Episode Details

Part two with Nick, aka Gittyman, a 24-year-old producer and engineer out of Kansas City who's been doing music full-time for about a year and a half. He talks about the artists he works with most, including Boogie Corleone, Jace Camden, Benny, Crix Taylor and Toast, and what's coming on the next projects with the same bounce as Bennington Avenue but more experimental. He also gets into Jace's upcoming project and its 2012 swag music feel.

He breaks down why sitting there making beats is only 15 to 20 percent of the job, why he decided at the start of the year to put his face in front of people every day, and how trial reels on Instagram let him repost one video into the algorithm over and over for millions of views. He gets into Kansas City producers he rates, why he won't put Conductor Williams on a KC Mount Rushmore, the Philly drill sound he doesn't like, reproducing and resampling a full 10 or 11 song project of Boogie's covers, and plans to relocate to Texas or Atlanta and get pickier about who he works with.

Note: Ty's microphone did not record on this call, so this is Gittyman's side of the conversation.

In this episode:

• Going full-time as a producer and engineer in KC
• Working with Boogie Corleone, Jace Camden, Benny, Crix Taylor and Toast
• Learning to make beats and finding a career path
• Why the music is only 15-20% of the job
• Kansas City producers and the Conductor Williams question
• Reproducing and resampling a full project of classic beats
• Trial reels on Instagram and brand building
• Relocating South and getting pickier in five years

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