Ashwin Seegobin aka Smash From DJing as a Pastime to Making Music His Full-Time Career. DJ Ashwin Seegobin aka “Smash” shares how his musical hobby became a full-time career Sometimes what we enjoy as a hobby can transform into our main source of revenue and fulfillment; we then, suddenly, realize that we are ready to turn our pastime into a career.
Ashwin Seegobin aka “Smash” had this revelation when he realized he wanted to create music as his full-time career, and he was ready to do whatever was needed to achieve his goal.
Seegobin shares that he has always had a deep love of music. He has been DJ-ing since he was a teenager, but he discovered that music production was the career that he wanted almost by happenstance. After graduating with his degree in animation, he began working in a shared studio space in Brixton, London.
He had the epiphany that his true career lay within the world of music production. Seegobin’s life is now filled with the art of music. As well as working full-time as a music producer and audio engineer, he also conducts lectures and mentors students in music production and audio engineering. Seegobin shares that, for him, transitioning from the animated arts to the musical arts was a smooth journey.
Ashwin Seegobin indulged his love of music and its creation by experimenting and creating with it as a teenager. Though he shares that it was a formative part of his adolescence, he put it aside to gain a degree in animation. Seegobin has now found a way to combine his personal and professional joy by turning one of his greatest passions into his career.
