PFuzz is a classically trained violinist, music producer, and violin instructor who makes classical music inspired and injected bass house music.

@1:00 Intro @3:00 How PFuzz decided found inspiration from for her music in classical music @6:00 getting back into making music from taking a break @8:30 The difficult switch from Logic to Ableton and why the switch was made @17:00 Utopia show and Bill Gates predicting the Corona Virus @20:00 Distracting ourselves during the initial quarantine @22:00 Using Reason Studios in Ableton Live as a modular environment @26:00 Getting sounds in your head into your DAW @41:00 The struggle of dynamics vs loudness @52:00 Working with classical musicians and standing out being different @56:30 Dealing with wanting to be social during quarantine (aka Zoom parties) @1:01:00 A potential renaissance in art and music after quarantine? @1:09:00 How PFuzz injects classic violin into dance music @1:18:00 Waiting 3 years for a custom electric violin @1:22:00 Recording the violin with line-in vs microphone and preamp @1:25:00 Squeezing the most out of your music gear before buying new stuff

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Halcyon, San Francisco: http://www.halcyon-sf.com/main/

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Frida Joy is a music producer, DJ, and DEEP MNML TECH record label owner and operator. 

@5:25 - Remembering when electronic dance music was still on terrestrial radio @9:40 - Throwing raves and parties in Chicago's music scene @13:50 - Injecting classic 90's dance sounds into your music @17:20 - When to start arranging and structuring your song @24:00 - Learning new DAWs @30:25 - Selecting samples saving time while composing @34:20 - Frida's studio gear & performing live @39:00 - Using swing vs manually adjusting MIDI notes @44:00 - Do you actually need better monitors? @50:00 - Living in a Japanese tea house & urban gardening @56:00 - Healthy distractions from making music @1:02:00 - Tattooing as a hobby & making home-made Sauerkraut and Kimchi @1:09:30 - Pickle-back whiskey shots at Iceberg Cowboys camp at Burning Man @1:14:45 - Silver linings of Corona Virus quarantine @1:22:00 - Frida's gear-lust list @1:30:00 - Starting the Deep MNML Tech record label

Frida Joy's Social Media: Soundcloud: https://tinyurl.com/yyv3skba  Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/y4ph4nwv

DEEP MNML TECH Social Media: Website: https://tinyurl.com/y2yymkm4 Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/y39hdefy Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/y2ezaeyd

Finding great guests, scheduling podcast episodes, recording, editing, and posting episodes is not easy. It's a labor of love but also a lot of work. There are often many difficulties in this process, often new challenges entirely, just to host and produce each episode. If you’d like to help keep episodes coming as well as ensure more guests, as well as more frequency, please consider donating to help fund the Voice of Electronic Music Podcast and my efforts: Direct via Website: https://tinyurl.com/yach54fy

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Halcyon, San Francisco: http://www.halcyon-sf.com/main/

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Niko Zografos is a trance DJ and music producer who's played all over the world including world class nightclubs and music festivals like Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC). He's got a trance music radio show called Phoria Radio and works closely with Trance Family San Francisco. 

5:10 Throwing Trance shows at Ruby Skye in the early 2000's 11:00 Advice for beginner DJs 15:00 Gems from the early day's of Trance music 18:00 DAW controllers and hardware 23:00 Promotion and consistency 29:00 Staying focused and inspired in the studio 36:00 Music theory vs writing melodies by ear 44:30 Niko's signature sounds 50:00 Being critical of your own music 59:00 Brain hacks and productivity 1:01:40 Niko's studio setup and VST synthesizers 1:11:00 Playing festivals-- Dream State Mexico and Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) 1:20:00 Being prepared as a DJ 1:25:00 Submitting your music to labels 1:36:30 What makes your music original? 1:42:00 Staying sane during a quarantine & the future of music venues

Niko's Social Media: Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/y55368ps Instagram: https://tinyurl.com/y6d4p7g9 Soundcloud: https://tinyurl.com/y3ogjdw5 Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/yyu3kr3s

Phoria Events & Radio: Website: https://tinyurl.com/y2qjtmvf Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/y2pqjl9a

Trance Family SF: Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/yyy4jueb

Finding great guests, scheduling podcast episodes, recording, editing, and posting episodes is not easy. It's a labor of love but also a lot of work. There are often many difficulties in this process, often new challenges entirely, just to host and produce each episode. If you’d like to help keep episodes coming as well as ensure more guests, as well as more frequency, please consider donating to help fund the Voice of Electronic Music Podcast and my efforts: Direct via Website: https://tinyurl.com/yach54fy

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Halcyon, San Francisco: http://www.halcyon-sf.com/main/

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