The Keys and Reeds of Grammy award-winning artist Casey Benjamin

Live from the West Village today’s guest on the show is Casey Benjamin aka DJ Stutzmcgee. Casey is a 2X Grammy award winner, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, DJ, Yamaha artist and muscle car enthusiast. In this episode we have an in-depth conversation about his beginnings as a saxophonist, the vocoder, DJing, racism, Prince experiences, style, racing cars and the Robert Glasper Experiment.

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Show Notes

1. DJ Clue?
2. DJ Envy
3. DJ Doggtime
4. DJ Dirty Harry
5. Grandmaster Vic
6. Blue After Dark
7. B-Sides
8. Grover Washington, Jr.
9. Bob James
10. Bob James-Nautilus
11. Bob James-West Chester Lady
12. Dexter Wansel
13. Ronnie Laws
14. Michael Franks
15. WNBC Channel 4 Sue Simmons
16. Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts
17. Winelight
18. Winelight (Audio YouTube)
19. Fort Totten Army Base
20. Tom Browne-Funkin‘ for Jamaica (N.Y.)
21. Funkin‘ for Jamaica (N.Y.)- (Audio YouTube)    
22. Jamaica Colosseum Mall
23. Shirt Kings Phade
24. The Shirt Kings
25. Travel Fox
26. Diadora
27. Etonic Sneakers
28. Al B. Sure!
29. Touring is not easy and it is not always fun.
30. Lobby Call
31. “3 or 3,000 I still talk to the audience after the show.” – Casey Benjamin
32. Cat Call
33. Paisley Park Studios
34. Paisley Park Images via Google Search
35. Prince– Artist profile Rolling Stone
36. Prince-Biography Profile
37. Prince Before the purple rain: Prince in 1970s Minneapolis-In Pictures by the Guardian
38. Nik West
39. The Purple One
40. The Robert Glasper Experiment
41. The Hollywood Bowl- Herbie Hancock & The Robert Glasper Experiment
42. Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)
43. The Bike from Purple Rain
44. Poland Spring Water
45. New Power Generation
46. NPG Video
47. Musicology Album Prince
48. 3rdEyeGirl
49. Get On Up Movie Trailer
50. Q-Tip
51. The Cool Kids
52. Weldon Irvine Jr.
53. A Tribe Called Quest
54. Vocoder
55. Talk Box
56. Stevie Wonder- “Close To You” 1972 LIVE Talk Box (Reelin‘ In The Years Archive)
57. Stevie Wonder – All I Do Is Think About You (New York Said Staff added this one because we love this song.)
58. Roger Frampton Video
59. Maxwell Women’s Work Video
60. Roger Troutman California Love
61. Herbie Hancock Sunlight Album
62. Auto-Tune
63. Chromeo
64. Chromeo– Juice Video
65. Mr. Talkbox
66. Byron “Mr. Talkbox” Chambers – SHINE
67. Daft Punk
68. Daft Punk –Get Lucky
69. Patrick “P-Thugg” Gemayel
70. Sennheiser Vocoder VSM201: “Audio-Demo Recording”
71. Korg MS2000
72. New York Said Episode 8- Alexandra Estevez – Eats, Drinks, Tats and The Real New York
73. Sez Who Sez Me from First Sessons by HEAVy
74. Truth by Kamasi Washington
75. Avant Yard
76. Saul Williams
77. Survival Soundz Band
78. Malcolm Jamal Warner
79. 79 Camaro Z28
80. 1979 Pontiac Trans Am
81. The Fast and the Furious
82. 1970 Dodge Charger
83. Nitrous oxide engine
84. “Style is like cuisine.” – Casey Benjamin
85. United80
86. Brixton, London
87. Would love to learn how to fix cars
88. New York Said Episode 7- Daniel Rush Patton – FDNY, EMS, EMT, The Goonies and Car Accidents
89. Optimism, courage, and leaps of faith.
90. PS 140 Edward K Ellington School
91. John Coltrane
92. Bernard Wright
93. Thomas Wright “Fats” Waller
94. Lenny White
95. Don Blackman
96. Denzil Miller
97. Did you know James Brown lived in Queens, NY?
98. James Brown’s House in Queens
99. Mos Def
100. Johannesburg
101. Cape Town
102. The New School (University)
103. Neo Soul
104. Derrick Hodge
105. Keyon Harrold
106. Common
107. Blue Note
108. “Signature is everything, recognize your individuality.”-Casey Benjamin
109. Consistency
110. Joy in Repetition Prince & NPG Bonus for Reading all the notes!!!
111. Failing makes you stronger.
112. Classic will always be relevant. Class wins.
113. Queens all day!!!

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