Occupation: Dj Birth: March 30, 1982
There are producers that have been my friends for many years that I'm still a big fan of, from Boyz Noize to solo acts. Justice. It really varies. Al….
Building the scene, going out and doing shows and connecting with the fans, cultivating the fanbase in all these cities. I'm very glad that it's happ….
I worked with him for years. I still think Kanye [West] is one of the most important people in music in the last ten years..
Traditionally, with a DJ set, you just go hear DJ that has a good reputation and let the DJ take you somewhere. It was up to the DJ what he wanted to….
I'm still a hip-hop producer. I never put a label on what I can do as a producer or a DJ..
That's what a DJ is at the end of the day - someone who leads where the music goes. The only thing that's changed is that in America, people have wok….
I think one of the biggest things that's changed in terms of the rapport with the crowd is that now crowds come to hear our songs. We're getting clos….
It's always important to me to play something other DJs aren't playing..
There's a ton of amazing music that's not getting heard..
That was my challenge then, how to make scratching still fun for someone who didn't necessarily come to hear that. It was fun to develop that techniq….
When I get up I still check the rap blogs before I check any kind of dance stuff..
I have a radio show on Sirius XM. I put it up as a free download on my Soundcloud and on iTunes. That's a portal for me once a month, to play songs I….
I've been doing it since I was prepubescent when I loved to scratch records and play good music. As it happens, you know I sort of fell into the mix.….
Now I'm able to play on the main stage and play my own tracks and the crowd likes them. I feel like a lot the other DJs play a lot of the same songs,….
I was a bit of an outsider in the hip-hop world because I was a scratch kid and people weren't necessarily trying to hear that all the time..
I like getting feedback from people who show a lot of potential, and it's exciting to witness to new talents developing and bourgeoning. I always try….
I think that's becoming the key to where the whole idea of art and culture are going nowadays anyway, is the idea of curation. Knowing what you like.….
I'm not even a trained producer. I just keep following my ear and working on stuff until it sounds the way I like it..
It's a good feeling to have something to stand for in any part of your life. It's like personal integrity..
My ears are open to all sorts of stuff. I appreciate some of the big electro house guys.I love their music but I also like a lot of the stuff coming ….
When I started Fool's Gold and producing consistent records that were like electro beats with rapping on it that was experimental and weird. I made a….