Captain Cork

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Shaun: Hello, and welcome
to the High Note Podcast.
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I am your host, Shaun Smith.
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Happy holidays.
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I hope you're doing well out there.
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It's right on the cusp of the
holiday season, the season
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of celebration, as it were.
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Um, recording this on December 20th.
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So we have Christmas and the
first day of Hanukkah followed
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by Kwanzaa and then New Year's.
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So we got a whole lot of celebrations.
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I hope that you are doing well.
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This podcast is pretty cool because I got
a chance to interview my friend, Corey
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Kaisand, better known as Captain Cor.
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He's a DJ in the Atlantic city area.
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He's got a great story to tell.
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I've been meaning to
interview him for a while now.
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I met him a couple of years
ago, uh, surfing, believe it
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or not, which is pretty cool.
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I've met, uh, musicians doing all sorts
of things, uh, usually walking around
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at festivals and that sort of thing.
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But this was pretty cool that I got
a chance to meet Corey in the water.
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So we get a chance to talk about
his story, how he got in DJing.
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It's pretty cool because.
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He explains, he breaks down, like,
the art of DJing, which I think
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is pretty cool, because I didn't
understand exactly what was going
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on with that, and, um, I've always
wanted to learn about the whole DJing
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situation and how DJs create their art.
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So it's pretty cool to learn that and
he breaks it all down and it's not
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just Pushing play and walking away.
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So pretty cool DJ has a show coming
up with Dose and Friends on Saturday,
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December 28th At the pool at Harris
in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
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Doors open at 12 o'clock.
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Uh, so for tickets, you
can check out harrispoolac.
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com and also beginning in January
on January 9th, pass and go.
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By weekday underground featuring
Sunday, double day and, uh, or Sunday,
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double, excuse me, and network.
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And that is eight to midnight on
January 9th at anchor rock club.
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That's an awesome venue.
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I absolutely love anchor rock club.
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I've had a chance to go there
for a few, a few events.
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And every time I go there, I just
fell in love with it even more.
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It reminds me kind of of
the old House of Blues.
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It is the old Deja Vu nightclub
on New York Avenue and the
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boardwalk, which is pretty awesome.
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It's a great spot.
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It's easy to get to.
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Right in the heart of the
Orange Loop, as they call it.
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Oh, in the podcast, I
totally forgot the name.
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I'm talking about old
clubs in Atlantic City.
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I totally forgot the Boneyard.
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That was the one that I was thinking of.
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The Boneyard was a great club and, uh,
my friend Anthony was bartender, cook,
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and did a million things over there.
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And it's sad to see that go.
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So, uh, the Anchor Rock Club has
definitely filled a void in the
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Atlantic City arts and music scene.
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So we're really grateful
for the people out there.
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This is not an ad.
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They didn't pay me to say this.
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I just genuinely love the club.
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So, without further ado, please
enjoy my conversation with Captain
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Cork, Corey Kaisand, and if you're
around on December 28th, I'll
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see you at the pool at Harrah's.
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Captain Cork, welcome to
the High Note Podcast.
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How you doing today?
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Oh, I'm doing good.
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Thank you so much for having me.
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I very much appreciate it.
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Thanks for being here, man.
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So, uh, Corey Nysand, one of my
friends who, I met you through
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surfing, which is, I, I've meet, uh,
Musicians all over the place, but
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rarely do I meet them in the water.
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So it's pretty cool to have a
surfing friend on the podcast.
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That actually is really funny
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Cory: to say that.
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A lot of people I've met in this
island, you want to call it, have all
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been somehow ingraded in the surfing
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Shaun: community.
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Yeah, that's interesting.
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Yeah, there is a kind of like a cool
connection between music and surfing.
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Besides like, I mean, I've learned
about so many bands through surf videos.
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When I was a kid, that was definitely
like the way that that I got
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introduced to a lot of awesome bands.
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But, um, yeah, let's, I mean,
let's jump right into it.
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Uh, how does, you know, how do you think
music and surfing are related for you?
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Cory: This is actually funny.
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You said that the first thing that
popped into my mind was being a Grom.
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I think I was 11 and I was in
the parking lot of Ocean Hut Surf
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Shop in Lavalette, New Jersey,
and they were throwing a concert.
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Um, the band was, uh, Oh God.
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It was like.
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I think or something, but
it was straight punk rock.
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And we were all moshing in the
parking lot of the surf shop.
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And it was just like, like, that was like
my introduction, I guess you can say.
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So, yeah, right, right off the rip,
surfing and music were hand in hand.
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That's awesome, man.
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Shaun: Were you a punk
rocker like back in the day?
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Cory: I was.
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So I played drums growing up
before I did any electronic.
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Interesting.
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And are you from Lab Violette?
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Uh, no actually.
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I'm from, I guess
technically Basking Ridge.
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I moved around a lot when I was younger.
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I was born in Morristown, New Jersey.
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And then the M O R R I S, Morristown.
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And then I was able to Move around a lot.
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We went to Rhode Island for a
quick minute and then back down to
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Bernardsville, New Jersey And that's
where we stayed for a little bit.
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So Bernardsville and Basking
Ridge is where I'm from.
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Shaun: Nice, man, and and right
now We're in Atlantic City.
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So how long have you
been down in this area?
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Cory: Moved down here the end of summer
of 2019 So it's been just over five years.
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I want to say.
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Nice.
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Shaun: Yeah, something like that.
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Awesome, man.
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Yeah, and so you mentioned you
played drums before and that
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you do electronic music now.
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So how did you get into music?
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Mm hmm
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Cory: To be honest, I've thought about
this a little bit and I feel like
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the answer I keep coming back to is
my dad My dad is a sober deadhead.
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So Just from that alone, he followed
them around and did all that.
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And it's able to just, in a good
mind frame, show me that life, which
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has just been wonderful for me.
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Oh, that's awesome.
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Yeah, it wasn't.
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Yeah, it was a great introduction into
that realm, which then I explored into Led
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Zeppelin, the Allman Brothers, Pink Floyd.
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I took it all down.
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Nice.
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Shaun: Nice.
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Yeah, I remember listening to a lot of
Almond Brothers when I was growing up.
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I don't think I, I don't think
the dead was around a lot.
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It was like Almond Brothers,
Cream, uh, that whole thing.
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So there is a strong sober community.
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Oh man, uh, Ginger Baker, right?
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He's the drummer for Cream.
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I think so.
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Yeah.
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Crazy drummer.
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Um, so, uh, There is a
strong sober community in the
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dead, uh, in debt and fish.
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Like what, do you remember what
that Q that group's called?
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I can't remember.
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Cory: They all have different
names really for fish.
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It's the fellowship, uh, dead.
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It's the warfrats.
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There's, there's a whole bunch of them.
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Basically the like, um, universal
rule would be if you're looking for
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that environment at a concert, you're
looking for a yellow balloon, the
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yellow balloon will be your safety.
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Interesting.
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Shaun: So you can go and enjoy like when
people are, you know, usually, uh, you
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know, drinking, doing drugs, whatever.
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You can go and be sober and
hang out with sober friends.
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Cory: Yeah.
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So one of my favorite or my
all time favorite jam band
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would be the disco biscuits.
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A lot of people know that they have a
following as well called the digital
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Buddhas and you can go and enjoy as
well and hang out with the Buddhas.
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Shaun: That's awesome.
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That's awesome.
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I, I saw the disco biscuits in
Atlantic city at the house of
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blues, uh, not that long ago.
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I feel like.
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Was it last winter?
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Was it that long ago?
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Yeah, I saw
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Cory: them when they came here too,
but I think that's when it was.
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It was a good night,
that's what I remember.
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Shaun: So, uh, how did you get into,
you said you played drums growing
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up, was that, and your, and your dad,
um, when did you start making music?
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When did you start playing the drums?
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So,
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Cory: oof, that's
actually a good question.
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When I started playing the drums, it was
probably around like seven ish, maybe?
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First instrument?
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Yeah, the only instrument, actually.
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My hands are too small to play a guitar.
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I try, they're just like, I have
chubby fingers, so So all I can
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really do is chug on a guitar.
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Um, but yeah, so I played drums.
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I always just kind of
messed around with them.
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And then in high school, actually,
no, I was in eighth grade.
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My friends were in high school.
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I hung out with an older crowd.
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They started a band.
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Um, so I started playing, I guess you can
say, I never really played normal drums.
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I played heavy metal and
hardcore screamo music.
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That's all I ever drummed.
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Did you learn like in the school band
or how did you learn how to play?
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No, just by year I tried taking
a drum lesson once and I've
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never really been good with it.
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Learning stuff when someone's like
trying to show it to me my my best
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avenue is to get my hands on it and
just kind Of figure it out from there.
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Yeah, so that's what I did and for some
reason I got blessed with hearing I can
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hear music really well like to this day.
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I'll actually admit to the listeners.
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I can't read music I can't.
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Okay.
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But.
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Me neither.
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Right?
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But if I listen to a three minute song,
I could probably play back at least a
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minute and a half, if not two minutes
of whatever drum part pretty quickly.
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Wow.
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Wow, that's amazing.
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Like maybe listen to it one other
time just to make sure I had the
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fill right or something, but yeah.
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Wow.
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So I don't know how I got, it
worked out on that end, but.
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That's awesome.
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So I stuck with that.
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And then making music, I actually,
uh, uh, we'll, we'll get into this.
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Yeah.
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Awesome.
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Topic, but I lived in Texas for
a little while in Austin, Texas.
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And that's where I started making music.
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I haven't made music in a while.
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I'm actually just starting that again
now because my, uh, I had a bad laptop.
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I just didn't have the
right equipment to do it.
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And I couldn't use free software
where I just couldn't save my stuff.
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And it's just buy your
stuff, people buy your stuff.
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Shaun: Yeah.
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It definitely does make life a lot
easier when you can do that for sure.
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Even though I use this, uh, the.
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Software I used to edit
the podcast is Reaper.
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It's a free to,
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Cory: oh dude, I use Rekordbox to DJ.
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That's free to download as well.
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You can buy it.
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If you have, if they say you should buy
something, you should probably buy it.
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Shaun: Yeah.
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I just keep hitting that
still evaluating button.
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Cory: I just keep re
downloading it anyway.
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So it's all good.
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Shaun: So, uh, so yeah, get into it.
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When did you move to Texas?
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Like, so how did you get from New
Jersey to, so you're playing drums.
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metal, uh, and stuff like
eighth grade high school.
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Is that your sign?
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Cory: Yep.
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Yeah.
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So.
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Uh, yeah, probably through, let's call
it like sophomore year of high school.
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And then after that was, uh, my life
took a left turn for a little while.
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Um, I always overindulged on
things my whole life and for
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a phase it was substances.
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So I got into the opiate
phase for a little while.
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So drumming took a left, surfing
took a left, backseat and all that.
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Um, so it got me into Texas was rehab.
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I just had some, had some issues
in the, my father being sober.
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Yeah.
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was, uh, knew some connections and got
me to a pretty good place out there.
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Wow.
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Yeah.
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When, when did you, uh, so
like what, how old are you?
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Like when this happened?
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All right.
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So this is where I'll have
to sound weird for a minute.
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So I'm 32 now.
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I was 20 when that happened.
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So I don't know what year
that would have been.
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I guess that would have been like,
what, 2011 ish, something like that.
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Yeah.
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But so you were 20 when
that was after high school.
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Somehow, um, I got through high school.
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I got my GED.
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I didn't graduate.
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Um, I missed too much school
cause I used to take the, why do
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I need to go to school category?
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I'm not doing school stuff anyway.
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So, uh, and then ended up in
Texas without, you know, all the
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useless details, you know, that
happened, went to Texas and then
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spent six months in a treatment
facility that was a wonderful place.
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And then I, moved into their,
if you want to call it halfway
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house program, which was just an
apartment block in Austin, Texas.
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Okay.
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It was pretty cool.
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I got a job at a bistro there and
life started getting pretty good.
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And then I met a few friends that
were musically inclined and one of
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them was a DJ and his name was Zach.
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And we just started hanging out a lot.
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Um, I met my friend Andrew, who
we got an apartment together with,
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and Zach would just bring over his
CDJs, the old ones, the, these are
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just when the 2000 Nexus came out.
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So for anyone who was a CDJ head, it
was like just when the two thousands
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went over to the Nexus model and
I got to learn on those, he just
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bring 'em to my house and show me.
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'cause he played drums as well.
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So he'd be like, think about it
in the sense of when you do a four
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beat on drum or an eight beat.
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Put that into the wavelength bars
and he showed me how to break it
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down and I just kind of transferred
my knowledge over to that.
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Shaun: Yeah.
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So let's even, let's even
back it up even further.
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Sure.
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So A CDJ is like a turntable,
but with the CDs, right?
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Is that what it's exactly,
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Cory: yeah.
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So, and then nowadays they don't, I mean,
to be honest, I think they still take CDs.
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CDs.
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I truly am not even the one to know.
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I've never tried to load a CD into one.
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I've been on the USB drive.
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So I'm a youngin as far
as DJs are concerned.
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I don't know the days of carrying crates
into shows with vinyl on vinyl records.
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I haven't done that struggle.
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Shaun: Have you ever done that?
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Have you ever done vinyl?
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No, and I've
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Cory: thought about it, but
truth be told, I respect that.
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I have a friend of ours, actually,
a local guy in the area, His name's
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Christian and he plays as DJ Lousy.
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He does some vinyl stuff
and it's beautiful to watch.
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It's something I get mesmerized
from because I'm just like, I
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don't know how people do that.
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You know, like it's a
totally different realm.
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It's completely different
from what I understand.
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Yeah.
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Most likely.
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You know, like I've never actually put
my hand on it to tell you how different
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it is, but it looks like an art form.
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It truly does.
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Like, I think what I do is cool.
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That, that looks super cool.
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Shaun: Yeah.
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Cory: Mm
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Shaun: hmm.
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Now, were you listening
to electronic music?
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How did you get into it, uh,
like, to want to play it?
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Cory: You know, I, I hate to admit it,
but it kind of just came around the
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time of, I started doing bad things,
and those type of environments, it's
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fun to do bad things in, you know,
and Like club, that type of thing?
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Yeah, yeah, so think like, whatever,
think ecstasy and then think clubs, right?
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You take ecstasy, where do you want to go?
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You want to go hear loud music, and
what kind of music do you want to hear?
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Something that'll keep
you going for six hours.
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The only thing that keeps you going
for six hours is electronic music.
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Yeah, it's just kind of the way it is.
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The Grateful Dead's not going to do it.
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Not really.
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I mean, Grateful Dead works great
with psychedelics, but at some
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point with other stuff, you're
just kind of like, not, yeah.
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Makes sense, yeah.
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So then, I don't know, like,
trying to think, ooh, ready?
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I just remembered.
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Deadmau5 was the first
EDM concert I ever saw.
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Yeah.
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At the Montclair State Theater in,
oh my god, it was like 15, I think?
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16?
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And I have to give you props, Joel.
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He broke an eight foot part
of the drywall ceiling.
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He crumbled it because
the bass was so loud.
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I'm not kidding.
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There is proof of it on
my Facebook way back.
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It was I was standing in the top
and it literally fell and it felt
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like the the like the ground shook.
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And I was like, oh, that
seemed a little out of place.
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Abnormal to me and I turned around and it
legitimately was the ceiling crumbling.
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Shaun: So heck yeah,
dead mouse from the rip.
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Did you, at that point, did you think
like, Oh, maybe I want to do this someday?
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Or maybe I want to make
this kind of music or no,
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Cory: I never even like truly
the electronic life never.
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looked like something I wanted
to do until I was in Texas.
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It just looked like a party scene to me.
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I never really thought anything past it.
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And then when I was in Texas, um, my
friend Zach showed me that I actually
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had a purpose being in those clubs.
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And like, I kind of did, I found
the same interest I did with, um,
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drumming, like the same kind of like
passion where like, I wanted to play
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drums repeatedly, same thing, DJing.
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I wanted to just keep playing music.
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It's really all I personally want to do.
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I don't, I don't, Think I'm going to
make it into like the million dollar
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famous category, you know what I mean?
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But if I get to play really good music
with a bunch of my friends and have
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fun, that's great That's, that's kind
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Shaun: of the goal, right?
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That's awesome, man.
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Yeah, that's really cool.
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So how, and I mean, just on that,
I mean, you've played some pretty
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cool venues here in the area.
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Um, you played our pizza party
for Global Pizza Day 20 Bolognese.
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We 100 22nd every year.
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Let's go.
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Yeah, I think we did the count,
uh, and at PizzaDao, PizzaDao.
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xyz, if you want to check
it out, or GlobalPizzaParty.
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xyz, um, we throw the world's
largest pizza party every year since
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2021, and I think we had more than
10, 000 participants last year.
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Cory: That's insane.
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Yeah.
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That's literally insane.
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10, 000 people were down
for PizzaDao, that's nuts.
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Shaun: Yeah.
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Yeah, all over the world.
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Let's go.
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And I think we had, uh, 14 cities
in India, and we want to double
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that for this upcoming year.
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So like, we're just trying to
get bigger and bigger every day.
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It's
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Cory: going to be great.
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10 years from now, it's
going to be like 200,
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Shaun: 000.
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That would be nuts.
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Then we'll definitely be in
the Guinness world records.
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Yeah.
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We're going to Italy.
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If that happens.
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Yeah, absolutely.
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Absolutely.
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So you played that.
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I mean, you, you've played some
pretty cool venues here in the area.
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Um,
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Cory: I've played some pretty
cool ones in the U S in general,
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but specifically around here.
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Yeah.
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I've played some, some pretty cool ones.
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I've been blessed.
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Shaun: Yeah.
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Um, Any, so did you immediately start
doing like club stuff back in the day?
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Were you just learning how to do it?
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Like, what was the progression from,
okay, I'm having fun with this.
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I'm creating music too.
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I'm going to DJ at a, at a venue.
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That's a good question.
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Cory: I gotta, I gotta think back
to the beginning of the Texas days.
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Just guessing off what I'm feeling is
the right answer to that is it was Zach.
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We played as a group in Texas.
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I never played alone.
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And I want to say if my memory
serves me right, it was all him.
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He had the drive and he knew the
promoters and was doing his own DJ thing
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when he kind of brought me into it.
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And we kind of just played well
together and just, he brought me along.
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So I think it was, I want to say a
pool party was the first time I ever
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played in front of people with him.
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Something local, maybe like 20 of us.
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And then the next one was, uh, he
brought me to, uh, memory, right?
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We played at a club called V lounge.
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I don't even know if it's still there.
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And it was to open up for a band
called the bloody beat roots.
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If anyone remembers who
they are, they are legends.
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They DJ in venom masks.
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00:17:56,540 --> 00:17:57,189
Oh, okay.
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They're awesome.
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Um, we got to open up for them and that
was the, the hurdle from hanging out
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at my house playing to at a pool party
to that was a legitimate club and bar.
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Shaun: And how much time between like you
first get into it, first learn how to DJ
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to like that pool party and then that.
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Cory: Um, six months tops.
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Okay.
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Yeah, it was, it was pretty quick.
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It was maybe like two, three
months, two, three months.
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We played together just messing around.
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The pool party was all
of us just hanging out.
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I want to say around month four.
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And then right after that was like
five weeks, six weeks of practice.
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And then that gig, and
then from there it went.
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We went all over.
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He was able to get us booked.
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I've played in every city
in Texas except Dallas.
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Oh wow.
468
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I'm very blessed in that category.
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Wow.
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Yeah.
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It's a big state.
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I don't know why, yeah.
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I don't know why, never
Dallas, but never Dallas.
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Interesting.
475
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My favorite venue in Texas
was a place called The Silo.
476
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It is an abandoned missile
silo in the 5th Ward.
477
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Oh wow.
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Yes.
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That was epic.
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It was abandoned cars, like, um, you know,
bonfire status, graffiti on the walls, no.
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No roof to the place and the DJ
booth was about 15 feet elevated
482
00:19:09,620 --> 00:19:12,050
from the dance floor So you
just kind of felt like a badass.
483
00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:12,450
Wow.
484
00:19:12,470 --> 00:19:13,360
Yeah, that's so cool.
485
00:19:13,360 --> 00:19:15,460
Yeah, you were just like
this is cool It's 3 a.
486
00:19:15,460 --> 00:19:15,650
m.
487
00:19:15,650 --> 00:19:16,440
I'm in the fifth ward.
488
00:19:16,460 --> 00:19:18,830
I'm 15 feet above 50 people.
489
00:19:18,869 --> 00:19:19,539
I'm having fun.
490
00:19:19,869 --> 00:19:20,670
Shaun: That's crazy.
491
00:19:20,690 --> 00:19:21,590
Yeah So,
492
00:19:21,659 --> 00:19:22,540
Cory: but it was sketchy, I'll be honest.
493
00:19:22,740 --> 00:19:24,270
Yeah, I guess it's all underground, right?
494
00:19:24,270 --> 00:19:26,460
Oh yeah, yeah, that was the type of
place where when we loaded the gear
495
00:19:26,460 --> 00:19:29,260
back in the car at the end of the night,
we were escorted by people with guns.
496
00:19:29,330 --> 00:19:31,439
Like, it was like, it's a
sketchy area in the 5th Ward.
497
00:19:31,449 --> 00:19:31,949
You know what I mean?
498
00:19:31,949 --> 00:19:33,850
Like, yeah, that wasn't, yeah.
499
00:19:34,280 --> 00:19:37,899
It was so fun, but then, like, you kind
of remember, like, I'm in Texas, and I'm
500
00:19:37,899 --> 00:19:41,879
in this area that, like, they've made
documentaries about this region, like,
501
00:19:41,879 --> 00:19:46,580
legitimate, got, like, National Geographic
has done, like, how bad it is down here.
502
00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:49,940
You're like, okay, let's get out of here.
503
00:19:50,129 --> 00:19:51,260
Shaun: Wow, that's nuts, man.
504
00:19:51,860 --> 00:19:52,959
Yeah, no, no Dallas.
505
00:19:52,959 --> 00:19:54,770
That's good for the Eagles
fans who are listeners.
506
00:19:54,770 --> 00:19:56,590
You know, I think, I think you
have to do it out of respect.
507
00:19:56,610 --> 00:19:58,759
No, always, always, always.
508
00:19:58,840 --> 00:19:59,840
So what are you doing?
509
00:19:59,890 --> 00:20:01,570
So how are you, GeckoBirds?
510
00:20:01,940 --> 00:20:06,689
Uh, so like, how are you creating
music like with somebody?
511
00:20:06,770 --> 00:20:08,919
You said you're playing
with somebody like.
512
00:20:08,959 --> 00:20:10,129
So we just played together.
513
00:20:10,139 --> 00:20:12,810
Cory: We didn't, at that time
we weren't making music yet.
514
00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:15,110
We started that maybe.
515
00:20:17,024 --> 00:20:19,745
A year after I lived there
for just under four years.
516
00:20:20,064 --> 00:20:26,264
So within the first we'll call it for
a timeline sake, year one was rehab and
517
00:20:26,284 --> 00:20:31,624
getting reacquainted with myself and
Austin year two was learning to DJ and
518
00:20:31,705 --> 00:20:34,004
beginning to play some pretty cool places.
519
00:20:34,485 --> 00:20:39,175
Um, and then year three was
how do I actually try and
520
00:20:39,195 --> 00:20:40,115
make some money out of this?
521
00:20:40,135 --> 00:20:41,085
Cause I was 23.
522
00:20:41,270 --> 00:20:43,660
Three or 22 not going to college.
523
00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:45,670
So I was like, I need a job, right?
524
00:20:46,580 --> 00:20:48,290
Wasn't trying to flip weed forever
525
00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:56,270
Do something real so I was like, okay,
that's how we do it And I guess like
526
00:20:56,469 --> 00:21:00,089
how you would like explaining how to
create a song like that would be a whole
527
00:21:00,089 --> 00:21:04,570
different podcast in itself But okay,
like you would just you start with a
528
00:21:04,750 --> 00:21:08,989
a general Somebody that if you want to
work with somebody you'd sit down with
529
00:21:08,990 --> 00:21:13,620
someone whose mindset you You Value or
his mindset you can kind of understand
530
00:21:14,020 --> 00:21:17,360
It's the reason why me and Dylan now
with weekday underground Sunday double is
531
00:21:17,360 --> 00:21:22,510
what he plays as we play so well together
because we both He can be doing something
532
00:21:22,530 --> 00:21:26,760
on a track and in my mind I know where
he's gonna go which means I know what I
533
00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:30,730
can do to mess with it and make it cooler
So are you playing at the same time?
534
00:21:31,090 --> 00:21:32,180
We are okay.
535
00:21:32,190 --> 00:21:33,420
Yeah, so think about it like
536
00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:38,760
The best way I could explain it is if
there's four CDJs and there's two of
537
00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:42,290
us up there, we each have two songs
we can play at one time and we battle
538
00:21:42,290 --> 00:21:43,289
our two songs against each other.
539
00:21:43,940 --> 00:21:46,620
I take my two songs and I see if I
can make them work with his two songs.
540
00:21:46,730 --> 00:21:47,240
Gotcha.
541
00:21:47,510 --> 00:21:49,480
So all four of these songs
are playing at the same time?
542
00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:50,150
They can.
543
00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:50,580
Okay, gotcha.
544
00:21:50,590 --> 00:21:51,910
That's chaotic as heck.
545
00:21:53,070 --> 00:21:54,010
Doing that is nuts.
546
00:21:54,020 --> 00:21:54,720
People can do it.
547
00:21:54,759 --> 00:21:56,950
It's called chopping when
you do all songs at once.
548
00:21:56,990 --> 00:22:00,479
And you're switching the fader from
left to right or from your to yours?
549
00:22:01,140 --> 00:22:02,770
So yeah, so you have
multiple ways of doing that.
550
00:22:02,770 --> 00:22:04,850
I don't like using the
cross fader that way.
551
00:22:04,890 --> 00:22:07,080
I like using the up and down volume fader.
552
00:22:07,240 --> 00:22:07,550
Okay.
553
00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:10,259
So I just use, say like if I'm
going from track one to track two,
554
00:22:10,260 --> 00:22:13,679
I just flip those two, like one up,
one down versus like left to right.
555
00:22:13,789 --> 00:22:14,119
Shaun: Yeah.
556
00:22:14,140 --> 00:22:15,390
It's just, that's all preference.
557
00:22:15,449 --> 00:22:15,919
Gotcha.
558
00:22:16,289 --> 00:22:16,809
Gotcha.
559
00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:18,920
And so like, what are you
doing with this music?
560
00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:20,310
Like, what kind of music are you playing?
561
00:22:20,310 --> 00:22:24,530
Like, is it just like deadmau5 style
or is it like, I wish, oh my God.
562
00:22:24,790 --> 00:22:27,919
So like when you do that pool party,
like what kind of music are you playing?
563
00:22:27,930 --> 00:22:31,389
Cory: So back in the day in
Texas, it was all what I guess.
564
00:22:33,430 --> 00:22:38,910
I guess what nowadays would be called the
big room or kind of like bouncy stuff.
565
00:22:38,910 --> 00:22:40,500
We played it was called Melbourne Bounce.
566
00:22:40,540 --> 00:22:43,170
I mean, it still kind of is, but
that was what I played in Texas.
567
00:22:43,530 --> 00:22:47,270
If you remember the term shuffling,
when people would shuffle at EDM
568
00:22:47,270 --> 00:22:49,580
shows, they would just move their
feet up and down and like, looks
569
00:22:49,580 --> 00:22:50,740
like they're sliding on the floor.
570
00:22:51,150 --> 00:22:52,410
That was the kind of music we'd play.
571
00:22:52,410 --> 00:22:57,650
Just straight like 130 BPM heavy
bass beats, just nonstop, you know,
572
00:22:58,630 --> 00:23:00,029
the same song that sounds like plays
573
00:23:00,029 --> 00:23:01,520
Shaun: for eight hours straight type deal.
574
00:23:01,719 --> 00:23:05,000
And then like, actually, cause like,
cause I don't really even know too.
575
00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:05,240
Right.
576
00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:07,315
Cause you hear people say like,
Oh, they're just, They just push
577
00:23:07,315 --> 00:23:08,685
a button and walk away, right?
578
00:23:08,725 --> 00:23:12,595
So like, but you mentioned that you're
like, going, uh, that you, when you're,
579
00:23:12,625 --> 00:23:15,885
you're actually like listening to the
other person when you're playing together,
580
00:23:16,044 --> 00:23:17,375
and then trying to like play off of it.
581
00:23:17,375 --> 00:23:18,974
So like, what are you doing up there?
582
00:23:18,975 --> 00:23:21,565
Like, what's going on behind
the What do DJs actually do?
583
00:23:21,575 --> 00:23:21,845
Yeah,
584
00:23:21,845 --> 00:23:23,905
Cory: what's going on in
the cockpit there, you know?
585
00:23:24,325 --> 00:23:25,825
So, that's actually a
really good question.
586
00:23:25,885 --> 00:23:27,605
Sometimes we can just press play.
587
00:23:27,635 --> 00:23:29,805
I'm not going to lie to you and say,
I don't have the ability to just
588
00:23:29,805 --> 00:23:32,035
press play and just stand up there
and look cool for three minutes.
589
00:23:32,254 --> 00:23:33,325
I do have that ability.
590
00:23:33,895 --> 00:23:35,175
Um, I don't do that.
591
00:23:36,625 --> 00:23:40,245
For me, it's more fun because
I like to try new stuff.
592
00:23:40,275 --> 00:23:45,055
I like to try and do like the vocals
of this Rihanna track over the bass
593
00:23:45,055 --> 00:23:46,635
beat of this Dylan Francis track.
594
00:23:48,255 --> 00:23:52,605
Shaun: And so you pull these samples
and have them set up on a board kinda?
595
00:23:52,605 --> 00:23:55,905
Cory: Yeah, so what DJs, I guess what
we'd actually do is 80 percent of what
596
00:23:55,905 --> 00:23:58,605
we do is all done before we get up there.
597
00:23:58,635 --> 00:23:58,995
Gotcha.
598
00:23:59,004 --> 00:24:02,215
When I get up there and I plug in
my USB, every song that I have up
599
00:24:02,215 --> 00:24:04,315
there has been analyzed, queued up.
600
00:24:04,399 --> 00:24:07,320
And when I mean cute, I just put
different points in the song where
601
00:24:07,570 --> 00:24:10,340
I can push a button and go to the
beginning, the middle, the end, the
602
00:24:10,340 --> 00:24:14,050
chorus, the drop, the little sketchy
vocal part, like whatever I want.
603
00:24:14,409 --> 00:24:17,459
So that way, when I'm up there and
let's say you and me are playing, you're
604
00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:19,369
bringing in a song that sounds great.
605
00:24:19,820 --> 00:24:24,529
I have an idea that maybe this little
vocal part of this song might go good
606
00:24:24,529 --> 00:24:25,949
over the drop you're about to bring.
607
00:24:26,460 --> 00:24:27,590
I load that track up.
608
00:24:27,840 --> 00:24:30,320
Hit, bring it up to that point
real quick, and then I play
609
00:24:30,320 --> 00:24:31,940
it at the same time as yours.
610
00:24:32,030 --> 00:24:32,430
Shaun: Wow.
611
00:24:32,470 --> 00:24:34,310
So you're doing this all in real time.
612
00:24:34,570 --> 00:24:35,130
All in real time.
613
00:24:35,160 --> 00:24:38,249
in your library, listening
in your library, pulling this
614
00:24:38,250 --> 00:24:39,310
up, the part of the song.
615
00:24:39,330 --> 00:24:42,400
But I've done all the pre
work to set all the tracks
616
00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:45,860
Cory: up and cue them up so that I
don't have to load this track and
617
00:24:45,860 --> 00:24:49,250
then spin the CDJ and search for
the part of the song that I want.
618
00:24:49,300 --> 00:24:49,820
Gotcha.
619
00:24:49,820 --> 00:24:53,400
It's all just at my fingertips and
I can do it, but none of it is set
620
00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:57,145
where like, I know what you're going
to do, so I know what I'm going to do.
621
00:24:57,145 --> 00:24:58,805
Like, no, we have no
idea what you're doing.
622
00:24:58,815 --> 00:25:00,915
You have no idea what song
you're sitting on right now or
623
00:25:00,915 --> 00:25:01,795
what you're going to do next.
624
00:25:01,795 --> 00:25:03,865
And I don't know either, but
we're going to figure it out.
625
00:25:03,874 --> 00:25:04,314
Shaun: Wow.
626
00:25:04,374 --> 00:25:05,925
That sounds like the hardest way to learn.
627
00:25:06,285 --> 00:25:07,075
You're going to learn how to do this.
628
00:25:07,075 --> 00:25:08,004
It's just really fun to me like that.
629
00:25:08,015 --> 00:25:08,565
Now, granted,
630
00:25:08,565 --> 00:25:09,965
Cory: that's not preparing a set.
631
00:25:09,965 --> 00:25:13,845
Like, uh, you know, to go up there, if
you're doing something really important,
632
00:25:13,855 --> 00:25:16,915
like if you were playing at one of the big
casinos or something, I would sit down.
633
00:25:17,205 --> 00:25:19,255
And prepare a set, you know what I mean?
634
00:25:19,255 --> 00:25:21,395
You'd want to make sure that I
want to make sure the songs that
635
00:25:21,405 --> 00:25:24,715
I play are songs that you want
to hear as an audience member.
636
00:25:24,715 --> 00:25:26,735
That's the most important
part of being a DJ.
637
00:25:27,055 --> 00:25:28,505
Nobody cares what I'm
really doing up there.
638
00:25:28,505 --> 00:25:31,175
As long as you're having, that's the
point of being a DJ is to create the
639
00:25:31,175 --> 00:25:35,805
environment and the lifestyle and to
get you the experience and that you
640
00:25:35,905 --> 00:25:37,495
are paying for, that you want to have.
641
00:25:37,515 --> 00:25:37,885
Yeah.
642
00:25:37,905 --> 00:25:41,395
You don't care if I'm, you know,
double clicking this button or
643
00:25:41,395 --> 00:25:42,765
doing that to bring in this.
644
00:25:42,765 --> 00:25:44,375
You just, you don't want it to suck.
645
00:25:45,395 --> 00:25:46,025
Basically, right?
646
00:25:46,254 --> 00:25:47,195
Shaun: Yeah, totally.
647
00:25:47,495 --> 00:25:50,925
And this is a good segue too, because
you are playing a casino coming up.
648
00:25:50,925 --> 00:25:50,944
We
649
00:25:50,945 --> 00:25:51,445
Cory: are.
650
00:25:51,595 --> 00:25:51,905
Shaun: I did
651
00:25:52,155 --> 00:25:52,865
Cory: secretly do that.
652
00:25:53,875 --> 00:25:54,304
We are.
653
00:25:54,335 --> 00:25:56,074
Me and, uh, we've been blessed.
654
00:25:56,074 --> 00:26:00,065
The Dose Twins have asked me and
the Weekday Underground Boys,
655
00:26:00,074 --> 00:26:01,444
shout out Weekday Underground Boys.
656
00:26:01,454 --> 00:26:05,764
So me, Sam Wise, Big Booty Keto, Big Body.
657
00:26:05,764 --> 00:26:06,535
I always said Big Booty.
658
00:26:06,535 --> 00:26:06,875
I love you buddy.
659
00:26:07,335 --> 00:26:10,835
Big Body Keto and Sunday Double
are going to open up for the Dose
660
00:26:10,835 --> 00:26:12,945
Twins, uh, oh my God, December 28th.
661
00:26:13,740 --> 00:26:16,470
at Harris pool day party, daytime party.
662
00:26:16,470 --> 00:26:18,760
So from noon to five, that's good for me.
663
00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:19,790
That's my speed, right?
664
00:26:19,840 --> 00:26:20,980
Dude, my mom's coming.
665
00:26:20,980 --> 00:26:21,950
It's going to be a good time.
666
00:26:21,950 --> 00:26:24,180
All the family men bring, it's
going to be a family friendly event.
667
00:26:24,230 --> 00:26:24,650
Shaun: That's awesome.
668
00:26:24,650 --> 00:26:24,910
Cory: Kind
669
00:26:24,910 --> 00:26:25,090
Shaun: of.
670
00:26:26,379 --> 00:26:27,110
So, uh,
671
00:26:27,129 --> 00:26:28,800
Cory: is this your first
time playing in a casino?
672
00:26:28,910 --> 00:26:30,390
It's my first time
playing in anywhere big.
673
00:26:31,465 --> 00:26:31,955
like that.
674
00:26:32,014 --> 00:26:35,004
Um, I've played a few different places
that I really like, like me and Dylan
675
00:26:35,004 --> 00:26:36,855
got to play at Nodo in Philadelphia.
676
00:26:36,895 --> 00:26:37,855
That club was pretty cool.
677
00:26:38,475 --> 00:26:42,654
Um, but my favorite venue I got to play
at was a place called the cavity and
678
00:26:42,684 --> 00:26:46,045
explaining that would take forever,
but all you need to know is if you know
679
00:26:46,054 --> 00:26:49,235
what the cavity was, we're going to
hopefully Do it again because I want to.
680
00:26:49,235 --> 00:26:50,055
That place was insane.
681
00:26:50,095 --> 00:26:50,675
Nice, man.
682
00:26:50,675 --> 00:26:51,455
We need to make another one.
683
00:26:51,455 --> 00:26:52,585
It was just an art installation.
684
00:26:52,585 --> 00:26:53,505
We got to DJ in.
685
00:26:53,515 --> 00:26:54,365
In Atlantic City?
686
00:26:54,395 --> 00:26:54,625
Yeah.
687
00:26:54,675 --> 00:26:54,895
Yeah.
688
00:26:54,895 --> 00:26:56,914
If we could have another art
installation that I somehow get to
689
00:26:56,915 --> 00:26:58,834
DJ in, gosh, that would be insane.
690
00:26:58,995 --> 00:27:01,325
Shaun: Did you DJ at the, uh, the James?
691
00:27:01,344 --> 00:27:03,464
Were you, did you, I know
I went there with you.
692
00:27:03,465 --> 00:27:04,455
Or did I go there to see you?
693
00:27:04,455 --> 00:27:04,464
That's it.
694
00:27:04,464 --> 00:27:05,124
That's the cab, yeah.
695
00:27:05,124 --> 00:27:05,574
Oh, yeah.
696
00:27:05,575 --> 00:27:06,194
Okay, nice.
697
00:27:06,194 --> 00:27:06,484
Yeah.
698
00:27:06,485 --> 00:27:06,585
If we
699
00:27:06,585 --> 00:27:07,725
Cory: can do that again,
dude, let's do it.
700
00:27:07,745 --> 00:27:09,695
Shaun: Yeah, that was such
a, that was an amazing venue.
701
00:27:09,785 --> 00:27:10,115
Yeah,
702
00:27:10,115 --> 00:27:12,975
Cory: obviously we'll never recreate
that place is one of a kind, but like,
703
00:27:12,975 --> 00:27:16,045
just the idea of like having some
sort of art installation, like, uh,
704
00:27:16,565 --> 00:27:20,015
all right, for local listeners, Lucy,
I've had this idea that I want to DJ
705
00:27:20,025 --> 00:27:22,604
inside Lucy throw a party in her belly.
706
00:27:22,685 --> 00:27:23,205
There you go.
707
00:27:23,214 --> 00:27:23,855
How dope would that be?
708
00:27:23,855 --> 00:27:25,605
Lucy's a giant elephant,
709
00:27:25,615 --> 00:27:26,525
Shaun: like structure.
710
00:27:26,605 --> 00:27:29,865
I think you could do it from the how
to from on top and have the party
711
00:27:30,115 --> 00:27:32,055
outside downstairs and just like, I
712
00:27:32,055 --> 00:27:33,085
Cory: just want to do it inside.
713
00:27:33,125 --> 00:27:33,425
Yeah.
714
00:27:33,425 --> 00:27:34,015
At nighttime.
715
00:27:34,725 --> 00:27:35,715
There's not a lot of space in there.
716
00:27:35,815 --> 00:27:36,175
I know.
717
00:27:38,645 --> 00:27:41,514
But, uh, but yes, tickets for
Harrah's are pretty cheap.
718
00:27:41,584 --> 00:27:43,715
So it's like 10 or 15 bucks, I think.
719
00:27:43,784 --> 00:27:44,254
Shaun: Awesome.
720
00:27:44,344 --> 00:27:45,145
That's amazing.
721
00:27:45,455 --> 00:27:47,645
Uh, December 28th, what
day of the week is that?
722
00:27:47,844 --> 00:27:48,245
Saturday.
723
00:27:48,294 --> 00:27:48,965
Okay, nice.
724
00:27:49,284 --> 00:27:49,804
That's great.
725
00:27:49,965 --> 00:27:51,124
Should That's awesome, man.
726
00:27:51,125 --> 00:27:54,844
So, uh, what are some of the other venues
that you played around here that you like?
727
00:27:54,844 --> 00:27:57,705
You mentioned the Cavity, but, um,
and the Pizza Party, of course,
728
00:27:57,705 --> 00:27:58,769
but like Pizza Party's a good one.
729
00:27:58,770 --> 00:28:00,180
Yeah, I've definitely I've seen you.
730
00:28:00,190 --> 00:28:03,330
It's so amazing because I've seen
you play at our friend Steve's
731
00:28:03,330 --> 00:28:05,080
birthday party down the street here.
732
00:28:05,120 --> 00:28:05,670
That was fun.
733
00:28:05,730 --> 00:28:08,410
You know, and then I've
seen you play at the cavity.
734
00:28:08,460 --> 00:28:11,009
I think I saw you at, you
played anchor rock club before
735
00:28:11,079 --> 00:28:12,110
Cory: I have played anchor a few times.
736
00:28:12,110 --> 00:28:12,330
Yeah.
737
00:28:12,409 --> 00:28:12,789
Yeah.
738
00:28:12,810 --> 00:28:14,209
Very blessed in that area as well.
739
00:28:14,369 --> 00:28:17,679
The no trope family has been
gotten me on there a few times.
740
00:28:18,380 --> 00:28:21,700
Um, we're actually going to
be doing that again to, uh,
741
00:28:21,700 --> 00:28:23,010
week two underground starting.
742
00:28:24,215 --> 00:28:27,225
Second Thursday of every month at Anchor
Out Club, we'll be having an event.
743
00:28:27,465 --> 00:28:27,905
Nice.
744
00:28:27,905 --> 00:28:29,075
So feel free to come out for that too.
745
00:28:29,075 --> 00:28:29,715
Yeah, it's free.
746
00:28:29,805 --> 00:28:30,815
All those will be free.
747
00:28:30,835 --> 00:28:31,165
Second Thursday.
748
00:28:31,185 --> 00:28:35,545
It's for second Thursday of every
month starting 2025 nice rock free
749
00:28:35,545 --> 00:28:35,865
Shaun: show.
750
00:28:35,915 --> 00:28:38,025
So what is, uh, what happens at that show?
751
00:28:38,025 --> 00:28:39,305
You're just up there DJing.
752
00:28:39,395 --> 00:28:39,744
Cory: Yeah.
753
00:28:39,744 --> 00:28:42,864
So for, for those, like I won't always
be DJing, so we'll have some of like
754
00:28:42,864 --> 00:28:47,115
the other part of the family go, but
yeah, we'll just, we'll just try and
755
00:28:47,125 --> 00:28:50,114
go and have fun that we just want to
create a community and environment
756
00:28:50,115 --> 00:28:51,804
that people want to be a part of.
757
00:28:51,875 --> 00:28:55,004
Like it sucks when you don't feel
like you're a part of something.
758
00:28:55,675 --> 00:28:57,785
So why not something to be a part of?
759
00:28:58,145 --> 00:29:00,635
Shaun: What was that show where they had?
760
00:29:01,325 --> 00:29:06,315
the documentary on playing behind the
DJ and then you got the the silent disco
761
00:29:06,335 --> 00:29:10,325
headphones so that you could where they
had the big couches at anchor rock club
762
00:29:10,665 --> 00:29:12,705
Cory: oh my god yeah um
763
00:29:12,975 --> 00:29:15,464
Shaun: what was that thing was
that was one of the coolest i was
764
00:29:15,465 --> 00:29:17,135
trying to describe that to people
765
00:29:17,145 --> 00:29:17,635
Cory: yes
766
00:29:17,905 --> 00:29:22,305
Shaun: it was like we got there early and
they brought in all these giant couches
767
00:29:22,335 --> 00:29:27,185
and like oversized so like me and lee at
one point we're sitting in one of those
768
00:29:27,185 --> 00:29:32,675
like chaise lounges yeah and uh yeah and
then I saw people with headphones on,
769
00:29:32,705 --> 00:29:36,245
and I saw the documentary, and then at
one point I put two and two together,
770
00:29:36,295 --> 00:29:40,104
and then yeah, you put the headphones
on, and you can either listen to the DJ,
771
00:29:40,104 --> 00:29:45,485
which is going on in the room, or you can
listen to, is it Richard Attenborough?
772
00:29:45,535 --> 00:29:46,050
I guess so, yeah.
773
00:29:46,050 --> 00:29:49,115
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it was
like, it was, watch BBC Earth.
774
00:29:49,155 --> 00:29:49,465
It was.
775
00:29:49,715 --> 00:29:51,875
And that was like, mind blowing.
776
00:29:52,135 --> 00:29:53,305
remember that was DJing
777
00:29:53,315 --> 00:29:56,475
Cory: in front of a BBC National,
like, freaking documentary.
778
00:29:57,970 --> 00:30:01,030
Shaun: That was honestly one of the
coolest, like, surreal experiences.
779
00:30:01,030 --> 00:30:01,380
I'm not gonna lie,
780
00:30:01,380 --> 00:30:02,220
Cory: I kind of forgot we did that.
781
00:30:02,220 --> 00:30:02,920
We should do that again.
782
00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:04,320
That was really, really cool.
783
00:30:04,370 --> 00:30:05,540
Yeah, that was awesome, man.
784
00:30:06,070 --> 00:30:10,740
That was, um, the last winter we
did No Trip, did a homie hangout.
785
00:30:10,770 --> 00:30:12,069
That was just like a chill homie hangout.
786
00:30:12,069 --> 00:30:13,200
We did a lineup for that.
787
00:30:13,210 --> 00:30:16,749
Me and, uh, my buddies JD and
Anthony, Double D's and Yuri.
788
00:30:16,940 --> 00:30:17,670
Just played.
789
00:30:17,710 --> 00:30:18,590
We just had a good time.
790
00:30:18,770 --> 00:30:19,620
That's awesome, man.
791
00:30:19,620 --> 00:30:20,470
Yeah, it was a lot of fun.
792
00:30:20,530 --> 00:30:21,540
Shaun: So what's the vibe like?
793
00:30:21,550 --> 00:30:25,090
What's the difference between the
Texas vibe and the South Jersey vibe?
794
00:30:25,110 --> 00:30:25,710
Ooh.
795
00:30:25,770 --> 00:30:26,499
And Philly, I guess.
796
00:30:26,500 --> 00:30:27,539
South Jersey, Philly.
797
00:30:27,590 --> 00:30:29,089
Like, you can even
differentiate those two.
798
00:30:29,090 --> 00:30:29,620
Ooh.
799
00:30:29,630 --> 00:30:31,490
Cory: That's in You're the first
person to ever ask me that.
800
00:30:31,500 --> 00:30:32,430
That's interesting.
801
00:30:32,970 --> 00:30:34,230
I gotta ponder this for a sec.
802
00:30:34,260 --> 00:30:35,380
The difference
803
00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:41,510
Shaun: Because I feel like Texas
musicians have a specific style.
804
00:30:41,540 --> 00:30:45,150
Like when I'm thinking of like, I was a
big Ben Queller guy in high school and
805
00:30:45,150 --> 00:30:49,290
like that guy was from Texas and like he
had a very specific like, even though he
806
00:30:49,290 --> 00:30:53,600
played like an alt rock kind of indie,
um, almost like with a punk feel, it
807
00:30:53,600 --> 00:30:58,820
was still, you know, Very rooted in like
roots rock country rock style, you know,
808
00:30:58,820 --> 00:31:03,140
so I can only imagine that the people
Growing up with that as their culture
809
00:31:03,490 --> 00:31:08,399
have a different response to edm music
than like philly You know, which is
810
00:31:08,399 --> 00:31:12,599
definitely I think of philly as like big
with punk rock and hard rock But then
811
00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:13,952
again it had a huge hip hop culture.
812
00:31:13,952 --> 00:31:15,260
I mean the roots are from philly.
813
00:31:15,260 --> 00:31:16,080
So like it's true
814
00:31:16,815 --> 00:31:17,195
Cory: Yeah.
815
00:31:17,345 --> 00:31:17,515
Shaun: Yeah.
816
00:31:17,515 --> 00:31:18,565
So what do you see out there?
817
00:31:18,605 --> 00:31:19,825
Cory: The, I, oof.
818
00:31:20,125 --> 00:31:24,525
The difference I guess I would see
is music out there just in general.
819
00:31:25,245 --> 00:31:30,645
Is on a freaking pedestal music is so
important is as important as God and
820
00:31:30,645 --> 00:31:36,204
football in Texas I swear to God it
is you especially in Austin like Sixth
821
00:31:36,204 --> 00:31:40,235
Street is the main street where all the
bars are and it's just a line and every
822
00:31:40,235 --> 00:31:45,505
single bar you walk down you get You can
go country music rock music EDM rap You
823
00:31:45,505 --> 00:31:50,505
could go, you know chilled coffee shop
and back to country You just have so many
824
00:31:50,505 --> 00:31:55,310
of every option you could ever think of
You And they'd let everybody play like,
825
00:31:55,320 --> 00:31:58,020
like they have open mics all the time.
826
00:31:58,020 --> 00:32:00,050
They have pop ups in
the park all the time.
827
00:32:00,050 --> 00:32:03,630
They have like, it's just, it
is a music scene or it was, I
828
00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:05,409
have not lived there since 2015.
829
00:32:05,430 --> 00:32:09,270
So I can't, you know, it's been nine
years, but when I was there, it was to
830
00:32:09,270 --> 00:32:11,440
go to Zilker park to play disc golf.
831
00:32:11,450 --> 00:32:15,340
The odds of you seeing a pop up
music, like drum circle or was.
832
00:32:15,985 --> 00:32:21,685
Nine out of ten times, you know, like
it's just it was so ingrained versus Here
833
00:32:21,685 --> 00:32:27,264
was not like that as much but I feel like
it's becoming like that now It's showing
834
00:32:27,264 --> 00:32:31,534
a lot more of the same like there are
music events going on three at least three
835
00:32:31,535 --> 00:32:35,955
nights a week in Atlantic City now It's
not just big casino things happening at
836
00:32:35,955 --> 00:32:37,405
you know, the giant nightclubs there.
837
00:32:37,405 --> 00:32:40,770
It's stuff You know, Union
Hall Arts right next to Tony's.
838
00:32:40,770 --> 00:32:41,010
Yeah.
839
00:32:41,180 --> 00:32:44,160
Or there's stuff going on, like
popping up on the boardwalk.
840
00:32:45,270 --> 00:32:46,070
I know my buddy J.
841
00:32:46,070 --> 00:32:46,230
D.
842
00:32:46,230 --> 00:32:48,169
does random pop up silent discos.
843
00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:48,720
Oh, cool.
844
00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:50,650
Literally popping up at
Gardner's Basin one time.
845
00:32:50,650 --> 00:32:51,400
Just going ham.
846
00:32:51,459 --> 00:32:52,060
Like, wow.
847
00:32:52,079 --> 00:32:52,399
Yeah.
848
00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:55,399
Like there's it's starting
to create that environment.
849
00:32:55,460 --> 00:32:56,380
I absolutely love it.
850
00:32:56,710 --> 00:32:56,979
Yeah.
851
00:32:56,979 --> 00:32:58,259
It just brings people together.
852
00:32:58,620 --> 00:32:59,300
Shaun: That's awesome, man.
853
00:32:59,430 --> 00:33:02,800
I grew up here and we never really
had like a strong music scene.
854
00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:06,570
There was like Bubba Mack's
Shaq in Ocean City and like,
855
00:33:06,780 --> 00:33:08,829
you know, um, Bubba Mack's Shaq?
856
00:33:08,859 --> 00:33:09,239
Yeah.
857
00:33:09,239 --> 00:33:09,519
Oh yeah.
858
00:33:09,580 --> 00:33:11,580
Bubba Mack was a blues guitarist.
859
00:33:11,580 --> 00:33:13,099
It was like, he kind of
looked like Jerry Garcia.
860
00:33:13,109 --> 00:33:14,360
He had like, I'm going to
have to look this guy up.
861
00:33:14,399 --> 00:33:15,450
Oh, he was great, man.
862
00:33:15,450 --> 00:33:15,630
Yeah.
863
00:33:15,630 --> 00:33:18,110
And actually I remember, I can't
remember what station it was on,
864
00:33:18,110 --> 00:33:21,790
but you could watch the live, or I
don't know if it was recordings of
865
00:33:21,840 --> 00:33:25,800
Bubba Mack playing in Ocean City and
like Danny Eyre and all those guys.
866
00:33:26,045 --> 00:33:29,455
On TV, like on like the local
public access, you could watch,
867
00:33:29,725 --> 00:33:31,055
you could watch Bubba Max Jack.
868
00:33:31,075 --> 00:33:31,605
Oh, let's go.
869
00:33:31,715 --> 00:33:32,855
Yeah, it was awesome, man.
870
00:33:32,895 --> 00:33:37,194
Uh, and then like when, when
casinos first came here, a lot
871
00:33:37,194 --> 00:33:40,984
of area musicians got jobs in the
lounges cause the lounges had music.
872
00:33:40,984 --> 00:33:42,115
So that was actually
going to be a question
873
00:33:42,305 --> 00:33:42,614
Cory: for you.
874
00:33:42,614 --> 00:33:42,874
Yeah.
875
00:33:42,875 --> 00:33:43,384
Like how were they?
876
00:33:43,535 --> 00:33:44,385
that scene over.
877
00:33:44,395 --> 00:33:47,415
I feel like the lounges would have
been like what I saw in Texas as
878
00:33:47,415 --> 00:33:51,055
those little bars that you could just
walk in and play at for four people.
879
00:33:51,075 --> 00:33:51,275
Yeah.
880
00:33:51,305 --> 00:33:52,335
It goes probably the same thing.
881
00:33:52,345 --> 00:33:52,615
Shaun: Yeah.
882
00:33:52,615 --> 00:33:55,635
And when I was growing up, there was like,
you know, punk was really big and like
883
00:33:55,954 --> 00:33:57,925
there was, I mean we did shows everywhere.
884
00:33:57,925 --> 00:34:00,994
There was a Chinese restaurant, the pearl
in summer's point where there used to be
885
00:34:00,994 --> 00:34:04,745
the summer's point circle, which is now
that like right by where summer's mansion
886
00:34:04,745 --> 00:34:08,685
is, if you're going like toward towards
ocean city, there was a Chinese restaurant
887
00:34:08,685 --> 00:34:11,785
there and we would throw punk shows
there and it was literally like, They
888
00:34:11,785 --> 00:34:15,825
kept one room of the dining room open in
case anybody wanted to sit down and eat.
889
00:34:15,855 --> 00:34:20,495
And then they just moved tables out of the
main area and we just threw shows there.
890
00:34:20,495 --> 00:34:20,749
That's so funny.
891
00:34:20,749 --> 00:34:21,584
It was crazy.
892
00:34:21,804 --> 00:34:21,995
All I think
893
00:34:22,255 --> 00:34:24,285
Cory: about when I hear that is
like there's a clip of a heavy
894
00:34:24,285 --> 00:34:25,544
metal band playing at a Denny's.
895
00:34:25,554 --> 00:34:25,964
Yes.
896
00:34:26,615 --> 00:34:28,584
The dude just throws like,
what the fuck is up Denny's?
897
00:34:30,385 --> 00:34:32,255
Shaun: That's exactly
what it was like, man.
898
00:34:32,655 --> 00:34:32,895
Yeah.
899
00:34:32,895 --> 00:34:35,335
And then there was, there was
Duke Max on the boardwalk.
900
00:34:35,375 --> 00:34:36,985
There was like Grand Famage.
901
00:34:37,005 --> 00:34:38,315
There was, um.
902
00:34:39,210 --> 00:34:41,530
It escapes me now on Pennsylvania Avenue.
903
00:34:41,550 --> 00:34:43,600
It'll come back to me, but there
was, there was a little club, but
904
00:34:43,600 --> 00:34:45,140
then they, they all kind of died.
905
00:34:45,180 --> 00:34:48,850
You know, it was like, it, it took a
lot to get it here because Atlantic
906
00:34:48,850 --> 00:34:50,119
city was never very cultured.
907
00:34:50,119 --> 00:34:52,980
So like they stopped doing the
lounges and then the nineties,
908
00:34:52,980 --> 00:34:54,250
it was kind of like a dead time.
909
00:34:54,250 --> 00:34:59,080
And then like the whole, you know, uh,
punk rock thing kind of came through and
910
00:34:59,080 --> 00:35:02,740
got a little bit more popular and like
the legacy of Bubba Mac and all those guys
911
00:35:02,740 --> 00:35:04,460
continue to play in the area and stuff.
912
00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:08,440
And then, yeah, there was kind of like,
You know a dead zone I feel like in
913
00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:12,010
the early 2000s like it wasn't it was
like more singer songwriter II kind of
914
00:35:12,010 --> 00:35:16,370
like You know a little bit of punk rock
stuff here and there but like it just
915
00:35:16,370 --> 00:35:20,575
kind of like Died out, I guess, you
know, and then, uh, you know, of course,
916
00:35:20,575 --> 00:35:23,700
like the beach bars and everything
that was popular and stuff like that.
917
00:35:23,700 --> 00:35:24,695
I feel like summer is
918
00:35:24,695 --> 00:35:26,685
Cory: we can really count
on like a summer down here.
919
00:35:26,685 --> 00:35:27,574
It's a tourist area.
920
00:35:27,575 --> 00:35:30,435
We all, if you live down here, you
know how it goes for three months.
921
00:35:30,435 --> 00:35:31,655
You work, you work hard.
922
00:35:31,935 --> 00:35:32,445
Everything's open.
923
00:35:32,445 --> 00:35:33,524
Everyone's playing everywhere.
924
00:35:33,535 --> 00:35:34,975
Just money, money, tourist, tourist.
925
00:35:34,984 --> 00:35:37,805
Shaun: Yeah, I know guys who
like a shout out to Ken Shiles.
926
00:35:37,855 --> 00:35:40,605
Uh, he, he'll play two,
three shows a night.
927
00:35:41,035 --> 00:35:42,195
And surf twice as well.
928
00:35:42,215 --> 00:35:42,615
Yeah.
929
00:35:42,765 --> 00:35:43,135
Yeah.
930
00:35:43,135 --> 00:35:43,875
Amazing, man.
931
00:35:43,875 --> 00:35:44,765
I don't know how he does it.
932
00:35:44,765 --> 00:35:46,385
And then he'll go like
build a house somewhere.
933
00:35:46,395 --> 00:35:48,125
It's like unbelievable what that guy does.
934
00:35:48,645 --> 00:35:50,605
But yeah, so it's cool
to see like Anchor Rock.
935
00:35:50,605 --> 00:35:52,115
The House of Blues was a great spot.
936
00:35:52,115 --> 00:35:54,535
I love the old House of Blues
where we saw Disco Biscuits.
937
00:35:54,585 --> 00:35:54,835
Oh, yeah.
938
00:35:56,145 --> 00:35:59,135
But yeah, man, and then like, it
seems like now with Anchor Rock Club
939
00:35:59,145 --> 00:36:02,015
being the, the anchor of this all.
940
00:36:02,595 --> 00:36:03,714
Cory: That's a great way to put it.
941
00:36:03,714 --> 00:36:05,585
It really is becoming that space.
942
00:36:05,585 --> 00:36:09,664
The guys at Shout Out Adam and Greg and
everyone over there, like they're doing,
943
00:36:09,944 --> 00:36:11,285
they're doing something special there.
944
00:36:11,295 --> 00:36:13,634
Every show there is amazing.
945
00:36:13,635 --> 00:36:15,804
They just hired a great
friend of ours, Shout Out Ali.
946
00:36:15,834 --> 00:36:16,604
He's the cook now.
947
00:36:16,855 --> 00:36:17,470
Yeah, I saw that.
948
00:36:17,470 --> 00:36:18,855
Making bomb food all the time.
949
00:36:20,490 --> 00:36:24,250
It's turning into just what we've always
wanted it to be, like the place for us
950
00:36:24,260 --> 00:36:27,430
to hang out and be like, Oh, like I'll
stop by anchor on a Thursday night.
951
00:36:27,430 --> 00:36:28,560
Just see what's going on.
952
00:36:28,570 --> 00:36:30,859
Like, I've never said that
about any other venue.
953
00:36:30,890 --> 00:36:31,479
You know what I mean?
954
00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:32,440
Like nobody does that.
955
00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:35,080
No one just pops in to say
what's up to the staff, but
956
00:36:35,430 --> 00:36:36,219
Shaun: this place we do.
957
00:36:36,520 --> 00:36:41,180
We went the Saturday after Thanksgiving
for the night market and yeah, he was
958
00:36:41,180 --> 00:36:44,590
back there, but I was like, what do
you, the whole place smelled amazing.
959
00:36:44,620 --> 00:36:44,969
So good.
960
00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:46,250
And then I'm like, what?
961
00:36:46,280 --> 00:36:46,919
I walked over.
962
00:36:46,919 --> 00:36:48,830
I'm like, Holly, what, what
are you making back there?
963
00:36:48,830 --> 00:36:51,439
And at that point he was
making a gobbler for somebody.
964
00:36:51,919 --> 00:36:53,709
So he had the turkey and he asked
the guy, he's like, you want
965
00:36:53,710 --> 00:36:55,059
cranberry sauce on here too?
966
00:36:55,059 --> 00:36:55,790
You want gravy?
967
00:36:55,930 --> 00:36:57,770
Like he was putting, making it for him.
968
00:36:57,780 --> 00:36:58,530
Professional as heck.
969
00:36:58,560 --> 00:36:59,350
And then, yeah.
970
00:36:59,350 --> 00:37:02,130
And then, uh, Uh, he was
like, Oh yeah, I got this.
971
00:37:02,130 --> 00:37:02,620
I got this.
972
00:37:02,620 --> 00:37:03,070
I got this.
973
00:37:03,070 --> 00:37:04,670
I'm like, geez, man, this is unbelievable.
974
00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:07,530
Cory: No, let me shout out to him, man.
975
00:37:07,540 --> 00:37:08,580
He, he deserves it.
976
00:37:08,599 --> 00:37:10,219
It's yeah.
977
00:37:10,219 --> 00:37:13,659
I'm just, I'm stoked to be here
and be a part of whatever you want
978
00:37:13,660 --> 00:37:14,819
to call is going on right now.
979
00:37:14,900 --> 00:37:19,109
You know, the community coming back, music
getting more popular, gambling, getting
980
00:37:19,109 --> 00:37:22,440
less popular, like whatever it is, I'm
happy I'm here and being a part of it.
981
00:37:22,660 --> 00:37:22,910
Shaun: Yeah.
982
00:37:22,910 --> 00:37:25,750
So how do you, so you mentioned like
putting together a set earlier, how do you
983
00:37:25,750 --> 00:37:27,810
put together a set for this upcoming show?
984
00:37:27,850 --> 00:37:28,259
Ooh.
985
00:37:28,259 --> 00:37:28,519
Transcribed
986
00:37:29,330 --> 00:37:30,110
Cory: That's a good one.
987
00:37:30,280 --> 00:37:37,090
Um, so the first thing I do is just
listen to so much music, so much music.
988
00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:41,480
Um, at the moment I don't have any of
my own tracks finished that I can play.
989
00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:46,290
So I'm listening to artists that I like,
uh, pull inspiration from trying to
990
00:37:46,290 --> 00:37:49,930
find all the stuff that they have that
I think would be super cool to play.
991
00:37:50,460 --> 00:37:55,545
And Then I put that all into a playlist
and then I go through that playlist and
992
00:37:55,545 --> 00:37:57,395
try and find the ones that are unique.
993
00:37:57,655 --> 00:38:01,315
I don't want to play something
that, this is just me at least,
994
00:38:01,325 --> 00:38:03,314
I don't want to play something
you've heard three other DJs play.
995
00:38:03,325 --> 00:38:05,024
I want to play something that
your mouth drops and you're
996
00:38:05,024 --> 00:38:06,075
like, what the fuck was that?
997
00:38:07,035 --> 00:38:07,645
That's what I want.
998
00:38:07,655 --> 00:38:08,294
That's my goal.
999
00:38:08,635 --> 00:38:11,544
I want you to be like,
holy shit, that was, what?
1000
00:38:11,645 --> 00:38:12,245
What did you do?
1001
00:38:12,315 --> 00:38:13,015
Play that back again.
1002
00:38:13,195 --> 00:38:14,625
Yeah, that's, that's my goal.
1003
00:38:14,625 --> 00:38:18,215
I want to, I want to, you know, make
some jaws hit the floor if I can.
1004
00:38:18,225 --> 00:38:19,415
That's awesome, man.
1005
00:38:19,525 --> 00:38:22,355
Or at least play some type of beat
you've never heard before that.
1006
00:38:23,090 --> 00:38:26,410
You leave and you sing in your head for
the next two days and it strives you to
1007
00:38:26,420 --> 00:38:30,380
go look at you can find that Who that
DJ is and then you go invest in that DJ
1008
00:38:30,380 --> 00:38:33,819
and I just helped you find new music You
never thought you'd know that's awesome.
1009
00:38:33,920 --> 00:38:38,220
Yeah, so that's that's what I try
and do and then with me playing with
1010
00:38:38,229 --> 00:38:44,150
Dylan As far as preparing a set goes,
I'll come up with combos of songs.
1011
00:38:45,440 --> 00:38:47,650
For being back to back,
you normally trade off.
1012
00:38:47,660 --> 00:38:50,620
We'll just ballpark two
to five songs a piece.
1013
00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:51,280
You know what I mean?
1014
00:38:51,290 --> 00:38:51,760
You just tell me, so you
1015
00:38:52,130 --> 00:38:53,319
Shaun: play one, he plays one,
1016
00:38:53,380 --> 00:38:54,550
Cory: or I'll play three.
1017
00:38:54,680 --> 00:38:55,439
He plays three.
1018
00:38:55,500 --> 00:38:55,710
Okay.
1019
00:38:55,710 --> 00:38:56,350
I gotcha thing.
1020
00:38:56,350 --> 00:38:57,040
You know what I mean?
1021
00:38:57,069 --> 00:39:02,500
So what I'll do is make groups of like,
I don't know, call it like 15 or 20.
1022
00:39:03,160 --> 00:39:07,800
Combos of like three to four songs that
go really well together that I know I can.
1023
00:39:07,830 --> 00:39:08,100
All right.
1024
00:39:08,120 --> 00:39:10,820
This song starts in the F minor key.
1025
00:39:11,155 --> 00:39:14,135
So if he's playing something in
F minor, I can be like, cool.
1026
00:39:14,145 --> 00:39:17,805
If I'm coming in, I'll play this combo
that starts in F minor and ends in,
1027
00:39:18,265 --> 00:39:22,755
you know, a major or whatever, you
know, and then he'll go from there.
1028
00:39:23,445 --> 00:39:24,765
Shaun: How do you know it's in.
1029
00:39:25,115 --> 00:39:26,475
F major, F minor.
1030
00:39:26,475 --> 00:39:27,035
The software.
1031
00:39:27,035 --> 00:39:30,045
I'm not, again, I can't read
music so I can't tell like
1032
00:39:30,045 --> 00:39:30,285
Cory: that.
1033
00:39:30,285 --> 00:39:31,565
And my hearing's not that good.
1034
00:39:32,935 --> 00:39:34,465
But yeah, so the software will tell me.
1035
00:39:34,645 --> 00:39:37,114
I use the Camelot wheel,
so for me it's numbers.
1036
00:39:37,565 --> 00:39:40,395
Um, it'll be, you know, like it's a 3A.
1037
00:39:41,034 --> 00:39:41,615
You know what I mean?
1038
00:39:41,674 --> 00:39:43,225
Or 7A.
1039
00:39:43,225 --> 00:39:45,845
So like, and those are just,
they mimic to different keys.
1040
00:39:46,735 --> 00:39:51,155
For me on like this, the way the CDJ
works is if I set my flash drive to
1041
00:39:51,155 --> 00:39:56,465
represent itself in like organized
by key, that means if you're playing
1042
00:39:56,465 --> 00:40:00,414
a song in, we'll just call it six
a, which is, I don't remember.
1043
00:40:00,414 --> 00:40:02,025
I'm going to say the wrong key.
1044
00:40:02,025 --> 00:40:05,855
I apologize, but you know, call it
G or F or G or something like that.
1045
00:40:05,855 --> 00:40:05,955
Right.
1046
00:40:06,345 --> 00:40:08,875
So if it's around a G, that
means on my flash drive,
1047
00:40:08,945 --> 00:40:10,845
every song that I have in a G.
1048
00:40:11,085 --> 00:40:13,825
We'll be lined up right next to each
other and we'll highlight green.
1049
00:40:14,055 --> 00:40:18,815
OK, I know all of those songs
match like tone wise necessarily.
1050
00:40:18,885 --> 00:40:22,555
Maybe not the beat or the song, but I know
tone wise they're right in the same area.
1051
00:40:23,065 --> 00:40:26,575
Then it's just a matter of picking and
winging it, being like, Oh, all right,
1052
00:40:26,575 --> 00:40:27,705
this one, let's go with this one.
1053
00:40:27,834 --> 00:40:28,154
Yeah.
1054
00:40:28,154 --> 00:40:28,975
And then I try and bring it
1055
00:40:28,975 --> 00:40:29,894
Shaun: in and see if it works.
1056
00:40:30,074 --> 00:40:30,554
Wow.
1057
00:40:30,644 --> 00:40:32,294
And then you mentioned that
you make your own music.
1058
00:40:32,294 --> 00:40:35,837
So what's what's your creation
process like for for making your
1059
00:40:35,837 --> 00:40:36,542
Cory: own tracks?
1060
00:40:36,542 --> 00:40:36,894
Foof.
1061
00:40:37,175 --> 00:40:40,895
Shaun: Uh, a lot of listening to the
same loop over and over and over again.
1062
00:40:40,985 --> 00:40:43,005
Um, like DJs or any type of
1063
00:40:43,005 --> 00:40:43,405
Cory: music.
1064
00:40:43,405 --> 00:40:43,755
Like, what are you
1065
00:40:43,755 --> 00:40:44,105
Shaun: listening
1066
00:40:44,105 --> 00:40:44,195
Cory: to?
1067
00:40:44,285 --> 00:40:49,265
So for drumming, when I made tracks
for like the band, I wouldn't make
1068
00:40:49,265 --> 00:40:53,324
anything until the guitarist wrote
the, like the verse and the chorus.
1069
00:40:53,354 --> 00:40:54,915
And then he would just play it to me.
1070
00:40:55,145 --> 00:40:57,675
And I would just kind of like
have him go over and over again.
1071
00:40:57,675 --> 00:40:59,395
And in my head just be like, okay.
1072
00:40:59,435 --> 00:41:00,865
And then just start playing something.
1073
00:41:00,875 --> 00:41:03,025
Stop, start playing something
else like that kind of thing.
1074
00:41:03,095 --> 00:41:03,425
Yeah.
1075
00:41:03,454 --> 00:41:05,775
Um, for this, it's kind of a similar.
1076
00:41:06,560 --> 00:41:09,620
Mentality, the difference is
I'm playing it for myself.
1077
00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:15,530
Like I, let's say you just want to
start off with like a simple, you
1078
00:41:15,530 --> 00:41:19,420
know, hi hat drum kick, you know,
I don't know, like boom, boom.
1079
00:41:19,990 --> 00:41:21,369
Like think of that, like, yeah.
1080
00:41:21,370 --> 00:41:24,321
You just loop that over
and over and over again.
1081
00:41:24,321 --> 00:41:27,863
And then in your head, you're
like, okay, what kind of melody
1082
00:41:27,863 --> 00:41:29,338
would sound cool over that?
1083
00:41:29,338 --> 00:41:31,404
Would it be like, dude, you do.
1084
00:41:33,085 --> 00:41:34,444
That probably sounded
really weird, but yeah.
1085
00:41:34,444 --> 00:41:35,375
No, no, no, I understand.
1086
00:41:35,415 --> 00:41:35,565
Does that
1087
00:41:35,565 --> 00:41:35,975
Shaun: make sense?
1088
00:41:36,005 --> 00:41:39,335
Yeah, and then are you like, oh,
I like this melody from this song?
1089
00:41:39,345 --> 00:41:39,645
Yep.
1090
00:41:39,834 --> 00:41:41,824
Cory: So that would, yeah,
be like remixing, right?
1091
00:41:41,825 --> 00:41:44,284
You don't want to steal someone's
stuff necessarily unless you're
1092
00:41:44,284 --> 00:41:45,065
going to give them credit.
1093
00:41:45,065 --> 00:41:48,535
Like, I 100 percent am
going to do a remix.
1094
00:41:49,640 --> 00:41:51,580
Power Rangers theme song dub mix.
1095
00:41:51,610 --> 00:41:52,120
You know what I mean?
1096
00:41:52,120 --> 00:41:54,330
Like I'm going to flip that,
like it's going to be cool.
1097
00:41:54,770 --> 00:41:56,970
But like for that, like I'm not
going to call it anything different.
1098
00:41:56,970 --> 00:42:01,530
I'm going to 100 percent be like, this is
a Power Rangers Mighty Morphin in a flip,
1099
00:42:01,610 --> 00:42:07,119
you know, versus like, I could take the
theme song, like the general tone of the,
1100
00:42:07,199 --> 00:42:10,030
the, the keys, switch it up a little bit.
1101
00:42:10,060 --> 00:42:12,230
It would sound similar, but
wouldn't be the same thing.
1102
00:42:12,240 --> 00:42:12,560
Yeah.
1103
00:42:12,570 --> 00:42:13,180
Could do that.
1104
00:42:13,300 --> 00:42:13,680
Interesting.
1105
00:42:13,680 --> 00:42:14,810
That's always a cool way to do it.
1106
00:42:15,560 --> 00:42:17,930
Honestly, in today's day
and age, it's endless, man.
1107
00:42:17,930 --> 00:42:21,350
Any possibility, any thought
you have you can create today?
1108
00:42:21,440 --> 00:42:25,730
Shaun: So are you like, so you said
you, do you like just do a drum beat?
1109
00:42:25,730 --> 00:42:28,580
Like can you just like have drum
beats that you can play off of?
1110
00:42:28,640 --> 00:42:31,430
Cory: So you Yeah, basically
like let's say, uh, I'll just use
1111
00:42:31,940 --> 00:42:33,980
Ableton 'cause that's the software
I'm like the most familiar with.
1112
00:42:34,010 --> 00:42:34,160
Yeah.
1113
00:42:34,160 --> 00:42:36,410
Which is not super familiar
at all compared to some, some
1114
00:42:36,410 --> 00:42:38,600
people it's, do you have.
1115
00:42:38,965 --> 00:42:40,135
Like sections.
1116
00:42:40,225 --> 00:42:41,065
Like a drum machine?
1117
00:42:41,065 --> 00:42:41,185
Yeah.
1118
00:42:41,185 --> 00:42:42,025
Literal files.
1119
00:42:42,025 --> 00:42:42,235
Yeah.
1120
00:42:42,235 --> 00:42:45,835
And you can create them and you can
get them to start with like samples.
1121
00:42:46,075 --> 00:42:47,725
But then you also can create your own.
1122
00:42:47,755 --> 00:42:52,165
'cause you can like, uh, insert a
midi, like a midi keyboard into Ableton
1123
00:42:52,225 --> 00:42:54,295
and play set your midi keyboard.
1124
00:42:54,295 --> 00:42:54,715
Do have.
1125
00:42:55,290 --> 00:42:56,120
drum sounds on it.
1126
00:42:56,120 --> 00:43:00,600
Let's say a hi hat on one note and
then, you know, drum a snare and then
1127
00:43:00,600 --> 00:43:01,980
a bass drum or a tom or whatever.
1128
00:43:01,980 --> 00:43:04,370
And then you can literally do it with
your fingers yourself if you want to.
1129
00:43:04,470 --> 00:43:04,820
Yeah.
1130
00:43:04,860 --> 00:43:06,460
Your options are endless.
1131
00:43:06,599 --> 00:43:08,740
Shaun: And so you've, you've
released a bunch of music, right?
1132
00:43:08,769 --> 00:43:10,379
Cory: No, not, not on my own.
1133
00:43:10,410 --> 00:43:13,900
Back in the day with my friend, Zach, we
did release two tracks back in the day.
1134
00:43:13,990 --> 00:43:14,840
I truly don't.
1135
00:43:14,860 --> 00:43:16,100
They never went on Spotify.
1136
00:43:16,140 --> 00:43:16,950
They might still be on SoundCloud.
1137
00:43:17,570 --> 00:43:19,370
I never had them on my own.
1138
00:43:19,370 --> 00:43:20,360
They were on his stairs.
1139
00:43:20,370 --> 00:43:22,959
Uh, my God, I don't even
remember what it was.
1140
00:43:24,175 --> 00:43:24,685
Hard drive.
1141
00:43:24,695 --> 00:43:25,125
That's what it is.
1142
00:43:25,125 --> 00:43:26,405
Yeah, they're on his hard drive.
1143
00:43:26,465 --> 00:43:30,195
Okay, I might have them on my old
computer, but that thing is juked
1144
00:43:30,985 --> 00:43:35,194
Like I could even pull pictures if I
wanted but no So and I'm excited to
1145
00:43:35,204 --> 00:43:39,465
do that because I've been like Talking
about doing it for a while and never
1146
00:43:39,465 --> 00:43:44,495
really have done it yet And then I
just started recently me and a friend.
1147
00:43:45,315 --> 00:43:46,945
I will shout him out free throw.
1148
00:43:46,955 --> 00:43:50,255
Thank you for you legend We are
working on something together.
1149
00:43:50,265 --> 00:43:52,475
He's helping me do something
really cool and kind of like
1150
00:43:52,475 --> 00:43:53,815
getting my bearings back into it.
1151
00:43:53,925 --> 00:43:54,485
That's awesome.
1152
00:43:54,485 --> 00:43:57,365
Yeah, so I was just over there a
few days ago, and I'm pretty stoked
1153
00:43:57,375 --> 00:43:59,395
to see, see how this one turns out.
1154
00:43:59,435 --> 00:43:59,785
Yeah.
1155
00:43:59,835 --> 00:44:03,135
So is this like stuff that you've already,
like tracks you've already made so far?
1156
00:44:03,365 --> 00:44:05,684
This one specifically, I'm
gonna have to tell you about
1157
00:44:05,685 --> 00:44:06,905
off mic because it's a surprise.
1158
00:44:06,935 --> 00:44:07,385
Okay, awesome.
1159
00:44:07,435 --> 00:44:10,200
Um, yeah, so then the other one, Yes.
1160
00:44:10,680 --> 00:44:13,710
The other one is something I like, I
had the beat in my head for a while.
1161
00:44:13,710 --> 00:44:17,580
It's actually an old guitar riff
from the band that I used to be in.
1162
00:44:17,820 --> 00:44:18,160
Oh, cool.
1163
00:44:18,160 --> 00:44:20,660
And I've been like trying to
make that into something cool.
1164
00:44:20,770 --> 00:44:21,309
That's awesome.
1165
00:44:21,310 --> 00:44:21,680
Shaun: Yeah.
1166
00:44:21,929 --> 00:44:24,790
No idea how it'll turn out yet,
but you've, you've written songs
1167
00:44:24,790 --> 00:44:25,839
and perform them live though.
1168
00:44:25,839 --> 00:44:27,270
You just haven't released them.
1169
00:44:27,280 --> 00:44:30,935
Cory: So as far as like, Electronically,
as far as like in a band.
1170
00:44:30,975 --> 00:44:31,265
Oh yeah.
1171
00:44:31,265 --> 00:44:32,775
We've released like multiple EPs.
1172
00:44:32,805 --> 00:44:37,454
I've tracked, I don't know, 12, maybe 15
tracks as far as drum stuff's concerned.
1173
00:44:37,875 --> 00:44:40,415
But yeah, I haven't done
anything electronic yet.
1174
00:44:40,545 --> 00:44:41,855
That is what's on the mission.
1175
00:44:41,905 --> 00:44:42,905
Shaun: What's more fun for you?
1176
00:44:42,905 --> 00:44:46,034
Is it more fun to like create
something new or to do the remix thing?
1177
00:44:46,035 --> 00:44:47,335
Like I, I got into it.
1178
00:44:47,335 --> 00:44:50,045
Like I listened to
underworld in high school.
1179
00:44:50,045 --> 00:44:54,175
I saw underworld, which was like, that
was an awesome at the giant stadium.
1180
00:44:54,625 --> 00:44:56,415
Uh, it was like 90,
1181
00:44:57,425 --> 00:44:58,975
Cory: 2003.
1182
00:44:58,975 --> 00:45:00,040
I don't know why, I
1183
00:45:00,040 --> 00:45:01,318
Shaun: just thought of the Vampire movie.
1184
00:45:01,318 --> 00:45:05,275
Yeah, Underground was great, and then,
um, I got into Girl Talk in college.
1185
00:45:05,345 --> 00:45:06,454
Oh, nice, alright, solid.
1186
00:45:06,484 --> 00:45:10,135
Yeah, so like the remixing thing,
like I always loved that, you know,
1187
00:45:10,175 --> 00:45:13,945
I'm gonna take Elton John and Biggie
and put them together, and like, you
1188
00:45:13,945 --> 00:45:15,545
know, then it just blows my mind.
1189
00:45:15,545 --> 00:45:15,825
It's the same
1190
00:45:15,825 --> 00:45:16,665
Cory: mentality that we have.
1191
00:45:16,665 --> 00:45:22,370
I'm like, I'm gonna take frickin Fisher
and put it over, put, um, Frank Sinatra's
1192
00:45:22,370 --> 00:45:23,610
voice over it and see what happens.
1193
00:45:23,690 --> 00:45:24,320
Oh, that's awesome.
1194
00:45:24,350 --> 00:45:25,170
It's the same mentality.
1195
00:45:25,170 --> 00:45:27,530
Yeah, we're just like, how
do I do like nowadays for me?
1196
00:45:27,530 --> 00:45:32,040
The music I really like to play is
like dub like 140 dub or UKG kind of
1197
00:45:32,040 --> 00:45:37,260
baseline stuff Yeah, so right now it's
like British rap and French rap over
1198
00:45:37,965 --> 00:45:40,285
Like faster house beats or break beats.
1199
00:45:40,285 --> 00:45:41,755
That's yeah, it's my bread and butter.
1200
00:45:41,755 --> 00:45:42,405
I like that right now.
1201
00:45:42,485 --> 00:45:43,115
Shaun: Oh, that's awesome.
1202
00:45:43,115 --> 00:45:43,435
Yeah.
1203
00:45:43,535 --> 00:45:43,985
That's a cool one.
1204
00:45:43,985 --> 00:45:45,035
And what are you listening to?
1205
00:45:45,035 --> 00:45:49,195
Like, what are you, uh, what are
some DJs or some, uh, like I just
1206
00:45:49,195 --> 00:45:53,775
listened to an album with, uh, George
Clanton, George Clanton and TV girl
1207
00:45:53,775 --> 00:45:55,705
just came out with an album weeks ago.
1208
00:45:55,705 --> 00:45:58,495
And like, that was, That was
a pretty cool collaboration.
1209
00:45:58,495 --> 00:46:02,795
But like, I listened to like Tycho
and like that of Bonobo, right?
1210
00:46:02,795 --> 00:46:04,445
Like all those, that whole.
1211
00:46:04,515 --> 00:46:05,115
Oh, Bonobos.
1212
00:46:05,505 --> 00:46:10,235
Cory: I've, uh, best Bonobo thing I
ever saw was I saw him and Skrillex
1213
00:46:10,265 --> 00:46:12,084
go back to back at like 3 a.
1214
00:46:12,084 --> 00:46:12,454
m.
1215
00:46:12,515 --> 00:46:13,465
in Texas.
1216
00:46:13,655 --> 00:46:15,925
Don't forget why or how they
were there, but it was amazing.
1217
00:46:16,145 --> 00:46:17,395
You just saw Pretty Lights, didn't you?
1218
00:46:17,415 --> 00:46:18,665
I did see Pretty Lights.
1219
00:46:18,665 --> 00:46:21,915
My brother, shout out, Alec, got tickets
for my birthday, which was last week.
1220
00:46:22,525 --> 00:46:23,075
He.
1221
00:46:23,885 --> 00:46:26,465
Okay, whatever Pretty Lights did
in his little hiatus, everybody
1222
00:46:26,465 --> 00:46:27,595
should go see Pretty Lights.
1223
00:46:27,995 --> 00:46:28,945
He shredded it, dude.
1224
00:46:29,105 --> 00:46:29,575
Oh, nice.
1225
00:46:29,575 --> 00:46:30,705
He dubbed everything up.
1226
00:46:30,725 --> 00:46:32,164
It was from the rip.
1227
00:46:32,174 --> 00:46:34,634
The first song, I looked at my brother
and I was like, We forgot earplugs
1228
00:46:34,634 --> 00:46:36,095
and that was a very bad choice.
1229
00:46:36,955 --> 00:46:38,704
Like, everyone should wear
earplugs to Pretty Lights.
1230
00:46:38,884 --> 00:46:40,095
He's getting it right now.
1231
00:46:40,145 --> 00:46:40,585
Yeah.
1232
00:46:40,745 --> 00:46:43,155
I saw him in 2014 at Firefly.
1233
00:46:43,295 --> 00:46:43,815
Yeah, dude.
1234
00:46:44,525 --> 00:46:46,950
Take that experience and Double it.
1235
00:46:47,010 --> 00:46:47,510
Oh, wow.
1236
00:46:47,720 --> 00:46:49,080
Sprinkle some steroids on it, man.
1237
00:46:49,080 --> 00:46:50,820
Shaun: He went yeah, he amped everything.
1238
00:46:50,900 --> 00:46:51,680
Oh, that's awesome.
1239
00:46:51,720 --> 00:46:55,150
Oh, yeah Yeah, it was it was
girl talk pretty lights and big
1240
00:46:55,150 --> 00:46:56,520
gigantic were the three nights.
1241
00:46:56,520 --> 00:47:01,989
Cory: Yeah, which they were great It
was so good that saxophone gets it
1242
00:47:02,009 --> 00:47:05,070
Shaun: Yeah, and he like jumped
up on the DJ table and like played
1243
00:47:05,080 --> 00:47:07,060
up there and like it was amazing.
1244
00:47:07,070 --> 00:47:07,430
We love it
1245
00:47:07,440 --> 00:47:09,310
Cory: That's the kind of stuff we
want to see you want to see someone
1246
00:47:09,330 --> 00:47:10,290
Shaun: having fun fun.
1247
00:47:10,850 --> 00:47:11,250
Cory: I'm paying.
1248
00:47:11,250 --> 00:47:12,210
I want to see you have fun.
1249
00:47:12,640 --> 00:47:14,240
And you're asking what
I listened to before.
1250
00:47:14,240 --> 00:47:14,660
Like, yeah.
1251
00:47:14,660 --> 00:47:14,820
Cause
1252
00:47:14,820 --> 00:47:17,570
Shaun: like I, I gave you what
I listened to, which is not like
1253
00:47:17,630 --> 00:47:19,419
probably the top of the list.
1254
00:47:19,419 --> 00:47:20,500
The funniest
1255
00:47:20,510 --> 00:47:23,560
Cory: part is like, I, I feel
weird saying this, but I don't.
1256
00:47:23,560 --> 00:47:26,470
It's like, I'm a DJ who doesn't
only listen to electronic music.
1257
00:47:26,680 --> 00:47:30,220
When I get in the car, it's 8 out
of 10 times jam bands, most likely.
1258
00:47:30,220 --> 00:47:31,809
And the other two are reggae, maybe?
1259
00:47:31,860 --> 00:47:37,470
Like, so, as far as DJs are concerned
though, like, there's a dude called EFAN.
1260
00:47:37,500 --> 00:47:38,610
So it's E F A N.
1261
00:47:39,059 --> 00:47:41,219
He's, he's, he's doing some
really cool stuff right now.
1262
00:47:41,600 --> 00:47:43,700
Um, He's, he's doing really good.
1263
00:47:43,700 --> 00:47:46,630
And then, um, I'm a big Rufus DeSole fan.
1264
00:47:46,850 --> 00:47:48,180
They play some really cool stuff.
1265
00:47:48,220 --> 00:47:51,990
And then, the Desert Dwellers have always
been one of my That's kind of like,
1266
00:47:51,999 --> 00:47:55,710
both of those are just more in the chill
kind of category, I guess you can say.
1267
00:47:56,110 --> 00:48:00,420
Um, as far as like, the heavier
stuff, I mean Subtronics always just
1268
00:48:00,420 --> 00:48:01,870
blowing minds left right and center.
1269
00:48:01,960 --> 00:48:05,090
Um, you got Chris's doing insane.
1270
00:48:05,100 --> 00:48:08,930
You got a whole bunch of
people, interplanetary criminal.
1271
00:48:08,930 --> 00:48:11,150
It's just a whole bunch.
1272
00:48:11,449 --> 00:48:12,410
The list go on and on.
1273
00:48:12,489 --> 00:48:13,320
It really, really good.
1274
00:48:13,430 --> 00:48:16,439
Shaun: And how do you think like
the jam band style influences your
1275
00:48:16,439 --> 00:48:18,890
DJ stuff, your electronic music?
1276
00:48:21,815 --> 00:48:26,685
Cory: I think the improv of jam
bands is really what I gravitate
1277
00:48:26,735 --> 00:48:28,515
towards with electronic music.
1278
00:48:28,575 --> 00:48:34,505
I, the worst fear I think I could have
being a DJ is if someone tells me I have
1279
00:48:34,505 --> 00:48:38,744
to go on the stage and play something pre
recorded, they tell me I have no choice.
1280
00:48:38,744 --> 00:48:42,015
I have to go up there, stand and
fake the experience I'm having.
1281
00:48:42,645 --> 00:48:43,755
I don't know how I would take that.
1282
00:48:43,765 --> 00:48:46,535
Now, granted, I'm not being offered
a check that maybe someone else
1283
00:48:46,535 --> 00:48:48,885
hypothetically would have to
hypothetically play a pre recorded
1284
00:48:48,885 --> 00:48:54,470
set at a hypothetical big festival,
but Like, I can't, I don't know.
1285
00:48:54,500 --> 00:48:56,720
Like, that to me seems like that's
where the line would be drawn.
1286
00:48:56,730 --> 00:48:57,660
I want to have fun.
1287
00:48:57,670 --> 00:49:00,340
I want to go up there and I want to
put myself in some positions that I'm
1288
00:49:00,340 --> 00:49:02,610
kind of nervous and I don't really
know how I'm going to get out of.
1289
00:49:02,720 --> 00:49:03,030
Yeah.
1290
00:49:03,030 --> 00:49:05,210
And I figgle, like wiggle
my way out of them.
1291
00:49:05,289 --> 00:49:05,970
That's awesome, man.
1292
00:49:05,970 --> 00:49:06,320
Yeah.
1293
00:49:06,360 --> 00:49:10,380
Like that's, that to me seems fun and yes,
that's definitely stressful and anxiety
1294
00:49:10,380 --> 00:49:14,689
filling but, you know, I'm a drug addict
so like, what do you want out of me?
1295
00:49:14,870 --> 00:49:16,050
I gotta get my thrills somewhere.
1296
00:49:16,510 --> 00:49:17,800
Shaun: Yeah, absolutely, man.
1297
00:49:19,105 --> 00:49:20,905
So, you mentioned, uh, the Harris show.
1298
00:49:20,905 --> 00:49:23,865
Are there any other shows upcoming,
or, and, uh, you have, uh, some
1299
00:49:23,875 --> 00:49:25,055
music coming out potentially?
1300
00:49:25,055 --> 00:49:26,315
Anything that you're excited about?
1301
00:49:26,325 --> 00:49:27,165
Cory: So, let me look.
1302
00:49:27,165 --> 00:49:31,225
It's gonna be a homie of theirs named
Jaden, who's opening, followed by two back
1303
00:49:31,225 --> 00:49:35,435
to backs of Weekday Underground's Finest,
and then the Doe twins are gonna kill it.
1304
00:49:35,775 --> 00:49:36,335
That's awesome.
1305
00:49:36,525 --> 00:49:37,834
It's really, it's gonna be a good show.
1306
00:49:37,845 --> 00:49:39,835
Super, super cheap, and a lot of fun.
1307
00:49:39,845 --> 00:49:43,805
And then, the next one that we
have after that is January 9th.
1308
00:49:45,530 --> 00:49:48,180
It'll be the second Thursday
kicking off the new year, right?
1309
00:49:48,840 --> 00:49:52,400
We've got Sunday double
playing and free throw plan.
1310
00:49:52,410 --> 00:49:53,350
It's going to be a good time.
1311
00:49:53,500 --> 00:49:54,179
That's awesome, man.
1312
00:49:54,179 --> 00:49:54,459
Yeah.
1313
00:49:54,599 --> 00:49:55,530
New works plan.
1314
00:49:55,540 --> 00:49:56,730
It's, it's going to be fun.
1315
00:49:56,790 --> 00:49:58,580
Like it's no cover ever.
1316
00:49:58,700 --> 00:49:59,600
All we ask is.
1317
00:49:59,760 --> 00:50:01,069
There
1318
00:50:01,070 --> 00:50:01,480
Shaun: you go.
1319
00:50:01,590 --> 00:50:02,240
Awesome, man.
1320
00:50:02,470 --> 00:50:04,480
So is there anything that I
didn't ask that you think I
1321
00:50:04,480 --> 00:50:05,570
should ask before I ask you?
1322
00:50:05,570 --> 00:50:08,380
I ask every guest, uh,
three silly questions.
1323
00:50:08,450 --> 00:50:10,040
Uh, so anything before
we get down, you know,
1324
00:50:10,319 --> 00:50:12,520
Cory: I was actually kind of
jiving for some silly questions.
1325
00:50:13,350 --> 00:50:16,289
Shaun: First one is what is
the first album that you ever
1326
00:50:16,299 --> 00:50:17,809
bought or received as a gift?
1327
00:50:17,950 --> 00:50:21,079
Cory: Ooh, definitely blink one
1328
00:50:25,460 --> 00:50:26,450
82.
1329
00:50:27,200 --> 00:50:31,840
Um, or, okay, it was either, Oh
God, and I'm going to butcher
1330
00:50:31,850 --> 00:50:36,480
for whatever album, um, Oh God.
1331
00:50:36,480 --> 00:50:37,090
Not playing my YouTube.
1332
00:50:37,120 --> 00:50:38,260
We're going to go green day.
1333
00:50:38,560 --> 00:50:40,590
Um, dookie green day dookie.
1334
00:50:40,660 --> 00:50:41,130
Oh yeah.
1335
00:50:41,199 --> 00:50:44,030
That was the first album I
probably ever received as a gift.
1336
00:50:44,050 --> 00:50:46,000
I didn't really buy albums too much.
1337
00:50:46,040 --> 00:50:46,950
I don't know why.
1338
00:50:47,339 --> 00:50:49,559
That's again, a weird little
side note being a musician.
1339
00:50:49,559 --> 00:50:51,649
I never really bought like CDs too much.
1340
00:50:51,679 --> 00:50:51,999
Wow.
1341
00:50:52,029 --> 00:50:52,509
You know what I mean?
1342
00:50:52,509 --> 00:50:53,539
Like I maybe have.
1343
00:50:53,695 --> 00:50:56,665
20 tops in my collection
just different generation.
1344
00:50:56,665 --> 00:51:00,015
Yeah, I guess right like I said CDs
were phasing out It was then it was
1345
00:51:00,015 --> 00:51:02,315
more like lime wire and frost wire.
1346
00:51:02,315 --> 00:51:04,444
I burned through computers is what I did
1347
00:51:04,555 --> 00:51:08,755
Shaun: Oh, man, I had this I had
this this software on my computer
1348
00:51:08,755 --> 00:51:11,185
in college called My tunes.
1349
00:51:11,415 --> 00:51:14,485
And what it would do is you would
connect to your, so like my freshman
1350
00:51:14,485 --> 00:51:20,105
dorm, I would connect my tunes and
I could see everybody's music, their
1351
00:51:20,114 --> 00:51:22,665
iTunes library on the entire network.
1352
00:51:23,065 --> 00:51:27,184
So, and you could download, and because
it was intranetwork, you could download
1353
00:51:27,185 --> 00:51:31,785
songs like, like I could download an
entire album and this is like 2008.
1354
00:51:32,500 --> 00:51:35,790
Probably, I would say, in 30 seconds.
1355
00:51:36,080 --> 00:51:40,270
So I had literally every Beatles,
but then like when shit was, um,
1356
00:51:40,599 --> 00:51:42,910
not labeled correctly, right?
1357
00:51:42,910 --> 00:51:45,469
You'd get an album that was like,
you know, it was labeled like
1358
00:51:45,780 --> 00:51:48,660
Simon and Garfunkel and ended up
being like Creedence Clearwater
1359
00:51:48,739 --> 00:51:50,590
Revival or like both legends.
1360
00:51:50,620 --> 00:51:50,960
Yeah.
1361
00:51:50,960 --> 00:51:53,260
You know, it was just like, it was
just weird stuff would happen where
1362
00:51:53,260 --> 00:51:56,000
you'd be like, Oh, you think you're
downloading this and like, you'd
1363
00:51:56,000 --> 00:51:57,310
get it and it wouldn't be that.
1364
00:51:57,320 --> 00:52:00,385
Or you'd get like, Partial albums
because somebody would just have like
1365
00:52:00,385 --> 00:52:04,295
a few songs or but you could put it all
together Because if you had three songs
1366
00:52:04,325 --> 00:52:07,125
and then like the guy down the hall had
the other three songs you put together
1367
00:52:07,125 --> 00:52:11,595
a whole album And you could literally
just sort by you would search by artist
1368
00:52:11,785 --> 00:52:15,724
So you type in the Beatles and I would
I had for a while every single Beatles.
1369
00:52:15,754 --> 00:52:16,775
Yeah, the whole discography.
1370
00:52:16,785 --> 00:52:18,595
Yeah, that's nuts Yeah, what is it called?
1371
00:52:18,595 --> 00:52:20,085
My tunes called my tunes.
1372
00:52:20,085 --> 00:52:21,225
Yeah, it was write that down.
1373
00:52:21,235 --> 00:52:23,105
Yeah I'm sure it's not even right.
1374
00:52:23,105 --> 00:52:23,615
It's probably gone now.
1375
00:52:23,635 --> 00:52:24,175
Oh yeah.
1376
00:52:24,605 --> 00:52:25,645
All the good stuff was gone.
1377
00:52:25,805 --> 00:52:28,765
But, and it worked because on the
school network, I think it was the
1378
00:52:28,765 --> 00:52:31,304
entire, I don't know if it was just the
building or if it was the entire school
1379
00:52:31,305 --> 00:52:33,485
because yeah, you could get everything.
1380
00:52:33,494 --> 00:52:33,895
That's nuts.
1381
00:52:33,905 --> 00:52:34,794
That was so cool.
1382
00:52:34,864 --> 00:52:36,255
Just rob everyone's iTunes library.
1383
00:52:37,125 --> 00:52:37,145
Yeah.
1384
00:52:37,154 --> 00:52:37,474
Yup.
1385
00:52:37,750 --> 00:52:38,650
Um, and they didn't know.
1386
00:52:38,800 --> 00:52:40,130
They didn't have to
have their iTunes open.
1387
00:52:40,130 --> 00:52:43,590
Yeah, as long as they had their computers
on and connected to the network.
1388
00:52:43,660 --> 00:52:44,400
Ladies and gentlemen, this
1389
00:52:44,400 --> 00:52:45,035
Cory: was hacking.
1390
00:52:45,035 --> 00:52:46,650
More hacking than anything.
1391
00:52:46,890 --> 00:52:47,580
Shaun: Oh yeah.
1392
00:52:47,699 --> 00:52:48,009
Oh yeah.
1393
00:52:48,010 --> 00:52:49,289
Hacking music only over here.
1394
00:52:50,829 --> 00:52:52,690
I'm not proud if I buy my music now.
1395
00:52:52,739 --> 00:52:53,529
Oh, we always do.
1396
00:52:53,540 --> 00:52:54,170
We have to buy it now.
1397
00:52:54,455 --> 00:52:54,845
Yeah.
1398
00:52:54,875 --> 00:52:55,295
Have to buy.
1399
00:52:55,295 --> 00:52:55,715
Cory: Hey, look.
1400
00:52:55,715 --> 00:52:58,205
I'll happily admit as well, my days
in Texas, there may have been a
1401
00:52:58,205 --> 00:52:59,615
few SoundCloud rips that I played.
1402
00:52:59,615 --> 00:53:00,245
I'm not a
1403
00:53:00,245 --> 00:53:01,775
Shaun: golden saint over here myself.
1404
00:53:02,885 --> 00:53:04,025
, and buy the merch too.
1405
00:53:04,085 --> 00:53:04,415
Yeah.
1406
00:53:04,415 --> 00:53:05,495
It's always, always buy the merch.
1407
00:53:05,495 --> 00:53:07,250
I always try to get like a
pin or a poster or something.
1408
00:53:07,250 --> 00:53:07,490
Something.
1409
00:53:07,490 --> 00:53:07,730
Yeah.
1410
00:53:07,730 --> 00:53:07,930
Right.
1411
00:53:08,015 --> 00:53:08,525
Something or
1412
00:53:08,525 --> 00:53:09,755
Cory: donate a little something, whatever.
1413
00:53:09,755 --> 00:53:10,265
Exactly.
1414
00:53:10,295 --> 00:53:10,565
Right.
1415
00:53:11,075 --> 00:53:13,195
Shaun: Uh, second question
is, what was the first concert
1416
00:53:13,195 --> 00:53:13,855
Cory: that you ever saw?
1417
00:53:14,145 --> 00:53:15,805
So this one I have an immediate answer to.
1418
00:53:15,805 --> 00:53:18,355
Shout out to my wonderful,
beautiful mother, Kelly.
1419
00:53:18,425 --> 00:53:20,595
It was the Whalers, the original Whalers.
1420
00:53:20,624 --> 00:53:21,065
Oh wow.
1421
00:53:21,065 --> 00:53:21,815
I was 11 years old.
1422
00:53:21,865 --> 00:53:22,225
Wow.
1423
00:53:22,445 --> 00:53:26,295
She took me, it was at a place
called the, oh my god, the Surf Club
1424
00:53:26,315 --> 00:53:29,059
or the Beach Surf Club in Ortley.
1425
00:53:29,840 --> 00:53:31,170
Um, I don't even remember.
1426
00:53:31,170 --> 00:53:33,930
It was like, they held like
teen nightclubs there, honestly.
1427
00:53:33,930 --> 00:53:34,860
I don't even remember the place.
1428
00:53:34,970 --> 00:53:36,360
So, but yeah, we went there.
1429
00:53:36,360 --> 00:53:37,690
It was like an outdoor bar area.
1430
00:53:37,700 --> 00:53:39,790
And that was, that made my love.
1431
00:53:39,800 --> 00:53:41,100
So for my dad, it was the dad.
1432
00:53:41,100 --> 00:53:42,379
For my mom, it was reggae.
1433
00:53:42,470 --> 00:53:44,680
She grew up transferring
the Caribbean islands.
1434
00:53:44,680 --> 00:53:46,979
My grandfather was in the Marines
and got moved around a lot.
1435
00:53:47,829 --> 00:53:49,829
And reggae to her just
held a special place.
1436
00:53:49,850 --> 00:53:54,330
So those two to me blessed my,
uh, or bred my musical taste.
1437
00:53:54,390 --> 00:53:54,970
That's awesome.
1438
00:53:54,970 --> 00:53:55,200
Yeah.
1439
00:53:55,200 --> 00:53:56,120
So shout out mom.
1440
00:53:56,120 --> 00:53:58,445
That was, Still to this day, one
of my top three favorite concerts.
1441
00:53:58,455 --> 00:53:58,835
Wow.
1442
00:53:58,865 --> 00:54:00,305
And I barely remember it because I was 11.
1443
00:54:01,185 --> 00:54:01,915
That's awesome.
1444
00:54:01,965 --> 00:54:02,635
That's awesome.
1445
00:54:02,645 --> 00:54:03,885
Just a cool answer to say.
1446
00:54:03,915 --> 00:54:04,674
I get excited about it.
1447
00:54:04,674 --> 00:54:07,194
I'm like, my mom took
me to see the Wailers
1448
00:54:07,235 --> 00:54:08,525
Shaun: Yeah, that's really cool.
1449
00:54:08,525 --> 00:54:09,084
Let's go, mom.
1450
00:54:09,094 --> 00:54:10,094
Yeah, absolutely.
1451
00:54:10,445 --> 00:54:11,614
That's a good mom right there.
1452
00:54:11,625 --> 00:54:11,674
That's a
1453
00:54:11,674 --> 00:54:12,114
Cory: great mom.
1454
00:54:13,615 --> 00:54:17,215
Shaun: Last question is, what is your
favorite soundtrack or score from a movie?
1455
00:54:17,390 --> 00:54:19,780
And musicals don't count, so it's
gotta be like, fucking musicals.
1456
00:54:19,840 --> 00:54:23,404
I mean, you said it, not
me, I was just thinking it.
1457
00:54:23,404 --> 00:54:24,909
I'll own that one all day.
1458
00:54:24,910 --> 00:54:27,400
I just can't get, I just, like, I
don't want to go on a musical ramp.
1459
00:54:27,920 --> 00:54:29,170
It just doesn't make sense in my brain.
1460
00:54:29,170 --> 00:54:30,780
This could be a whole
1461
00:54:30,780 --> 00:54:31,747
Cory: podcast of musicals.
1462
00:54:31,747 --> 00:54:34,539
Whoever made High School Musical
popular, I want to put you down.
1463
00:54:34,550 --> 00:54:36,290
I just, I just can't follow the plot.
1464
00:54:36,290 --> 00:54:37,737
There is no plot!
1465
00:54:37,737 --> 00:54:38,099
My
1466
00:54:38,099 --> 00:54:39,439
Shaun: brain just doesn't work that way.
1467
00:54:39,479 --> 00:54:40,009
Their plot is to
1468
00:54:40,009 --> 00:54:41,309
Cory: create opportunities to sing.
1469
00:54:41,405 --> 00:54:44,625
I think it was, I think it was the
who's Tommy that broke it for me.
1470
00:54:44,625 --> 00:54:45,175
I don't know.
1471
00:54:45,625 --> 00:54:46,895
I mean, look, Greece is legendary.
1472
00:54:46,895 --> 00:54:47,445
That's about it.
1473
00:54:49,865 --> 00:54:50,145
All right.
1474
00:54:50,175 --> 00:54:51,885
What my favorite soundtrack is.
1475
00:54:51,935 --> 00:54:52,555
Oh man.
1476
00:54:52,655 --> 00:54:56,944
I think just because of what
it means, I would do the Tron
1477
00:54:56,944 --> 00:54:58,244
soundtrack that Daft Punk did.
1478
00:54:58,515 --> 00:54:59,085
Oh yeah.
1479
00:54:59,085 --> 00:55:01,705
That one's just like they, from
start to finish, I think it hit.
1480
00:55:01,795 --> 00:55:05,705
Every point of the movie that was perfect
as well as like, Daft Punk's are just
1481
00:55:05,705 --> 00:55:07,295
absolute legends in their own right.
1482
00:55:07,305 --> 00:55:08,415
40 years they've been doing this.
1483
00:55:08,415 --> 00:55:12,565
Like it's, I think that one just
like, as far as like, um, a soundtrack
1484
00:55:12,575 --> 00:55:15,515
you could listen to outside of
the movie plus with the movie.
1485
00:55:15,515 --> 00:55:16,504
I think that was pretty on par.
1486
00:55:16,625 --> 00:55:16,815
Shaun: Yeah.
1487
00:55:16,815 --> 00:55:19,945
That random access memories that
came out, like not that long,
1488
00:55:19,985 --> 00:55:21,335
what seems like not that long ago.
1489
00:55:21,335 --> 00:55:22,125
20 years ago.
1490
00:55:22,125 --> 00:55:24,075
It was a while ago.
1491
00:55:24,485 --> 00:55:27,955
That start to finish that
album is like so good.
1492
00:55:28,085 --> 00:55:28,475
Cory: Yeah.
1493
00:55:28,475 --> 00:55:31,485
And then if you want to go just straight
album, like obviously dark side of
1494
00:55:31,485 --> 00:55:33,125
the moon, just start to finish it.
1495
00:55:33,134 --> 00:55:33,574
Yeah.
1496
00:55:33,595 --> 00:55:34,105
You can't.
1497
00:55:34,145 --> 00:55:34,415
Yeah.
1498
00:55:34,485 --> 00:55:35,435
Like that one's up there.
1499
00:55:35,435 --> 00:55:38,474
And then like, even for me,
Grateful Dead albums, like for
1500
00:55:38,485 --> 00:55:39,794
me, it wasn't even the albums.
1501
00:55:39,825 --> 00:55:42,724
It was all about the live shows as
any Deadhead will really tell you.
1502
00:55:42,725 --> 00:55:46,525
So it's not for me, for the Dead, it
would be like the early seventies.
1503
00:55:46,545 --> 00:55:49,875
And then like, Late 70s early 80s errors.
1504
00:55:50,225 --> 00:55:52,765
That was just I listened to
those kind of shows all day.
1505
00:55:52,785 --> 00:55:55,665
The Europe show is 73 Yes, 72.
1506
00:55:55,905 --> 00:55:56,595
Nice.
1507
00:55:56,845 --> 00:55:57,745
That's awesome, man.
1508
00:55:57,955 --> 00:55:58,675
That'd be my jam.
1509
00:55:58,855 --> 00:56:02,904
Shaun: Oh Cory Nysan captain cork Where
can they find you on the old interweb?
1510
00:56:02,905 --> 00:56:03,599
So
1511
00:56:03,599 --> 00:56:09,380
Cory: it would be I guess both Instagrams
would be cork in the sand Um, if you type
1512
00:56:09,390 --> 00:56:11,090
that in on Instagram, it'll pop right up.
1513
00:56:11,130 --> 00:56:15,140
And then for the DJ one, it's
Captain double underscore Cork, C
1514
00:56:15,140 --> 00:56:18,989
O R K, and then of course I got to
pitch to Weekday Underground, type
1515
00:56:18,990 --> 00:56:20,340
in Weekday Underground as well.
1516
00:56:20,400 --> 00:56:23,280
That's a, it's our collective, it's
our community, it's what we're doing.
1517
00:56:23,699 --> 00:56:24,660
We specifically made it.
1518
00:56:24,700 --> 00:56:26,350
We don't want it to be the one man show.
1519
00:56:26,530 --> 00:56:28,360
It's, it's, it's a vibe
that we're trying to bring.
1520
00:56:28,460 --> 00:56:29,280
That's awesome, man.
1521
00:56:29,280 --> 00:56:30,240
So that's the goal with us.
1522
00:56:30,320 --> 00:56:32,400
Shaun: Definitely keeping the
vibe going in Atlantic City
1523
00:56:32,400 --> 00:56:33,700
and uh, stepping it up a notch.
1524
00:56:33,700 --> 00:56:33,720
We're
1525
00:56:33,720 --> 00:56:34,160
Cory: trying to.
1526
00:56:34,160 --> 00:56:36,180
Next year, next year we got
some cool things planned.
1527
00:56:36,180 --> 00:56:38,900
So I hope, you know, you plan
on visiting Atlantic City soon.
1528
00:56:38,960 --> 00:56:39,770
Come out, check it out.
1529
00:56:39,830 --> 00:56:40,460
I can't wait.
1530
00:56:40,520 --> 00:56:41,240
I can't wait, man.
1531
00:56:41,270 --> 00:56:42,450
Shaun: Corey, thank you so much, man.
1532
00:56:42,530 --> 00:56:43,050
Thank you, Shaun.
1533
00:56:43,050 --> 00:56:43,780
I appreciate it, brother.
1534
00:57:01,815 --> 00:57:03,360
I don't think anyone
wants to hear about it.
1535
00:57:03,870 --> 00:57:05,010
Football slash soccer.
1536
00:57:09,110 --> 00:57:10,940
Oh man, I'm stoked.
1537
00:57:11,120 --> 00:57:14,720
I'm in the parking lot of a
seven 11 in El Cajon, California.
1538
00:57:26,185 --> 00:57:27,920
Man, these are great questions.
1539
00:57:29,525 --> 00:57:34,400
, I think I, I, I think the an, the
answers, the answers are probably better.