Interviews

The Golden Edge: Interview with Amerigo Gazaway

Once upon a time a guy with mixed brazilian and Southern U.S. roots that brought to my ears a great pair of works that we can call “conceptual collaboration” or mash-ups, if you prefer. That guy’s name is Amerigo Gazaway, beatmaker, producer and musician from Nashville, TN. Today we finally reached him and we had a very interesting chat …

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Bedroom Beethovens: Interview with Amerigo Gazaway (Podcast)

Happy to sit down with Bedroom Beethovens podcast for a chat about producer related-stuff. Listen to the full interview below and subscribe on iTunes. “Forging an evolution of the “mashup” album format, producer Amerigo Gazaway’s “conceptual collaboration” projects imagine studio sessions between like artists of different genres and eras. It would be boring if we …

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The Real Hip-Hop: Interview with Amerigo Gazaway

Amerigo Gazaway spoke to The Real Hip-Hop about how he got into creating mashups, what goes into his creative process, and his Common x  Stevie Wonder collaboration, A Common Wonder. TRHH: Have you tried to mashup two artists or groups that didn’t go together? Amerigo Gazaway: Yeah. I’ve definitely run into some road blocks creatively. Sometimes I …

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Occhi Magazine: Interview with Turntablist Amerigo Gazaway

Check out my full interview with Occhi Magazine! We discuss mashup inspirations, favorite musical genres, time travel, how to deal with song requests and more. Occhi Magazine:What advice would you give to aspiring DJs? AG: Go to the record store. Look at the covers, read the liner notes, listen if they have a turntable station. …

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The Commercial Appeal: Soul/Hip-Hop Mashup Master Amerigo Gazaway Talks About Future of Sampling

Over 30-something years as a part of music, digital sampling has become more restricted by the industry even as technology to manipulate and recombine samples has introduced infinite creative possibilities. Gazaway’s experiences have led him to become an advocate for copyright law reform and for technologies that ease the process of clearing samples. “There’s gonna …

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Library Rap with Tim Einenkel: Producer Amerigo Gazaway

Listen to the Library Rap podcast Tim Einenkel‘s interview with the producer of The Trill is Gone, Yasiin Gaye, Fela Soul, & Bizarre Tribe; Amerigo Gazaway. Amerigo joins Tim to discuss what he calls “conceptual collaborations”. Gazaway talks about what inspires him to do mash ups, how he comes up with ideas and what happens …

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