Introduction
Mike Williams is a Dutch DJ/remixer, record producer, and musician.
Williams is most well-known for his work with Tiesto, and as an artist at Spinnin’ Records who saw him as an “artist to the future”. Williams is considered one of the pioneers in the future bounce subgenre, which is an emerging subgenre within the future house. He also collaborated with Brooks, Mesto, and Justin Mylo.
Mike Williams’ net worth was estimated at $1 million as of June 2022.
Early Life
Mike Willemsen, a Dutch citizen, was born in Drunen on the 27th of November 1996.
As a young child, he started playing the piano at age 6. He learned sight-reading as a child and preferred to create, make, and play his own songs.
After his lessons, he decided to quit and start working on a laptop equipped with an amplifier. At the age of 12, he began to learn how to DJ and made his first dance song.
He started his career as a professional DJ in a small club for 500 people at the age of 14. After that, he was frequently booked for gigs.
Career
Williams began by releasing numerous remixes or bootlegs of songs like ‘Blame’ by Calvin Harris and “I Really Like You” by Carly Rae Jepsen. They received over 3,000,000 plays on SoundCloud.
Later, he began to release his own songs as well as collaborations and singles with other artists. His first single, “Konnichiwa”, was released in 2015. In the same year, he also released ‘Candy,’ a collaboration song with Dastic.
Williams’ radio show, ‘Mike Williams On Track’ was launched in 2017 by the Dutch radio station SLAM!
He and Felix Jaehn also released the single ‘Feel Good,’ which reached the top 50 on Apple Music’s dance charts. He also released ‘Step Up’ as a collaboration on Spinnin Copyright Free Music the following week.
Brooks released a single that year titled ‘Jetlag. He released the single Lullaby with R3hab the following year.
Highlights
These are some of the greatest moments in Mike Williams’s career:
- I Want You (Song, 2016)
- Don’t Hurt (Song, 2017)
- Mike Williams On Track (Radio Show, 2017)
- Lullaby (Song, 2018)
- Kylie (Song, 2019)
- Dynamite (Song, 2019)
Three Life Lessons From Mike Williams
We now know the details about Mike Williams’ net worth and how he became successful. Let’s look at his greatest lessons.
1. You get rewarded for hard work
We live in a society in which hard work is almost always rewarded.
2. Failures
Failures in the past should not be a guide to who you are or where you want to go.
3. Success
To be a winner, one must first understand what it is like to lose. Failure is the only way to fail.
Favorite Quotes From Mike Williams
“It took me a few years to figure out my style. Although I don’t intend to do everything that way, it is the way I produce and mix my tracks which makes it sound unique. This is what makes it unique.”
“It was an amazing experience and I gained a lot of knowledge from the legends. I was given good advice by each of them and they helped me to grow. It’s an amazing feeling to be pulled onto stage during their sets .”