Eric D-Lux. Just the name elicits expectations that are pretty grandiose. Nothing short of spectacular is to be expected. Well, fortunately, this Los Angeles native has yet to let such expectations down. The SKAM Artist will be delivering for the good party people of the Motor City on the biggest bar night of the year – in one of the city's most lavish clubs – so really, it's only fitting. We were fortunate enough to have D-Lux take some time out to explain what's what in his world.

Explain the difference in dynamic of when you DJ live and when you DJ for the radio. Do you have a preference?

The difference in DJing live is the energy you feel from the crowd, there's a rush and also a challenge of keeping the crowd dancing and happy and on the radio there's no vibe at ALL and feels like you're DJing for nobody but really there's millions of people listening! Radio is also fun because you can break new music and in clubs the dancefloor will clear if they don't know the song. I like both, they're both so different.

What does your creative process look like?

My creative process is usually on the spot! When producing stuff I usually don't have the idea til I go through sounds then something I hear can spark something. When playing live, I seem to get more creative when I'm drinking alcohol! Hahaha, that or just willing to take more risks.

Where and how did you come up with the name Eric D-Lux?

Well, my real name is Eric and last name starts with a D... so yeah, very creative!

Haha You're a pretty active Twitter user. Does it help you keep connected with your fans or is it more of a way to blow off steam and share your thoughts?

Yeah, twitter is a great way to reply to fans and promote projects I have going on. I try to stay away from tweeting too much personal stuff because Twitter can also ruin you! Social media to me is important but I try not to live by it. But I think it's great that now you can tweet a celeb and they have a great chance of reading it. When I was a kid celebrities seemed unreal and unreachable.

Do you prefer playing to smaller, intimate crowds or large, festival atmospheres?

I haven't done many large festivals but I did a pretty big college event with 10,000 kids and I loved it! The energy was so crazy and that was the most fun time I've had DJing in a while! I still love smaller venues but that was a crazy RUSH!

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