Music wasn’t Ethan Snoreck’s forte. Violin lessons in the fourth grade didn’t impress him, nor did most other instruments. But the once-unenthusiastic student eventually became a DJ and producer better known by his stage name Whethan.

The 23-year-old went from remixing the Wheat Thins jingle to spinning at some of the biggest music festivals in the nation, including Electric Daisy Carnival. He’ll return to Las Vegas this week to headline We the Beat’s first St. Patrick’s Day party, Get Lucky, at Fergusons Downtown.

“I love Vegas; it’s an amazing place,” Snoreck says, pointing to the vibrant dance music scene on the Strip. “But I think my music can tap into a little bit more of the indie kind of crowd sometimes. … I think you’re going to get a little taste of some fresh energy with some new stuff that you might not typically get at a Vegas club.”

The Chicago-born DJ discovered his love of music around age 12, when he found that he could play every instrument on a single computer. That’s when he began believing he would make music in the future.

“It was the internet, too. It was a mixture of Skrillex and Daft Punk. It was just the perfect storm and combination for me. I just wanted to try it,” Snoreck says. “But most of the stuff I made was terrible, unlistenable stuff.”

He stuck with it, making beats with Ableton and GarageBand, and, in 2016, released “Can’t Hide,” his first original song. At the time, Snoreck was just 17 years old.

Since then, his achievements have piled up, including collaborations with top stars like Dua Lipa. And his ambitions have risen in a similar fashion. Whethan’s most recent album, Midnight, released last spring, is a nine-track collection that trades his now-familiar dance-pop melodies for hyperpop and rap verses backed by his glistening production.

“I’m very quick to want to try something new and always trying to find that new next sound,” Snoreck says. “A lot of music I was listening to on SoundCloud was really speaking to me, and I was lucky enough to get to work with a lot of the kids that I was listening to—[like] Glaive, Ericdoa, Midwxst—just as a pure fan.

“And then luckily enough, [they] got in the studio and I found that our sounds were just mixing and crossing over so well that the Midnight project kind of just happened on its own.”

Snoreck says he’s looking forward to bringing those and other sounds to his Get Lucky set, and that he loves to play new edits and songs. Plus, there’s always room for the unknown.

“I sometimes don’t even know what fully to expect in a set,” he says “Even if I think I know what songs I’m playing, sometimes the energy might make me go, you know what, we need to go a little bit more this route.”

GET LUCKY WITH WHETHAN With Dos Lonely Boys, Fama & Keo, Edwin Kugler & Evan Durant. March 17, 7 p.m., $25-$50. Fergusons. Downtown, tickets.wethebeat.com.

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