[Video] DJ Burn One ProducerGrind Interview (Talks Industry Plants, Drugs & Tour Life, Superfly + More)
Atlanta legend DJ Burn One stopped by the Producergrind office today for an exclusive podcast interview. We talked over an hour with Burn One covering everything from his come up & early entrepreneurial ventures, making beats for Gucci Mane & A$AP Rocky, doing drugs to pass time while on tour, his role behind the scenes in the new Superfly movie score, his production team “Five Points Bakery”, What are industry plants and industry plant meaning, & much more. Enjoy this hour long podcast interview filled with producer advice and music business talk.
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2:17 How DJ Burn One got started in the game
3:20 Being from Atlanta but not having a signature trap sound
4:58 Working with Walt Live & Go Ricky Go
6:23 DJ Burn One’s household musical influences growing up
7:24 Taking a year off from DJing to learn how to make beats
8:57 Starting off in Sony Acid Pro
9:22 Selling mixtapes in high school
10:43 Always listened when OGs gave advice
12:38 Tour life and struggling with alcoholism
14:47 Using FL in high school
16:50 Reading Gucci’s book
21:03 The culture of Five Points
22:52 Working with live musicians
25:25 His thoughts on The Art of Organized Noize documentary on Netflix
30:28 Not getting paid by A$AP Rocky
32:50 On convincing Gucci to do mixtapes
34:18 Public perception of him and A$AP Rocky’s relationship
36:45 The Umm Factor – Describing The Culture of 5 Points Bakery
38:13 His group iNDEED
38:57 Creating their own sample catalogue
41:16 Artists selling themselves instead of selling songs
46:14 Working with Bubba Sparxx and seeing him get pigeonholed into a character
47:08 Parallels between rap and wrestling
48:50 Defining what an “industry plant” is and examining the case of A$AP Rocky
52:20 Record labels know if your numbers are fake
54:44 Pop now has hip hop drums
56:49 Overrated/Underrated
-Thrift Store shopping
-Limewire
-Backwoods
-Tour life
-Big commercial studios
1:02:52 What’s next for DJ Burn One
1:03:33 Superfly soundtrack
1:05:00 On putting on a producer masterclass
1:06:30 His philosophy on helping people
1:07:11 Hack on learning how to produce
1:11:42 Being able to admit what you don’t know
1:12:12 Shut the fuck up and learn something
1:13:34 Pro tip for 808 mixing
1:15:36 DJ Burn One on social media
Hosted By
@ceodylan
@theletterlbeats
@carrington_hill
@producergrind
Special Guest
@djburnone
Directed by
@cookitupkayo
