Steve Aoki

Yeah, I think when I think collaboration, I think of your contribution. And so this brings me back to day one for me. So when I got, when I found music as like, okay, this is going to be my life. my lifestyle, my culture, everything.

Yeah, I think when I think collaboration, I think of your contribution. And so this brings me back to day one for me. So when I got, when I found music as like, okay, this is going to be my life. my lifestyle, my culture, everything.

But when I was like 15 years old, that's when I understood this this this term collaboration, but more this this idea of like how much can I contribute to something I love to this community? And then it's a collaboration because you have to come to the table with something, right?

But when I was like 15 years old, that's when I understood this this this term collaboration, but more this this idea of like how much can I contribute to something I love to this community? And then it's a collaboration because you have to come to the table with something, right?

So if you're going to collaborate, if we're going to collaborate, it's not like, oh, yeah, I'm just going to be just chilling and you're going to do all the work and it's a collaboration. Like the best collaborations is like the premium contributions from everyone in that group. And then you get a one plus one equals 100. Right. But if everyone's too passive...

So if you're going to collaborate, if we're going to collaborate, it's not like, oh, yeah, I'm just going to be just chilling and you're going to do all the work and it's a collaboration. Like the best collaborations is like the premium contributions from everyone in that group. And then you get a one plus one equals 100. Right. But if everyone's too passive...

then you're going to get a one plus one equals two, you know?

then you're going to get a one plus one equals two, you know?

So it's like, I learned, luckily I learned this, this idea of contribution and how important that is to my community when I was so young, because, because in the punk hardcore scene, which is what the music genre I got involved in, it was so small that everyone's, everyone had an impact and we felt the impact, you know, how did everyone have an impact?

So it's like, I learned, luckily I learned this, this idea of contribution and how important that is to my community when I was so young, because, because in the punk hardcore scene, which is what the music genre I got involved in, it was so small that everyone's, everyone had an impact and we felt the impact, you know, how did everyone have an impact?

So you think about it like this. The way religion works, the way sports work, whatever communities there are that have a strong sense of, oh, I want to be part of it, this kind of feeling of bonding. It's all based on how do you spread the message How did you get people to understand what you believe in is so strong?

So you think about it like this. The way religion works, the way sports work, whatever communities there are that have a strong sense of, oh, I want to be part of it, this kind of feeling of bonding. It's all based on how do you spread the message How did you get people to understand what you believe in is so strong?

Like I believe in this so strongly, I'm going to knock on every door and tell everyone about the word of Jesus Christ or whatever it might be. So very similar to that with this scene, our scene is so small. There's only like a few kids. I remember it was like five kids in my high school that listened to this music and no one gets it because it's screaming music and scratching guitars.

Like I believe in this so strongly, I'm going to knock on every door and tell everyone about the word of Jesus Christ or whatever it might be. So very similar to that with this scene, our scene is so small. There's only like a few kids. I remember it was like five kids in my high school that listened to this music and no one gets it because it's screaming music and scratching guitars.

But like once you feel it, you're like, oh, this is changing my life. I just want to figure out how do you get the message out? You have to write a zine. You have to interview bands. You have to put on shows in abandoned warehouses. You have to start a band because you can because there's no one else doing it. You have to learn music. It's all these things. You're no longer a passive...

But like once you feel it, you're like, oh, this is changing my life. I just want to figure out how do you get the message out? You have to write a zine. You have to interview bands. You have to put on shows in abandoned warehouses. You have to start a band because you can because there's no one else doing it. You have to learn music. It's all these things. You're no longer a passive...

participant and this is like the main differential i think is when i listened to music before then i was i was a passive participant like listening oh this is cool i'm like i love these lyrics i'm going to sing the songs i'm you know i like this man or this group to like being a creator in the space because you now have an impact

participant and this is like the main differential i think is when i listened to music before then i was i was a passive participant like listening oh this is cool i'm like i love these lyrics i'm going to sing the songs i'm you know i like this man or this group to like being a creator in the space because you now have an impact

Like when I make a zine at Kinko's and I'm like putting my stuff together and my poetry and putting this in and I give it to someone, it actually people are going to care about it because there's not many people doing it. Right. So it was like at that point, I was lucky to have this kind of onboarding into contributing. And then that essentially that's collaboration.

Like when I make a zine at Kinko's and I'm like putting my stuff together and my poetry and putting this in and I give it to someone, it actually people are going to care about it because there's not many people doing it. Right. So it was like at that point, I was lucky to have this kind of onboarding into contributing. And then that essentially that's collaboration.