American - Musician | August 24, 1963 -
I've always been fascinated with sound, since I was a little kid when my mother Dorothy Dean took me to my first piano lesson. Later on, my guitar, bass guitar, and synthesizer were my secret weapons.
Mike Dean
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If I hear music that has a hole in it and has a space for me to fit in, I go for that stuff.
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Justin Vernon is one of the collaborators Kanye will always go to. He doesn't fit in with any genres - you never know if he's gonna sing, like, the Bee Gees or some crazy, distorted thing. And you don't know what he's saying half the time. He's kind of like Michael McDonald, like he's got marbles in his mouth.
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I play the sax, piano, guitar, bass... I started as a kid with piano lessons.
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No disrespect to people that don't use music theory or don't know it. It does help to be able to figure out what key a song is in, even though with your scales you can figure it out so you can set your Auto-Tune right. So many songs with Auto-Tune are off or have the wrong note playing on the 808. And they pass it off as being hood.
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I used to play in biker bars, different places like that.
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Major labels don't play with samples not being cleared.
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Willie D is one of the first people I worked with.
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Moog embodies a sound luxury like no other.
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My taste for rappers is very high. I've only worked with, like, Pac and Jay-Z and Scarface.
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I worked with Pimp C since he was 14 years old, and he was one of my best friends.
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That's just what I call myself when I DJ: Mexican Wrestling Association.
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