Dance Music for Heroes
Today Zeb Lego returns to talk with us about his latest album hearts_[online], steps for setting up your own record label, and why he decided to try rapping for the first time. Zeb is a multi-instrumentalist and with the James Zero project sings and plays the drums, guitar, bass, and keyboard… and even mixes and masters his own tracks. Zeb last appeared on the Producer Life Podcast back in episode 30 and 31.
Today on the Producer Life Podcast I’m joined by Chris Michaels, otherwise known as Cryptochronica. Cryptochronica is Chris’ glitch fusion project. A sonic weaver, Michaels blends genre and style into the glitchy bass fabric that defines Cryptochronica’s sound. Omnitempo and maximalist, Cryptochronica sets seamlessly thread funk, soul, rock, reggae, hip-hop and downtempo with the heavy bass styles of the underground.
Today we continue our conversation with Zeb Lego, the musician, director, and mastermind behind not one but THREE major creative endeavors including the Spirit Swords art collective, the The Legend of Devn nonprofit community, and most recently his James Zero vocal and acoustic project which has already had over 12,000 streams on his videos since March.
Today I had the pleasure of talking with Zeb Lego, the musician, director, and mastermind behind not one but THREE major creative endeavors including the Spirit Swords art collective, the The Legend of Devn nonprofit community, and most recently his James Zero vocal and acoustic project. As James Zero he released Mesmerized on July 18th which has already racked up over 1,500 streams on YouTube.
Today we continue our conversation with 6TH STREET Music, also known as Richard Wang, a Minnesota-grown Los Angeles-based music producer and performer. In 2018, he joined the Producer Dojo, and since then has had multiple original tracks featured on monthly mixtapes and even had three songs featured on NBC’s World of Dance Mixtape. His first EP , “Neon District” hit #3 overall on Beatport, with singles hitting #1 in various genres, including Trap, Dubstep, and Electronica. He recently released a new single, “Eagles,” with his girlfriend Liz Bezler who provided the vocals.
In this episode I had the pleasure of interviewing Richard Wang, aka 6th Street Music, a Minnesota-grown Los Angeles-based music producer and performer. In 2018, he joined the Producer Dojo and since then has had multiple original tracks featured on monthly mixtapes and even had three songs featured on NBC’s World of Dance Mixtape. His first EP, “Neon District” hit #3 Overall on Beatport, with singles hitting #1 in various genres including Trap, Dubstep, and Electronica. He recently released a new single, “Eagles,” with his girlfriend Liz Bezler who provided the vocals.
Mike Allison has over 20 years’ experience as a DJ and has performed alongside Skrillex, Vaski, DJ Rob Swift, and more. He’s also been using Ableton since version one! During this interview we talk about finding your brand, his experience playing at Burning Man, dealing with the corona virus as a DJ/producer, and more.
This is part two of my interview with Wade Sutton who runs the wildly popular Six-Minute Music Business Podcast. Wade offers incredibly practical advice for musicians in a short but entertaining format. Soooo… if you missed episode 11, please go back and listen to part one first because Wade offered some great advice on branding, using YouTube, and when you should talk about politics as a musician
Today we talk with Wade Sutton who hosts the Six-Minute Music Business Podcast, one of the two podcasts I listen to daily. Wade offers incredibly practical advice for musicians in a short but entertaining format.
Today we continue our conversation with Sean Naughton, head of A&R at the Producer Dojo and a chart-topping producer under the name Spiderhound.
