John Summit tells Flaunt Magazine people always called him ‘crazy’

In a recent interview, John Summit sat down with Flaunt Magazine about his lifestyle, music, and nuclear launch to fame.

Tech House’s “it boy” John Summit sat with Flaunt Magazine in an exclusive interview. Taking the cover slot with editorial-styled high-fashion photos, John Summit (John Schuester) opened up about what it is like to live life at the speed he does under constant spotlight and reflects on the four years since his first viral hit, “Deep End.”

A regular mid-western guy turned mega-artist, John Summit hails from a modest background as an accountant and a DJ. He began mixing and recording to escape the mundane of his daily world sitting at a desk. Quickly realizing the nine-to-five lifestyle was not for him, he jumped head first into the world of producing, his all-or-nothing attitude has led him to be one of the biggest dance artists of today.

Frat boys (current and retired) want to be him, girls want to date him, and parents are curious why his darn beats are so catchy. “People have always called me crazy,” Summit says in the Flaunt Interview. He continues to say, “And I’m always like, ‘Yeah. Hey, I am crazy.” But crazy is good, crazy starts trends, crazy gets attention.” Well, his “crazy” life has led him to average about 6 shows a month and a non-stop touring life since late 2021.

He got his start by sending Jamie Jones his tracks. In time, Jamie Jones played nine songs in one set at Spy Bar in Chicago. The fire was fueled. Summit wants to help other artists who don’t have a platform yet and those he sees himself in who have talent and drive. Always asking for demos, Summit has recently helped bass artist YDG pop off, along with others such as rising star Max Styler.

His Experts Only label radiates love for the underdog. “I look for artists who I see myself in, and also who are just making banging records that can work for my sets. Then, it’s fun, they will play their sets before me and they will crush it, and so I gotta come on afterward and crush it even harder. It keeps me young. It keeps my drive up.”

For Summit, time off is minimal, his most recent time off was in Mykonos and Ibiza where he was doing “market research.” This market research happens in a lab, and this lab happens to be a club. Not everything has to be an afrohouse remix in Summit’s ears and eyes. Fearing complacency, he strives to be on the cutting edge of sound in this day and age.