In this week’s 10 Questions we get to know Cas du Pree, an indie pop artist from the Netherlands.
Their song ‘Prism‘ is currently featured on the NAS Spotify playlists
You can follow Cas du Pree on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube
1. Tell us a little about where you are from.
I am Cas du Pree from the Netherlands and I am an independent pop artist. I work 4 days a week to be able to create music. Currently I am changing up my style towards a more dance-pop/hyperpop because that’s what I love!
On wednesdays I have my own radioshow called Banging Sarcasm on XRPRadio where I display independent pop music that is completely polished. I started doing this almost 3 years ago and I absolutely love it. We have so much quality in the independent music scene! Ridiculous.
2. What inspired Cas du Pree to start playing and making music?
I grew up with the golden trio dominating the charts, and the way they were able to work their vocals always inspired me to be a singer. Whitney, Celine and Mariah have never stopped being my influence although my current music is more influenced by Dua Lipa and Sam Smith.
When I was about 8, I went to compete on a singing contest for children and I loved doing that. I didn’t start professionally until 2020 though.
Whitney, Celine and Mariah have never stopped being my influence although my current music is more influenced by Dua Lipa and Sam Smith.
3. Who are Cas du Pree’s biggest musical influences?
My influences cover such a wide span! My former and current music have completely different influences as well since my style shifted so much. It took me a while to figure out what I wanted to create and how to maintain my signature sound. That is quite the challenge.
My influences include: Elton John, George Michael, JP Cooper, Ella Eyre, Dua Lipa, Celine Dion, The Jonas Brothers, Ed Sheeran and many more. As you can see these are quite diverse!
4. What are your goals in the music industry or as an artist?
My goal always used to be to be able to make people feel and recognise my lyrics. I wanted them to be touched by my music. But in 6 years this has shifted a bit. It’s nice when this still happens but in the end I just want to have fun, and hopefully break even financially. I can see why many artists stop creating music because it is expensive, and if you don’t make any money and have to keep investing… Funds might dry up one day.
5. Tell us about your creative process.
My process really depends on a lot of things. For example whoever I work with. Some producers send me music to which I write to. Sometimes I send them written lyrics and a reference track to which they produce music to. And in some cases I even start with a melody or some chords that are stuck in my head.
It’s important to me that I feel something. Whenever I have something in my mind, it has to trigger a feeling, memory or concept. I really am a concept thinker. For example when we wrote ‘Prism’, I immediately had the concept and look for the videoclip in my mind. So that’s what we worked towards.
Whenever I have something in my mind, it has to trigger a feeling, memory or concept.
6. What is your all-time favorite song by another artist and why?
This is such a hard question while we have so many great songs around! It depends on my mood, but if I can only choose 1: It’s All Coming Back to Me Now, by Celine Dion. The production and powerhouse vocals and range just do something to me!
7. What is the best advice you have either given or received in terms of music?
“You keep reinventing yourself, but still have your trademark in place. I can recognise you straight away no matter which track I’m listening too.” This is not really advice on a first glance, but if you look deeper it actually is! – Find your brand and keep expanding it. But stay true to yourself.
8. What is your proudest accomplishment?
In 2023 I won the Orpheus OGIMA award for song of the year. That was really something! And I’ll never ever forget that. A close second was headlining my own concert in a theater, before the album released. That album release concert was amazing, and I was surrounded by such great musicians. A night to remember for sure.
That album release concert was amazing, and I was surrounded by such great musicians.
9. What’s been your most embarrassing moment so far?
Let’s say it involves autocorrect and I’ve been calling (texting) industry people names that look a lot like “Whole” 😉 I have a song coming out about this later next year as well. Really hilarious!
10. Tell us about your lowest and highest points in music so far.
I think my lowest was when I finished my first album ‘Getting To Know Me’. I worked long days besides my day job to get it done. I didnt have a team back then and had to do 90% myself. Some days I sat behind my laptop from 8.00 in the morning until midnight, 6/7 days per week. When the album was 100% finished I felt completely drained. I didn’t feel any joy during the process.
I feel it was needed though. Because a high point followed after. Since I had to dive into every part of the process from start to finish, I knew how every part worked and where to register everything to make sure everything was setup right. It got easier with newer releases and now I’m even helping other artists out to maximise their processes.
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