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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.

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At the end of the day, Fool’s Gold is a label that, when I hear something I like, I try to grab it for the label. There’s a ton of great music coming out.
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End Fool Gold Grab Hear Label Music Myself
I’m one of the few DJs who uses turntables. I’m the only DJ that’s scratching.
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DJ Music Myself Style
I love disco and we sample it a lot for Duck Sauce. For me, that sound is kind of a new manifestation.
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Manifestation Music New Sample Sound
It’s a good feeling to have something to stand for in any part of your life. It’s like personal integrity.
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Feeling Goodness Integrity Personal Stand
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.
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Build City Connection Fans Life Myself
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.
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Comfortable Confidence Learning People
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.
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Important Music Myself People Thinking Worth
A few guys will get up there with turntables as purists, to play vinyl or whatever.
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Genre Music Play Purity
There’s a ton of amazing music that’s not getting heard.
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Amazing Hear Heard Music Ton
When I get up I still check the rap blogs before I check any kind of dance stuff.
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Check Dance Music Myself Rap Video Wake Up
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 out of the U.K. Future garage stuff. A lot of stuff like that.
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Appreciation Genre Music Myself Open
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.
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Kid Music Myself Scratch World
There are things I like, there are things I strongly dislike. In my DJ sets and in my production I just gravitate towards what I like.
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Dislike DJ Production Set Sound Strong
It’s always important to me to play something other DJs aren’t playing.
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Important Music Myself Play
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.
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Download Listen Month Myself Play Radio Song
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.
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Music Myself Production Result Sound Training Work

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.

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