In celebration of its 15th anniversaryRed Bull Music Academy recently released their new documentary, "What Difference Does It Make?" a documentary about making music. The film explores what it means to be a musician, interviewing artists like Nile Rodgers, Richie Hawtin, James Murphy, Skream and Giorgio Moroder, while loosely following a new batch of students as they enter into the Red Bull Music Academy in New York, eager to become musicians themselves.
The film also chats with Seth Troxler, who muses about life growing up as a DJ, the loneliness of the road, and what it's like to share himself with strangers on stage night after night. Though not all of the footage made it into the documentary, what was left on the cutting room floor was given to Rolling Stone, who released the insightful footage yesterday. The now 27-year-old Troxler, who played his first international gig at Panorama Bar at age 18, reflects on the fact that he's not getting any younger, saying "Now that I’m older, I’m not the young kid anymore," cautioning viewers to “Value your youth. Enjoy your youth, because you’re not young forever.”
But perhaps the most revealing aspect of the footages comes when Troxler is asked what it's like to play in front of people, saying, "In some ways, I’m somewhat of a reserved person." "I hold my own emotions in quite tight, even my sexuality. It’s a way to express these feelings. And to release that...is one of the greatest experiences I think people can ever have.
"When you’re up there on stage, in front of thousands of people at times…it’s private in a way.” ‘It’s like having a lover, that you’ll always kind of cling to, no matter what." Watch the full clip below.