DJ JEUCE BOX - Episode: 132

Before we start the episode Something Jizzo and myself and our guest, which is DJ juice Box. It's the unofficial introduction to you something all of us have a connection on. It's our sports team. So with Jizzo the Dallas Cowboys, yeah, and then with me the Lakers. So that's the connection with all of us, and we can start with the recent the bakery of our La Los Angeles Lakers. Oh my god, man, man, Well, first things first, I'm happy to be back here. So it's been a

while since I've been in the studio. We're gonna talk about that when we start a show, bro. But yeah, man, the Lakers, right bro, at least we gotta win. But that was actually you know, I was saying, I'll be happy if they beat the team that they haven't beat twelve straight games. So I was happy they got the one win to get it out the way. But I don't know, I don't know, it's almost like just so sad to see that the Timberwolves are just smacking them.

But then it's almost like the Timberwolves saw what we did in twenty twenty was to go length, go big, you know, so we had what I mean, we had centers. We had Jabelle McGee, we had Dwight, and then we had a D at the four, and I don't know, we always go back and forth and Laker fans know, like, why are we having a D at the five? Like put him at the four? He can go from there, you know. So But yeah, I mean, so how are you see you know? Do you see hope for

the future? You know what? Because I just feel like bron is getting older, is it's gonna be one of those where is he really gonna have it? I mean he's still he's still had an impact, right like his best Yeah, he's like low key our age and still balling like O age, what are you talking about? I roll out of better platic nerve and I'm like, yo, how is he doing this at like thirty eight thirty

nine years old? You know? But I think if if we can land the right coach, right, yeah, if they can land the right coach and can make like the right pieces, you know, meaning players, But I think the accountability goes all across the board from the GM Polinka, like Polinka gotta get the blame. Hot pocket Hams was just not it, bro, Like, I mean, I feel I think the job was just too much for him. I think he knew it too, and low Ki he knew like towards the he was just like this job was just he knew.

I think the writing was on the wall in his end, you know. So, And then how about you, how do you guys feel about this NFL season coming up? Okay, so it's funny that me and Juice Box and two of our other friends, shouts to Gurb and David, we have this this group chat that we literally talk, which I hear we talk about every day all day. Matter of fact, we were just talking this morning and we just it's funny because Juice Box says this is like our therapy.

It really is. But I think we've all gone to the point that we're just tired of like the Cowboys and Jerry Jones and the bullshit that they try to sell us every year. And this year we're like making a thing that we're not buying, like any Cowboys gear, we're not trying to support. And what you say this morning that even when the game is televised, like stream it. So now, yeah, I've been streaming it. Yeah, because all the Cowboys games are national It's like the Fox game of the week.

Oh cool, you know, And it doesn't make sense for Cowboy fans to get red zone unless you know, you're a big fan of football, you want to watch it for fantasy. But I strictly just watched Cowboys football, right and then to see what other team is on in the morning and whatnot. But I went to the Niners Cowboys game. I took my my eight year old son last year at Levi's, you know, so it was

it was a great experience. We got hooked up with field passes. So before the game started, folks at levi saw us and they're like, hey, you want field passes? Like, here you go. So I never put a video out there. I'm going to put one together just to show the experience. It's great. I mean, I've been to Levi's a couple of times. I've been there when Dak and Zeke rookie year twenty sixteen, twenty seventeen. I went to the games. I seen them, you know,

win at Levi's. I seen them lose. But after this season, you know, thinking that, like, you know, hey, this is probably probably the one chance I think, as realistic Cowboy fans that we are, we were just hoping, like if we can just get to the championship game and then most likely lose to the Niners, we would have been fine with that. But we're always one and done, like one playoff game and out one playoff game, and we haven't sniffed an NFC championship since the nineties,

and it's just like we're just tired of it. Yeah, We're just tired of it. I gotta we gotta, we gotta be like that that one video, like my kid be like, Dad, when was the last time we went to the Super Bowl? Brouh? I was damn near your age? He since there he goes like damn, I'm like all right, like and then he's kind of like all right, I'm gonna go play Fortnite, you know. And I'm just sitting there like watching like the replays of

like the Yester years on YouTube all like like a grumpy old man. So well, our Laker stress is done for the season. Now is gonna be your guys turn cowboys? All right, I'm ready to get this episode started this You Give Me Fire podcast? What that is? John Magic? And we are back super excited about this guest. Former co worker, a fellow DJ super interested about his timeline because it's one of those where I'm not too familiar with how he started in radio and DJing, so I'm excited about that.

But speaking of DJing, you know, there's there to me, there's like two ways of looking at DJ's. There's one side where a person just has skill. They have the skill, they know how to DJ, how to mix, how to scratch, all this stuff. And then there's the other side where there's DJs that just get it. They get where they're at there, they get if they understand the assignment, if they're on the radio, if they're DJing a wedding, if they're at a club, they get

it. And our guest, he gets it. So I'm super excited to have him in here. DJ ju just box what's going on. It's funny that people still recognize that drop man you Kenny Man. That was that was that was so random on the spot when he did that, because he was like, Hey, could I do a drop for you? And I just had the mic on literally like the whole drop is he goes, hey, man, let me get some of that juice box and then that was it.

That was it, and he was trying to force I'm like, bro, that was it, and so like there's like a longer version, and so I just cut it down to that version. But people still like when you hear the drop, they look back, I'm like, were you on the radio? I was like yeah, They're like I remember hearing you. Like, oh my god, that that drop sounds health familiar, you know. So you have one of the dose. I think that's one of my favorite drops is the juice Pox. Yeah, I have a couple, but

that is like the classic ones. Like you just saying Kenny Drake, the what do we call him to the homie? You just saying Kenny just triggered my memories of all of us just hanging out that years ago the cellar. All of us always put up. Yeah, man, back when there was clubs and bars in Fresno. No really though, it would be it would be like we had the same circle of people that would go on the Tuesdays, on the Thursdays, the Saturdays Attachy Palace. Remember we talked about that.

So yeah, Juice Box, he's been in a circle with us for a while now. All right, so let's start from the beginning. We always usually asked our guests, are you originally from the valley, and I don't think you are right. No, so originally from the Bay Area. So born and raised in Mountain View, California, so home of Google and whatnot, you know, so I call it Google View. Went to school in Santa Clair and San Jose, you know, so born and raised,

you know, South Bay. That's that's my stomping ground. And then so after graduating high school, came to Fresno two thousand and four, So the fall of two thousand and four, came out here, you know, as a as a young Whooper Snapper eighteen years old, you know, out here. The first time I ever came to Fresno was dog days in the summer July. And I remember we were on Blackstone and my parents looking at me,

like you want to go to school here? And it's like nine o'clock at night, like still ninety one degrees because it's like in the summer, like in July. And I was like, yeah, I mean, I guess it's kind of cool. Wait real quick that that was the reason why you were coming here was for a school visit school. Okay, yeah, yeah, So so me and as everyone knows, k Rich, you know, shout out to k Rich. We've known each other for I mean since

we were kids, So we've known each other for twenty four years. We've grown up with each other. That's literally my brother, you know. Okay, that's something I thought. You guys met in college. No, each other since high school. You guys came out here together, essentially came out

here. Yeah, we came out here together. You know, we together and everything, right real, yeah, all that we've grown up out here, you know, so and we're you know, I'm happy to say that, you know, Fresno five five nine is my home because I think it's been it's gonna be, what eighteen years I've been here, so essentially the same amount of time that I've grown up in the bay, you know.

So the bay is always me, it's in me, but the valley is also like I'm proud, like my wife is from here, my kids are are born and raised in here, you know, so I'm definitely like proud. But anytime I go back home, I always got to flex on my kids and be like, yo, like this this is where daddy's from. Put on some forty and whatnot on the one oh one head to my parents. But uh yeah, so it came out here. But I started djying.

I first started in two thousand and three, so my dad used to have DJ gear, so like I kind of messed around with the DJ stuff from there, you know, and then didn't really start again get into it until two thousand and five ish around there, you know, So uh got into it, you know. So Krich and I like, I mean we would literally just go to like the house parties, right, and you know,

we're dating ourselves. But back then when we had like the five CD changer boom box and maybe mixes on the CDs, and we would go through them and I'm like, bro, like these songs are boo boo, Like go back to that one Little John song. Right. Yeah. So one day we i mean we both already were just infused with music. That's how our bond started. And we just was like, we gotta like start djaying

and just start doing these parties, you know. And yeah, man, I mean we low key took our financial aid money from school, gear the turntables and all that stuff, you know, And that's how it started, you know, and back there or here it started here. Yeah, so you he started as state, right, That's when you got serious yeah, Win died the whole full Clip DJs thing Full Clip around two thousand and six. Clip DJs, which is the crew your crew sort of. Yeah,

so it was like the first crew. So basically like our Mentors, which is our homie hob season San Diego. You know, he does weddings and events still in San Diego. Full Turntable is hip hop cat, I mean on the vinyl, can cut and scratch and whatnot. And so he was the one that basically showed us like, hey, this is basically the fundamentals of hip hop in its essence, how to like go on vinyl and whatnot,

just keeping it real authentic. Our other homie, check O DJ Checko, we met him when he was at Santa Clair University and so back then, you know, we would go to Santa Clair University and they had this event called the Bronco and he was DJing the Bronco on vinyl. Mind you, Tororado was already there at the time. He had creative the vinyl and

just going off of vinyl. We love that shit though, right, Like he almost like refused to use yeah, yeah, he almost refused, Like he didn't get on Serrato till like I don't know, two thousand late late, So, uh, he was the one that I mean when when you know, we started on vinyl, he basically told us like no, like,

if you're gonna DJ, you gotta start on vinyl. So when we started DJing, we were on vinyl, learning by the ears and whatnot, you know, before riding the screens and looking at the waves and whatnot. You know. So and that was the crew you know, from from when we started, you know, and then doing a lot of events in San Jose downtown events you know, during the hyphee movement and whatnot. You know.

So that in itself was just an experience to say the least during that time to go back and forth from Fresno, go back to San Jose, dj around San Jose, San Francisco, wherever it was, you know, Milpedis, Fremont, you know, and uh yeah, man, it was just uh those early years were fun because it was just a lot of like learning, playing music and you know, full circle as to currently what's going on today with like the kids, which we'll get to still like they they

love the two thousands. I mean, the two thousands is still running when it comes to parties and whatnot. Off from the days when we used to be on the clubs and the radio and whatnot, when you were Oh, go ahead, and I was gonna say this was like kind of around the era that I met Juice Box. We had a class together. I know you'd like to tell this story. Okay, we had a class at prison state, right, and so we had a mutual friends. Shout out to

Samantha. We had a mutual friend and so one day we're we had a class, you know, like a business management class. It was yeah, yeah, and this was back in the day when we had like you know, you had to match your your hat with your shirt, with your shoes with everything, right, everything match. Back then, that was the style. Go look at a social boy video. That's that's what it was. Social boy video. Yeah, was it the big the jerseys? Was it

that area yet? It was coming out of that era, but still but still with the bag ship. Yeah. So, like Gisel walks in and he had a blue a baby blue shirt, and he had like, you know, I already know the option of shorts, right, he had like some white nikes on and like a blueberry hat, like the backward hat. And I looked at him and I'm like, but like, why is he so fitted? At night? It wasn't been like eight in the morning,

like first class of the day. And I'm like and I'm like living across the street and the Bulldogs, so like I'm coming up in like sweats and like literally slides, which basically is a college I didn't know the assignment apparently, but I was just looking at him, but like why is he so fitted? Like it was almost like no reason, right, like where am I going fucking class? Like I was like he's looking clean, but like

but bro, like why are you so fitted? Like that's funny and and yeah man, but like but I knew like early on, I'm like all right, like you know, like this dude knows what's up, like the style wise, we probably couldn't get along with just music and what's current and whatnot the time. You know, so you weren't interning yet at this time or were you? I know I was, I was interning at this time.

I think I'm not even been part time during this time. Yeah, so this was like early what this has got to be two thousand eightish maybe around there, I think seven around there, So I was I was probably doing just weekends at the time. Uh, but I didn't. We just had that mutual friend and yeah, I was showing up the class fucking unnecessary like that. But then where we really got closest when k Rich got into this into the station at that time, and then we all kind of like

introduced each other and that's how I got to know Juice Box. Yeah. Yeah, we kind of we had that class, but even like really talk to each other really, I guess that's what I was trying to you guys, we knew of each other because we had a mutual friend, but we didn't really know each other until like we met until I met kay Rich and he got into the station and then he was like, oh, this is my boy juice Box, and like oh ship, and then we all kind

of like got to meet everybody. Yeah. Yeah, so it was yeah, like during that time was just new, you know. So and during that time we would like, you know, just get to know each other from like events, going out, you know, doing the bars, the

clubs. I mean back when Switch was GA Lubs. Yeah you know when uh, I mean it was like on the Rocks, the Red Room or yeah, because you guys were DJing, fraternity parties a lot, and you weren't yet, no no, no so but so at this time we were heavy in the in the college rotations of parties and they got this ship jumping, yeah you know so, and so the way it started was, I mean, shout to Carriage. That's that's the homie. But the talent that

like he just got it, you know. And so, uh, when we would do parties, I would I would always be the opener, you

know. I would always open up, you know, so like playing all the records, and it's funny because you know, like speaking to all the DJs, I would start from like, you know, the seventy bpms and work all the way up to like the one hundreds and back then in the two thousands, all the cracking records were like one hundred on up, like the one other record, the two short blow the whistle, all the Little John records, right like all the all the ship was all around there.

So I would just like set him up and he would just go from there, you know, and just rip it. And again he gets it,

yea gets it, you know. So So those years of just us understanding, and I mean still to this day when we DJ together, it's one of those where we don't have to look at each other and I know which record to drop, and he knows, like even if he's saying something on the mic, I know which record at the I'm gonna type this in And here we go and just look at each other and then we left because it's like, you know, we've we've known each other for all these years.

We know exactly like what to play, how to go back and forth with it, you know. So it's like a good sports team with that chemistry. You guys have that chemistry, yeah for sure. So uh yeah, so so like the U during that time, you know, definitely, you know, we were heavy in the clubs and whatnot, the bars and and whatnot. So this was when you know, all these places were around, you know, So anyone that's like kind of like in the bar seeing that

clip scene. Now, you probably don't remember some of these spots. They're probably like you know, I don't know, like grocery grocery stores now. Yeah, yeah, literally, but but uh yeah, I mean they're great times. I mean the folks that grew up with us, you know, like definitely remember the days when you know, it was the full clip DJs

of free. But it was dope though, because you guys had your own banner, your own t shirts, and you guys were like doing all the fat parties and just parties around the schools and then like the little club parties that like the colleges. So you guys had like the college scene on lock which is which I always thought was dope. And then that's when I started kind of like hanging around with them because Kate Rich was at the station at that time, and you kind of like, hey, yo, I'm about

to go DJ's it's frat party. And then we'd show up and then Juice Box, like you said, he was opening and it was just it was jumping off. It was like a good time. And then we had the parties, uh at the Bulldogs the parties. That was another one that I would hear about. I guess you guys would be on the balcony. Yeah,

yeah, so it all started by accident too. Yeah. So it was like fourth of July, so for those that would go home for the summer, like I mean, there was some Bacon apartment spots and whatnot. So the first time we were on the balcony and we had like those old school like like tall speakers that just on the top, you know, and the balcony overlooked the looking overlooking the pool and just imagine a Yeah, the complex surrounded the pool and like one of the balconies overlooked it. So it

was like the perfect setup. Yeah, and so we basically just ran power in one of the vacant apartments. Yeah, was in and I mean it was almost like the VP because in there we just had like our drinks in there and whatnot, all the all our gear. But did you wait, so you guys were planning this first party pool party, do you have to get uh permission? Well, you knew the manager, right or someone of the people that so it was it was I forgot who it was at the

time. But basically we we had it good. We had it in good with them, you know, so they they allowed it, you know, like, hey, we're just gonna do like I think we kind of pulled off as it was a birthday party, yeah, you know. And then so from there we just had we're playing music and I mean people just start coming over. I mean we would start like, I mean, I don't know, three o'clock. It went all the way till all night long.

But the music was going out to the pool outside from the I guess the thing that's going through my head is do you do that thing where you have to knock on every door and like, hey, just let you know we're a party. I think it's one of those situations where it's mostly students that live there, so everyone kind of But also it was during the summer,

so we didn't have an excuse to be like I'm studying. Yeah, maybe it's like you had to work, but it's like like you know where you're at, like Holliday weekend, the holiday weekend, like people are wanted, they want to swim, they want to hear music, you know. I think like during that time, people were bringing food, alcohol. It just like it was. It was. It was dope about it was so organic, like it just people started. It was like, damn, next thing

that was cracking. The one thing I remember from those parties was one little Waynes the Carter three dropped. I think this was two thousand and eight, and it was huge. That was like the record of the year, like you know, so and then also the homie Deontay shout out to Deontay asked for swag surfing and we were like, uh, and you know, back then, I was kind of like, uh, I think I know this record and we played it and people like they knew it, you know,

but we were doing the whole back and forth. That's what it is right now in twenty twenty four. Back then, it was just a record and the people were just kind of doing like the little dance to it and whatnot.

You know. So, but it's crazy to see that that's one of those records that's just i mean organically just still kind of like it's a cultural hip hop type of hit that like you have to play, know so, I mean even the kids today low key know it, you know, and it's yeah, it's it's crazy, but h we Yeah, we just kind of just used to throw parties or wherever. Man Like we would go to like different venues like hey, we're DJ's, can we throw a party here?

And then we would kind of like do a deal, like you know, like you guys can keep the bar sales and we'll get whatever it's at the door and and whatnot, you know. So and so we had like a lot of homies that would just had connects like yo, DJ at this one spot, DJ over here and over here and whatnot, you know. So and so that's what it was. That's how it was kind of like you know, getting our footing you know for yourself, building a name and

whatnot, which which worked, which I thought. It was helped to just kind of grow organically in the college scene. To see these guys come up at the college parties and then like the little the little little hangouts like club sauce at the times it was jumped in, uh, and then to see where they got now, So it was cool to like kind of grow with those guys. All right, So so you you guys got the party college scene locked down? How did you what was the first uh you know,

thought that you wanted to get into radio? Was it just because kay Ridge was there? Now you have to follow him? Like what was the transition? So no, yeah, so like Carridge got on radio I think in two thousand and eight. Yeah, yeah, so I remember just you know, from listening to radio. So growing up listening to radio, Uh, definitely, I knew like this was something that like you had to earn. So I knew at the time. I'm like, I'm not ready for radio.

I was like basically like you know, knowledgeable, enough to know like when I'm ready, I'm ready, and I feel like when when I was ready enough to get on radio, like I would be like, you know, basically given the opportunity, you know, I didn't want to be the

ones like knocking on the door, can I get on? It's not like because growing up in the Bay, I would grow up listening to the DJs like Jasponoza when he was on one ninety four nine, you know, or while one was seven at the time, you know, friends in you know og DJ's my favorite DJ, Scotty Fox when he was on CHMEO. I would go back home Scotty Fox and I got a chance to DJ with Scotty Fox, you know, up in in Bay one time, and it was

one of my highlights of like my career as a DJ. Just one of my favorite DJs listening to you know, so, so I know that going into radio like you have to be seasoned. You gotta sound clean, you gotta sound crisp. It's a different type of djan. Yeah. So even listening to the to the DJs here when I started, you know, so listening to you magic and and knowing that you're like, okay, he's from like la is a so cal area. So hearing your style, I'm like, I knew it. I'm like, nah, he's clean, you know.

So even like the you know, Dizzy shout out to Dizzy listening to him now he's got it. Ren Rock, the Oge listening. I'm a huge fan of ren Rock, like listening to his mixes, you know. So I knew. I'm like, Okay, I can't just step in and not like come in with like you know, uh, feeling not ready. I had to come in prepared, you know. So Herb Herb was like

another og like listening to RB and whatnot. You know. So, so I was given the opportunity around twenty thirteen, and I think Gizzo and Herb like kind of basically was like asked like, Hey, do you want an opportunity to get on the station, And I said yeah, because I think at that time twenty thirteen, give me some time. I was. I felt like I was ready ready, you know, so so way I didn't know this that you were you kind of quarterbacked him getting into station. Yeah

and a hat Okay, yeah, yeah for sure. This so Herb was still doing the at the time. Coordinator. Yeah, Ka Rich we were all kind of like riding for it because like it was time, you know what I mean, Like he had paid his dues, he was clean. We needed a DJ, and it's just like yo, we this is our guy right here. Yes. So, so HERB made me submit like three different mixes. Put submitted mix, twenty minute, thirty minute mix, all right, cool, put through it in there, send me another one.

All right, cool through another one. And I knew like it was just like let me see like the versatility from yeah yeah, and so I knew. I'm like, all right, let me do like radio style, let me do like one that's a more uptempo, let me do one that's like, you know, general kind of poppy mix whatever, you know. So and he asked me like, hey, can you DJ Memorial Day weekend? And I was like, all right, yeah, we could do it, but you gotta go live for two hours. And I knew that was a

test. That's a different beast. You can you sound good like recorded, you know, but like let's see you do this live. And that was one of the most nerve wracking moments in my career, stepping in the studio and just being like, damn, do you remember who he went live with Yeah, with God what's his name? Man? The Prophet really was here real quick. Can we just put some context into this because we're talking about recording and live. Of course, with technology, we could record things and

make it sound good and that's what you'll hear on the radio. But this was an era where everyone was DJing live, Yeah, and we all wanted to. It was fun especially like the mixt weekends. It's funny you say that because that was always kind of a time where we needed extra mixers because it's literally Friday through Monday mixing like from noon to midnight, so you need extra mixers. So that sounds about right. The Herb wanted him during that

time because we probably needed bodies. And it's just a good time because it's like a party on the radio during that time. Uh, and so that was perfect. But I guess you work with the Prophet during that time, which is funny. Yeah, we're in the room. We're in the studio where we're recording this podcast, which where you would have been DJs, which is the mixing room, and I know the first thing he came in, he was like, Yo, we're the table. It's kind of redecorated in

here. So let's take us to that first on air live shift. Yeah. So I come in and set up. I think I got like an hear a hour early, and I think I don't know if someone was here beforehand. I don't know if it was Dizzy or rent Rock. And they were like, oh, you're gonna mix live and all all right, and you know they were they've been in here, they know didn't and they're like, good luck, man, like, all right, do what you do? You know you have fire. I had no one in here, and

I kind of wanted that. I was like, I don't want anyone to hear, Like, let me just kind of like concentrate because I think the first hour I didn't really like scratch or anything like much on it because I was nervous. So it was just clean, safe. I kept as simple. Second hour, I was like, Okay, I'm good, and so like I was able to kind of like, you know, go a little harder with the creativity and whatnot. You know, so uh just overly like

dropping the Juice Box logo during the mixes and whatnot. Yeah. So and then after that, you know, I was invited to, uh to come back again, you know, and then having a time slot like you know, during the weekends and whatnot. And but like you guys mentioned like, I mean, the fun times were just like being in the studio going live.

I mean, like as a as a radio listener. You know, I'm trying to paint it for you, like you guys are hearing like us, and it sounds like it's fun and it's live, and it is because we're talking on the radio. We're talking about quick current events stuff. We're talking about the music, like yo, this is a new Chris Brown. I don't know if you guys heard it yet. I mean, you know, with this day and age, I mean, we're pretty quick to hear

music like just like that with our phone. But back then, you know, we were able to premiere records and then you know, I mean even sometimes I'll tune into BE ninety five and I'll be like, what song is this? Yeah? Because okay, like I'm just listening to like podcasts about like sports and how shitty the Cowboys are yeaheah, you know, so like but once in a while, like you know, like I'll turn tune in and then you know, and I'll be like, oh shit, what song

is this and then like I'll have to like look it up. I'm like, oh I like this song, Oh this is that one song? Okay? Cool? You know, so radio still does his job in which like it's still like, you know, gets music out there for everyone. But I mean think about like how fun it sounds like to have like a mixer

and whatnot. And that's what I love. That's what I grew up listening to as a kid, growing up with the boom box and then calling you know, like ninety four nine ko, like can I hear this this song and whatnot? I mean I mean like that's what I wanted to bring in. Yeah, you know, I wanted to like come in and give a fuck about putting together like a quality mix that like people like wanted to be like yo, that was a dope mix. So so yeah, man, I mean it's it's it was. It was just a blast, you know,

just to to do radio. It's something that I still cherish to my heart. You know. You know, I got kids now, so like they definitely like are like, oh, you used to be on the radio. It's like yeah, you know, and all the mixes that I did, I have them all saved from like over the years, I have them all saved up, you know, so that one day I can just like play for them, you know, like, hey, look, this is my time when I was on radio, this is the music at the time,

and whatnot. You know. So we we've mentioned just and I have mentioned this before in the past episodes, but just even when the mics are not on, but whoever's DJing, we would all just come and hang out around. Yeah, just sit here and juice boxes DJing. But then we'll just be all talking here on the side. Yeah. I remember like having to be here on New Year's Eve doing a shift and just bringing everybody up in here, like yo, we're gonna have our own Yeah. It was.

It was fun, man. And I mean like, and I think that's something that like, you know, we wanted people to kind of here, like, oh it sounds cracking over there, there's people in the background talking and move on to feel like it's like a house party. That energy kind of like relates to the listeners. You know. If it sounds like

we're having fun, they're probably having a good time too. Yeah. Something you know we always talk about on their personalities where they kind of emulate people they've heard just out of curiosity, you learning how to DJ each year?

Were was there anyone that you kind of listen to that you wanted to emulate when you were still when you were learning, or looked up to maybe yeah, I know you you brought the other names before, but yeah, so skill wise, skill wise, you know, so god like I wanted to basically just have my It took a while to like really understand what my style is. You know, every DJ has their style and whatnot, and so you know, when I started DJing, I wasn't the much. I wasn't

a talker. So like those that know us know that, like Kybridge was the one that was always on the mic, phenomenal on the mic. You know, Like I did not like talking on the mic. I think I was just very I was quiet growing up as a kid. I was just very shy. So it's kind of crazy that like I fell into doing radio and even like continue to DJ and like I mean weddings and corporate events because

like I'm talking on a microphone. Yeah, you have to put yourself out there hundreds of people and having to show like personality, you know, and so so I had to like learn to be like what kind of DJ am I going to be? You know, I want to be a DJ where like I'm able to kind of like show a little bit of cuts and scratches, you know, and whatnot, and also like just be clean. I always wanted to come off as like that's a clean mix, you know.

So I mean even like uh, I think some of the cleanest mixes that I've ever heard radio wise, I mean from like down in La so like Real ninety two to three, power one oh six, you know, just DJ a Man. I mean his mixes just sound clean. E Rock. You know, he's now in Vegas, and I mean his mixes always sounded clean. Friends in the og, you know, sounded clean, you know,

so Eric Deluxe also his mixes, the Cuts, Sour Milk. I mean, these these are guys that like I listen to and like and I'm just like, yeah, this is like kind of like what I wanted to sound like, just clean, cut, scratches, not go overly. I'm not too much of a turntable list like, you know saying I'm still practiced. I still practice to this day. I was just practicing yesterday, you know, like the kids are going to bed last night I'm in my room

like cranking music. I'm playing, you know, like I'm I'm putting it level. Yeah, I'm putting together you know, these these podcast mixes that we'll talk about and just recapping years, you know, and I was playing music from like two thousand and four and just thinking like, oh my god, this is music from like twenty years ago, and then like and it's crazy to see that, like it's coming coming back in full circle, because I mean it's still popular today, you know, like these these these songs.

You know, So as matter of fact, list can we get into that about these songs? You got something else? Well? I was just gonna ask during that era, you know, just on I this is what kind of what was our profession was radio? Were you what was the mindset of where did you want to go profession wise while you were DJing on the radio. Yeah, So I thought that, you know, radio could have

been like, you know, we'll see how far it could go. But I felt that at the time that I wanted to really push myself, like as a DJ. So I was on B ninety five, I think I got on twenty fourteen, and then I ended in twenty nineteen. So twenty nineteen, I felt like I wanted to really like challenge, give myself a challenge, you know, just because at that point, you know, I knew like, Okay, I can mix, I can scratch, I can

do this, I know the music. I was starting to come around as to like, you know, be more comfortable on the microphone and talking and so in even I was doing you know, like a private event such as weddings, which is what I'm primarily doing nowadays, you know, but I

wanted to you know, hone in on that skill and craft. And so I knew that like I had to like kind of turn and really like build my own brand, like you know, and I wanted to like really just go out there and branch and like just build a brand, build the name, you know, and whatnot. So, uh, people know me as Juice Box, you know. Other people still call me as you know, my first name, Hugo. You know. I mean, there there aren't

that many Hugos that a lot of people know. So I wanted to go out there and just kind of like really start that branding, you know. So as as a DJ who does weddings, private events, high school events, uh, corporate events, I'll still, you know, I'll go back to San Jose and work with a couple you know, uh dot com companies

out there when they do events and whatnot, you know. So but yeah, but but weddings is basically one that like as a DJ, it's it's it's a difference between doing radio and in doing weddings that is like a huge And and and clubs are you are you dipping into the club scene at all or not so much anymore? Not not so much? You know, I'll I'll still do it once in a while, you know, like if if there's like an opportunity, like I'll dip in there. One thing for sure,

I remember when we started doing clubs. I remember the first time I opened up for for Magic. We was to do, uh, what's the club in Clovi is uh the seller cellar door or one of the cell seller right, So I remember, I think it might've been the first time Magic heard me, you know, and so I opened up and I knew I had like the approval When he came up to me, he says like, that's how you fucking open a set. That's a fucking opening set right there.

And then I think, like I I think I finally got like his respect there because he was like, oh shit, okay, like he's good, you know so. And I remember thinking to myself like I want to do good, like I want to give a fuck. I want people to like walk in and be like oh shit, like okay, that's what's up. You know So there's a dope mix like who's that dude in that hat over there? Beard? You know so? But yeah, I don't do as much. I don't do the clubs as much anymore, you know so.

I'll still do a couple events around town, some of the brunches, like shout out to uh the Cocky's but a brunch, you know so I'll step in and and do those. Those are a blast to do. I think that really gave me the opportunity to really flourish as a DJ, as a person, to just have fun give like go out there and like drunker nuts and like yo, like yo, this is who the fuck I am. So clubs are still fun. I don't do them as much, you know so, but when I do, I mean, they're they're still fun

to do, you know. Okay, before we get to the podcast mixing, because you brought up branding, do you remember Juice Box wasn't his name when he first started wrighting. Weren't you just DJ Juice? Yeah, so I was DJ Juice because obviously, Okay, so for you know, like those who speak Spanish, huge Google is Google like Juice in Spanish, right,

so that was easily like GJ juice. Oh that ship's fucking you know, and I spell it different j e uce because I'm a junior, so like Juice number two junior, Like I had this whole thing, right, and so, but then there's other DJ Juices. There's a DJ Juice in the Bay Area, there's a DJ Juice locally, the I'll go here DJ Jews like the og you know, shout out to DJ Juice here and Fresno

like that's the homie, you know. So so yeah, so I think in twenty ten was like I gotta like either do something, change it or add to it. So I thought to myself, like, I'm gonna do Juice Box. But wait, why wasn't the mentality like, no, I'm gonna be the DJ Juice in town. Well, because other DJ Juice, I mean, he had this, he was he's been out here for a minute. That's true. By the way, he's the homie like what we

know. I was like, nah, you know what, like I don't want to like, I just I want to like I'm not to kind of like separate yourself, right, I want to separate myself and I I you know, I want I want to be cool with like all the DJs in town. I got no qualms on anyone here. Did you ever talk to him about this? Does he like did you ever know? No? Okay, No, it was more for you, like, okay, I want

to change. Yeah. Yeah. And so I just thought that the name DJ juice Box is so funny, Like I thought to myself, someone probably thinks of a juice box, that's a that's a dumb sounding DJ name, And then I was probably one of them. At first, I wasn't a fans. I wasn't a fan when you did it because I understood why it was juice because of your name. So when you first did it, at first, I wasn't a fan, but then it kind of grew on me. It grew and I think just because people are just like, I don't

know a juice box exactly. That's what I was gonna say, Like, you know, no one else has that name. So I think that's kind of like why. I like, people like at the time already knew me. They've already called me Juice, like Juicy, what's up, you know, like, and so I was like, I can't like not just call myself DJ, I don't know whatever, you know, Like, so I just had to go Juice box, you know, and with the with the drop, you know, I mean that really came brought it together, brought

it home and be like, okay, cool, you know. So I think I so the thing the whole reason I we wanted to get you on this topic because we've been talking a lot about clubs and the scene and the change of you know, with the new generation. But you had tweeted something. Matter of fact, I got the tweet here, and you said, the kids at prom are requesting more records from the two thousands stand of current, and so I think kids would rather hear party slash club records of yesterday

than of today. They can slap today's music anytime. And so that was like interesting to me because it's kind of been in the same realm of the things that we've been talking about with the new generation and the music they want to hear and the songs that they want to hear. And so you've been doing a lot of proms lately in these like high school events, and that's the change you've been seeing, is they want to hear because we see it

on TikTok. These old ass songs are like trending again. Which, by the way, I get surprised when they're singing along and know it, right, I know it, yeah, because you post I love I love your recap videos. Man, I'm watching them. Yeah and yeah, I get surprised when you guys drop a song from our era and they're singing it word for words. So I think to myself, Okay, so like let's bring it down. These kids are in high school, right, they're sixteen,

seventeen years old. Right, they were born in two thousand and six, two thousand and seven, two thousand and eight. They're a sophomore if my mouth is correct. So you have to think about that their parents are either elder millennials or older gen X folks that grew up listening to stuff from like the nineties and the two thousands. So what are they listening to as they're growing up, stuff from like the two thousands, from the nineties, right.

So basically, if you I'm gonna I'm thirty eight, all right. So if you're like thirty eight and up and probably have a kid like in high school or junior high, chances are they're they're listening to you know, the two thousand stuff growing up. Right. Listen, I got a I got a playlist that this past weekend. Shout out to uh Hoover High Foul or High I did their proms this past month. Dude, the kids were rocking, man. But listen to the playlist, Kisha cole Love. That's

a big record that who's giving you this playlist? The school is, the school is, this is what the kids that are requesting because I tell them I need you to tell the kids what they want to hear. Well, first of all, are you messaging these is what he did? No? No, no, no no no, Drake, no no no no. But like I'm talking to like the forminators administrators, I'm like, hey, you know, can you do me a favor, like ask the kids like

you know or what we do is we'll do like a QR code. The kids can like put the QR code submit like the songs that they want here. Yeah, So Keisha Cole Love is one of the biggest records that these kids love. That's some crazy I'm trying. I'm trying to think this that's equivalent to like what for us, like a a tevin Ca Campbell Can we

talk? Yeah? For us? Right yeah, Flow right er Low that came out in two thousand and eight, Walk a Flock of No Hands that came out, Yeah, that's you, Mac Dre Gets Stupid twenty four, twenty years that that dropped, you know Usher, Yeah, that came out. Confessions was like the biggest R and B album two thousand and four, right lit John get Low Wow. I mean these are records, so this is livingly like our high school era. Yeah, and then Sweedy my Type.

That's that's their that's their current stuff, even though that record came out a couple of years ago. Right justin Bieber Baby Wow banger for them, I just drop of it and I could just go back and forth, and they are singing their heart out, you know, obviously like the Taylor Swift and all that. But something about these records for them, to them, these are like their throwbacks. To them, that's their old school when you think about it, you know, so, but What's interesting though, why

do they want to hear those at like the dances. Is it because they feel they can dance to these songs more or like what do you think the reason is? I think that they probably grow up hearing stories from their parents, or they probably on social media and they're on TikTok, and then they're probably like hearying like you know, the millennials like yo, back in the club days we used to have we used to hear these records. We to hear this record. And if you kind of listen to music today, music

today is more about the vibes. It's vibe stuff. It's more like, you know, you're kind of kicking back, like having like a a kickback of house party and you're listening to what Byby records that's on right now. So but if you want to like have a great time in dance, nothing

is like compared to those early club records. I mean, like, I mean, we we're we're a testament because we grew up and went through it, you know, and so uh, I mean these kids, like I mean, if they want to have a great time, yeah, they want to hear Montel Jordan's this is how we do it it comes up asking for like eighties records, I'm like, what the fuck I'm want to hear that. I feel like TikTok too has a lot to do with it with the

high school kids because I'm seeing dances. You know, TikTok is known for the when they're doing these dances where they use they use songs from back in the days. For instance, I don't play Poisoned by Bail Bidevo hardly ever anymore, but I see that it's coming. They're doing it, but it's the sped up version. But at least they know what that's they can they'll recognize the song when they hear it again. Yeah, but I'm like, oh man, and I might have to bring poison Belle Bivdevo back on my

list because I'm seeing it on TikTok. So. Here's something that we've been talking about about, like with the clubs recently, is that we're seeing a shift in like kind of the atmosphere of the clubs and people not really dancing and it's more about the lounge. And it's like, and I'm a fan. I know, we're all kind of a fan of the dance clubs where people are actually dancing and moving around, but it doesn't seem like it's that

anymore. But now kind of like what you're telling us, what these teenagers are doing and what they're wanting. Do you think that when once they start growing and getting into the club scene, that maybe that that dance club is going to come back around? Give it? Yes? I think right now what we've been with the trend with hip hop. Yeah, I have my own theory just because I'm a nerd like that, and I go back and listen to a lot of different music from like the past and whatnot. You

Yeah, I think that there's been a trend since. I think music kind of started changing around twenty eighteen, twenty nineteen. Everything prior to that. So when I was on radio between twenty thirteen, twenty fourteen up till twenty nineteen, music was in a good in a good pocket where there was music that was hip hop, there was music that was radio friendly, there was

music that was you can dance to it. Like let's say, for example, twenty fourteen, remember the Mustard era, Yeah had like you know, the supposed to be the tanasehe tuon. Those were good radio records and you can still play them at the club and what you can still dance on me. After twenty nineteen, the pandemic, I think kind of fucked up music, like if you because because we were inside, right, yeah, it

got depressing. The one, the one popular record in twenty twenty was the Baby rock Star that living look a Baby and I'm sorry but that I was through TikTok. That song fucking sucks. Like every time I heard it, I changed it because I don't know, Like, I don't know, because the time was depressing because the Corona virus. We were all inside. You would hear the guitar and I'm just like, oh the fuck it just felt I don't know. But after that, music hasn't really been the same.

I don't know, Like I think like that the pandemic really kind of shifted everything. So we're four years out from from it, I think we're starting to kind of come out of like this rut. When it comes to music, it's I think it's just a hip hop where it's out right now. It's kind of in like a staleness where it's out right now. Even radio songs are just kind of like, eh, you know, it's a lot of like slower tempo kind of records, and I think that's why like Latin

music really kind of sparked man. Yeah, because that's because that's where people are dancing. Yeah, I mean, I mean, like now, like when I do parties, like i'm it's either if it's not fifty to fifty, I'm playing more Spanish music party good points. So growing up, I mean I knew Spanish music, you know, I mean, I'm Salvadorian. I didn't grow up listening to the Mexican corridosallo's all that. But out here

in the valley, I had to like quickly learn. Yeah, I gotta I gotta know these records, you know, so and so and so. Like I got like, you know, my current uh DJ buddies that like, you know, I'm working with, they put me up on games. So shout out to uh Lunatico, you know R two oh, you know Echo, Like they're the ones that put me on when it comes to the Spanish records, like hey just play this or play that, you know, so to. But I think now, like give it, give it about

two three years. I feel like music is gonna shift to where it's gonna go back to like a dancing like dancing. People are gonna want a club more. I mean we're kind of like coming out of this whole bottle service era at the clubs. Hope, so because that shit is so whack to me, you know what I'm saying. Everybody just wants bottle service. Everybody wants to do it for the gram. Yeah, you know, show what they're in VIP and no one's fucking moving, you know what I'm saying.

It's just like all for show. But like take me back to the clubs. Jumping off people are jumping literally dancing moving, you know what I'm saying, breaking a sweat. We got to go back to like when we just like pull up and like dance on the female, like and if you got

dissed, you got this and you just moved on. Like when like you go up on a girl and then like he looks at the homegirl and she gives you that like yeah, here's a confirmation that she kind of looks back at your like okay, cool, Like you know, so we had to go back to those days. You know, I think I think a lot of these kids are just missing like those those club days, man, like just going out having a good time, like breaking the sweat. You know.

I think we talked about the previous one where they they go for themselves with the gram and then they lead show people that I was there. You know what I'm saying. Make sure you saw what I was wearing. But yeah, let's take it back to having fun at the clubs and the parties, which was the original point of it. You know what I'm saying. Let's kind of fast forward. Let me just ask you, this is DJing cause you know, like you said, you're DJing the schools, the weddings

sometimes clubs. Is this your main source of income right now? Yeah? Oh no, this is full time? So I think I started basically just was like I think I need to do this full time. Like around twenty eighteen, twenty nineteen. Remind me, did you correct me if I'm wrong? Did you just you you chose to leave radio, right I did? Yeah? Yeah, yeah, you're like, yeah, I think I'm done. Like yeah, you didn't get like cut or nothing like no, yeah, no, I I left, you know, but it but it was

just it was a tough. It was a tough decision because I love to do radio. I loved it, you know, just because I love to like actually wanted to put a good product of a mix out there because growing up I listened to like great mixes, Like I listened to some dope DJs, and so when I stepped in as a radio DJ, I had a responsibility of, like, you need to put together quality mixes. You need

you need to sound solid. I've heard some shitty mixes and it just irked me because I'm like, dude, like you gotta like put some respect on your name. You gotta have people people want to like, want you to like, you know, like it's a privilege essentially to do what we're doing, right what I'm saying. So, but but I at the same time, I I decided to step back because I kind of wanted to focus on my on my branding and just take more time. And yeah, I went,

I went full time, you know. So I uh, with the support of my wife, you know, she she told me, like you, she told me, like, I think you need to do this full time. I mean, and when you when I look back at it, I mean, I've been djaying for now, it's going to be what eighteen years. I've been doing this for eighteen years, you know, from when I started from the inception and it's it's essentially my career, you know.

So so when I when I do meet with like clients who want to book for a DJ, I tell them like, listen, you're not I'm not doing this part time. This isn't like a side thing, a weekend thing. This is my profession. Yeah, this is what my resume speaks for. I've done radio, i do this, I've done this, I was here, I've done there, you know, school. So yeah, I mean so so and when a lot of people hear me, like they just come up and they're like, you're really good, and I'm like, I'm

always appreciative because I want I want people to care about the music. I want them to you know, have a great time for me. At the end of the night, when people come up and say, like, dude, that was fun. People are sweating, they're drunk, and they're like bad to me, like that means they had a blast, you know. So, so yeah, this is full time now. Yeah, shouts out

to you. Because DJ there's different lanes. There's the touring DJ, there's the festival DJs, the radio DJs, the club DJs, and you found this lane where you're especially in town not a lot of people do. There's

a lot of our homies are doing it too. But yeah, you have this lane where essentially doing private events you know what I'm saying exactly, and I know how much those pay the clubs and shouts out to you for even investing in that, because I think this was years ago where you posted like something you bought for you know, uh a gig, and I think I messaged I was like, yo, like that DJ, but I don't know what you bought, but you bought something where I was like, Yo,

that booth is tight. Yeah, and so you're doing it the right way, thank you? No, Yeah, did the investments? Man? Like you? You have to you have to give a damn you know, like and to if you want other people to invest in you and pay for you what you're asking for, you have to invest the timing within yourself to show others like, listen, this is what I do. This is my profession. And you have to execute. I think like the execution portion of it is, you know, uh easy nowadays I can just pull up in DJ

and whatnot. I feel like at this point in my career, I am like hitting the strides like in just perfect, like I'm comfortable on the microphone. I'm comfortable to talk in front of like random strangers, you know. I mean I've DJed at the Save Mark before, you know, like in front of thousands, you know, so with the help of like being on radio and when and with you know, everyone around here. So for me

to do a wedding, I mean those are fun. I Mean. The only thing that sucks is like out here, like if you're doing a wedding in the summer, and yeah, I'm in a suit, I'm over your chug and like gallons of water to stay hi. That's the only thing that sucks. But like, I mean the execution of it, because I've done so many like over the years, i already know like how to like go

about it. Sometimes, like I'll run the whole wedding myself, you know, like and people are paying me to like can you do the whole wedding? And can you run this from the beginning to the end, And I'm like, absolutely, let's do it. I will sit down, we'll knock everything out. I'll give you suggestions. Do you want to do this? Do you want to do that? Here we're running a little bit behind.

You want to push up, you know. So uh you know, so doing private events and weddings, like I mean, there's a lot of responsibilities and you have to care because you have to remember, like these are moments that people are gonna remember. Yeah, really, and you can't mess up. And there's no sick days with DJs. There are no sick days. If I have a flu too bad, like bring a night cool, drink pliny water and do it. You know. So where where can uh like

the public, uh, you know, get information on booking? You Are you going through a company? Are you working with partners or can they go directly to you? Yeah? So I work with Moss Entertainment. So so if you want to like, check us out website Moss M A S H E N T Weddings dot com. So if you want to check us out, it's about five of us in there in the crew. So shout out to a DJ Lunatico, uh, DJ Echo Arturo, myself, DJ Juice

Box and DJ Kbridge. Five of us right now. You know. We we do weddings, private events, school events, I mean you name it, you know, divorce parties. You know, we'll be in there and you know and get a crack and you know so. But yeah, if you want to hit hit me up on the socials, it's everything like the same at DJ juice Box d J J e U C E b o X. That's Instagram, Twitter if you want to see me like talk shit about

my team when they're you know so Facebook. Yeah, sometimes I feel like on Twitter juice Box during the Lakers season, juice Box would get mad at me for my negativity. You know what it is too, It's who I find. I don't know because you might not be following the same people I follow, which is my friends, and we all feel the same, and I feel like you're getting just mine. So maybe it's not it's not translating because I'm talking shit with my friends. Yeah, and he's seeing it.

But he's seeing it, so he's like, Yo, magic is very negative over here. I don't be like magic, what the fuck domestic as magic? Yo, We're down ten. We got this, bro, you know. But then I love it when you join when you join it, I'm all right, I'm gonna join that. I'm like, I'm the same way in our group chat. I'll be the most negative person in our group chat, and juice Boxes like, nah, we're good still, and I'm like, no, man, I'm ready to turn this shit off already. Man,

I'm always the one I got hold. I'm down twenty one in the fourth, two minutes left. Bro it ain't over yet. Ain't over yet, you know. So but but yeah, but like also, if you guys are on podcast and one that I just uploaded some mixes on YouTube. So if you go on YouTube, search a DJ juice box, I'm currently working on the series of your reviews for for mixes. So I've done two thousand and one. I broke it up in two so I've done two thousand

and one R and B in two thousand and one hip hop. I uploaded like these mixes on YouTube, and the numbers blew up because I forget that, you know, YouTube is there to like kind of put mixes out there and whatnot, you know, so I just can't monetize off of it, which I don't care. But I just my mixes have gotten like already hundreds of thousands of listens, you know, and I just uploaded them like about a two months ago. But these are mixes that I started working around twenty

twenty. You know. I've had this, like, you know, a project in my idea of wanting to do recap of mixes, like you know, over the years. So I've done two thousand, two thousand and one, you guys can check that out. Two thousand and two, hip hop and R and B. Two thousand and three. I did those last year for hip hop and R and B, and so this year I'm working on two thousand and four. R and B is gonna drop first, and then hip hop later on down the year, and then I'll probably come back circle

around to like the twenty elevens. I did a twenty eleven. I gotta re upload that one, but go back to the twenty twelve's and whatnot, probably you know, for their twenty years or whatnot. And then you even do like specific like Aliya mixes or outcasts. Yeah, like all yeah, Like I'll put together like quick little TikTok songs and mixes you know that people can just like you know, put up there, you know, just branding, you know, just throwing mixes out there. I mean the DJs out

there. There's some dope DJs that are just putting out some great content, you know, and you know TikTok we're scrolling. Yeah, and so I gotta I gotta come with a record. You just drop it real quick, thirty seconds of just a bunch of records, you know whatnot. So it's great promotions, just kind of put the name out there, you know, so just promote mixes. Like I love putting these mixes together because I call

them like passion projects. They kind of just kind of like take us back to like a moment when we were like younger, and it's like, oh, back in the day, man, when life was simple and yeah, man, McDonald's wasn't as expensive. You know, Taco bell was like a dollar. You know, there's a there's definitely a lot of nostalgic field to it because some of my favorite mixes are like the era let's say the era mixes that he puts out from the from the years and like, yeah,

it will take you back to a certain time in your life. And not to mention, those mixes are very good for like workouts, you're going on for a walk and uh or if you know, you just want to reminisce about the good old days. So I do really like when he puts these, Like you like your mixes, I guess you would call them, yeah, but you said those are on YouTube. They're on YouTube. They're on

YouTube. Go to Apple podcasts if so the iPhone listeners, go to podcasts, just type in my name DJ juice Box and it'll pop up in there. All the mixes I've done, I have some old ones over the years. I did a Neptune's mix back in twenty ten. People still like ask about it. Did you do a Nate Dog mix too? No? No, no, that was uh DJ Steve Wonder okay, stee h he uh he did a mix It's called Nate and no wait, dude, that mix. I think that was what was the one that really like inspired me to

do like a theme mix the mixes, you know. So, but yeah, so YouTube, it's on there, you'll check it out. Uh, it's also on iTunes as well. I'm not on iTunes, Apple podcasts and whatnot. So go go on my Instagram and you'll follow the link and then it'll take you all there to go back and listening to them. I try to keep it in an hour. I crme in like as much as fifty

songs in these mixes. And yeah, I mean, I mean, I'm just I'm quickly mixing, quick mixing them, you know, so people have asked like, hey, can you make like longer mixes, But like I just think to myself, like, no one wants to hear like a ninety minute mix. Yeah. Less, it's more keep them wanting to come back, you know what I'm saying. Yeah, But then I I also remember that there are people that like like to you know, clean the house and

have YouTube on in the background and whatnot. So I might just start putting together like just mixes of like you know me, you know, mixing like at the house. Yeah. People like to see like the live mixes and whatnot, you know. So that's something that like I'm gonna work on soon, you know, just to kind of you know, scratch the itch of the days when I used to do radio, because like I still try to find the times to like put together some mixes and whatnot, you know,

for you bro. Yeah, yeah, it was good to catch up with you face to face. I know. It kind of when with social media you feel like you hang out with your friends anyways. And also I'll say this because it man, it you just saying these names. It just reminds me of when we used to hang out. We call you guys, call it the h Q House on where was that at? Yeah, well we don't live there anymore, but yeah, Getsburg. Yeah, we used to just go there and just hang out. Man, the stories that we have.

We had a DJ room, just a wall full of like posters and whatnot, you know, and uh and when artists would stop by, we would just pull like the vinyls, like like Rich would hit me up, like yo, look for that one Genie vinyl or that one Mario record, and then we would pull up the station and the artist would be like, dude, you have this still and it was sign it. You know.

We still have some of those, you know. Yeah man those yeah, like it's just for sure, and I know we're we're we you know, you have a family and we're all older now, so it's not even one of those things like yo, we don't even hang out anymore, Like no, it it was great when we got to do it back then. And now we're all older and I'm glad we're all still friends. Yeah. The way we hang out now is going to like his kids birthdays, you know.

So it's just a different topic hangout now. You know what I'm saying, life life, and you know, yeah, exactly it's still it's still great to see everyone. I'm still I'm still happy that, like you know, most of us are still in town. Yeah, shout out to Kenny. Kenny lives in New Orleans now, Oh wow, yeah, so shout shout out to him. It's been a minute. I think he'll be out here soon, you know so. But yeah, man, it's it's great to be back here man at the station, the old stomping ground. So

definitely great memories here. I I grew up a lot as a DJ, you know, so, and and as a as a person, as an m C. It all started here for me, you know, and so thank you guys for having me. It was definitely, you know, an honor to be here. I listen to you guys all the time. Definitely, you guys got some funny ass stories. Story about that one I told I told you about, texted you about which one I was trapped in the closet? That one? That one? Yeah, how come we never heard

of this story? Yeah? Bro heard that story? What I went to old girl's house and her dad was chasing me through their house. We got some story. We're gonna we're gonna keep it off. The podcast from h Q back in the day. Oh yeah, man, me and juice Box got some stories Vegas, some Vegas stories. Oh my god. I don't know. We might have to open this up on another day, but it might get us fired. Until next time, DJ juice Box, this could give me for our podcast.