In the eighth episode of the Hidden Driveway Show, I had the honor of interviewing an absolutely legendary artist, Orange Cake Mix! He's been releasing music since the late 80s, and has quite the story to tell, I hope you enjoy!
ORANGE CAKE MIX'S SOCIALS
https://www.facebook.com/tomorrow1960/
https://www.instagram.com/rao_james_t/
https://orangecakemix.bandcamp.com/
HIDDEN DRIVEWAY SOCIALS
https://twitter.com/hiddendriveway_
https://www.instagram.com/hiddendriveway_/
AAMU'S SOCIALS
https://twitter.com/aamufr
https://www.instagram.com/aamufr/
https://soundcloud.com/aamufr
SHOUTOUT TO ENTROPYSERVICE TOO FOR MAKING THE THUMBNAIL
https://twitter.com/nalverobot
https://www.instagram.com/restlesslp/
https://soundcloud.com/therealentropyservice
Introduction - 0:00
Connecticut weather - 0:28
Car accident - 0:58
Feeling like a grandpa - 2:20
Pastoria - 3:15
Social media - 3:59
Advice to newer artists - 5:50
Orange Cake Mix’s process - 6:09
Thoughts on the quality of his work - 9:20
Inspirations - 11:19
Admiring young artists - 14:36
Making people listen to his music - 15:53
James T. Rao projects - 17:20
Orange Cake Mix’s cat rescue mission !!! - 18:05
Back to James T. Rao - 18:35
Artists dislike their music - 20:44
Transitioning from James T. Rao to Orange Cake Mix - 21:37
First getting interested in music at 10 years old - 23:21
Neil Young - 23:56
Orange Cake Mix’s guitar skills - 24:36
Bird Song - 26:19
Being inspired by Fripp and Eno - 26:29
The Lemon Twigs - 27:09
Drugdealer - 28:42
Mild High Club - 29:24
People sampling his music - 29:48
How he got his name - 31:57
Orange Cake Mix’s favorite desert - 33:09
Dreams - 33:48
Never playing live - 36:28
Darla Records - 40:46
James Agren of Darla Records sequenced most of his albums - 42:00
Selling old tapes - 43:15
aamu tries to get more Orange Cake Mix on streaming - 44:47
Attempt failed lol - 46:06
What he makes from streaming - 46:33
Thoughts on his music taking on a new life through gen Z - 47:17
Vaporwave - 48:37
Orange Cake Mix’s most memorable birthday - 49:58
The process for making Birthday Cake - 50:52
aamu graduated on his birthday - 51:12
Traveling to Japan - 52:27
California and New Mexico - 53:53
Texas - 55:32
Dazed and Confused - 56:14
aamu’s experience growing up in Texas - 57:29
Orange Cake Mix’s experiences with Texas - 58:28
Intense game of rock paper scissors - 59:22
Teeth concerns :( - 1:00:47
Texas weather - 1:02:02
Potential for new Orange Cake Mix music? - 1:03:39
Still feeling young mentally - 1:06:44
Reminders of aging - 1:08:19
Still enjoys playing music - 1:09:03
Having problems recording due to broken effects unit - 1:09:17
Shoutouts - 1:11:52
Outro (well only for the interview there’s a special part after) - 1:14:15
Wait wait wait don’t stop watching yet !!! - 1:16:00
Special message for Orange Cake Mix :) - 1:17:00
still admittedly in awe that i was able to make this happen, he's one of my biggest inspirations and it still feels unreal that i was able to have a conversation with him for over an hour. while im sure many more great interviews are to come, idk if they'll ever be able to top this one for me
