#42 DG Monologue: Sobriety / Collecting vs. Loving Music

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This episode contains a special listener confession from jazz collector and friend Donovan Le aka @imhardforhardbop.Donovan's IG: https://www.instagram.com/imhardforhardbopListener confession form: https://dgmono.com/confessionEmail: [email protected]

New YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@romegabeatsListener confession form: https://dgmono.com/confessionEmail: [email protected]

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

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]