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Hey, what up, everybody? Uncle Dad in the house or on the roof,
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if you will, because the roof is on fire.
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I am hanging out with a good friend of mine and a DJ who's been in the business for a long time.
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This is Uncle Dad's Mix and Mingle. That's right. Episode two of Mix and Mingle.
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Thank you guys for the support. It seems like this is doing very well.
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Probably because Mike's not in it. No, that's definitely not true.
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Because if Mike was in it, we'd be doing much better.
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But I'm so thankful to have this guest. And I'm so thankful for you guys to be listening.
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So that voice, those sexy dulcet tones you just heard, come from the one and only Drew Deep.
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Hey, hey, hey, hey. How are you feeling, man? You and I have known each other for a while now,
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and one of the things that really connected to us i think was you talk of music
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and specifically talk of djing and house music so let's just kind of start back
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from the beginning what made you interested in djing oh man honestly,
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i wanted to start djing since i seen the saturday night fever movie.
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No because that was like that the soundtrack alone was like the side story adhd
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thing that was like the first like record my parents bought me outside of like
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disney and whatever else but But that soundtrack was always in the house playing,
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but also my parents and my brother and whatever watch it.
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But the DJ and how he just shut down John Travolta and everything.
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Look at her. She's dancing.
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And I don't know. It just seemed dope. You played with me and all the music.
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Everyone was dancing. And you were the man in charge.
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What was your favorite line from Saturday Night Live?
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Oh, Saturday Night Fever? Saturday Night Fever. Sorry. Saturday Night Fever. Sorry. Oh.
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Can you dig it? I knew that you could. My favorite still will always be,
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hey, that's my pussy finger.
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That's always my favorite. So that movie, the aesthetic of it got you interested in DJing.
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So at what point did you go, all right, I want to actually do this now?
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Well, so my parents had me collecting records since I was five years old, right?
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And once the original hip-hop and old movies like Brankin and stuff were coming
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out, I definitely got interested.
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But I had no concept of anything, and definitely parents weren't going to buy
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me my own turntable outside of the Winnie the Pooh turntable I had.
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Right and uh but wasn't until high school and i
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was like very much into hip-hop and and
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me and my friend like i spent the night at his house and brought my dad's turntable
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over there but didn't have a concept of we need a mixer and we like we're trying
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to hook it up to like the receiver and just like how come we can't do two at
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one time but and that was like always a thought and i said i was collecting
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always but it was it's funny because 30 years ago actually last month was like
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my first rave that i went to in 94 was a couple of friends and
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i was like this little punk rock skater kid again it's
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funny because i had like these fucking shoes that said fucking off that i
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was like hardcore had like green hair and like on these converse you
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had green hair yeah oh well it was originally blue but
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it turned green because i went swimming and then the but yeah
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like we went to this party and like i got
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turned out man like it was funny because like
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said i was this little punk rock skater kid took acid for the first time
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and people were giving hugs and some
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chick like love on my like arm with the highlighter was walking through walking
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through a black light and just like dude why am i so angry yeah like so i walk
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around and just like dude it's like just digging it just digging the vibe and
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like the next day me and my buddy
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like we went to solid grooves and bought records in the booty bin right.
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Old you know san jose like store off the like bascom next
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to the pink pool and like yeah so they had like
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booty bin records that were like you know 50 cents to like you
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know an up for those who don't know what is a booty bin
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record it's just the mark down
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you know maybe it had a scratch on one track or something like that or just
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you know like it just to overlook record or use record or something like that
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maybe a promo even like and but you know we had like five or ten bucks and And
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we're just trying to get like enough records just to like, so we can just learn to beat match.
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And after that, it was, oh man, I used to save my money like every single week
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for like for food. My parents used to give me for like at high school.
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And on top of this, I would sling on the microwave food that they would give me.
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Cause I had my second class was the graphics class. Right. And so like a bunch
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of stoners and everything.
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And I would sling like, you know, food cause it was right before break and,
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you know, people didn't eat.
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So like i would save all that money and buy records at
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the end of the week when they come out on thursday i love that and for those
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who don't know we're talking in an era where computers weren't the thing yet
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really right like oh yeah there wasn't a way to really like get your music when
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you talk about like that impact of like saving your money but like you know
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we have we have somewhat of a younger audience too and i think like you guys
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don't understand like how.
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Important that was because that was the only way you could get music right i
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mean there was like maybe two or three record stores around here like
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star records and solid grooves even tower records
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well not there anymore but like before like uh rasputin
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was around here you know like or even like what's it
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called uh street like they had stuff but yeah i
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mean it wasn't like a huge selection but and actually
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at solid grooves you could actually listen to you know the records there
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you know like otherwise there was no youtube or anything to like sometimes
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if you just seen an artist like you just like you know i'm gonna give
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it a chance and just buy it you know and everything was based like
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even like movies right there was based on the on concept of
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like the album art right yeah the album art how to catch your attention and
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then you're like oh this looks cool right like or who's that
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guy or whatever right so i love that you say that so when you finally get into
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that world and you get dancing and you get into buying records and stuff when
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does it you know for a lack of better term when does drew deep put the first
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needle to the groove and like begins his first set live in front of an audience.
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Oh man, I think that was South First Billiards, 420 South First Street.
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Now it's, what's it called? It's Guildhouse, right? Yeah, exactly.
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Yeah, and it's funny because I ended up working there like years later,
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but I had some friends, again, met from like, you know, the old rave days and
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like she was like the head bartender there.
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And so like random, like Friday night, she would hook us up.
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I was still, like, learning, right? Like, but it was, like, learning on turntables,
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learning on CDJs, you know?
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And not to, like, you know, downplay them, but, like, it's a lot easier to play
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than that than, you know, on turntables. I mean... Well, it's like three levels, right?
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Like, the vinyl records era, the CDJ era, and then you have,
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like, you know, the controller era, right?
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Controller era, let's be honest, it is, you know, technology changed.
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It made it fast, easier, and whatever, right?
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CDJ was, like, in between. But, like, the vinyl days, you're right.
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It's all here it's all mental right yeah no totally yeah
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have an account you know yeah no and like
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i mean and know your records like you had to know your music i
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mean yeah you can like look at a vinyl record and like
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see where the break is and everything but like you know
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you're doing that in real time you don't have like a button to push
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to like oops let me loop this real quick because i'm running out of
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time like yeah but like my real besides
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actually just playing out in public um my first like real
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gig in a real club or even a small club i mean it was
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the top on lower hate street now it's called
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underground sf but back really oh yeah
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dude i was i was barely like 19 years old
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wow so my buddy dimitri i don't
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know if you've seen the movie groove we talked about it i
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haven't seen it though yeah so he's the guy holding the disco ball and everything
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so like he's one of like my old like friends
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i mean we he's the guy one of the friends i went to that first rave
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with like he's the one that like me and him went to the record
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store and like bought records together and kind of learned together but he
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also like after high school he moved up there and i mean like he wasn't legal
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you know either like and he got himself a residency on mondays called moving
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on up and then he would bring me in and like just throw me into you know the
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pack and just like just do it you know i was dude i was so scared when i first started playing.
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I would be pounding drinks right and right before i had to get on like five
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before i would go to the restroom and throw up every single time.
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Like it wasn't even a big party or club, but I would just like had that stage
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fright and it would like, you know, think that alcohol was helping me get over
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it, get some liquid courage, but no, I would toss every time.
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Wow you know what i'm interested then so
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that's such a great story it's actually almost cinematic right
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like i can i can see it happening and see like all right it's time to go and
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like you whatever so when you did the set do you
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well first of all what you what i don't mean to date you but what year what year was
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that roughly like 97 97 okay so we're kind
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of going in the era of cg cdj's yet
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right it's if anything it was like the early
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early i mean you would i mean yeah if i
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did see somebody would bring like their oh god well
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because pioneer i don't think they were making stuff back then like
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i mean i i have their second technical mix or what
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cdj but like that's that's another story down the line
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but but yeah no i mean like it was very rare like
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i would say maybe like around more like 98 99 is that's
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when you started more so at that.
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Point do you call yourself drew deep or do
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you are you figuring that out still no you know it's
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funny because it goes back to Dimitri like I was
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just the people just called me Drew and then
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like I don't know I had a particular sound right like
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when me and my buddy Dimitri like we were like going through solid and going
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through tracks right and I mean like you know they'd have labels Chicago house
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you know Detroit techno you know like New York like and you know I don't know
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like I mean I seen that but I would just you know grab a stack and just listen
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and so like I guess I had a tendency to like go on the
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deep side and so I was playing like a lot of deep house at that
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time and so my buddy Dimitri just started
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calling me drew deep and it just stuck and he's yeah kind
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of the reason I you know be called that since then I love
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that man and that's like that's awesome because like you know there's nothing
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better when you get like your your your name kind of given to you like you know
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it's like a like uncle dad comes from a friend of mine right that he called
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me that now it's a fucking franchise right it's just like with you right you
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have that you created your your persona based on something that was given by
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a friend I think it's beautiful,
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We do got to get to our mix here. Do you want to tell us a little bit about
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the mix, your thoughts and stuff that you brought for us?
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It's a little bit of everything. Like, no, I want to play just house because,
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I mean, that's mainly what I get booked for, but I try to play beyond just that type of genre.
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You know, in the 80s, before house was even, like, coined a name,
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you know, it was just dance music.
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You get things from industrial to, you know, disco,
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you know, or just, you know, some, like, you know, some funk,
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you know, and like it you know from everything from time to prince or you know
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whatever like it was a whole just mixed genre of just just sad just dance music
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you know it's just long as it's the same you know bpm i mean you can work it
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if you know how to do it like amen brother.
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But uh all right man so i'm excited to play this i
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hope you're excited for the audience to hear it we'll be right back after
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about 20 minutes of the mix and then we'll finish up our interview here
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but before we go where can our audience learn
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more about you um you can find me on instagram i'm
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on under drew deep that's d-r-u-d-e-e-p on facebook
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too but i really don't really engage in that too much as much as i should but
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also on mondays i do a radio show on stanford i've been there for god it's like
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my 15 16 year now and that's right now noon to 3 p.m 90.1 kzsu stanford If you're online,
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you can go on to kzstoolive.stanford.edu.
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Awesome. Go check them out. All right, everybody, let's get the mingle part,
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or sorry, the mix part going, and we'll get back to mingling after this.
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Music.
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Wow. I can feel my whole body dancing. And let me tell you, man,
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I am ready to groove to the break of dawn.
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Man, Drew, that was absolutely amazing. Thank you for that.
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I'm curious, though, something that I heard in there, and I'm assuming I'm right
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in this because I know I heard it.
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There's some Prince in there, correct? Always.
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So one of the other reasons why you and I got along very well is because we
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both have an affinity for Prince.
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And we're going to play a game about Prince. Yes, I was hoping.
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So, you know, on my shows, I usually do some fun games on here and whatnot.
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But we don't play for each other. We play for our audience.
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So if you get five questions right, a random listener will get a prize.
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Now I'm going to feel bad if I fuck.
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So just so you know, my last guest, shout out to Laser Tears, she failed. Yeah.
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Did you listen? Did you, were you shocked? I'm sure you knew all the songs, huh?
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You know, no, there was like, I think one I didn't know, but the rest of them,
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I was like, yeah, yeah, yeah. But to be fair, she's a little bit younger.
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No, no, that was actually pretty good for, for not being as old as me. Yeah, right.
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All right, here we go. If you get five questions right, a lucky listener will
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win and you kick it off being the first one. So here we go.
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We'll keep it easy. Are you ready? What's Prince's real name?
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Oh my God. God, Rogers Nelson, Prince Rogers Nelson? Exactly,
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it's Prince. That's what I thought you were going to say, just Prince.
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All right, that's one. Good job. All right, here we go. In 1987, who sued Prince?
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Oh, his record company. No. Oh, 87.
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Ooh, wait a minute. I'll give you a hint. It's somebody related.
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His dad? His sister. Damn. All right, that's fine. That's fine. You got that wrong.
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In 1987, Prince's half-sister, Lorna Nelson, sued him, claiming that she had
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written the lyrics to You Got the Look, a song from Sign of the Times that featured
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pop artist Sheena Easton.
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In 1989, the court sided with Prince. Do you remember that whole thing?
00:33:24.584 --> 00:33:29.504
I vaguely remember, yeah. Who remembers Prince's sister? Nobody. Yeah, I know. Exactly.
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All right, here we go. He's making money now, though. Yeah, yeah.
00:33:33.404 --> 00:33:37.144
All right, here we go. I have another good one for you. So how many you got
00:33:37.144 --> 00:33:38.724
right so far? One? All right.
00:33:40.404 --> 00:33:44.764
Prince the member of what church? Oh, he's Jehovah's Witness.
00:33:45.044 --> 00:33:46.324
Uh-huh. There you go. Two.
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Where is... Okay. We got some good ones here. We got some really good ones.
00:33:56.584 --> 00:34:03.424
Sorry. There's just so many good ones here. can you name the song that Prince
00:34:03.424 --> 00:34:05.284
wrote for Sinead O'Connor?
00:34:05.704 --> 00:34:08.604
Nothing compares to you. There you go. Okay. And originally,
00:34:08.684 --> 00:34:14.884
before even it was on that, it was on one of his groups on Paisley Park, The Family.
00:34:15.144 --> 00:34:18.524
That was the first time it ever came out. Really? Yeah. Okay, okay.
00:34:18.984 --> 00:34:22.024
You got three years. That's three years so far? So let's see.
00:34:22.444 --> 00:34:29.464
Can you name the total wins of Grammys that Prince has gotten?
00:34:29.624 --> 00:34:31.864
Definitely. It's not as high as you think it is, though. Okay.
00:34:32.824 --> 00:34:36.844
I'm going to go lucky number seven. That is correct. No way. Yeah.
00:34:38.904 --> 00:34:42.284
That is correct. He won a total of seven wins, but he was nominated for 38.
00:34:43.730 --> 00:34:48.770
Damn. Look at you. I want that right now. All right. We got one more.
00:34:48.890 --> 00:34:53.970
This is the one. If you get this right, a listener will win a special gift from the Uncle Dad vault.
00:34:54.950 --> 00:35:06.530
Are you ready? Name the filmmaker that made a unreleased Jehovah Witness documentary for Prince that will,
00:35:06.590 --> 00:35:11.110
to this day, has never been seen by anybody. I know, though. I'll give you a hint.
00:35:11.730 --> 00:35:19.290
He's a very famous director who makes movies for stoners oh wait a minute um,
00:35:20.290 --> 00:35:25.730
oh man i'll forget his name not blunt man or would that be technically chronic,
00:35:26.370 --> 00:35:30.570
you gotta give him the name not the oh man i can't oh damn i can't think of
00:35:30.570 --> 00:35:35.150
his name off the hand are you really gonna you're really gonna break into people's heart like that.
00:35:36.630 --> 00:35:39.550
Three two one the answer is
00:35:39.550 --> 00:35:42.450
kevin smith dude but that was him no but
00:35:42.450 --> 00:35:45.290
you didn't say it you didn't say technically it was him no but you didn't
00:35:45.290 --> 00:35:48.130
say it you didn't say it i already gave you do
00:35:48.130 --> 00:35:50.870
i put it on the fucking shelf for you and you still didn't grab it so
00:35:50.870 --> 00:35:53.730
there you go it was him though i just forgot his name but
00:35:53.730 --> 00:35:57.330
i know he was like blunt man and chronic man dude listener you
00:35:57.330 --> 00:36:00.910
didn't win again sorry guys damn but that's
00:36:00.910 --> 00:36:03.950
okay because you guys got a dope mix for free so went better that's a
00:36:03.950 --> 00:36:07.150
good prize in return so let's continue your career we got
00:36:07.150 --> 00:36:10.390
the young days kind of out of the way let's talk about the modern era so
00:36:10.390 --> 00:36:13.250
you know one of the things that we discovered that you and i knew
00:36:13.250 --> 00:36:16.090
a lot of the same people from i guess the more like
00:36:16.090 --> 00:36:18.090
when i started getting into that music you know you would have been a little
00:36:18.090 --> 00:36:22.330
bit older at that time so at what point does it shift where you start doing
00:36:22.330 --> 00:36:28.170
these bigger events and bigger shows for you oh man that was actually probably
00:36:28.170 --> 00:36:31.910
i mean i've been playing consistently you know in smaller clubs like through
00:36:31.910 --> 00:36:35.010
city the City and like around here but like,
00:36:35.719 --> 00:36:42.199
It probably was, oh, my God, almost 15 years ago. Like, I started playing out in Portland.
00:36:43.219 --> 00:36:46.819
And this is, so it's almost the same time that I started doing my radio show.
00:36:46.899 --> 00:36:49.359
Because I would technically be doing it for, like, 15, 16 years.
00:36:49.459 --> 00:36:53.379
But on the airwaves as a whole, I've been on there for about 18 years.
00:36:53.599 --> 00:37:00.599
So I started playing on the, whatchamacallit, on the solstice marathons that KZSU used to throw.
00:37:00.979 --> 00:37:05.199
And at that time, I was working at Solo Grooves doing the house bind and met a friend.
00:37:05.719 --> 00:37:09.179
And he was like, you know, you ever play on there? I was like,
00:37:09.219 --> 00:37:10.939
no. He's like, what? So he got me booked.
00:37:11.299 --> 00:37:16.339
And from there, I became like a fixture on KDSU, eventually got my own show.
00:37:16.559 --> 00:37:20.659
And then, yeah, I had like, you know, once Facebook was going on,
00:37:20.739 --> 00:37:25.059
then, you know, the house community, it's big, but it's small, you know?
00:37:26.199 --> 00:37:30.059
Especially at that time, right? Because now I would argue it's huge now, but back then.
00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:33.779
Yeah, it was definitely. I mean, like you had your known folks.
00:37:33.819 --> 00:37:36.719
And yeah, it's definitely spread out. you got these people just popping
00:37:36.719 --> 00:37:39.439
up left and right you know make a track here and then all of a sudden
00:37:39.439 --> 00:37:43.399
they're relevant you know release for until they fall off and such
00:37:43.399 --> 00:37:46.599
as music though right yeah you know but it's crazy
00:37:46.599 --> 00:37:50.359
because you know it's like and not to diss on anyone but there's a lot of like
00:37:50.359 --> 00:37:54.559
bedroom djs and even bedroom producers right and like but they get booked because
00:37:54.559 --> 00:37:59.299
they have like one hit left out you know but then no one ever actually listens
00:37:59.299 --> 00:38:02.319
if they can mix and then they book them because they had a hot track and uh
00:38:02.319 --> 00:38:05.279
i mean look i'll tell you this
00:38:05.719 --> 00:38:08.639
i'll tell you this man jokes on us because i'll tell you i'll take a hot track
00:38:08.639 --> 00:38:12.179
and get paid millions of dollars to do some bullshit oh no i mean no i ain't
00:38:12.179 --> 00:38:15.499
hating on it over like you know that's your hustle whatever but it's like i'm
00:38:15.499 --> 00:38:20.599
talking about longevity here you know sure but um but yeah no like it's crazy
00:38:20.599 --> 00:38:24.099
because yeah these cats started booking me my buddy richie stacks out
00:38:24.179 --> 00:38:28.959
there and there used to be a dope like little underground spot and from there
00:38:28.959 --> 00:38:32.719
like they kind of opened the doors for me in a lot of ways because i mean once
00:38:32.719 --> 00:38:37.319
i went there i the doors just you know the the family just kept on you know
00:38:37.319 --> 00:38:40.579
circles kept on growing and everything and then from there like,
00:38:41.059 --> 00:38:44.979
got me kind of in my foot to like work in seattle because like it's funny i
00:38:44.979 --> 00:38:49.919
don't play out here that often but whatever the northwest loves me and and like
00:38:49.919 --> 00:38:54.799
my buddy joshua marquette oh my god Well, Joshua Marquez, that's another cat.
00:38:55.319 --> 00:38:58.599
On a side note, he used to be my old roommate. If you don't know him,
00:38:58.719 --> 00:39:02.819
he used to be part of a band called Unique, U-N-E-A-Q, from San Jose.
00:39:03.099 --> 00:39:10.559
It was him, Andy Lozano, and his sister would sing. And they had stuff on like
00:39:10.559 --> 00:39:15.599
Mushroom Jazz, and what was it called, like Ohm Records and everything.
00:39:15.859 --> 00:39:18.939
And me and him have been actually making tracks, even though I haven't put nothing out yet.
00:39:19.659 --> 00:39:22.519
It's being able to play those tracks and kind of spread them out have actually
00:39:22.519 --> 00:39:24.639
helped me get some bigger things too.
00:39:24.819 --> 00:39:30.999
But yeah, man, it wasn't until Joshua Islow, like Joshua Michaels from San Jose,
00:39:31.119 --> 00:39:33.179
that really kind of put his...
00:39:34.431 --> 00:39:40.571
I don't know. He shoved my way into a spot in Seattle called Flammable Sundays.
00:39:41.411 --> 00:39:47.371
That spot is if you're a real house head, it's like church, and it's like a
00:39:47.371 --> 00:39:50.151
bucket list of any house DJ.
00:39:50.751 --> 00:39:54.771
I don't know. They've been doing it for 27 years or something like that now. Wow.
00:39:55.851 --> 00:40:00.311
And yeah, man, he got me a gig to open up for him because I've been trying to get in there forever,
00:40:00.311 --> 00:40:03.251
but so many people hit them up and i don't think they even listened
00:40:03.251 --> 00:40:06.711
to my messages at that time like even opened them up but like we
00:40:06.711 --> 00:40:09.551
became friends and like he was playing a gig i was like hey
00:40:09.551 --> 00:40:12.211
like you think you can get me in there kidding not kidding and he's like let
00:40:12.211 --> 00:40:15.551
me see what i can do but once that happened man like it really opened a lot
00:40:15.551 --> 00:40:19.591
of doors because then after that i got to play like south by southwest like
00:40:19.591 --> 00:40:25.131
in austin like and and yeah and things yeah around here it's a it's a little
00:40:25.131 --> 00:40:28.571
different you know like but there's a lot of competition out here oh yeah you
00:40:28.571 --> 00:40:31.011
know It's like, I'm old now, man.
00:40:31.111 --> 00:40:35.251
No, it's crazy because it's a different thing.
00:40:35.451 --> 00:40:41.651
Nowadays, back in the days, I had 10 different places I could stay in the city.
00:40:42.211 --> 00:40:46.691
And also being young and on drugs and everything else, I was staying up all
00:40:46.691 --> 00:40:48.331
night. I'm not doing that anymore.
00:40:48.711 --> 00:40:53.931
And driving back from San Francisco to San Jose at 4, 6 a.m.
00:40:53.931 --> 00:40:58.431
With my head sticking out the window just to stay up, it's not the business anymore.
00:40:58.791 --> 00:41:01.091
I definitely know those days, man, where you're like, oh, fuck,
00:41:01.211 --> 00:41:03.631
let's, you got to do the Joker when you're driving.
00:41:03.991 --> 00:41:06.931
Yeah, you know, and it's like, and it sucks because it's not like I don't want
00:41:06.931 --> 00:41:09.971
to support anybody. Like, I mean, I, you know, love seeing my friends play.
00:41:10.071 --> 00:41:14.091
I love, you know, supporting all of them. But it's like, now I got to spend
00:41:14.091 --> 00:41:17.931
$200 for a hotel if I'm like, you know, I want to go out and go see my homies.
00:41:18.651 --> 00:41:21.891
Well, just the cost of everything is expensive. And also, like,
00:41:21.951 --> 00:41:24.931
it is one of those things, too, like you were saying, like, if we get older,
00:41:25.111 --> 00:41:28.091
right, your body gets older, it's harder to stay up.
00:41:28.091 --> 00:41:31.191
You know you're not doing the fun things that you would do like you
00:41:31.191 --> 00:41:34.191
know it's different right and there's nothing wrong with that but i think that's the
00:41:34.191 --> 00:41:37.131
beauty of where we are and in this world because
00:41:37.131 --> 00:41:39.911
now we have like things like twitch you know you've done it you did a
00:41:39.911 --> 00:41:42.731
show recently on twitch right yeah like a couple of my friends do
00:41:42.731 --> 00:41:45.551
their thing on there i don't know why i haven't like jumped on it
00:41:45.551 --> 00:41:48.411
like but yeah like my friends they do like every
00:41:48.411 --> 00:41:54.471
other thursday pork and beats my buddy joshua josh hausa and notorious pig and
00:41:54.471 --> 00:42:00.711
then my buddy cj larson he just recently moved out to Chicago but man that that
00:42:00.711 --> 00:42:08.151
boy like CJ what's up man like his spot like when he was still in the city like in Daly City man like.
00:42:08.956 --> 00:42:12.236
He every one set up i've ever seen it just clowns like
00:42:12.236 --> 00:42:15.096
he he's doing it right how happy
00:42:15.096 --> 00:42:17.996
for him he's out back in chicago he does a show on monday nights
00:42:17.996 --> 00:42:21.376
and he's actually been kind of picking up things here and there like he just
00:42:21.376 --> 00:42:25.076
did like a saturday morning thing for viva because that's one cool thing you
00:42:25.076 --> 00:42:28.696
know people that do like their regular shows they can kind of like you know
00:42:28.696 --> 00:42:32.556
pawn it off to like somebody else to like fill in or you know be part of them
00:42:32.556 --> 00:42:37.716
but they can do it via their house rather than having to go travel and you know whatever so So yeah,
00:42:37.836 --> 00:42:39.596
no, that, like that part's actually kind of cool.
00:42:39.996 --> 00:42:42.976
You're connected always, right? Like there's always a way to see people support
00:42:42.976 --> 00:42:44.116
in different ways now. Right.
00:42:44.856 --> 00:42:47.196
So, you know, we are going to wrap up soon, but I know you got,
00:42:47.196 --> 00:42:49.176
so you have a gig coming up that we want to talk about.
00:42:49.936 --> 00:42:53.396
You don't really do too many gigs anymore, but this is one of your bigger ones
00:42:53.396 --> 00:42:54.976
of, of late, I guess you would say.
00:42:55.436 --> 00:42:58.976
Yeah. Yeah. I mean, like I said, yeah. I mean, I'm not playing that much now
00:42:58.976 --> 00:43:02.356
that like, I actually have my own equipment because I've had CDJs,
00:43:02.376 --> 00:43:05.636
but like thousands. So if you know that, I don't know how many of you are burning
00:43:05.636 --> 00:43:09.496
CDs anymore, but I know it's a pain and I don't blame you because I don't do
00:43:09.496 --> 00:43:10.396
it even though I had them.
00:43:10.456 --> 00:43:14.416
But yeah, no, I'm going to start doing my own thing pretty soon.
00:43:14.596 --> 00:43:17.676
I got like a couple of friends I've been talking to and, you know,
00:43:17.716 --> 00:43:22.576
I bought some QSC speakers and some, you know, some, yeah, I bought some CJs
00:43:22.576 --> 00:43:25.436
like two weeks ago. So, you know, that's part of the thing too.
00:43:25.516 --> 00:43:29.816
It's like, you know, like having your own equipment, you kind of have to like involve people.
00:43:29.916 --> 00:43:32.836
Sometimes you don't want to involve, you know, and not that you don't like them
00:43:32.836 --> 00:43:36.496
or anything, but like people feel very entitled if you're using their equipment
00:43:36.496 --> 00:43:37.896
that, okay, well, I got to play too.
00:43:38.056 --> 00:43:40.256
And you're involving people you don't really want to. So now it's like,
00:43:40.316 --> 00:43:42.356
I'm going to do my own thing. Sure.
00:43:42.756 --> 00:43:47.236
Which then leads us into your Halloween event, right? Are you headlining or
00:43:47.236 --> 00:43:49.276
no? Yeah. Okay. So where is this at?
00:43:49.656 --> 00:43:54.096
When is it? And where can our audience buy tickets? it's Nevada City at the Fern.
00:43:54.276 --> 00:44:00.116
My boy, Jesse James, he's a cat that's been in the Sacramento scene for God,
00:44:00.176 --> 00:44:01.876
ages, man. Like he's a good cat.
00:44:02.016 --> 00:44:05.936
And I mean, the scene has been like always thriving, but he was definitely a
00:44:05.936 --> 00:44:08.416
staple in there to like help get it to where it is now.
00:44:08.876 --> 00:44:11.296
Him and his girl recently got a place out there in Nevada City.
00:44:11.416 --> 00:44:14.496
So they're trying to, you know, move the scene up there and do some stuff.
00:44:14.876 --> 00:44:18.216
So yeah, I haven't played for him a while for a while, so I'm really excited.
00:44:18.436 --> 00:44:20.256
That's going to be on October 19th.
00:44:20.676 --> 00:44:26.496
Yeah, again, at the Fern in Nevada City with Jesse James, Aunt Jackie, and Mr. Anderson.
00:44:26.776 --> 00:44:29.956
I've never played with them. I've heard a lot of good things about them, though, so...
00:44:30.894 --> 00:44:35.254
Yeah, and it's a costume party too. So, yeah, probably going to see a lot of
00:44:35.254 --> 00:44:36.494
my old Sacramento friends.
00:44:36.714 --> 00:44:41.574
And I haven't seen most of them besides Jesse since before COVID. Oh, wow. Yeah.
00:44:42.034 --> 00:44:44.034
Less than a region. Is there a cost to get in?
00:44:45.514 --> 00:44:51.034
Do we have that information? Yeah, we do. And it is, no, no,
00:44:51.034 --> 00:44:53.134
I don't see nothing. So, it looks like it's free.
00:44:53.574 --> 00:44:55.934
Okay. Well, let's say tentatively. $5 cover. $5?
00:44:56.534 --> 00:45:01.374
Yeah, $5 cover, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Five bucks, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.
00:45:01.414 --> 00:45:04.834
You go there and you mention Uncle Dad, I'll buy you a drink, though.
00:45:04.974 --> 00:45:07.854
I hope that's true. No, I will stick to that. Okay.
00:45:08.074 --> 00:45:11.314
Yeah, so go to the show, tell Uncle Dad sent you, say, hey, Drew,
00:45:11.454 --> 00:45:12.894
I know Uncle Dad, he's a bitch.
00:45:14.034 --> 00:45:17.074
And he'll get you two shots. No, no, he won't do that, but he'll get you a beer
00:45:17.074 --> 00:45:21.674
at least. No, they got to say Uncle Dad gives good foot massages. No.
00:45:23.734 --> 00:45:26.374
You know what I'm going to do right there? I'm going to bleep that so they'll
00:45:26.374 --> 00:45:28.094
have no idea what you said.
00:45:29.274 --> 00:45:33.874
That'll make it better oh yeah then they can like wonder exactly exactly what did i really say,
00:45:34.874 --> 00:45:37.774
drew it's always a good time hanging out with you man really thank you for bringing
00:45:37.774 --> 00:45:41.494
that mix that was a lot of fun i guess is there anything else you want to like
00:45:41.494 --> 00:45:44.774
shoot out shout out there anything else you want to promote or do you just want
00:45:44.774 --> 00:45:45.834
to tell them how to connect with you.
00:45:46.894 --> 00:45:49.694
Yeah like yeah just feel free to follow me on
00:45:49.694 --> 00:45:53.054
instagram that's like what i'm on there the most i'm trying
00:45:53.054 --> 00:45:56.154
to do some more things like especially getting more mixes
00:45:56.154 --> 00:45:59.314
out there now i just bought myself a recorder two days ago so
00:45:59.314 --> 00:46:01.994
now i have my cdjs and then the turntables hooked up and
00:46:01.994 --> 00:46:07.274
a new mixer i'm gonna start pounding out stuff so there's tons of stuff on like
00:46:07.274 --> 00:46:13.034
soundcloud also oh man what's the other one mix mix cloud yes yeah you could
00:46:13.034 --> 00:46:18.674
just type up drew deep two words d-r-u-d-e-e-p and yeah we're gonna start i'm
00:46:18.674 --> 00:46:20.414
gonna start also putting up some of the old shows,
00:46:20.914 --> 00:46:25.174
from the loop that's yeah that's the name of my show i don't think i've said
00:46:25.174 --> 00:46:28.454
that but yeah it's It's called The Loop Mondays, noon to 3 p.m.
00:46:28.554 --> 00:46:33.494
At least for this semester, it kind of ranges, you know, depending after reapply,
00:46:33.514 --> 00:46:36.754
even though I've been there for like 16 years or so, like you still got to apply
00:46:36.754 --> 00:46:42.154
every, you know, semester and, you know, sometimes they move me around, but yeah, I'll be there.
00:46:42.554 --> 00:46:45.474
Awesome, man. Yeah. Go check him out. He's a good, he's a good local guy.
00:46:45.554 --> 00:46:47.794
You know, I think, and this is what I'm trying to do with this show.
00:46:48.014 --> 00:46:51.234
You know, Drew, you said you listened to the last episode and with Laser Tears,
00:46:51.254 --> 00:46:54.614
you know, it's, it's all, all ranges, all ranges, all people,
00:46:54.634 --> 00:46:57.314
all walks of life. It's the same concept as Uncle Dad Talks,
00:46:57.314 --> 00:46:59.534
but we're bringing it into the world of DJing.
00:46:59.554 --> 00:47:02.634
Because I feel like there's so many great DJs out there that don't get enough
00:47:02.634 --> 00:47:04.654
love and respect and just hear their stories.
00:47:04.774 --> 00:47:07.034
And your journey is different than everybody's, right?
00:47:07.414 --> 00:47:09.934
Laser Tears' journey was different. Everybody's journey is different.
00:47:10.174 --> 00:47:14.494
And so I'm just very excited to keep this show going. And thank you for being a part of number two.
00:47:15.663 --> 00:47:22.023
Uncle Dad's Mix and Mingle. So please go follow him. And I guess without further ado, what's up?
00:47:22.103 --> 00:47:25.743
I just thought right now, because we're talking about my first partner thing.
00:47:25.923 --> 00:47:32.143
So yeah, it's been 30 years last month that I've been DJing. Wow.
00:47:32.903 --> 00:47:37.483
Damn. So we're celebrating the 30th anniversary of you then. Yeah, that's nuts.
00:47:37.863 --> 00:47:40.203
I mean, actually, so you know what? Let's rephrase this episode.
00:47:40.563 --> 00:47:44.503
It's Uncle Dad's Mix and Mingle, the celebration of 30 years of Drew Deep.
00:47:44.683 --> 00:47:46.603
Yeah. Everybody take care. We'll see you all.
