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Red Rocks dreams and AI agents: DJs on a cold night.

Outside a Denver show on a cold night in March, a group of DJs and friends on the part of the job that is not the music. One wants a tool that reaches “every promoter. Not just one. Every promoter,” in different states, to spread his merch. Another has played Lightbox before, at Whip Wednesdays, and likes the room: “Lightbox got a great setup, man. I love it over here.”

Where would they want to play? One answer, and everyone agrees with it. “I need to play Red Rocks, that’s my life.” “That’s every DJ’s dream out here in Denver.” The case for AI comes right after, and it is a case for delegation: “you get one of these AI agents and it’ll literally pester everybody.” A person can only do so much, he says, “and you can’t hire someone that’s going to be as competent as this AI fucking computer.” Humans, “they’re going to do something wrong.” The agent “just does it.”

Tomorrow is the Colorado Bassheads’ fifth anniversary after-party at Prism, “it’s going to be our 5th anniversary, the Colorado Baseheads,” and one of them plays it. The venue is new to the others: a glass gallery, “I’m a glass artist. I make, like, pipes, marbles, all kinds of stuff,” that has started hosting after-parties every week. Then an introduction for the record: “I’m Jamar. My DJ name is Dubdronomer. I’m from Denver, Colorado, and I make Dubstep rhythm.”

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0:00Doing things that you are the creative side for, but everything else to put your time into. So like networking. So if I needed it to like tap into promoters or something like that, or say to spread my merch. To every promoter. Not just one. Every promoter. Oh God, in different states and shit. That’d be tight. Yeah, go ahead. There’s tobacco in it? Yeah. You’re not going to get that? You said, what is it? Tobacco. Oh, no, that’s not tobacco. It’s weed. Oh, cool. Yeah, yeah. I’ll definitely get it there.

0:35Honestly, my one buddy was rolling backwoods inside a paper. Wasn’t that bad. It’s cold out, gang. I wrote up a quick one. I’m like, shit, I’m just waiting for the homegirls. My sister, we about to go over here, support the homie Chocolate Drop. That place is awesome, AJ. They have a little VIP area I got to get in last time behind the booth and everything. It was set up. That’s hard. Yeah. Lightbox got a great setup, man. I love it over here. Have you played there? Want to? Yeah, a couple years ago, they used to have a thing called Whip Wednesdays, and I played there doing that.

1:08That was pretty fun. Appreciate it, man. Yep, for sure, for sure. My shit started canoeing. Canoe. Happens. That was at the end where you had to press that bitch. I’m like, nigga, no filter, the hands is cold, but I still can roll. And the bars is cold. Oh, you see that shit? The bars from the dome.

1:29Big city out of snow shit, tiny shit. Where y’all from? Well, I’m born in Philly, but I’ve been here like 15 years, Colorado That’s hard What about you, local, right? Denver Oh, yeah So what are your favorite spots for DJing and stuff? Where would you want to play? My go-to right now, my championship for right now is Red Rocks, fam I need to play Red Rocks, that’s my life That’s every DJ’s dream out here in Denver Like if we’re local, just play Red Rocks I’m telling you, you get one of these AI agents and it’ll literally pester everybody Just the opportunity because you can only do so much as a person and you can’t hire someone that’s going to be as competent as this AI fucking computer, right?

2:15They’re always going to be humans. They’re going to do something wrong. So just giving it this fucking, giving it orders and it just does it. It’s not worried about anything, your attitude or you were mean to me, whatever. You just, it does it and it comes back with results. I think that’s going my other homie right there. Oh yeah. I’ll be noticing cars and shit. Yeah. Is it a big show tonight? Yeah, he plays at 11, but it ends at like 2 a.m. or something like that

2:44I’m surprised, aren’t there later ones too? Yeah, there’s later ones. Oh yeah, them is the after parties. I’ll play an after party tomorrow actually. It’s going to be our 5th anniversary, the Colorado Baseheads. At Prism? Goddamn right. Look at that. You’re going to see me there, I play at night. So you know Cain Man, or what the hell is his real name? That’s the guy you’re running with. I might. Okay, yeah, I think I’ve met him. I don’t know if that is... Well, talk to him, then you can play over there by yourself. Yeah, we’ll see what’s up. Let’s make something happen, man, you know?

3:14Bass Heads is right now kind of like, you know, the ones who give me the bookies for all the afters and stuff like that, but tomorrow’s going to be a big night for them, so... Somehow that K-Man knows everybody. That’s a new, like, gallery. It’s for glass. I’m a glass artist. I make, like, pipes, marbles, all kinds of stuff, right? So that’s what their main thing was. I didn’t realize they’d be doing, like, music after parties and shows like that, But that’s, you know, and they don’t fuck around, right? Every week. Wow. Every week it’s been delivering. And we need to go over there. Oh, God.

3:40Look, this is my sis, man. All right. I’m going to answer. Was that a good interview for y’all? I mean, we’re just, you tell me in my first one. Yo, I’m Jamar. My DJ name is Dubdronomer. I’m from Denver, Colorado, and I make Dubstep rhythm. Oh, yeah? Yeah, yeah. Good to meet you, bro. For sure. Oh, you can bring it in. You can bring it in. Y’all shit slipped out too fast. Look, lock it. Lock it. Lock it. Then come in. Yeah. Hey, Vick, Vick, Vick, Vick, Vick.

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