#38 A Conversation with Bruce (Formerly Wabi Sabi Headphones)

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Listener confession form: https://dgmono.com/confessionEmail: [email protected]

This episode starts with a listener confession from a friend of the podcast, GST. From there, I give a budget update. Specifically, I address the idea of selling stuff just so I can buy more stuff, and working to break that cycle. From there, I discuss a bit of a branding crisis I'm currently having regarding all the different monikers I have for all my creative endeavors. Finally, I wrap by addressing a TikTok video made to poke fun at jazz gatekeepers.New '90s style jazzy hip hop beat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMiOXBu77SYListener confession form: https://dgmono.com/confessionEmail: [email protected]

I have a conversation with Bruce, who was known to many on Instagram as @wabisabiheadphones before shutting the project down recently. Bruce and I discuss mutual Cali friends, his upbringing in South Africa, meeting his wife in the UK and moving to California shortly after, befriending a hoarder who left his entire collection of 50,000 records to Bruce, PTSD, SSRIs, and the ways in which "story culture" can lead us to believe our lives will be a lot more exciting than they end up being, amongst other things.Listener confession form: https://dgmono.com/confessionEmail: [email protected]

The usual budget update, an update on my creative endeavors, then a little monologue on my thoughts about fame, celebritydom, and wealth; and coming to the more recent realization about how much my thoughts about them have affected my well-being and my life in general. Listener confession form: https://dgmono.com/confession Email: [email protected]

In this week's monologue, I talk about my recent obsession with hip hop 12-inch singles, and a general enthusiasm for classic hip hop production (that often samples jazz records). I also talk about my time being creative lately, and how I sometimes struggle to find the time and motivation to make music. Listener confession form: https://dgmono.com/confession Email: [email protected]

In this week's monologue, I talk about some anxiety and intrusive thoughts I've been dealing with the past week or so. I also talk about being (way) over budget, amongst other things. Listener confession form: https://dgmono.com/confession Email: [email protected]

I have a conversation with a good old friend of mine, Chris Reisman, owner of Hudson Valley Vinyl in Beacon, New York. Chris and I discuss our past as hip hop artists, samplers, maxing out credit cards to buy equipment, opening a record store, me getting mad at Chris for not selling me a jazz record, evolving taste in jazz, being opinionated, panic attacks, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, and SSRIs, amongst other things. Hudson Valley Vinyl Website: https://hudsonvalleyvinyl.com Listener confession form: https://dgmono.com/confession Email: [email protected]

In this week's monologue, I talk a little about the budget, how I am getting back into making music, some of my current inspirations, and revisiting the worlds of "jazzy hip hop" and hip hop production. Yesterday's New Quintet Playlist Made by Me: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6zHgo5QH5n4nZblWIXp6bZ?si=84cfb470d53742b9 Listener confession form: https://dgmono.com/confession Email: [email protected]

I kick things off this week with a just-in listener confession. I then talk about getting excited about a new piece of music equipment, and then once I got it, I quickly lost interest. This leads me to discuss creativity and the spontaneity it requires, and how difficult it becomes to find the time and motivation to be creative as I get older. I then return to the topic of the critical seller I dealt with last week, and I then share my thoughts on phono cartridges. Listener confession form: https://dgmono.com/confession Email: [email protected]