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
- DJ Clue?
- DJ Envy
- DJ Doggtime
- DJ Dirty Harry
- Grandmaster Vic
- Blue After Dark
- B-Sides
- Grover Washington, Jr.
- Bob James
- Bob James-Nautilus
- Bob James-West Chester Lady
- Dexter Wansel
- Ronnie Laws
- Michael Franks
- WNBC Channel 4 Sue Simmons
- Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts
- Winelight
- Winelight (Audio YouTube)
- Fort Totten Army Base
- Tom Browne-Funkin‘ for Jamaica (N.Y.)
- Funkin‘ for Jamaica (N.Y.)- (Audio YouTube)
- Jamaica Colosseum Mall
- Shirt Kings Phade
- The Shirt Kings
- Travel Fox
- Diadora
- Etonic Sneakers
- Al B. Sure!
- Touring is not easy and it is not always fun.
- Lobby Call
- “3 or 3,000 I still talk to the audience after the show.” – Casey Benjamin
- Cat Call
- Paisley Park Studios
- Paisley Park Images via Google Search
- Prince– Artist profile Rolling Stone
- Prince-Biography Profile
- Prince Before the purple rain: Prince in 1970s Minneapolis-In Pictures by the Guardian
- Nik West
- The Purple One
- The Robert Glasper Experiment
- The Hollywood Bowl- Herbie Hancock & The Robert Glasper Experiment
- Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)
- The Bike from Purple Rain
- Poland Spring Water
- New Power Generation
- NPG Video
- Musicology Album Prince
- 3rdEyeGirl
- Get On Up Movie Trailer
- Q-Tip
- The Cool Kids
- Weldon Irvine Jr.
- A Tribe Called Quest
- Vocoder
- Talk Box
- Stevie Wonder- “Close To You” 1972 LIVE Talk Box (Reelin‘ In The Years Archive)
- Stevie Wonder – All I Do Is Think About You (New York Said Staff added this one because we love this song.)
- Roger Frampton Video
- Maxwell Women’s Work Video
- Roger Troutman California Love
- Herbie Hancock Sunlight Album
- Auto-Tune
- Chromeo
- Chromeo– Juice Video
- Mr. Talkbox
- Byron “Mr. Talkbox” Chambers – SHINE
- Daft Punk
- Daft Punk –Get Lucky
- Patrick “P-Thugg” Gemayel
- Sennheiser Vocoder VSM201: “Audio-Demo Recording”
- Korg MS2000
- New York Said Episode 8- Alexandra Estevez – Eats, Drinks, Tats and The Real New York
- Sez Who Sez Me from First Sessons by HEAVy
- Truth by Kamasi Washington
- Avant Yard
- Saul Williams
- Survival Soundz Band
- Malcolm Jamal Warner
- 79 Camaro Z28
- 1979 Pontiac Trans Am
- The Fast and the Furious
- 1970 Dodge Charger
- Nitrous oxide engine
- “Style is like cuisine.” – Casey Benjamin
- United80
- Brixton, London
- Would love to learn how to fix cars
- New York Said Episode 7- Daniel Rush Patton – FDNY, EMS, EMT, The Goonies and Car Accidents
- Optimism, courage, and leaps of faith.
- PS 140 Edward K Ellington School
- John Coltrane
- Bernard Wright
- Thomas Wright “Fats” Waller
- Lenny White
- Don Blackman
- Denzil Miller
- Did you know James Brown lived in Queens, NY?
- James Brown’s House in Queens
- Mos Def
- Johannesburg
- Cape Town
- The New School (University)
- Neo Soul
- Derrick Hodge
- Keyon Harrold
- Common
- Blue Note
- “Signature is everything, recognize your individuality.”-Casey Benjamin
- Consistency
- Joy in Repetition Prince & NPG Bonus for Reading all the notes!!!
- Failing makes you stronger.
- Classic will always be relevant. Class wins.
- Queens all day!!!
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This episode is sponsored by Gorilla Coffee.
