black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

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.

A-Trak

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.
A-TRAK

Kid Music Myself Scratch World
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.
A-TRAK

Important Music Myself People Thinking Worth
I love disco and we sample it a lot for Duck Sauce. For me, that sound is kind of a new manifestation.
A-TRAK

Manifestation Music New Sample Sound
I’m still a hip-hop producer. I never put a label on what I can do as a producer or a DJ.
A-TRAK

Inspirational Label Limitation Myself Potential Production
We have to wake up early and make songs everyday. I run my record label. You work at hours where your body isn’t designed to work. But it’s fun.
A-TRAK

Early Fun Music Myself Run Song Wake Up
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 woken up in the last few years and realized it.
A-TRAK

Country Day Direction End Leadership Music Realization Wake Up
There’s a lot of producers that are much more technical or gear-skilled than I am. But I have a pure idea of what I like and where I want to go and I follow that.
A-TRAK

Direction Follow Ideas Knowledge Myself Production Purity Skills Technical
Right now it feels like we’re playing a role, like me and a couple of my friends, in where popular culture is going. That’s a very rare thing in a person’s life to be able to be a part of that. It’s a responsibility I take seriously.
A-TRAK

Culture Myself Play Responsibility Right Serious
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 know aren’t getting played on that station the rest of the week.
A-TRAK

Download Listen Month Myself Play Radio Song
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 technique. And now in dance music – I’m still a hip-hop guy at heart, but I love dance music.
A-TRAK

Challenge Fun Heart Hip Hop Music Require
I’m one of the few DJs who uses turntables. I’m the only DJ that’s scratching.
A-TRAK

DJ Music Myself Style
There’s a ton of amazing music that’s not getting heard.
A-TRAK

Amazing Hear Heard Music Ton
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 happening.
A-TRAK

Build City Connection Fans Life Myself
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.
A-TRAK

Music Myself Production Result Sound Training Work
One thing that I learned in recent years from working more with other people is this idea that part of a producer’s job is to make people comfortable and confident.
A-TRAK

Comfortable Confidence Learning People
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. I really feel like I played a role in bringing dance music to America years ago.
A-TRAK

Goodness Interest Music Myself Play Record Sound Young

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More A-Trak Quotes