![]() I want to get to a level as a musician where I can travel the world and perform in whatever arena I want to. “My drive comes from the idea of being free to do what I want, when I want to do it. ![]() With his new single “Falling” out now (and “a lot more music coming,” he says), his stint on Celebrity Big Brother beginning and his film Bachelor Lions out soon, the first few months of 2018 have sped into overdrive for Maslow. Today, he’s pushing himself harder than ever before. Dancers are just so bad ass so after being on that show, anytime I want to complain about something, I catch myself and know I have to push through it like they do.” “They challenged me to push myself that much harder in every aspect of being a performer. “They really are some of the hardest working and often least appreciated people in the industry,” he says of the pros. More than the applause of millions and adoration from the judges, Maslow says what he really got out of DWTS, he learned from the professional dancers. That “artist focus” is something he witnessed first-hand while competing on Dancing with the Stars. (ABC/Adam Taylor) PETA MURGATROYD, JAMES MASLOW The couples performed a variety of dance styles including Foxtrot, Rumba, Jazz, Viennese Waltz, Quickstep, Samba, Cha Cha, and Jive. The semi-finals began as the five remaining couples arose to the challenge of performing two different routines to music by legendary and modern American Icons. It gives me better energy, better focus, less stress and allows me as an artist to focus on the music and the creativity, not how I look.”ĭANCING WITH THE STARS – “Episode 1809” – Emmy Award winning director and choreographer Kenny Ortega made his “Dancing With The Stars” debut as a guest judge on American Icons Night when he sat alongside Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba, MONDAY, MAY 12 (8:00-10:01 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. I don’t exist at ‘fitness magazine’ level all the time, but close. “When I’m not in good shape, I beat myself up about it and I focus on that instead. ![]() “I’m at my best as an artist when I’m not worrying about anything else,” he explains. But Maslow says the two are far more interconnected than one might think. With an Instagram feed full of smoldering selfies and a shirtless cover of Men’s Health to boot, the conversation shifts from working on music to working out. If one song isn’t the best song ever written, the next one will be better. “I’ve realized not everything needs to be perfect. As a solo artist, I’m the final approval on everything and that’s been very liberating,” he said. “The biggest thing is that when you’re with a group, the record label process included a thousand approvals and people making everything look just right. Much has changed for Maslow since his time in Big Time Rush but the largest shift, he says, has been the space he’s now experiencing to try new things musically-and that includes when things don’t exactly work out. ![]() ![]() So it’s a new vibe, but it’s still all me.” TRIFOR, who is an unbelievable emerging DJ, said he wanted to take a stab at ‘How I Like It.’ When he did, he inspired a whole new sound and together, we then created my new song “Falling.” It’s an all new vibe but it’s the type of music I’ve always loved. “The remix is bridging the gap between the old and new. Every artist has those thoughts but winning was really invigorating.”įresh off of his win, he released a remix of the title song in early 2018, something he says turned out to be far more than an exercise in revisiting his song-it completely altered the course of how he’s making music. I’ve always been proud of the music but I’ve also had the thoughts of ‘is this good enough’ or ‘does anyone even like this’ in the back of my head. “Winning that gave a lot of validity to me going out on my own and doing a solo record. Last year, he released his first solo album, “How I Like It,” and in the same year, he won the Macy’s iHeartRadio Rising Star competition, something that gave him a platform to perform his new music in front of an all new audience. Today, he’s focusing on something new: his own music. Not simply confined to the show, the quartet also enjoyed mainstream musical success, releasing three albums and winning both Teen Choice and World Music Awards.īut that was then. First introduced to a TV audience of millions as a part of Big Time Rush, the Nickelodeon show about four hockey players turned boy band members, he became one of the four reigning princes of tween TV for the show’s four season run (and a TV movie with an audience of more than 13 million). ![]()
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