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Your EPK Is the Lifeblood, Not Your Talent, Denver

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0:00A: I used to manage nightlife and hospitality, and then I just got into higher and higher rooms. And so I bring my artists into those rooms, and by default, because I care so much and what I do for them, they want me to manage them. And so that was front-loaded with all this work to get DJs like to a proper level. And then recently I was at the spot that one of my artists just -- I wanted to shoot him off to some of the clubs in Vegas. He did such a good job. I’m like, hey, let me see your EPK. Let me shoot this off. Because your EPK is lifeblood.

0:00A: It holds everything. Your press kit is it. And he didn’t have one. And I’m like, man, I don’t want to just manage this guy. And so I built a program to like get everyone fucking set up, get the artist set up. But, um, now I’ve been on some of the biggest stages in the world. Um, I’ve done some of the most incredible things around people who’ve done the most incredible things in music. So yeah, um, that’s my answer. If you have another question -- You asked me if, uh, if I was a DJ. No, I help DJs become awesome, more awesome. I extract what they already have.

0:00A: I extract what artists already have.

0:58B: What’s your favorite

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