Cameron Adair Podcast

Jonathan Mann has written and published a song a day for almost seven years. He has performed on and had his songs featured on CNN, Anderson Cooper Live, Apple Keynote, among other places.

In this episode, Cameron talks to Jonathan about his unique approach to music. Jonathan asks Cameron about his work. They talk about the ephemeralness of making music online, making meaningful work in a devalued marketplace, what Jonathan is going to do for is 3,000th song/day, about CalArts and songwriting.

Thanks to Jonathan. You can find him online at jonathanmann.net and through his page on bandcamp.com.

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Diana Manfredi is an Italian-American director.

In this episode, Diana talks about her film, Twerkumentary, the empowerment vs objectification of twerking, her fathers artwork, moving to the US from Europe after college, we talk about Fairfax, and why she's tired of directing music videos.

Thanks to Diana. You can see her work online at spaghetto.tv and twerkumentary.com. Thanks as always to Different Fur.

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TJ Cowgill is a clothier and musician. He owns Actual Pain and makes music as King Dude.

This episode takes place at Different Fur Studios.

In this episode, they talk about San Francisco, fraternal organizations, Seattle, touring, technology, and religion.

Thanks to TJ. You can find Actual Pain online at actualpain.org and King Dude on bandcamp, through Not Just Religious Music, Dias Records, and Van Records in Europe.

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Richard Hart is a skateboard photographer and has his own publication Push Periodical.

We talked about his growing up in a a small village in England, how skateboarding brought him to California in the 90's, working in a print medium in 2015, the skateboard community, and skateboarders in Hollywood. Thanks to Richard. You can find Push online at pushperiodical.com and Instagram.

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Patrick Brown owns Different Fur Studios in San Francisco.

We talked about San Francisco, owning a studio, mixing records, the music industry, the Recording Academy, the Millennial generation, and digital distribution.

You can find Patrick on Twitter at @studio_dad. Different Fur Studios is on Twitter at @differentfur and at differentfurstudios.com.

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Brian and his sister play in the bands The Tambo Rays and Waters.

We talked about recording, his history in music, family, his families toy company, performing on national prime time cable TV, growing up in Marin, traveling, and the new Tambo Rays EP.

Thanks, Brian. He is on Twitter at @DiRTyDaMert. The Tambo Rays are at thetamborays.bandcamp.com and soundcloud.com/thetamborays.

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Matt runs Castleface Records and plays in Male Gaze.

We talked about vintage synthesizers, the San Francisco exodus, vinyl manufacturing, and running a record label.

Thanks, Matt, Male Gaze, and Castleface Records.

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Marco de la Vega is a dj and promoter. Starting in the early 2000's his mix tapes and dj sets turned into club nights and curated events.

Since then, his involvement in shows, and his own, 120 Minutes have grown to provide artists from all over the world with a place in San Francisco.

Marco's been written up in The Fader. A 2013 feature in the San Francisco Bay Guardian entitled, "Post-Everything" called his events "darkly experimental.... participatory art".

I talked with Marco at Different Fur Studios in the San Francisco Mission District.

We talked about our recent respective experiences with cancer, death, his history with shows, and the coexistence of the arts with the changes in the city.

Thanks, Marco. You can find Marco's 120 Minutes on Facebook and he is also on Twitter at @S4NtA_Mu3rTE.

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Chris Brennan is a photographer. His work has been licenced by Getty Imges. He has also narrated exhibitions for the MoMa and has co-authored books on Street Art. We also find out that he is the author of the cult favorite prank calling software Shit Talker from the 90's.

Chris is also the owner of Mishka San Francisco.

Mishka is a streetwear brand that has been written up in Forbes and New York Magazine and their store on 350 Broadway in Brooklyn has been open since 2003. Chris opened the San Francisco flagship on 25th St. and Mission St. in 2013.

In this episode Cameron talks to Chris about photography, his history with streetwear, fashion, technology and food.

Thanks to Chris and Mishka. You can find Chris online at unaesthetic.net. For Mishka go to mishkasf.com.

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