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pathsofrhythmpodcast

Podcast looking at how a passion for music can shape our lives. Hosted by @_adamgow

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Paths of Rhythm kicks off with a hip hop legend!

This week’s guest has engineered records for De La Soul, RZA, Prince Paul, KRS-One and Wu-Tang Forever — and most people still don’t know his name.

Scotty Hard (@scottyhard ) learned to record by the skin of his teeth at Calliope Studios in New York, the 24-hour home base for the Native Tongues, and ended up mixing the second Gravediggaz record and Wu-Tang Forever in neighbouring rooms at the same time. He talks me through the eleven-minute Lisa Stansfield remix nobody expected to blow up, the day RZA walked in and asked him what exactly he was doing in there, and his years-long, deeply loyal relationship with Ka — one of the most uncompromising artists in hip hop.

We also talk about the car accident that left Scotty with a spinal cord injury, how he’s adapted his life and his craft around it, and his brand new record with Steven Bernstein, Ultra Resonance / Resonation Trio, which takes a hip hop chop-and-flip approach and applies it to acoustic jazz.

#HipHopHistory #StudioEngineer #PrincePaul #HipHopProduction
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First phase of the rebrand. I’ve decided to chan First phase of the rebrand. 

I’ve decided to change the name to something I can barely pronounce properly. Why?

Because it just feels right.

I love talking to DJs, but not just DJs, and this feels like more of a reflection of the way different conversations can go, and also the intention to broaden what it is, and also feels like it aligns with other things I’m trying to do around music.

First phase is starting with the rename but keeping the visual identity close so it’s a gradual change. Then the visual identity will follow and is being worked on at the moment.

It’s all a pretty big job, and I’m sure there’s bits of the techy side I’ll mess up, but hopefully it’ll be worth it.

I feel like I need a bit of a refresh with it all myself, to kinda get back to the basics and make sure I stay passionate about the project and make decisions for the right reasons.

Onwards and upwards!
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This week’s guest is KnowleDJ — a Canadian, open-format DJ now based in Las Vegas who’s opened for the Backstreet Boys, Ice Cube and Ariana Grande, and runs the after-parties for No Doubt’s Sphere shows.

Knowledj has recently written a book about his career, and the economics of DJing and more, and it’s an interesting take on DJing, in that it’s about how to have a career as a DJ rather than how to be the DJ that gets the attention. It comes from a slightly different angle to other guests as so much of his work is in artist touring and Vegas.

Have a listen and if you get some good insights out of the show, be sure to hit up @knowledjofficial to get his book The DJ Diaries, on pre order July 5th!

#djpodcast #djculture #openformat #djlife #djinterview
No one likes to see this level of cruelty to recor No one likes to see this level of cruelty to records but it’s been shared in the name of progress and education.

If you’re after a professional alternative for a batch of records though check out what @waxworkresto is currently offering in cleaning, flattening and de warping

#recordcollecting #recorddigging #vinylcleaning
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I’ve been thinking for a while about reposting some old eps, and on the back of publishing the new @cutchemist episode, I thought it’d be cool to republish this one with @djnumark - now available as video.

It was really nice to revisit this, loads of interesting stuff in there covering Nu’s heritage, DJing, production and more. Love that he discussed the Sapo record which Cut also described, used for Lesson 6!

(the red bit is supposed to be a not to an Obi Strip which says reissue so apologies if it’s totally wrong).

Enjoy!
Trying to work out ways to use the MPC as part of Trying to work out ways to use the MPC as part of a live vinyl only set. Think I could work more out by reading the manual and planning techniques out than just messing, but it’s all good fun.

@mojaxx this might pique your curiosity 

#mpclive #turntablist #djmixing #djtech
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This one’s been near the top of my wishlist since day one. 

Cut Chemist — half of the Jurassic 5 production team, the other half of Brain Freeze with DJ Shadow, the man behind The Audience’s Listening — sat down with me for Episode 85, and we went deep.

From kicking along to a Bobby Darin concert before he was even born, to the Rhino Records quarter bins where he and his friends quietly built crates of beats nobody had touched, to the Jungle Brothers album that made him realise he could make “a record made out of records.” 

We get into the J5 years, sharing the production chair with Nu-Mark, the all-45s leap into Brain Freeze, the solo tightrope of going it alone, and the candlelit listening parties he’s pouring everything into now.

It’s long, it’s gloriously nerdy, and honestly I couldn’t have asked for more from someone who’s shaped my own DJing this much.

#onceadj #cutchemist #jurassic5 #recordcollecting #sampling
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