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VINNY BRICKS
INTERVIEW FOR :SCENE: OHIO [www.sceneohio.com] ->
link to article in :SCENE: OHIO archives SceneOhio: Why and how did you get into playing? Vinny Bricks: Um, I started out in 1998 doing Live PA's out in Phoenix, Arizona. I did live performances for about 2 years and basically got sick of dragging a bunch of gear out, so I started spinning records and starting producing my own stuff so I basically just put it on dub plates and playing my own tracks out. SO: Why do you spin what you do as opposed to some other genre? VB: It's just what I evolved into. I started out being into techno and harder trance, and I just ended up getting into house and techno. It's just what I feel. SO: How long have you been playing? VB: I started spinning out about 2 years ago. SO: How come every time I see you, you look completely different? I never recognize you each time I see you, but then I get introduced and I'm like, "Oh I know you." VB: I dunno, I kinda have that tendency. When I spin I don't wear any sort of hat or my glasses and generally when I'm out I'm wearing my hat and my glasses. I had dread locks for a while but I'm just too white. SO: What keeps you going? VB: Just not knowing what else to do. It's just I dunno, it's just something that I really feel. I don't have anywhere else to go so I keep pushing. SO: So other than music what do you do in your spare time? VB: Um, I work on my car. SO: Oh aren't you like a car thief or something? People will post something up and you'll be all, "Amateurs! They should know that you don't need to knock out the window to break into this car, blah, blah, blah." VB: I'm a car nerd. I install automotive security systems for a living and I learned a lot about car thieves operate and recently had my car broken into and I've just learned a lot for installing for a living. SO: Who's the first artist you ever saw? VB: It was the Georgia Satellites in 1988 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. They were basically a one-hit wonder, 80's straight up rock band. I saw them with my grandmother so... SO: Do you have any pets? VB: We have 2 cats named Parker and Posie. SO: What's you favorite track? VB: Five mixes I've been listening to in my car lately: Mistress Barbara's new cd, DJ Dan's Essential Mix from 1999, Anthrax Persistence of Time, DJ Dan's Roundtrip and probably the Derek Carter Essential Mix. SO: Anybody you think we should look out for music wise? VB: I would say uh...probably Ariel, TML who spins deep house. Those would probably be the main two. SO: What are you working on currently? VB: Currently I'm working on hopefully doing a mix cd or three lately. I'd like to do a deep house, a harder house, and a techno cd. And that's really the main thing. I'm working on trying to get back into music production and just trying to get back into the swing of the whole writing thing, so now I'm working with my partner Cluster Poindexter. SO: Oh Cluster Poindexter I got his cd randomly, at some party. VB: Yeah we both played together at One Love in Cleveland and that's probably where you got it. SO: No I got it at Bubble Bobble. VB: We were at that party watching Kevin Reynolds, who's an old friend of ours. SO: See but I don't think he gave it to me. Like I just randomly got the cd. I got home and his cd was in my bag. I think somebody slipped it in my bag, did one of you slip it in my bag without me noticing?! VB: Ken very well might have. He's a sneaky bastard and he likes to give his cds to everybody. :P SO: What do you think or this party ie: production company, kids, vibe, etc.? VB: I think that this party it was a very good party overall, it had a lot of potential. A lot of things happened this week that I believe had a little bit of an impact on it. Overall, Focalpoint they're my crew, Josh and Beth have been instrumental to my career over the last year to two years. SO: What can you think about the Ohio, and conversely Midwest scene in general? VB: I think the scene has gone rather downhill over the last few years. I have to admit I don't get out or around very much outside of the Cincy, Dayton, Cbus area. I dunno, I'm really hoping that it kinda picks back up some. They are a lot of really cool kids out in the scene but it's really hard to get everybody together. SO: Any message you want to send out to the kids, anything else you want us to know? VB: Just keep dancing, keep your mind open, listen to as many different types of music as possible, and just love one another. SO: So are you talking like Free Love hippie style? VB: Yeah sure. SO: Are you a swinger? VB: *laughs* No. SO: So why aren't you a swinger? VB: Too shy. SO: Too shy? How can you be too shy? It's a swinger you just randomly have sex with people you don't have to talk. VB: I'm just too shy to meet the other swingers I guess *laughs* |
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