Episodes
Nancy is a good friend of ours and when we decided to jump into the second season, we knew we had to talk to her. With most of our guests we'll talk to this season, Nancy had an interesting time during quarantine. They balanced the heartbreak of isolation and death with professional milestones, starting a new job and finishing a new book. The book, Corazon de Seda, is a collection of poetry spanning years, tackling love, family and identity. Before the pandemic hit, Nancy participated in a...
Published 04/05/21
Published 04/05/21
Hey guys, we're back. Starting our second season the same way we started the first - catching up with us. When we dropped our first season, the pandemic just started to hit stateside. 1 year later, we're back - finally coming to terms with the recording realities of world and sane enough to get back into things. We chop it up about what we've been up to, creative blocks and what Youtube black holes we've gone down. Our theme and music for the pod comes from Nothing_Neue.
Published 03/19/21
We're gonna keep it 100 for a second: before the we recorded this episode we had no idea what Antonina Vargas did. Being open to various kinds of experiences, Nina just happens to be a person who knows how to be at the right place at the right time. Spending her formative years studying acting, Nina graduated FSU and moved to New York with the idea that she'd keep her options open, giving herself time to work on various film projects, but not letting the trade consume her. Her flexibility...
Published 03/21/20
Our next guest is the musical wizard known as Fax Mercury. A multi-instrumentalist, audio engineer and music producer, Fax's musical intellect shines through his production, like on his whimsically named remixes of popular tracks or on fuller length projects like 2Shiggy2Jiggy. Fax joined us in the .Wavcave Studio for a chat about the influences that have shaped him. On the General Side, Fax talks about the many instruments he's tackled, his desire to work in the field of sound design for...
Published 03/13/20
Our next guest is tryna be that guy in 2020. Mike Weir is a cinematographer, writer, and director who's work with Pro Love Visuals has put him behind the lens of various music videos, short films, and commercial work. Initially unsure about what he'd do after high school, some visual work from Kanye West and Flying Lotus set Mike on the path he travels today. He joins to the Generally Specific fellas to chat about what 2020 brings. On the General Side, Mike and the fellas chop it up about...
Published 03/06/20
Our next guest is on a quest. A poet from Brooklyn, Jess DeJesus spins words together and lays them over production as the musical artist Aura. Short for Always Understand and Revive Affinity, Aura's journey toward understanding pulls us into a conversation about expression, growth and finding a place you can call home. Growing up as a single child left Aura with an outsider's perspective, searching for community but never feeling truly at home within one. On the General Side we catch up...
Published 02/28/20
Our next gues on Generally Specific is our 'ol buddy Brandon Rowan, professionally known as Birocratic. The Brooklyn based producer has made a name for himself with his string of beat centric albums, his collaborations with artists like Akinyemi and Flamingosis and you can hear his music as the theme for the Spotify podcast Dissect.  As you'd expect when you put three friends together in a room with microphones in their faces, this conversation goes all over the place. On the General Side,...
Published 02/21/20
Our next guest on Generally Specific is Abhita Austin, the founder of The Creator's Suite, an organization that promotes a global community of Women in Music Production. When it comes to the music industry, we know that the disparity of opportunities between men and women still exists, but warriors like Abhita are working to change that. On the General Side of the pod, our conversation brings us to Abhita's work and a variety of female musicians, engineers, producers and artists that are...
Published 02/15/20
Ooh baby! The first official episode of the pod is now available  for your ears!  This week on Generally Specific we sit down with the Newark based photographer Chrystofer Davis. (@dolo_foto on Instagram) This one goes all over the map. We talk about what it means to be a photographer in the digital age, we talk about the process and love that goes into working with film and on the Specific side we all geek out over hip-hop and jazz music.  This episode is very special to us (it’s our...
Published 02/07/20
Welcome to Generally Specific, the podcast that talks to inspiring people about what inspires them. Each week, Anthony and Andre will invite a guest to talk about what they're doing and what gets them going. To start the show off, Anthony and Andre talk about their inspirations, the creative process and much more.  The show is recorded at the Wavcave Studio in Bushwick. The music for the show is produced by Nothing_Neue. You can check out music from him here:...
Published 02/03/20