The Hilltop Glove Podcast | Master Kie

[00:00:00] Skip: Hello everyone. Welcome back to another episode of Hilltop Glove Podcast. Today we have the pleasure of interviewing Master Key. Master Key is a Charlotte North Carolina native she is a mother and music producer She is a co-director of The Lost In Space. Your Neighborhood Orchestra Lost In Space is a musical artistic, galactic themed performance that displays a combination of orchestra, electronic beats, spoken word, and.

[00:00:23] Performances to tell the story of a Russian astronauts voyage true to stars, while revealing the truths about life on earth. What sets her apart from other producers is the type of work she puts into each project. She doesn't want people just to hear the music, but to understand it or interpret it in their own way.

[00:00:40] Her current project, the Tones of Roy g biv, comes with a coloring book that serves as a guide to the. Thank you for joining us today. How 

[00:00:48] Master Kie: are you? I'm fine. Thank you for having me. . I love that. , you like your bio? I love that description. I 

[00:00:54] Ta-Myia: stalk you. I listen to 

[00:00:55] Master Kie: like steal that. Go ahead. When people are like, what's losses space about?

[00:00:58] I'm gonna mm-hmm. , go 

[00:00:59] Ta-Myia: to [00:01:00] that. Please feel 

[00:01:00] Skip: free. Yeah. Feel free. Feel free. So I guess what we could do is because we already, like I said, you already had an ex excellent background explanation of you mm-hmm. . Just tell us a little bit about yourself, I guess for. What was your childhood like? 

[00:01:12] Master Kie: It was pretty simple I guess.

[00:01:14] Okay. I'm originally from Jersey. Okay. South Jersey. Jersey. Stand up. . Okay. Okay. Right. And my dad has a musical background and my mom has more of a promotional background. Yeah. Mm-hmm. , so I kind of like, you know, have experience with both of. areas. But I took more to the, the music obviously.

[00:01:35] And so me and my mom moved to Georgia when I was like in middle school. Mm-hmm. . And back then I wanted to sing , but I was kind of shy. So I joined the chorus, the middle school Chorus High School. I did choir in high school and learned how to read music. So. being that I was shy, I was like, there's gotta be something else I can do with music that, where I don't have to like really show myself.

[00:01:59] Yeah. [00:02:00] So I begged my dad to buy me a piano. Okay. And I taught myself being that I knew how to read music, I was like, you know, it should be simple. So I taught myself piano. Oh. And started. Kind of making my own songs and I was like, I like this much better. Yeah. And then when I got to college, U N C C.

[00:02:17] Mm-hmm. I heard a couple guys in the dorms like messing around with Fruity Loops, which is what I use now. Hey, 

[00:02:23] Ta-Myia: fruity Loops. Shout out, 

[00:02:25] DJ And?: shout 

[00:02:26] Ta-Myia: out image line. 

[00:02:26] And 

[00:02:27] Master Kie: I was like, Ooh, this is even easier. This is so weird. And so I kind of just stuck with that. And then I didn't really do, I did it kind of for fun.

[00:02:35] Yeah. I also danced in high school. Okay. And so when I got to college, I continued on with dancing and kind of focused on that a little bit. Mm-hmm. . But once I graduated I was like, I don't really want to dance anymore. I had, I hurt my knee and stuff mm-hmm. and it was like messing with my back. And so I got back into the music.

[00:02:52] I connected with Blues. Okay. And that was right before he started Sounds and Sixteens. Mm-hmm. . And so that's what [00:03:00] really pushed me into it because it was like the validation I needed like to let me know. Okay. My stuff is, good question. Mm-hmm. 

[00:03:07] Skip: Blues Sounds and Sixteens. Can you explain that? 

[00:03:09] Master Kie: Sounds of Sixteens is basically a producer showcase.

[00:03:13] It's like three to four producers. Okay. And they. Play beats and sometimes they'll, they'll be a live band backing us up. They'll kind of come, they'll, we'll play the beat and they'll kind of come in later. It's like really dope. And it allows like MCs to come and freestyle on top of that. Okay. Hiphop.

[00:03:29] Hiphop. I like that. Dope. Yeah. That started in 2017, so I like, I owe a lot to blues for that cuz that really pushed me into the industry. 

[00:03:40] Skip: Excellent. Excellent. Yep. And so the thing that I really connected with and we you, you, you mentioned it there, you see if you noticed like I said, Mike and and what looked at me

[00:03:50] Yep. Fruity Loops. Yep. Or L K a Ffl Studio, whatever you wanna call that. Yeah. Actually, that's how I got in introduced to production. Nice. In college. Yeah. Was there was actually a [00:04:00] suite made of. named Brandon. Yep. And he had a copy of, as a matter of fact, he actually stays up here now and I think he does like video work and stuff too.

[00:04:07] but he actually had a copy of fruity Loops. Mm-hmm. and I used in college and I, that's how I got introduced to it in school too. Yeah. So that's pretty dope. Yeah. 

[00:04:14] DJ And?: Yeah. He infected everybody else with that, with that Fruity Loop Studios, , it followed us and we started bothering with it too. We were like, good Lord, you know, this is actually something fun 

[00:04:22] Ta-Myia: to do.

[00:04:22] Yeah. Instead of being out here 

[00:04:24] DJ And?: messing with these knuckleheads outside mm-hmm. , so it was a good thing. Yeah. 

[00:04:27] Skip: No, I do have a question for you now. When I was starting out, like I didn't understand how to drop. Like I didn't get that concept, so my beats would just keep going. Look at Scott 

[00:04:34] Ta-Myia: Chop beat. No, Scott, this is for real.

[00:04:36] Why? This is 

[00:04:37] Skip: horrible. I did not know how to drop a beat, so my beats would just keep going and going and like I didn't even understand. Like it was weird. It was like, I don't understand the concept of a snare. It took me about like, you know, Scott just, he's like, you telling me, you know, saying of 

[00:04:51] Ta-Myia: a SRE concussion all over the place?

[00:04:52] All over the place. There was no snares. Sound 

[00:04:55] DJ And?: like, oh man, you did not know what the timing was. Man, 

[00:04:58] Master Kie: I, I can't lie. [00:05:00] That's kind of like how my first beat was on Fred Purdue Loop, so it was like, made this feel better. I don't really know what I'm doing. Yeah. And then, you know, that was like when YouTube first started mm-hmm.

[00:05:09] you know, getting popular as well. Mm-hmm. and then eventually, . People were throwing tutorials on there. Yeah. Yeah. And then that's how I got better. 

[00:05:16] DJ And?: Yeah. I remember Mike told us one time, he was like I think y'all need a snare in 

[00:05:20] Ta-Myia: in the on the track. We were like, yeah, where 

[00:05:22] DJ And?: did we put it at? He said, right here and said, tick, tick.

[00:05:25] We was like, oh, we like that 

[00:05:26] Ta-Myia: little thing was like a good 

[00:05:27] DJ And?: thing. Yeah. We were looking wild out here, but it was still fun. That's the , that's the main thing. Like learning to make music was fun. Yeah. And the big, yeah. But we knew what we liked. Yeah. We knew what we. And time, 

[00:05:36] Ta-Myia: like, you know, Pharrell and Timberland, we we're stripping everything down.

[00:05:40] Yes. Very, very stripped down tracks. Yes. Oh, we could do that. Mm-hmm. , but then it's like figuring out what you need to actually have Yeah. To have it do that. Yeah. Yeah. 

[00:05:48] DJ And?: We don't 

[00:05:49] Master Kie: understand none of that. That goes back to actually being a female in the industry. Yeah. What does it feel like being in a male 

[00:05:54] Ta-Myia: dominated industry 

[00:05:55] Master Kie: as a female producer?

[00:05:57] It's, it has its pros and cons. Okay. Like [00:06:00] I guess the pros can. just, I like the element of surprise. Yeah. Cuz people, they see me and they're like, what's she about to do? And then I like hit 'em over the hand. I can see that. Yes. Black. And then the cons is like, you know, just trying to separate the business from personal.

[00:06:15] Mm-hmm. . Cuz a lot of times they wanna hit on you and all that stuff. , and then you gotta kind of. You know, try to weed out the guys that are, you know, here to help versus the ones that are just trying to get in your pants 

[00:06:27] Ta-Myia: and 

[00:06:27] DJ And?: Yeah. For John Lauren Hill situation, like, yo, come here to do business. Yeah. 

[00:06:32] Master Kie: Like, yes.

[00:06:33] Yeah, I understand. So, but like, I haven't had to really deal with that too much. Lately. So does it does intimidate you or does it make you go harder? It makes you go harder . I know that's right. I 

[00:06:45] Ta-Myia: know that's right. Yeah. 

[00:06:46] DJ And?: Yeah. Don't say that's a Jersey girl coming out. You ain't gonna talk that. You ain't.

[00:06:49] Master Kie: And it's like a learning experience. So I kind of know what to, the signs to look for and yeah. All that. And I know how to be careful now. And that 

[00:06:58] DJ And?: came with, with [00:07:00] experience. Yes. And so could you explain, could you tell folks how long you've been doing this? 

[00:07:04] Master Kie: Oh boy. I guess officially. . Like I started with Fruity Loops in 2003.

[00:07:09] Okay. But officially like got serious with it in 2017. . 

[00:07:13] DJ And?: Oh, this is you better stop. You be weird. Weird right now. This is so weird. That's where we started. That's the same life. But 

[00:07:18] Ta-Myia: listen to listening to your work, like you can't, oh my gosh. 

[00:07:21] Master Kie: You can't tell. Like it, it sounds, thank. Good. Thank you. It's a whole vibe.

[00:07:26] Literally as I was doing the questions, I was listening to all your soundtracks. Mm-hmm. , and I was like, Mm-hmm. , I can listen to this cause I love instrumentals. It just make you feel a certain type of way. Like I can feel what you were feeling Good do the music. That's the whole goal. And I try to get better with each beat tape that I put out.

[00:07:42] Yeah. I try to make sure it's better than the last cause I think. And I think that's what all artists and producers should strive for. Mm-hmm. . So 

[00:07:50] Skip: no. Why, so what's what got you start? What made you think. creating beat tapes are instrumental projects. 

[00:07:56] DJ And?: Because you know, that's not 

[00:07:57] Master Kie: the norm.

[00:07:57] Yeah. It's not, it's not the norm. Yeah. I don't [00:08:00] know. It just allows me to like, be creative and do what I wanna do. Mm-hmm. versus like, when you're working with an artist, they're like, , can you make it sound like this? And this the vibe I'm going for. And you know, with B tape I can be like, you know, this is my theme and this is how I'm gonna do it.

[00:08:14] This is the order I'm gonna put it in and this is when I'm gonna release it. And so, yeah, I think I just like that freedom. 

[00:08:20] DJ And?: Did you, did you realize that, like his question always like ask it like, did, did the chicken come before the egg? Did you start making the beat tape? Before or after you ran into artist?

[00:08:30] Yeah. That you produced for after. After. So you had the experience of your own artist. 

[00:08:35] Ta-Myia: Yeah, , 

[00:08:35] DJ And?: because I had to know, I had, I was wondering like how that, how that formulated, because I'm not gonna, I love jazz music, right? Mm-hmm. , so I like instrumentals. Yeah. I'd rather listen to music with no for, with no words on it, right?

[00:08:46] Mm-hmm. . But that make you look crazy to some people. No, I 

[00:08:48] Master Kie: love instrumentals. 

[00:08:49] DJ And?: Yeah. They like, they like, what's wrong with you? Oh, you wanna hear some words? You wanna hear these people yelling? 

[00:08:53] Ta-Myia: I'm like, no, I 

[00:08:53] Master Kie: just wanna hear the music. Mm-hmm. , I took a hi history to jazz music course at U N C C and it was amazing.

[00:08:59] And [00:09:00] that was actually the first. I sampled something. Oh. Cause I heard it in class and I'm like, oh, what a 

[00:09:05] Ta-Myia: Duke Ellison song. And I was like, 

[00:09:06] Master Kie: ok, I need that . Yep. 

[00:09:07] DJ And?: So, yeah. So question, did you with that, with that being said, did you have any particular music genres that you were attracted to growing up outside of hip hop?

[00:09:16] Hmm. 

[00:09:17] Master Kie: Definitely. and classical. Cuz my dad, he just listened to everything except hip hop. That's what I was 

[00:09:22] Ta-Myia: wondering. Was that playing in your house? He 

[00:09:24] Master Kie: was, no, he was, he did not like the rap. So , 

[00:09:27] Ta-Myia: we got, we got one rap song 

[00:09:28] DJ And?: with dad play. Our dad would play regulators. We get to hear Warren G running 

[00:09:32] Ta-Myia: around this card.

[00:09:33] No, he played G too. G thing. We gotta hear G, but G 

[00:09:36] DJ And?: thing. But it all g. Yeah, 

[00:09:38] Master Kie: only only hip hop album. Yeah. Was Will Smith . Oh. 

[00:09:42] Ta-Myia: Oh wow. Hey man, those don't Hand Out. Will Smith got that actually. Which Will Smith album? Which move? 

[00:09:46] Master Kie: What was it though? Big Willie Stone. 

[00:09:48] Ta-Myia: Willie. 

[00:09:49] DJ And?: Big, big Willie's. And 

[00:09:51] Master Kie: I think You like it Miami because I think he liked it because it was no cursing and it was like positive.

[00:09:55] But all, he just never really understood hip hop. I think [00:10:00] like if he was still alive today. I think he would, yeah, I think he. Appreciated more seeing me especially. 

[00:10:07] DJ And?: Come on, you see it coming from your own child. See how to turn it into art. Yeah. That you can consume. Of course. I see 

[00:10:12] Master Kie: what you're saying.

[00:10:12] But I've always liked instrumentals too. My biggest influence was hero Shima. I don't know if you've ever heard of them. Oh. Dang. That was a good 

[00:10:20] Ta-Myia: to hear people talk. I love and 

[00:10:21] Master Kie: bless my dad's heart. I used to like have him play that in the car like all the time. Like keep playing 

[00:10:27] Skip: that one song all. So, question.

[00:10:28] So when was your dad born, if y'all mind? Is he fifties? Alright. Late fifties, early sixties, forties. 

[00:10:34] Master Kie: Oh, okay. Wow. Okay. He actually, his birthday was on 23rd, so yeah. 

[00:10:39] DJ And?: Oh, that's cool. So you got a pretty dope understanding of music. The reason why I ask is cause a lot of folks say, come on here. And I know we're always talk, we're us millennial folk dealing with life and et cetera is like any bits of information that we can get from the past and bring it forward.

[00:10:52] Like the good, especially the good stuff. Oh, those are gems. So like, you know, the fact that you had your parents and they did have this culture of music and stuff around [00:11:00] you, even the marketing and media aspect of it being around you, that influence of it with you now, actually, cuz I mean did you, did you grow up seeing yourself coming into this situation?

[00:11:10] No, not right. I 

[00:11:11] Master Kie: didn't, I didn't know what I wanted to be when I was growing up, but yeah, I never. I would ever get into music production. 

[00:11:17] DJ And?: Hey, 

[00:11:17] Skip: it's a, it's a weird thing for you, but you know, it's weird too, and I ask that because you seem like the type of, you seem not necessarily like a old soul, but you can tell that you were raised by older folks.

[00:11:28] Yeah. Like the way you carry yourself. Yeah. Even though you're younger. , you can still tell that influence. And when you were, and when you were, when you were explaining just some of the music and stuff, and we could kind of tell anything like the way you carry yourself, you'd be like, okay. You could tell, you could tell like her parents weren't like 21, 21, 22, 23 that you could tell more older.

[00:11:47] It's the big 

[00:11:48] Master Kie: difference I used. I used to just go through, sorry. I used to just go through his. Like whole collection of CDs. Mm-hmm. and just listen to everything. And that's how I fell. Fell in love with s Charade. Mm-hmm. , she's my favorite. Ooh. . 

[00:11:59] DJ And?: [00:12:00] Oh Lord. I can tell. See? Yeah. . Yeah. You got, you got a good music lesson, so Yeah.

[00:12:04] Yeah, yeah. And that's what we were talking about. Cause I know our, our father, he's the youngest of a, in a large family. Mm-hmm. . So like growing up, he'd be listening to his brother's music all the time. Yeah. And they were from the old school, so they'd be listening. the IS leagues and stuff like that.

[00:12:15] Mm-hmm. . And they'd have these 40 fives and they would have the eight track tapes and stuff. And so he'd steal their music mm-hmm. and be listening to, and that music that he listened to growing up during that time, he passed it down to us. Yeah. And so, like growing up and a turntable and a turntable, literal, literally, literally, literally, it's right.

[00:12:30] Literally . And so this is something we always like to, whenever we speak with musicians, artists who work in the music, , we always like to see where that, that effect on you came from. Mm-hmm. , like how did you end up here in this position? Yeah. Because it's not a calling for everybody. Mm. And so I always like to see how 

[00:12:45] Master Kie: folks got here.

[00:12:46] I wanna know, what's your music selection now? Like, what are you listening to now, like throughout the day? Ooh. It's like, I don't know. It depends on my mood. Like, it, it just like, I can get ratcheted, but then I can just be like, I don't know, like then I [00:13:00] can put on some motley crew. Like, it just depends like, Ooh,

[00:13:03] DJ And?: So wait, so you don't put a little W where you only listen to yourself all the time? , 

[00:13:06] Master Kie: no, sometimes I'll get in the mood where I'm like, let me get my streams up a little bit and you know, play, 

[00:13:12] DJ And?: bless it. Remember that y'all stream your own music, stream your music. 

[00:13:15] Master Kie: Or if I'm like, you know, want some inspiration from like my.

[00:13:18] Project, you know, to move forward with the next one. Mm-hmm. , I'll listen to some old stuff. Just give me in the mood. That's dope. I 

[00:13:26] DJ And?: have a, I have a question to ask you as a as a producer and you make instrumentals, always ask people this cuz this is what I do. Like when you, when you make instrumentals for yourself, do you ever just go back to listen to them, to remember the feeling and the mood at the time when you made Yeah.

[00:13:39] Mm-hmm. . Yeah. That's the reason why I like making music. I call it, I call it memory 

[00:13:41] Master Kie: tapes. Like what is your creative process? Come back. The memory of creating the, the. Like you have to set some 

[00:13:47] Ta-Myia: incense, light a candle. 

[00:13:49] Master Kie: The movie, I dunno what you, I dunno. I'm a, I'm 

[00:13:52] Ta-Myia: a aroma person. 

[00:13:53] Master Kie: So , well, my studio, I have the, the changing lights all around.

[00:13:58] So I kind of like, I like it to be [00:14:00] dark with the lighting. And for, I prefer like when they're gone to do it, cuz that, that way I'm not like getting interrupted or I don't gotta get up and feed somebody or, you know, just pause. . 

[00:14:12] Skip: So are you, are you a nighttime producer? Yeah. I figure 

[00:14:16] DJ And?: Yeah. Yeah. Called it.

[00:14:17] I nailed it 

[00:14:18] Master Kie: during the day. I have nothing to do during the day when I'll be like, damn, I don't really wanna sit in front of the computer right now. Yeah, yeah. I'd rather watch Netflix, do it later. And yeah, that's pretty much it. And then I put my phone on silent cuz that's when everybody wants to call you, hit you up when you're working for some reason.

[00:14:35] DJ And?: Mm-hmm. . That's how it works. So you're muse and this is another thing. that draws, draws you to the, to actually doing what you do. There has to be something that's fueling you. So you have to have something that causes inspiration outside of your earlier influences. So what inspires you now to do your, what is your why?

[00:14:52] Yeah, your why, your muse, my , my news. The spirit that fuels you. Is it this young spirit, this soul that we're looking at? . , 

[00:14:59] Master Kie: that's part [00:15:00] of it. Man, that's a good question because it literally like comes outta nowhere sometimes. 

[00:15:04] DJ And?: That's why it's a good question. I always wonder where it comes from. 

[00:15:07] Master Kie: Yeah. Yeah.

[00:15:08] Because sometimes I just be like, I don't really, I can go like weeks with not feeling like making beats. Mm-hmm. and then all of a sudden it could be just hearing somebody like, I don't know if you know who Simon something. Simon something. Yeah. Who stop playing something. He's a, he's another producer.

[00:15:24] He's dope. He he has a beat tape coming out and I went to his release party the other week and it was like hearing him kind of like, was like that inspiration as well. So sometimes I get it from other producers. 

[00:15:37] DJ And?: From other producers. It turns you and say, Hey, I'm need to go ahead and try this. Yeah.

[00:15:40] Now do you, and this is just a technical, nerdy part of, of production, do you have a preference over sampling to Beat creation from yourself. So not taking the sample is gonna make it from scratch. Do you have a, how do you hit that vibe? Because that's a weird thing, especially nowadays, you have so much, it's 

[00:15:56] Ta-Myia: crazy 

[00:15:56] Master Kie: access.

[00:15:57] It's crazy cuz I've started out making stuff from[00:16:00] scratch, obviously. Yeah. And then once I taught myself how to sample, especially when sound 16 started, I did a lot of sampling. Mm-hmm. because it just was just like kind of more. gave it more of that hip hop feel. Yeah. And it fits the movie. Yeah. Oh, and they loved, you know, the MCs love that type of stuff.

[00:16:17] So I kind of stuck with that for a while. Then, you know, eventually I was like, I went back to just doing it from scratch and using like loops. Mm-hmm. , I like using loops, but I like. Also taking the loops. I don't seem see that as sampling as well, because I kind of You chop your loops, don't you? Yeah, I chop 'em, I changed the, the keys.

[00:16:37] Keys and all that stuff. So, yeah, doing work. It's a different art format and I, and then I layer them, like, it'll be a loop from a, a one producer and a loop from another producer, and I somehow like, Bring them together. Like, you know, they don't go together, but they will now. So 

[00:16:52] DJ And?: that's the alchemy 

[00:16:53] Ta-Myia: of making music.

[00:16:53] Master Kie: So I know a lot of people are like, ill loops, but I like loops and there's a lot of dope. Like looper man.com [00:17:00] that's has a lot of 

[00:17:00] Ta-Myia: loop. Yeah, that's what, yeah. 

[00:17:03] DJ And?: Yeah. It's not loop. So do you any, like you said you, you kind of taught yourself how to play. Do you, do you like playing your own sounds and instruments 

[00:17:12] Master Kie: It's been a while since I like touched a keyboard cuz mine is kind of like, I don't even have, I used to have a mpc, but I got rid of it.

[00:17:21] What's your name? And I've been doing, do I needed the money . 

[00:17:23] Ta-Myia: Ain't 

[00:17:23] Skip: that real? That's real. That's real. That's 

[00:17:25] DJ And?: real. 

[00:17:26] Master Kie: So I've always been like, you know, using. actual keyboard and yeah. Mouse. Yeah, to do everything. Can I say this? 

[00:17:33] Ta-Myia: Can I say, That makes it even more dope. I'm glad nobody could tell. 

[00:17:37] Master Kie: You really can't.

[00:17:38] Literally clicking notes sometimes or playing the one. That's how good you are. 

[00:17:43] Ta-Myia: That's how 

[00:17:43] DJ And?: good you are. I'm gonna say like I heard Rot Wilder say this, this back in the day. Rot, wild Producer. back in the day, and he said this, he said, man, it's not about, it's not about the equipment you have, it's how you use it.

[00:17:52] Mm-hmm. . He said, I know somebody. Dope Studio, they got all the stuff in there. This stuff is trash . I seen this guy on his laptop. You heard his music lit [00:18:00] yesterday on the radio. And I was like, good point. Yeah. So it's how you use whatever is in front of you cause mm-hmm. , I know, like he said, growing up like Kevin, he had to teach himself how to play and et cetera, and all we.

[00:18:09] Click, click, click. Mm-hmm. clip, click clap. Yeah. And my favorite thing to produce, it was still this day Click, click clip, click 

[00:18:14] Master Kie: clap. And I'm sure that what got stuff is easier, but like, that's just what I'm used to. Like, even with like I wanted to teach myself how to sample with vinyl, but yeah. Then I'm like, I 

[00:18:24] Ta-Myia: kind of 

[00:18:25] DJ And?: like how we was cheating.

[00:18:26] We were cheating with our little samples. Yeah. . Yeah. Yeah. Cause we used to, we used to as a foot toast to use the vinyl all the time. You learn how to use it, right? Yeah. Even. You did. Really? Yeah. Did hard. 

[00:18:36] Skip: Hard. I still got those samples too. Yeah, I know you do. 

[00:18:38] DJ And?: K samples up. Fifteens weren't good. Chops. Chops.

[00:18:41] I still got crates. I got crates in the house. Right 

[00:18:43] Skip: now. It's not that hard, especially nowadays. All you really need now is just to cause remember all turntables now, like U usb anyway, stay connected 

[00:18:52] Master Kie: and you feel then, but then I'm like, mm, I'll just go on YouTube and steal it. 

[00:18:55] Ta-Myia: say it, say it again.

[00:18:57] Smart. Nah, that's, I need, that's how I feel because you [00:19:00] get a better lost, like a better foul sometimes. Like, you don't, 

[00:19:03] DJ And?: if you, you have to keep your vinyls clean. You make sure keep the dust off 'em. You gotta have, like, I got two different types. Of needles. One for playing and one for recording the samples.

[00:19:12] Oh, wow. You gotta have it. 

[00:19:14] Yeah. 

[00:19:14] Master Kie: You can wear em out. And sometimes YouTube will have like the remastered or the high 

[00:19:18] DJ And?: 20 kilo Yes. Version. So you ready to know what they have up there too. And I've been, because like you probably know this cause been, so they also have the, the heavy vinyls, so that 18 gram weight stuff.

[00:19:28] Mm-hmm. and that stuff. It does a good job of transferring quality from the analog into the digital. You can't miss anything. Don't worry. Yeah. Yeah. Don't wear out. It's nice. Not good, but to buy it is expensive. Okay. So I just listen to it on YouTube, , 

[00:19:40] Ta-Myia: and then 

[00:19:40] Skip: you go to, you know, you get your audio files too.

[00:19:42] Cause you know, you got a lot of people who are really big on digital versus analog too. Mm-hmm . And really for me it's like, if it sounds good, just go with it. Yeah. Because, exactly. Especially nowadays, cuz most people, especially when it comes to. A lot of 'em aren't sitting there listening to it on a big speaker system.

[00:19:56] You know, they're usually listen to it on their phone or in 

[00:19:58] DJ And?: their, 

[00:19:58] Ta-Myia: your speakers [00:20:00] don't like, like your Fidelity is all based off of what people are listening to. Yeah. So it's true. If everybody listening to MP3s that are clipped at 4 41, they don't. , 

[00:20:07] DJ And?: they don't make 'em better. Yeah. Mm-hmm. That's true. You weren't getting certain low frequency sounds anyway.

[00:20:13] Mm-hmm. , it's already cut off. And I remember having to learn this the hard way we used to. I would take files from mixing and I would get the highest quality file from mixing all the way up. And if someone, you're wasting your time. I'm like, why? We aren't even gonna mix that sound. We aren't gonna use that.

[00:20:26] So when we started send stuff out, we just started to lower the quality of it so we can actually send more files and it made more sense. Mm-hmm. , and like you said, you working too hard, not working smart. That's what I was doing. Working too hard. 

[00:20:37] Work 

[00:20:37] Master Kie: smarter, not hard. There you go. At all times. That goes into the the question about the instrument right there.

[00:20:42] What is it again? Zero. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So , I was like, you gotta ask Mr. Key 

[00:20:46] Ta-Myia: about the instrument 

[00:20:47] this 

[00:20:47] DJ And?: Cause I mean, you, you make instrumental music and of. You have a whole, a whole flow for this thein man. There's a thein over there. Do you know what a 

[00:20:54] Ta-Myia: thorman is? Mess A thein. You mess with one of those.

[00:20:57] Thein? Yeah. Have you ever heard of that? 

[00:20:59] Master Kie: No. 

[00:20:59] Ta-Myia: [00:21:00] Again, it's a, it's the little wood, the little one right there. Stick? Yeah. Oh 

[00:21:03] DJ And?: no. It 

[00:21:04] Ta-Myia: plays your magnetic field of your body. You put your hand in the air above there, and as you move your hand, That's crazy, man. It's a 

[00:21:11] Master Kie: spaceship sound. I was listening to your stuff.

[00:21:13] I was like, oh my gosh. Well I need one of those. Shoot. You may actually 

[00:21:16] Ta-Myia: use it. That's what looking 

[00:21:17] Master Kie: I put use it for like next time we do a lost in space show. Yes, movie 

[00:21:22] Ta-Myia: Be perfect. I've always been fascinated with them. Just the fact that they exist. Yep. And what's it called 

[00:21:27] Master Kie: again? It's a Theon. Thein. The.

[00:21:29] That goes right inside. I'm about to you build your own. I'm gonna have to tell them about 

[00:21:33] Ta-Myia: that. Tell 'em about it. Like, yo, y'all bring Rena the up 

[00:21:35] Master Kie: here. Yeah, I know. Y'all got one in the back. Yeah. 

[00:21:37] Ta-Myia: Y know. Y'all got one. Like you said. That leads right into the next question, man. Yeah. How did your connection with the neighborhood orchestra begin?

[00:21:43] Actually 

[00:21:44] Master Kie: So my homie, Royal City Leaf Umk, she, yes. He's a producer and an artist. I actually have a project with him and another artist called Manifest. Okay. And after working with him on that, like he's always, he's always said, he's been like a [00:22:00] big fan of mine. So when he, he connected with Elizabeth first, and when she told him that she needed, you know, some producers for a show, the Stargazer show that I.

[00:22:11] last year he of course thought of me and a couple other producers, and so sh he introduced me to her. And basically for that show she brought in like a couple of the, the musicians from your neighborhood orchestra and she created some compositions over. Of my lost in space, cuz I was like, well this is perfect.

[00:22:33] You know, stargazer, I have a beat tape called Lost in Space. Yeah, yeah. We'll use that. It's dope. And so she really enjoyed, like, making music for that. And then she, after that show and after, you know, you know, the, the compliments we got, she was like, you know, we should turn this into something big, but I wanna combine you with, you know, Leafs production as well.

[00:22:54] And it's crazy. His beats were like totally random. Like mine was a beat tape. But his, he [00:23:00] just had a bunch of random beats that he gave, they put together to the other other composer, Scott. And you know, he created something on top of his, but it was like, I don't know if it was like destiny or what, but it was like, , his stuff like fit perfectly.

[00:23:14] Like it was, I don't know. It was like meant to be. 

[00:23:17] DJ And?: That's what I was about to say. This wasn't something that was thought up in advance. It came 

[00:23:20] Ta-Myia: together. 

[00:23:21] Master Kie: Yeah. Like his organically. Yeah, and then we just created together, we created a whole story around it. Got blues involved. Yeah. You know, he helped, you know, write out the spoken word and you know.

[00:23:32] Then we were like, let's get some dancers to really. Set a story to like set the front door. It was just like so perfect. Like, that's why I'm like pushing so hard for this to become something, the tour with it like, oh yeah, that beautiful. Because I just feel like, oh, you can 

[00:23:48] DJ And?: do that from 

[00:23:48] Master Kie: city to city. Yeah.

[00:23:50] I just feel like this can't be for nothing. No, it shouldn't be a one off. No. How big was the impact 

[00:23:55] Ta-Myia: of the last one 

[00:23:56] Master Kie: here in the city? It was it was really big. Like [00:24:00] she e. just sent an email and she was like, people are still talking about it. And Hmm. When we did the world premier back in August, it was a lot of people that came from that one that came back to see it again.

[00:24:11] Cuz it was a lot different. Like, we had more dancers for this one because, you know, we had a lot more money to spend say I'm about say that 

[00:24:18] DJ And?: budget. 

[00:24:19] Ta-Myia: Yeah. That budget went 

[00:24:20] Master Kie: up, that Blumenthal budget. So it's, yeah, a lot of people were just, The, the best thing I like about it is people don't know what they're getting into when they come.

[00:24:29] They're like, 

[00:24:29] Ta-Myia: I don't know what this is. And then when they're 

[00:24:31] Master Kie: leaving they're like, that was so amazing and so awesome. I kind of wanna keep it that way. Yeah. I won't say it's hard to explain the show, but like, It's just, it's a lot going on that goes into it, which is why I loved your description. I'm gonna use that girl.

[00:24:45] This is yours. So, yeah. And I'm hoping like, you know, more people catch on, you know, especially with the word of mouth. And that other cities would want us to come and perform for them. I'm certain that's, that's, that's what it's gonna Yeah. [00:25:00] Yeah. That's the, like, that's the biggest goal is to like, and even eventually go overseas.

[00:25:04] Cuz I know Europe would like, appreciate it. Oh, they love 

[00:25:07] DJ And?: it. Even, even in places, places in Japan. Yeah, that's what I was about to say. We're an art culture. Especi. , how would you put it? Tech, tech, technology and art. Mm-hmm. are one and the same. Mm-hmm. . Oh, you expand or blow up. Also, cool thing is people are out touring again.

[00:25:21] Mm-hmm. , and they're looking to fill things. Yeah. So please shoot your shot at 'em. Yeah. Like I'm certain you'll have folks that don't 

[00:25:26] Master Kie: get, I think the biggest thing right now is just us finding like a manager and an agent, because right now we're just kind of doing everything by ourselves. Ourselves. And it's really hard.

[00:25:35] It's a lot. It's very stressful sometimes. So we need like, Somebody we can trust that can kind of, can structure Yeah. And get us out there. Know the business part of it. Yeah. Contact of market. Yeah, exactly. So 

[00:25:46] Ta-Myia: like, you being an introvert, how does that, how is this like I know you tell you introvert yourself the 

[00:25:51] Master Kie: forefront know, it's like, oh man, I really have to get out of my comfort zone and mm-hmm.

[00:25:56] The, the great thing about Leaf is [00:26:00] that he is very encourag. when it comes to stuff like that. Mm-hmm. . And yeah, I'm just like, I'm really grateful for both them. Like I owe a lot, especially to him for even like considering me out of everybody that he knows. Mm-hmm. , like he could've literally asked anybody.

[00:26:16] and you know, well here's the 

[00:26:18] DJ And?: thing, sometimes you gotta pat yourself on the back if you weren't out there doing the work. Mm-hmm. To set the position for you to have the opportunity 

[00:26:23] Master Kie: be there. Obviously you got the sound. Say it again. Yeah. You got the, you know, the creed of juice? Yeah, yeah, 

[00:26:27] Ta-Myia: yeah. Or 

[00:26:28] DJ And?: no 

[00:26:29] Ta-Myia: sauce.

[00:26:29] The sauce, sauce, sauce. That's what we learned. Not the juice, the 

[00:26:33] Master Kie: sauce. And so eventually we want, like, we're also in the works of I think we found a studio like a, an engineer who wants to sponsor Ooh us, but we're going to make a full length album, which in one spot In the beats. Yeah. Yeah. Else you got coming up?

[00:26:49] Cause we need to know. So we're, we're like, the goal is to like get that done by the end of the year, but we'll see. Definitely be something that comes out in 2023. 2023. Okay. Cuz. , [00:27:00] we want people to be able to take the experience Yeah. Into the comfort of their homes. Mm-hmm. , you know mm-hmm. , wherever they're at.

[00:27:06] And get familiar with the, the whole story. So, 

[00:27:09] DJ And?: and then you're slowly, that way you'll build a nice little following. Yeah. And they'll be able to follow you to Tokyo. Yeah. Yeah. You'll do your show at 

[00:27:15] Master Kie: 24. Exactly. Because then when we're pitching it, the people, we could be like, well here's the album.

[00:27:20] There you go. You wanna listen to the music instead of like, here's a recording of the show. Right. And you're not really getting like up the full mix and you know, all that stuff. So that's 

[00:27:30] DJ And?: interesting to put it, because like you said, right now the only way you're gonna be able to consume. This version of the thing is 

[00:27:36] Master Kie: live, right?

[00:27:37] Yeah. You have to come out to it. So it's just like, , you know, getting people to like, trust that this is something that's really dope. Worth the time, worth 

[00:27:44] DJ And?: the energy, I need to go do it. But 

[00:27:46] Master Kie: they're always like, I, I haven't had any complaints so far. So , I like C so I wanna see 

[00:27:52] Ta-Myia: somebody. Flipping spinning.

[00:27:54] Yeah. I, I wanna see, I like how the arts just all 

[00:27:57] Master Kie: comes together in one. So when I saw the pictures of it, [00:28:00] I'm like, man, this was two weeks ago and I missed it. , I was so bad. 

[00:28:02] Ta-Myia: We're being bad. 

[00:28:03] Master Kie: We gotta, I was so mad. Yeah, we gotta, so let us know. Yeah, I'll definitely like give us the flyer out there. Yeah, yeah.

[00:28:10] Please send us your music. So we actually put it on the playlist, hopefully. So Charlotte. , this festival called Shout that they do every year and mm-hmm. . Okay. Hopefully we, we did submit a proposal to them, so hopefully they'll let us like do something for that, but if not, we're definitely trying, still trying to, I think.

[00:28:29] Liz got in touch with someone in New York that could, you know, connect us with some like shows as well. So that's what I like to hear. Yeah, don't be like, I've met her. It would be nice to get some kind of like residency with Blumenthal. Like if we, you know, have a couple shows in the summer, every summer like, cause there's like, yeah, they continue to do it.

[00:28:49] There's a lot of like companies like, you know, there's one dance company. that does like their own version of the Nutcracker. They've been doing that for years. Mm-hmm. , you know, every year in December. So I'm [00:29:00] like, you know, trying to figure out how we get smart with setting like that. Smart. 

[00:29:04] DJ And?: Keep pushing that point because like I said, you're, it's not just a how would you say the art that you're creating is not just there for radio?

[00:29:14] or for selling albums, it's actually consumed something you can consume. Mm-hmm. . So it's actually something you can put experience. Yeah. Put 

[00:29:20] Master Kie: as a, you can see it and you can feel it. And over and over. Yeah. Yeah. I always, I, I get emotional just. . You know, as the show is happening, like I'm just sitting there and I'm just like looking around.

[00:29:29] I'm just like, I'm not gonna cry right now. , oh, y'all should be 

[00:29:32] DJ And?: coming to the 

[00:29:33] Ta-Myia: Koger Center, right? I mean, really, Columbia, y'all need to come visit 

[00:29:35] Master Kie: this gang experience. That's a whole aesthetic experience that you guys are providing for people. No, 

[00:29:40] DJ And?: seriously, seriously. It's something that you should definitely look at talking with your partners and stuff about coming to, because mm-hmm.

[00:29:45] man. That's, that's bro, you're the first person we talked. that does this. Mm-hmm. . Yeah. Nice. You're the, you're 

[00:29:50] Ta-Myia: unique. We were so excited. Interview you. Like all of us here looking all creepy. 

[00:29:54] DJ And?: Looking at you. Like Go ahead, keep talking. Keep talking . I love it. Yeah man. Cause we don't get to see people [00:30:00] that put together things like this is something that first of all, the entire family can come see.

[00:30:04] Mm-hmm. . Yep. . Everybody can come experience. You're gonna get something outta face of it. And it's almost like real true hip hop in the sense you're. , you're getting your visual, you're getting the dance in there, you're getting the music, getting the sound and the culture of the whole experience 

[00:30:15] Ta-Myia: and, and some it's poetry too, right?

[00:30:18] It's portrait, right. You're getting 

[00:30:19] Master Kie: Yeah. And then spoken word, some history because you know, that's like all that stuff about LD Mila is actually like, well, I believe it's true. I mean, it hasn't been like proven, proven, but you know, that's just no one for youd it, yeah. No, and somebody told me like there was a podcast that was actually talking about her like not too long ago, so I thought that was interesting, but oh wow.

[00:30:43] There's always been like this conspiracy with the lost cosmonauts and stuff. And being that I released the beat tape during Women's History Month, I was like, that's even perfect because it's about a woman. She might've actually been the first woman in space for all we know. True. And. . So that is [00:31:00] why I wanted to tell her story because you know, just, you know, give her some.

[00:31:04] Small story. It's a piece of history that has a bad, and I think it's just messed up. You know, just in general for, you know, them to be sending people up there and kind of discarding them if they don't come back and, yeah. Yeah. You know? Yeah. All offer. You speak what? Speak , 

[00:31:19] Ta-Myia: speak out. B also 

[00:31:20] Master Kie: that they can compete with, you know, the US and be the best and they just wanted to send whoever else there 

[00:31:26] Ta-Myia: to.

[00:31:26] You coming back? I don't know. Just send 'em on up there with the dog and the monkey. Yep. . Like y'all is something else, man. 

[00:31:32] Master Kie: So hopefully if I ever go missing, it's probably the Russians 

[00:31:35] Ta-Myia: play. Don't play like that. Don't play like that, man. We don't wanna see that. Stop telling 

[00:31:39] DJ And?: our secret. Yeah, you record that.

[00:31:40] It's in the record. It's in the records. We'll go seek 

[00:31:42] Ta-Myia: them out. They're stop telling our secrets, . 

[00:31:45] DJ And?: We set 'em out there. And just to, just to wrap some things up. Before we finish up today, any current projects that you're working on, you ready? And this is the time to do shameless promotion, shameless promotion time, any current projects you're working on, and of course your [00:32:00] social medias so that our folks can know how to follow, where to get to your music, how they can get in touch with you any business.

[00:32:06] Master Kie: Okay. So currently obviously working on the Lost in Space Orchestra album I do have like a recent project that I dropped in the summer called Trends. That's a all house I decided to do. A house is a 

[00:32:18] Ta-Myia: house. House it a house. We take 

[00:32:20] Master Kie: Beyonce and Drake do it. You might as well. Yeah. And I actually have a song on there called Dre Beyonce, so Oh, oh no.

[00:32:26] Whoa. With trends is basically during that time it was a lot of stuff. , everybody's talking about this and talking about that on Facebook. Yeah, and I was kind of getting annoyed cuz I was like, oh, I'm tired of hearing about, I love Drake. But I was like tired of hearing about his album . And then Beyonce dropped her song and then it was like, oh, R Kelly.

[00:32:44] And then it was like fucking McDonald's. And then I was like, you know, The, the, the baby daddy bringing the Yeah. 

[00:32:50] Ta-Myia: You know, McDonald's, 

[00:32:51] DJ And?: you know, she's, everybody was bring everybody food house 

[00:32:55] Ta-Myia: had one child and by this man and he didn't bring all the other kids food. He only [00:33:00] brought face the one child food.

[00:33:02] Wait, is this a YouTube video? YouTube wasn't his Facebook, I dunno, 

[00:33:06] Master Kie: wasn't it? It was. So it was a scam or something like that. They play, 

[00:33:09] Ta-Myia: yeah. So they made a funny video and then the world lost their shit on McDonalds? Yes, yes. 

[00:33:12] Master Kie: Oh, okay. Normal. So I kept seeing like all that debate going on and I was like, this is so annoying.

[00:33:18] Shoulda bought food for everybody. Yeah. I don't think he's obligated, but I just think it would've been the nice thing to do. Like I personally would've gotten all the kids, or if I didn't want to, or if I was too broke. You know, if you bought but 

[00:33:29] Skip: you though hustle, you think about, you know, I wouldn't have, that's what I 

[00:33:33] Ta-Myia: would've, I would've did what 

[00:33:34] DJ And?: he did.

[00:33:34] I would've bought nobody, no 

[00:33:35] Ta-Myia: McDonalds. They came home with 

[00:33:36] Skip: groceries. They like, what's this cookies 

[00:33:38] Master Kie: part? That too. But if I didn't wanna get the other kids anything, I would've, like we would've ate at McDonald's. Yeah. Would've taken them to McDonald's. Because you know, kids don't really understand like, oh, that's his kid and Yeah.

[00:33:51] Yeah. Apparently he had, because they're all siblings, them too. So I took all that and I decided I'm gonna make beat tape surrounding, that's why I call it trends [00:34:00] because it's like, what's trending now? So every song is like a different trend. So you have Dre, Beyonce, I have one called Mass Appeal, that's with the mass shootings.

[00:34:09] And then I have 30, 30 for r Kelly and Oh wow. Oh, you got, 

[00:34:13] Ta-Myia: that's fly. The 

[00:34:14] Master Kie: power struggle actually sampled. What was it? The power. I got the, I got the power. I assembled that. So power struggle is kind of, With Putin and the war and all that stuff. Okay. And so everything is like, yeah, 

[00:34:25] DJ And?: Russia really gonna be looking after 

[00:34:27] Ta-Myia: you, right?

[00:34:28] It's right. I the Russian smoke you doing you doing social media 

[00:34:32] Master Kie: therapy through, yeah. Yeah. So definitely like check one out and then next year, hopefully like early spring, late winter, I wanna drop, this one's gonna be a little more personal. Mm-hmm. , it's called Liberty Street. That's the street I.

[00:34:46] On Jersey. Okay. And so that's gonna be all like Boomba. All right? 

[00:34:51] Ta-Myia: Oh, you better stop it 

[00:34:53] Master Kie: right up, right up that. So all, and of course if you look at all the titles of my songs for all my beat tapes, they [00:35:00] all mean some, there's a meaning in all the titles. So bitch, no throwaway names, throwing names. So like this one will be like all stuff that has to do.

[00:35:09] Me growing up on that street, like I have one called 1984, which is the year I was born. I have one called the Red Trans Am cuz my mom had one. Yeah. I remember her coming home with it and we were all just like, oh, so amazing and so like stuff like that. Yeah. Yeah. They that kind of like the, the, the title tells the story as well, so once you hear, look at the.

[00:35:32] then you can really like envision like what I'm going for. Oh man. Yeah. So that would be coming out. And then yeah, social media is, I, I just have ig it's unlocking somehow to confirm you unlock her sound. Okay. And I have a link to all my stuff in my bio. It's my link tree and hopefully I'll have a website soon.

[00:35:51] And yeah, I don't really. TikTok and the Twitter . That's no problem. That's understood. Understood. I'm trying not like it's too much . It really is. You got one you 

[00:35:59] Ta-Myia: [00:36:00] want. Yep. 

[00:36:00] Master Kie: Yeah. And then Facebook. That's personal stuff. Yeah. So don't worry 

[00:36:03] DJ And?: about that. Yeah. . There you go. There we go. What about these tattoos you got?

[00:36:06] Ta-Myia: What's about this art right here? 

[00:36:07] Master Kie: So now, yeah. Yeah. I got the boom box. I got the. And I got the keyhole back here, even though everybody thinks it's a spider . Which like, I hate it because somebody's like, there's a sp it's that a spider, and I'm just like, oh my God. Like

[00:36:19] don't say the s And then like, I have my Zodiac. And just like a lot of. Virgo, 

[00:36:24] Ta-Myia: Virgo. We in the building all and 

[00:36:26] Master Kie: then, then of course my daughters have the same initial, which is happens to be. . So everybody's like, why you put arm on on your arm? How 

[00:36:33] Ta-Myia: you doing arm ? 

[00:36:33] Skip: No. You know, one thing I do like about this listen episode, and this is really dope.

[00:36:37] So this episode is really Destin essence of why we even do the podcast because the thing I like about it is the fact you got your daughter here. Yeah. Right? Yeah. And. Part of it is us is being like allowing creatives a chance to tell their stories. Of course. Talk about the things that, you know, make them unique.

[00:36:53] Yeah. But also being able to share that there's other aspects to them as well. Mm-hmm. . And I think that's just a beautiful thing, [00:37:00] seeing that because like on top. Yeah. Like I said, we're, we're complete people and we got to see that just with the conversation we're having with. . And I think that's an amazing thing and I think we need a lot more of that in this world.

[00:37:09] Right. Especially with everything that's going on nowadays. Exactly. Yeah. And how much, especially with social media mm-hmm. and how much, especially as creatives, how much we utilize social media for promoting whatever projects. Mm-hmm. , our creations, we have a lot of times and connecting, sometimes those things kind of fall to the the wayside.

[00:37:25] Cause the whole time she was over there, I was like, man, I can't wait until my daughter gets that age where she can just sit and chill like that. , you're 

[00:37:30] DJ And?: watching what you're doing and be a part of it. Like yes. And, and, and growing up now I understand why certain people who are in the limelight Yeah.

[00:37:37] Like, could be like could Beyonce or LeBron James, why it's so important for them to have their children around. Mm-hmm. , I used to always think about it. This is something that's, that's crazy. I forget who exactly who this is. . Who, who was that said this? It could have been Shaq. I forget exactly who it was.

[00:37:50] He said, well, and you may notice this as soon as I say this, but he is like, well, I'll come anywhere. Can my child come? Mm-hmm. . Remember we had a my fault, you know who said this? We did an interview with him. [00:38:00] Oh, he owns the studio over in west Columbia by scratch and spin, oh photography videos rapper.

[00:38:06] You know, where you about Yo Shane? Yo, shame. Yo, Shane 

[00:38:08] Skip: said that and all also who 

[00:38:10] DJ And?: other guys? Someone else said this and they started to hit us like, yo, this is a real, nor this is a normal 

[00:38:14] Master Kie: thing. I know. I follow Toby Noway, he bring his kids everywhere. Yeah. 

[00:38:18] Ta-Myia: I love he 

[00:38:19] Master Kie: children. I'm this one, another producer.

[00:38:22] Know his, he has his son with him. Everyone. His son actually like, I wanna say he's around her. and he started like, you know, producing and why not? Yeah, the family business. 

[00:38:32] Ta-Myia: That's what Pierce. Pierce Pierce working Pierce Freeline. That's Pierce 

[00:38:36] DJ And?: Freeline. He said it too, if I can't bring my child there, why do I need to be there?

[00:38:41] And I was just like smart. If you looking for 

[00:38:43] Ta-Myia: the smart job, if you looking for Google or whatever, like you want a place that you can do whatever you need to with your family whenever you need to. And if you do gotta be there, they can come. Yeah. So if you build in your own career, why not build it that way?

[00:38:55] Master Kie: They're actually in the show. Oh, you're in the show. Yeah. They're the [00:39:00] little, the, I don't know if you've seen the pictures of So blues, he's a, or he's a orb. Yeah. And then he has like the little mini Yeah. Orbs with him. They're the, the mini, that little goo.

[00:39:10] I was really excited to like, for them to truly be a part of that and experience like that theater and like just like mm-hmm. , the rehearsals and all that stuff. So I would've cried . Well, the 

[00:39:21] Skip: thing is, we're just dope about that is, you know, those are things that you can't get back. You know what I mean?

[00:39:25] Those songs you can't get back. But also what happens, like, you know when she's your age, she's still gonna remember the time she was spending time with her 

[00:39:31] Master Kie: mom and they got paid for it. So it was like even 

[00:39:34] Ta-Myia: better. That's, that's what I'm saying. Payroll . 

[00:39:36] Skip: That's what I'm talking about. You 

[00:39:37] DJ And?: like that? Well, we're gonna go ahead and get wrapped up today.

[00:39:40] Again, always like tell man, we appreciate your time, 

[00:39:43] Master Kie: energy coming out here today. Oh, I don't know, when is this coming out? No. 

[00:39:47] Skip: This will probably be around, probably before Christmas. Yeah, that drop 

[00:39:50] Master Kie: before Christmas. I was gonna say, well, for y'all it's, the link is in my bio. I could send it to you, but you too.

[00:39:56] So, Roy g biv the project I dropped in the [00:40:00] spring has been nominated by the QC nerve for. Best local album. Oh. So please vote for that. And then also I've been nominated for best producer. Oh wow. Yeah, 

[00:40:11] Ta-Myia: sure. We went the 

[00:40:12] DJ And?: all Virgos man tell you 

[00:40:14] Master Kie: both. So yeah, voting ends, you can vote one time cuz they don't want like the ballot stuffing, which I.

[00:40:20] and that ends Monday. The last day. Monday the last day. 

[00:40:23] Ta-Myia: Okay. We gotta get on it today. Send 

[00:40:25] DJ And?: it to people. Okay. And it's homecoming weekend. So everybody's gonna be popping on the, on the, on the socials today? Yeah, they're gonna be on the socials. Yep. Well, , thank you. Thank 

[00:40:33] Ta-Myia: you. Appreciate you coming by hanging out with us.

[00:40:35] You're welcome. Having a good conversation. 

[00:40:36] DJ And?: here at the excellent asylum digital recording in mixing studios, our man, Scott Slagel, who is also on the show. He actually allowed us to come out here today and record here in this beautiful studio that we're in here today. So if you need something recorded or mastered, please come by.

[00:40:50] Give him a call at (704) 492-9289. Or you can kid him out his email as well. Sla asylum digital.com. We 

[00:40:59] Ta-Myia: appreciate you, the [00:41:00] Les Egg, the goat . There we go. 

[00:41:01] DJ And?: And then other than that, man, of course I'm DJ Ann. What? Have Mike to my left. Tamaya Allen, what's up, skip? Yes. And of course, our esteemed guest with us today, Ms.

[00:41:10] Maee. Woo. We appreciate you and arm over there on the chair. Hey, arm, shout out arm man. We appreciate you today one time everybody thank you for listening to the Hilltop Glove podcast. Tell somebody out there that you love them. Be nice. Those around you. Peace. Yes, 

[00:41:23] Master Kie: peace. Bye. Nice, nice. Bye.