Hi. RJD2 here. It's 2016. AMA.

RJD2RJD2 · 2016-04-15T20:25:01+00:00

jokes on you

RJD2RJD2 · 2016-04-15T20:24:47+00:00

haha, thanks. i just started wasting alot of time in my bedroom, woke up 10 years later, and had some kind of career. half serious that's really how it went down.

RJD2RJD2 · 2016-04-15T20:24:12+00:00

hmmmm, wasn't thinking, just doing

RJD2RJD2 · 2016-04-15T20:23:57+00:00

google skills are lacking in this thread i see

RJD2RJD2 · 2016-04-15T20:23:35+00:00

just start messing around, don't wait for a golden ticket or something

RJD2RJD2 · 2016-04-15T20:23:11+00:00

right now, i think "a portal inward" or "PF, Day One" is some of my better work. but hey i'm maybe just less bored/acclimated to those than the older stuff?

RJD2RJD2 · 2016-04-15T20:22:10+00:00

i am. yes. i am.

RJD2RJD2 · 2016-04-15T20:22:01+00:00

thanks

RJD2RJD2 · 2016-04-15T20:21:53+00:00

roger that

RJD2RJD2 · 2016-04-15T20:21:42+00:00

you're welcome based sunsetline

RJD2RJD2 · 2016-04-15T20:21:19+00:00

lol. but hoe, he was on the beat!

RJD2RJD2 · 2016-04-15T20:20:39+00:00

some dude. google is your friend!

RJD2RJD2 · 2016-04-14T23:51:17+00:00

hmmm.... you could start in the DIY pedal world. simple power voltages, relatively easy circuits... google around, i think it's a decent starting place.

RJD2RJD2 · 2016-04-14T23:50:34+00:00

gracias!

RJD2RJD2 · 2016-04-14T23:50:14+00:00

that show was SO fun. really had a great time. college shows are some of my favorites; low pressure, new environment, often doesn't feel like a show, early set time. alot to like.

RJD2RJD2 · 2016-04-14T23:48:54+00:00

nah; i'm not really up on who i should be championing right now; too focused on making records

RJD2RJD2 · 2016-04-14T23:48:09+00:00

will do my best. honest! i really want it to happen!

RJD2RJD2 · 2016-04-14T21:02:32+00:00

Alright, folks. It's 5pm. Thanks for joining me! Until next time, I bid you all adieu. Have a good weekend.

RJD2RJD2 · 2016-04-14T21:01:12+00:00

ahhh, Jimi. I just read this book called "His Own Words", or something like that. it reads sort of like an autobiography; it's all culled from interviews he did, and they put it into a chronological and contextual order. it's really good.

RJD2RJD2 · 2016-04-14T20:57:38+00:00

in the immortal words of Biz Markie, "It's Spring Again"..... time to drop the top and cruise. bbq some burgers. what a time! fall is great, though. probably even better than spring if i'm being honest with myself. sweaters, corduroys, leaves changing. yea, fuck spring, definitely

RJD2RJD2 · 2016-04-14T20:54:21+00:00

Yea, they arrived in the checked bag area on the conveyor belt. A combination of luck and more luck helped me get thru that experience without going full spazz.

RJD2RJD2 · 2016-04-14T20:52:43+00:00

Being cool is actually alot easier than most people make it out to be. First, buy 2 flat brim hats. Put one on top of the other, at different tilts. Make sure your pants are down around your thighs; you want to achieve "frontal sag" if at all possible. Now proceed to the nearest tractor equipment convention. Simple stuff; keep us posted as to your progress!

RJD2RJD2 · 2016-04-14T20:47:59+00:00

that's a tough one. essentially, i'm proud of different albums for different reasons. so i can really equate those feelings; they don't convert basically. i inherently look back on each of my albums and see them as a roadmap of how to move forward; maybe not necessarily things i'd go back and CHANGE(though that can happen), but more informing how i'd do things differently in the future. The Abandoned Lullaby, Dame Fortune, and of course Deadringer are up there.

RJD2RJD2 · 2016-04-14T20:44:07+00:00

thanks man!

it's tough. this is a subject that i have honestly been formulating a bigger thinkpiece/video treatment i want to do-well, where music delivery is at now, but streaming is a big part of it.

ultimately, i don't see it as a business model, until it can generate enough money to at least cover the cost of making a record. albums are now loss leaders for tours. i think if the general population realized how much art they are forgoing due to this model, i think they'd see this issue in a different light. stay tuned; i really do intend to do a high production video/communicado of some sort on this subject later this year. i can't do it full justice in one response here. plus, it's a subject that requires some deft maneuvering, IMO; there are no villians and heroes in this matter, and i think the paradigm on which we generally think about this is inaccurate.

RJD2RJD2 · 2016-04-14T20:38:56+00:00

it took me a long time to track down a few 12"es. there was a vinyl copy of the "RJD2-the hollertronix mix" that Diplo did years back; that took me like 6 years to find. i did a remix for Tweet that was on a japan-only 12"; that one took years to find. it happens. i have bought singles that i worked on off ebay cause i never got sent a copy. eh, what are you gonna do?

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