still liked the idea after one year so I sent my parts of the track to Aarre and he finished it, with his own original twist. Aarre had released on Spinnin' Talent Pool too, so it wasn't hard to get A&R's attention on the track.
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A post shared by Triple M ∣ Mikko Mäkinen (@itstriplem) on Jun 22, 2019 at 10:51am PDT

You recently made a post about your one year stint at the military. What were you doing during your service and how did you manage to maintain your musical project on the side with so many quality releases? 
I joined the military in the summer of 2018. My job was to drive a tank which meant that I had to be there for a year. It sure was a busy service, especially this year because we had lots of field exercises. Before I joined the military, I was pretty scared about how my musical project could end up. Gladly, most weekends we got to go home which meant time for producing and sleeping. Last autumn, I started a lot of tracks that I sent to other artists to collaborate on. I got talented producers to finish the productions with me and this year, we released them on labels like Spinnin' Records and Strange Fruits.
It's been almost four months since the last release from your label, Third Dimension. Could you give us an update on its status? 
Yes, true. It has been really hard maintaining my own musical project and a record label during my service.  But don't worry, it's not dead. 

As a producer, how do you go about navigating trends and deciding where to go with your sound next? How do you strike a balance between being original while being accessible enough to be placed on playlists? 
I've stayed in fresh house all my career. Sounds and ideas might change, but there's still old Triple M somewhere in the track. I really haven't followed trends for a while, but I produced tracks I've wanted to hear. A good track is a good track. You can still hear some 2012 inspired progressive house blowing up on big labels, as well as some festival trap and big room so trends aren't everything.

What is something you still struggle with when creating new tracks and how do you work to mitigate its effect on your workflow?  
I always start my tracks by writing the melodies, chords and so forth. Sometimes I just don't have any inspiration for a good melody. I've found this sick YouTube music channel called "Fantasy & World Music by the Fiechters" where I've gotten some inspiration for my melodies. They make fantasy music using themes like horror, jungle, space, and medieval motifs for their compositions.
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A post shared by Triple M ∣ Mikko Mäkinen (@itstriplem) on Dec 2, 2017 at 10:28am PST

We saw that you've just created an adorable little mascot for the Triple M project! Tell us more about Trippy and his role in your branding strategy moving forward! 
I have always had something like this in my mind. Then when I finally got a new logo this year, everything just sort of fell into place. Trippy's shape comes from my symbol logo, which comes from three M-letters put together.  You will get to know him much better in the future, just keep an eye on my Instagram page!

Looking ahead, what are some of your goals for the rest of the year and beyond?
My goals for the rest of the year is to move from Spinnin' Talent Pool to other Spinnin' sublabels, Big collaborations are coming up but can't say much about that just yet!

Thanks so much to Triple M for taking the time to answer our questions! Be sure to check him out on social media using the links below!

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