Above the bridge
Above the bridge
Episode 150 MASSFUNK (Dj and Producer)
DJ Mass Funk reveals the dark reality of nightlife success and his transformative journey to sobriety after 15 years of substance abuse in the Hawaii club scene. What begins as a casual conversation between friends quickly delves into the remarkable story of a talented DJ who opened for major artists like Alesso, Chainsmokers, and Cascade while simultaneously battling addiction behind the decks.
"There was no real moment when I thought I was actually good," Mass Funk confesses about his career, despite his impressive resume. His candid reflections expose how substance dependence masked his natural introversion and ultimately stunted his potential. "I imagine and reflect now—if I didn't do that and I was actually serious, man, where I would be right now would be totally different." This powerful realization forms the emotional core of the episode.
The conversation takes an inspiring turn as Mass Funk shares the systems that transformed his life: non-negotiable 5am workouts, marathon running, and complete sobriety. His newfound clarity has reignited his passion for music production—something he hasn't pursued seriously since 2015. "I'm super focused, I'm super motivated, and now I'm actually like, if I want to take it to the next level, I can." Beyond music, he's expanding his horizons through learning Japanese, coding, and creating digital art, demonstrating how recovery opens pathways to creativity rather than limiting it.
Whether you're struggling with your own demons or simply fascinated by the unseen challenges of entertainment industry success, this conversation offers rare honesty about addiction, recovery, and rediscovering purpose. Listen as two friends explore what it truly means to break free from destructive patterns and build a life of authentic fulfillment—proving that sometimes, the most meaningful drops in life happen off the dance floor.
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Speaker 1:Hey, how's it going, brother? Thank you for having me. It's Otter, and I know it's been a long time coming, so I'm glad that we finally get to do this Yo.
Speaker 2:Bro, I got a whole bunch of stuff. I got to ask you. First off, I always wanted to know this and I I don't think I ever asked you. This is how the hell you came up with mass funk. It's kind of a cool dj name, to be honest uh, honestly, it's uh.
Speaker 1:There's no real, uh, real reason or big story behind it. Uh, before uh, I became mass fung, I was going by just my regular name, bryce, but at the time I spelt it like b-r-y, like uh, I think, like like the heart, and then the um, I think greater or lesser size, so it looked like that. Oh, okay, so at the end of my name.
Speaker 1:So that was like so corny. So I was like I needed, I need to like think of a good name to rebrand myself. Um, so you know, I just in one night just started, uh, laying in bed staring at the ceiling coming up with names. So I was like, oh, just put two words together and I landed on mass. That sounded pretty catchy, so I mean I shot it to, like my family, my cousins, see what they thought. They thought it was cool.
Speaker 2:So I just ran with that and I'm so happy I did and it's just stuck with me for like longest time to this day too yeah, because I didn't even know your real name until we started going emo nights and sonia told me like oh, bryce is coming with us and I'm like who the fuck is that?
Speaker 1:like mass fuck, I'm like oh okay that's hilarious, that that's what uh, a lot of people actually uh, know me by. They don't even know my real name. For some of my friends I, you know people I know, of course, in the industry, they only know me by mass font and then when people say, like my actual name, bryce, they'll be like who's that? Or later on they'll come up to me and be like, oh, I didn't know what your real name was until so-and-so said it was kind of funny and I mean the brand stuck, for I did a pretty good job with the brand, right, it just stuck that became my name.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it's cool that matches your name. You match that name too. I think Mass Funk is a cool dj name and it looks fucking cool on the led screen behind you and you're djing, you know. I mean like mass. It just works. How did you even get into djing, like when you all about it when you were young, or like you kind of knew you wanted to go that direction, or oh man, no, not at all.
Speaker 1:I had like no knowledge, no experience, not even in music. I mean, I think the most uh I had, I went to like summer school play the trumpet for like just that that time, uh, that's probably probably the only musical aspect that I had in my life. But, um, basically how I got into DJing was, uh, right after I got out of high school, uh right after, you know, graduating, and all that that summer, I I honestly didn't know what to do uh with my summer, but at the other than work, because at the end of high school, during my senior year, I started working at GameStop. Yeah, that was my very first job, which was pretty cool, wait, which GameStop.
Speaker 1:Waikele.
Speaker 2:Oh, okay, okay.
Speaker 1:I got a.
Speaker 2:GameStop story for you after Okay, okay, gamestop story for you after.
Speaker 1:Okay, but after one shift my coworker, you know, asked me hey, you want to go out after? And me, throughout all of my, like middle school and high school years, I was never the person to go out. I was never, you know. I was more like to stay indoors play video games kind of person. So I was like, sure, why not, let's go out. So he took me out to Pipeline for my very first rave 00 spot event Lucky Charms.
Speaker 2:Oh, nice yeah, G spot.
Speaker 1:Yeah, g spot, and that's you know. And of course you know I rode for the first time that night.
Speaker 1:And of course that made the experience a lot more fun, you know. And then after that I kind of like got hooked on going out and I just love the rave scene because it's like they accept you, no matter who you are, as long as you're very respectful, you know, very like caring, basically a good person, you know. Yeah, so I love that. So I went out. I continued to go to Rays right after I graduated and then, you know, at the events at the time they were handing out flyers. So on one of the flyers I received, it had a DJ school run by James Cole, so I went to the DJ school. Wow.
Speaker 2:Was it United DJs? Yes, united DJs.
Speaker 1:It was United DJs. Where you know, everybody came from Tech, benny, yeah, all those guys. And then, yeah, that's how I got into DJing and then from there I just, you know, also learned on my own. I also met a friend of mine, nick Park. He went by DJ Sin, learned from him and then he actually helped get me my first gig with Alex Cam Guys, their 18 plus party at the Loft in Chinatown.
Speaker 2:Oh, okay. Oh yeah, how long ago, was that? Oh okay, oh yeah, that was big.
Speaker 1:How long ago was that? 2009, 2010.
Speaker 2:So that was your first gig ever, or just your first gig with Alex, then Just my first gig with Alex.
Speaker 1:Then, of course, you know, when I was under James Coles, I would like help him. Do you know the mobile stuff? Learn from him doing the mobile stuff, which sucked you know, it was free, uh free, talent free labor. Yeah, pretty much, but it was. It was pretty cool, uh, pretty interesting experience to get to. You know, learn the ropes, uh, from these different aspects of the industry, the weddings, the grad parties, and all that, also learning how to read a crowd too I think with you personally.
Speaker 2:I know the fact that you're a very diverse dj because you can play any genre of music. I know your passion is edm, but you you also love Emo Nights, which is alternative music, and you've DJed Emo Nights and killed. And you DJed for our event and primarily it was Hip Hop Night and you killed that too. So you're a DJ. That's diverse, which makes you marketable. Anybody can use you for whatever, but when did you get into the love of music for other genres other than edm?
Speaker 1:I don't. I, you know. I think you know, growing up we're all exposed to diverse genres. Like our parents played stuff on the radio that's from their times, and then, of course, throughout high school, I was like listening to what was on the radio and popular, doing the the years I was in high school, because, you know, everybody wants to be hip, everybody wants to be in and all that um and then so I just stuck with it. Whatever was on the radio was the easiest, I don't.
Speaker 1:I think it wasn't until I actually started djing, to where I really started digging, you know, because when you started djing you kind of need music and like the ammunition to play out and you don't want to be playing the same shit that everybody else plays yeah and you know, what was really an inspiration for me was, uh, dj am, oh yeah, yeah, when I started learning dj, I found, you know dj am and he killed it like mixing it, the any type of genre, and it works and he read the crowd very well and that's kind of what, like kind of, I studied from him that's how I yeah, so like it's it's. Yeah, I loved it and, like now, I like I love k-pop. I played a couple k-pop events myself.
Speaker 2:It was uh pretty awesome the one at dmv you like. Oh god, I can't stand that shit. Actually, the girls one is pretty cool and their choreography is pretty cool, but those dudes look like girls. I cannot. Hey, that's like the new boy band, I know.
Speaker 1:But they look like girls, so what the hell man, it is that Blackpink group.
Speaker 2:I've seen a couple of videos and they are fierce man. They come out and it's impressive. But they do not miss, bro, they are on.
Speaker 1:Not at all. Even as individual artists, they're killing it right now. Yeah, I mean, I watched Coachella recently. Lisa killed it, jenny killed it.
Speaker 2:Yes, two of them have their own right, like the, uh, like their own solo careers, right yeah, they do, they're.
Speaker 1:And, of course, yeah, yeah, rosé is like with bruno did the song with bruno mars. And then the fourth one is like an actress now in k dramas and all that yeah, I'm, I'm pretty upset because I'm korean and it's the worst race for entertainment.
Speaker 2:Like, if you think about it, japan japanese, they have the cool samurai movies, chinese, they have kung fu movies, the cool shit. You know, I mean korea we get drama and then we get boys that look like girls dancing and prancing on the stage like it.
Speaker 1:I feel like we got ripped off as a korean but honestly though that skincare routine, so I mean keeps them looking young, right? Yeah? I mean fuck, I wish I. I kind of need that too as we get older, right I definitely agree.
Speaker 2:My dad them are in my dad and sister in career right now.
Speaker 2:Like literally they left oh, wow yeah, um, funny, you brought up dj am. I got to see him play at the palms live with uh toma. Toma was one of our resident djs back in the day and then he moved to vegas and was playing at playboy club or moon, it was on top of the palms and he opened for dj am and toma brought us back there. I got to meet him and like, rest in peace. I remember when he passed away, they um the, the lettering for the palms on top of the building. They blacked out everything except the am as a respect oh that's sick.
Speaker 2:Yeah, it was, it was. It was kind of deep and he was on the plane with the drummer from blink right when when travis parker yeah, yep, it was.
Speaker 2:Um, yeah, he was super cool and yeah, toma hooked it up and I got to meet him and see him play like in the booth and stuff it was. It was pretty cool, so I could. I could definitely see how people could gravitate and kind of try to mimic how he does it and he could read a crowd like he had the biggest club in vegas jumping like it was no tomorrow and and it was cool yeah and still to this day, nobody can do it like him honestly, well, that's cool.
Speaker 2:How long did it take for you to realize like, okay, fuck, I'm kind of good at this, because I mean it takes a lot of confidence to be a DJ. I would like I've been around DJs my whole adulthood because of my profession. But I always thought, like, bro, it's hard, like you, you guys gotta deal with so much crap that a lot of people don't know. But we'll get into that in a little bit. But how did you like when did you first start realizing like, oh, I'm kind of good at this and I can, I can take this to a career and, and, like you know, when you're good at something, it got to climax at some point, right, right.
Speaker 1:Let's see. I mean I don't know when, specifically when I thought I was good Because, honestly, my mindset is I always want to be better. I always wanted to try to push myself. So there was no real moment to where I thought I was actually good.
Speaker 1:Even still to this day, I mean I'm okay, but I still want to be better you know, but throughout you, you know my years as a dj I have accomplished a lot and I opened up for some of the biggest names that's ever come down, like alenia multiple times, uh, chain smokers multiple times, played the tso show out here, cascade multiple times, a lot of the shows at the Republic, and I think once I started doing direct support for, like those bigger artists, that's when I kind of knew, oh shit, I'm kind of like blessed, but also I must be doing something right, since I keep getting booked for, you know, being direct support for these big artists. But the thing is I never really thought of it as a career. I mean, of course I wanted it to be a career but I never, like was actually driven to push it as far as I can career wise. Because I I think once I realized all of that, like I kind of got lost, you know, in the partying like, like I got consumed by it. It was easy to get addicted to, you know, drugs, drinking a lot I was, and I was playing like every weekend too, sometimes like the Wednesday through Saturday schedule, and I would be using and drinking all the times I would be playing. So I was like kind of reliant on it because before, uh, when I was young, I was super introverted.
Speaker 1:I only started coming out of my shell like when I started like DJing, you, you know, and going out to the raves, so I got super hooked, in the worst ways, on the like substances and all that and I it was a very big distraction so, yeah, so that's why I think I kind of fucked myself over doing that, because I imagine and reflect now, if I didn't do that and I was actually serious man, where I would be right now would be totally different. But you know what? It was a learning experience and only and only now, like I'm super focused, I'm super motivated and now I'm actually like, if I want to take it to the next level, I can, because now I am more driven and I kind of understand uh myself more and I know I'm trying to build like systems right now to where, uh, everything, I make everything work for me that's super cool.
Speaker 2:We'll get into that in a little bit, because I I that's something I know that you are struggling with and I always kind of talk to you about it a little bit. Um, throughout the years. In my opinion, you are one of the most humblest people I met in the industry. Uh, you don't brag, you don't need to tell me your resume. You you come out, your work spoke for itself every single time and to me, that was one of my favorite lineups. Was you Hoppa Devin? I knew that was a killer lineup. Even to this day, I think that would be a killer lineup for any club. I think with you, once you got that confidence and you got to play some pretty cool stuff and I and I always watched, you know, I mean and say, oh, I'm not, um, mass ain't playing tonight. He's opening up for whoever I'm like what like our dj is doing that. Like you ever got nervous man like for some of those freaking shows are like huge, like choke people oh, all the time, man, I, I still get nervous to this day.
Speaker 1:It's it's a natural thing because it's such a different like experience and high and like it's a good feeling that you kind of like enjoy. But I would honestly I wouldn't say I was like all that humble. But I was humble most of the times. But there are some times though, you know, when you know the alcohol like comes out. There's been a few times where I got super egotistical, got on the bike and said some stupid shit, what'd you?
Speaker 1:say like oh, I'm the best dj in hawaii. Blah, blah, blah. Like yeah, it's totally out of character, but it's happened.
Speaker 2:I've never seen that, but I I hardly go to raves. If it happened during the rave, I definitely didn't see that it happened at the club.
Speaker 1:Oh, it's happened at like ginza oh ginza district once damn, I missed that.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's hilarious. The um one thing I do know is that the uh support system you have at district. A lot of people respect you and you got in with the right people over there, especially element group, and once you got a kind of a um a gig with them that they they're very strict with their djs and I know they are I battled with them the whole time like and because your work kind of shows like you you're so true, like you can hold the crowd.
Speaker 2:And once you got in with them, then you kind of did it the right way in that aspect, because they they're always gonna have work for you, you know, I mean right.
Speaker 1:I think, uh, I think, like you know, it really helped get like playing, playing for Alex, like back in for the 18-plus parties, especially when I was younger too. I think that really helped and like built my relationship with them, the understanding with all the promoters too, to this day, knowing what they want on the business side too, because I learned, of course, playing at those clubs. Of course I never played like in a 4 am club before, so doing that was a very um learning experience throughout the years too. So, you know, and then you know, as I think, of playing for them for a very long time, uh, you know, I was just comfortable asking, hey, uh, is this okay? Is like what format should we do? Or how do you want me to play? Like taking like constructive criticism, I think is a very uh big thing you know you gotta be willing to adapt and play ball because that's the business, right.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I know some djs that don't do.
Speaker 1:They play by their own rules, but they can play all the all the songs they want, like their like personal recommendations.
Speaker 2:But if it clears the floor that's bad for business yeah, and for me I always thought that that's the hardest job to do. I mean, the whole night. Everything depends on you guys, the bartenders, the staff, the clubs, the promoter, everybody in that whole place that's making money. Everything is dependent on the djs because, like you said, if you wipe the floor out, everybody leaves. Then everybody's screwed, and I never wanted that pressure, like I can get people to the club but I don't know you guys, the one that keep them there, and that's the hard part.
Speaker 2:And music, like I always say, is a universal um. Art, like music, can transcend all generations, all um races if it's good and because of your guys talent, it makes the night work and and, yeah, that's one of the responsibilities I never had to have. So props to you and all the djs, especially DJs, because I'm pretty strict, but I really never had problems towards the ending of my promoting because you guys are all good and professional. Plus, alex guys recommended you and wanted you to open some nights and we had you on and I was like, oh fuck, he can play whenever he wants. It's a hard job to do and, like we had you on and I was like, oh fuck, you can play whenever you want. It's like, it's um, it's a hard job to do and you guys take a lot of shit and I will always ask this to my dj friends like what are the craziest shits that happen for you while djing and I know all the ds hate this Like getting song requests.
Speaker 1:Requests. Yeah, hopper got into fights over that shit. Or if a local artist or some out-of-state artist comes up to you it's like, hey, yo dude, can you play my shit? They hand me their phone. It's like what do you want me to do? Hit, play and put the mic yeah.
Speaker 2:It's like what the fuck dude to do? Put like, hit, play and put the mic.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, it's like what the fuck dude is? Like no, I can't do that shit. It's like I don't even know you too. It's like what, yeah, but being in the night industry.
Speaker 2:You come across like myself included. You come across like myself included you come across a whole bunch of crazy, and you guys are the focal point of the whole room. So what are some of the crazy stuff that happened to you while DJing?
Speaker 1:Oh, man, If something.
Speaker 2:I mean.
Speaker 1:I don't know, I can't really recall. My memory is so bad man. It's like just I'm pretty sure if something crazy happened, I was fucked up at the time you're just as crazy.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I was just as crazy too.
Speaker 2:So, like the energy matches, the room right yeah, well being that you brought it up and I do know the trials and tribulations of being in the nightlife industry. Fortunately I never subdued to like hard drug. I smoke weed and stuff. But uh, I've never done crazy drugs. I did e maybe once or twice and, wow, it's the first time I admitted it on air. But other than that I've never done anything else and I mean I'm allergic to aspirin and Tylenol so that probably kind of deterred me from dabbling in it.
Speaker 2:But I've seen it and I've seen my friends involved in it and I've seen a lot of people get taken out by it and ruin their lives. And because I've been in the night industry for a long time and that's probably the biggest downfall of anybody that's in it, because it, like you said, it's so accepted, everybody does it, it's there all nights, every night, and it is fun for the people doing it. And right, um, I kind of was stoked to hear that you're sober and stuff and I would bring it up to you and I would ask you here and there and you'd tell me like, oh, yeah, I backslid or oh, I'm good. I haven't done it for a while and it's like for one, the first thing which is the hardest thing, is recognizing oh, I got an issue, I got a problem. How did you realize like, oh shoot, I gotta stop doing this stuff.
Speaker 1:I mean, you know, I've had a few moments of those where I realized that, oh, I gotta stop doing it. You, you know, but I would, you know, go through the period of, oh, I stopped for a little bit, but then I ended up falling back. I think it wasn't until like last year, maybe. So I've been like going hard, abusing myself for, like this, 15, 16 years I've been DJing. Yeah, so, but it was until last year till I realized, man, is this really what? What I want to keep doing is like there's got to be more to life that I want, and not only that. It fucks with your, your mentality, your mind, uh, the way you think too, and throughout the longest time, I would always like compare myself to my peers and other DJs, and that's the quickest way to, you know, being unhappy. So I would get depressed. I would, uh, you know, be like so depressed, unhappy, having so many thoughts running through my mind and it was just exhausting. My anxiety was always through the roof. The only way to subdue it would be to go out, drink, do coke and all that to feel good, and it was just a pattern where, shit, it was not worth it anymore. So I started to.
Speaker 1:That's when I started to, you know, try to find like a positive outlet. That's how I found like running and working out. So now I, for the past few years I've been like running the marathons, running all like the races of 10ks. Uh, great aloha runs the honolulu marathon, hapalua, and I kind of want to go run one of the marathons out of state, out of country. Yeah, it's just, it's been a wild ride.
Speaker 1:But after realizing that, I started finding what can I do now to uh make a positive change for myself and like building like the systems. Like I said, I started building systems that work for me. So like now I wake up at like 5 am to go work out before work, uh, monday through friday, this is not non-negotiable for me because, yeah, because, because it helps me so much with my anxiety, my overthinking, my thoughts, I've moved with purpose now, ever since I got clean and with all that too, building those systems for myself, I can still go out and still play at the club if I want to. I found that that healthy balance to where I can still do what I love but also be in like the greatest, like happiness, you know, being happy.
Speaker 2:That's freaking awesome, brad. I've waited for you to say this for a while and, um, I know you struggled and I know I've talked to you about it and to hear this makes me super stoked. Like I said earlier, this is probably the best thing I heard all week. Um, your system, the way you you think non-negotiable. I have certain things like that in my own psyche and it's like I don't care, I gonna do this because it's right, you said non-negotiable. And if you make a promise to yourself and you hold yourself accountable and you stick with it like you can never, you can never let yourself down. Yeah, it's like that. That is a smart way, and I mean waking up early in a workout. I, it was the same for me. I last year.
Speaker 1:My goal for the year was to do the um, the spartan race and, oh shit, I actually want to try to do that one one year. Yeah, you definitely got a trade.
Speaker 2:I don't know, bro, I that that was. It was no joke. I yeah, it was brutal, but I told myself I'm gonna do it and like same thing, non-negoti. I'm getting up early every single day and I'm running doing burpees and for me it was a motivating thing because my daughter was seeing me do it, because I told her I'm going to do this, this is my goal, I'm going to walk across that finish line and I'm going to do the whole thing. And I promised myself I'd do it and like for me't. It wasn't easy and I I was seriously sore for a while when that thing was done, but when I crossed that line I've never felt that. Since I used to compete in martial arts, I never felt felt that gratification.
Speaker 2:And I work out every week. I just came from the gym and I'm the same. It's non-negotiable. I gotta go this many times a week. There's no excuse. Even when I'm on vacation I'll do something. Because if you don't hold yourself accountable or you start giving yourself loopholes, then I mean, if you can lie to yourself, then then pretty much you can lie to everything. So it's like the yeah, it all starts with you and for you to tell me that trips me out, because I know how you were and I know that you're.
Speaker 2:You always had something about you that wasn't like just some dude in the industry. You always had that it factor and I think you're you're gonna tap into it in the near future. I think you're right on the path and this probably what you needed to tap into that, because, for one, you're a great dj. But I think now you can maybe transcend it more than just, oh, I'm gonna play at district this weekend, or I'm gonna play, I'm gonna be an opener for so and so it's like, bro, what do you really want to do? Like have how, some people opening up for you at one of these festivals? You know, I mean, that's the goal goal.
Speaker 1:Yeah, as an artist, that is the goal right now. I'm actually like getting back into producing music, because I've honestly been producing music for like a long time. It's just that I was never consistent and never like worked on it as hard as I am right now, because there was always so many distractions when you know I would play very often or still like all I wanted to do was get high, drink and party with my friends. I never really thought about the future as much as I should, but now that, like everything's working out, I'm more motivated, more focused, more driven driven, of course, on what I want in life an artist, as an artist. Yes, that is the goal as a personal goals to have a family one day, but, you know, being able to support them too that's super cool.
Speaker 2:That was going to be one of my questions too. If you're making your own music because that's where it all starts, right If you can make your own music and people can connect to it, then that's when your career is going to take it to the next level. It's cool to always play other people's music and know how to do it. And the next level and it's cool to always play other people's music and know how to do it and know how to hold the crowd. But when you're playing your own stuff and people are jumping around to it, that must be freaking crazy. That must be the real feeling.
Speaker 1:You know I mean, yeah, that a that's, that's what we're all chasing for, right? Yeah and um, I actually am part of like a group of hawaii producers down here, like in the edm scene, uh, and they're that, they've all. They're good too, and we're all on the come up. You know, we're all trying to push ourselves to be better and I feel like being part of that group is also very motivating and inspiring too. And these are some young guys too like coming up, like a few of my friends, like this ex hiroki chow. They're all like making dope shit. So I, of course, it makes me want to like get on like a bigger, higher level for myself and make music that just bangs in for people to connect to. You know.
Speaker 2:That's super cool. I knew Graves before he disappeared but he was one of the few Hawaii EDM DJs that I've known from his early beginnings until he blew up, and I remember playing Madden and his song came on in the beginning of.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I remember that. I took a picture and everything of it playing madden and his song came on in the beginning of yeah, and I'm just like I was.
Speaker 2:I took a picture and everything of it because it shows who's I'm like brah and I like this is insane, like you're on madden, like, and it just takes the talent and the drive and the balls to fucking do it. And I mean you have all those skills. You just gotta pull triggers and do it. And what I liked about your stuff is I like when you drop mixes, because your art for the mix is I didn't know that you could do that like you do artwork, artwork, and I don't know how you do it digitally or what. But if people were to know your mixes, the artwork for each drop is pretty freaking dope of its own. Like that's another talent already. You know what I mean.
Speaker 1:Thank you, thank you. I mean I wanted to, you know, make the vision my own. So that's why I wanted started doing artwork. I started to learn Blender and you know Photoshop, because if I, you know, ask somebody else to make artwork for me, they might not get the same vision that I have in my mind, for you know the mix, so only I know what my vision is. So, in order for me to like, get that out there and match what I want to the music, uh, it's very, it's like the whole package that I wanted to do, so that's why I started to get into it how.
Speaker 1:How easy was that.
Speaker 2:Yeah, because some of your stuff is like whoa, how did he? Like, when did this happen?
Speaker 1:Like, when did he start doing art? It was that easy Probably. I started two three years ago, two three years ago. It was that easy, just like a bunch of YouTube tutorial videos. And I also found this website I think it was CG Fast Track or something. That was a dope course that I took, that just went through. That really helped you understand what to do and the functions in the blender program and you know to make the most out of it. Because you know youtube videos. They only tell you the small stuff and like yeah, so not all everything, but um, so that's why, like any aspects in my life right now, like I try to look for like a master class or a mentor for with a course that I can learn from, because like that's what I'm doing now. Like japanese, like I want to learn japanese.
Speaker 1:I actually recently bought a japanese course, oh wow, from like yeah, and it is hard learning a new language but, you know, it's good to have, like a mentor and, you know, a support group of people who are also learning too. You know, because you also have like a discord server that you can like join when you're as part of the masterclass and course, so you can, you know, brush up on your skills with other people that's super cool and it seems like you're leveling up yourself.
Speaker 2:And something my mom always said, and it's on her gravestone, that is um, she was an educator and it said. It says on her gravestone you never stop learning until you go to heaven. And I mean people can come complacent and or get comfortable, and then that's when you're not challenging yourself, and to learn different things is always the key and that's the key to growth and I think that's what's gonna make your music better, your art better. I always am jealous of people like you and always like say this to hoppa, because we'll be out and he'll. He'll hear a song somewhere and he just stops what he's doing, locks in and he's like trying to analyze it.
Speaker 2:I'm thinking like, fuck, I wish I could hear music how you guys hear music, because it's probably totally different. Or I would want to see art like how you see art and get that mindset. And I mean, everybody has natural talents or natural gifts. Mine could be something else, but for that aspect I don't have. I hear music. I just hear music. It makes me feel good, I like it. You guys can break it down or get something out of it that I didn't even know exists and I wish I could have like listen through music through your guys ears once in a while. It's a, it's a gift, you know, I mean yeah, thank you, I appreciate that.
Speaker 1:Um, sometimes it's a gift and a curse, because you you hear something and you just be like it just gets stuck in your head. It's like like, fuck, what is that? It's like I got to know. I got to know, I got to know. Yeah.
Speaker 2:In your opinion, how do you think the future of music is? And I'm older, so I've seen multiple generations of music and for me, I'm disappointed. I'm disappointed with rap. I'm disappointed with rock me, I'm disappointed. I'm disappointed with rap. I'm disappointed with rock. I'm disappointed. I I'm not a big edm fan. I'm disappointed with a lot of genres of music, with the direction that is going, and it could be because I'm older, but I trip out.
Speaker 2:My daughter listens to shit that I've listened to in high school and and Sasha listened to in high school and I'm like how do you know this? You weren't even even close to being born when this song came out late. And then, sorry, go ahead. The younger generation adheres to more of the older music than I would have thought and, like she's singing Dre Mariah Carey, to more of the older music than I would have thought, she's singing Dre Mariah Carey, all this stuff that I grew up on, she knows it, it's trippy. The new stuff to me seems not as soulful. There's no depth to it in my opinion. I don't know why, it's like that.
Speaker 2:What is your opinion?
Speaker 1:I mean you see all the artists sampling all the throwback songs, right, uh, and you know what's funny is like. I think, uh, it's like more danceable too, like with hip-hop. I mean, the songs back in our days was just like bangers, you could dance to it. Nowadays it's just like that mumble rap stuff. It's like, yes, it's like just the kind of music you just chill to smoke weed, to kind yeah, it's not like something you could just go to the uh club and dance to.
Speaker 1:And you know what's funny? I was talking to one of my friends who does like uh weddings and grad parties too. Uh, I asked him like yo, how's it, how's it going, how's that scene doing? He's like yeah, dude, it's like all they want to hear is throwbacks. I play any of the new shit, they don't really dance.
Speaker 2:Wow yeah, that's kind of cool, all the young kids, they they know their stuff now they yeah they fuck with the throwbacks yeah, and I like it because I can connect with my daughter with music that I listened to back in the day and it's it's pretty cool and I think it just good stuff. Last um, last through, to test the time, and I guess that's true with music. And I'm wondering, like if some of the music that's coming out now or people are gonna be like when they're older like oh, this was it, I'm gonna be like I don't know, I don't think they have it like we had.
Speaker 2:Tupac and like all these poets as yeah, as artists, and then the some of the guys that, like they have tattoos all over their face and they're like singing about stuff that don't even matter.
Speaker 1:I don't know, maybe I'm just old oh, I mean, I'm, I'm with you right there, because, honestly, it doesn't seem like there's only any timeless bangers coming out in this new generation. It's not something that people will, you know, listen to for years and years. It will be forgotten. It's like I feel like the originality and creativity that people have nowadays isn't there. Um, because, honestly, I feel like there's a lot of oversaturated content in this world.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and as an artist, you not only you gotta focus on music too, you gotta be a content creator too. So it's like different fields of you gotta worry about. So it's like your brain just gets lost, like brain rot. You know you can scroll through instagram. Throw tiktok is like never. It's like so much oversaturation of content just feeding people into that state of mind of like just making them, making them blah. Yeah, so that's why, like so, for me it's actually funny because I got rid of all of my streaming subscriptions because it does. It does not serve me any purpose having them around, because there it's just a distraction, you know, and all that money that I'm wasting on it, I couldn't be using it for investing in to my future, you know yeah so.
Speaker 1:so the only thing I really have is like YouTube premium, because, okay, you could basically learn anything off of YouTube Plus. Uh, what I find for entertainment is like I actually follow a lot of like streamers, twitch streamers and YouTubers, now to see like what kind of content they putting out that will like attract, you know, a crowd.
Speaker 2:Hmm, that will like attract, you know, a crowd. How, how important is it to you that you are doing the social media and having a social media presence? Because, like you said, it works hand in hand and it's basically marketing your DJ brand.
Speaker 1:I mean, I think it's pretty important, but honestly, my social media game is trash. I'm still I I'm still trying to figure it out myself, you know, uh, trying to find what works for me. But I've lately, though, as like I used to cycle like hiking a lot. That seems to be like a pretty cool niche of mine that like people kind of like enjoy, because you know, the views here in Hawaii are amazing when you're at the top of the summit and ridges and stuff, and a couple of my friends who like always hit me I was like, hey, uh, are you going to go hiking this weekend? I was like kind of joining. It was like, yeah, for sure, anyone is honestly more than welcome to join me if they want to. Uh, just that. Well, my default hike that I always like to do is coco head every week, which not a lot of people are stoked about I did it one time, but it is motivating some of my friends in uh to be more active.
Speaker 1:You know, yeah, like the transformation that I went through, becoming sober, start riding all these marathons, hiking a lot it and I'm. It makes me very happy that I can be a positive influence on people's lives and I think that's what I liked about djing the most, because I can make, you know people have a good time at the club. I can make people have a good time at the club.
Speaker 2:I can make them have a great night, make them feel good. Yeah, and I think that's a key to your success is you're not playing for yourself and a lot of DJs play for themselves, and I think, with social media, you showing a diverse side of yourself and showing a connection of who you are not as a dj kind of. Probably people want to see that because they see you djing or you could have a million pictures of you standing in front of crowd jumping around, but what are? What are you really about? What's really inside you? What is what is who? Are you really outside of the dj world? Because when the lights and and the freaking music's off, like you still gotta be doing your thing and who's that person it's? It's becomes like I was telling hansen we were promoters, right, but we're it's not who we are, it's what we do, and it's the same for you is you're a dj but like you still are your own person and I think people resonate with who you are. Who bryce is versus dj, mass funk sometimes too, you know.
Speaker 2:I mean they want to know both sides, both sides of the coin oh yeah, for sure.
Speaker 1:Definitely gotta be like authentic, personable too with your social media content. You can't just do stuff just because it's you know, the it thing or the fact yeah like people can tell bullshit yeah, that is true.
Speaker 2:And you, you can definitely tell bullshit on social media because I've seen it all the time. I'm like, bro, that's not real, that's not how you are in real life. Or these girls is the worst, bro, with their freaking filters and stuff. They are a different person altogether. Looks wise. I'm like wait, you're that person on Instagram. There's no fucking way. That's you like what? And you probably see it in the club plenty, because I did and they're like they're so and so on instagram. And then they introduce me and I'm like wait a second, there's no way.
Speaker 2:Like this is the same person technology is a tricky thing, man it's like you never you never know if people can trick you super easy that in age I don't know, like a lot of like oh, I'm freaking 21 or 20 something, and then you find out they're like 18 and it's like what? Like how did you even get in there? But yeah, I mean, club life is pretty nuts, do you? I don't want to ask you have you ever got starstruck with because you're in the industry? I know I have a few times where like oh shit, the kind of. But have you ever got starstruck in the club or at a gig or an event or a concert you're doing?
Speaker 1:um, I wouldn't say like starstruck, I would be like, oh shit, that's cool. It was like I get to meet that person. Okay, because, honestly, the way I see it, they're a human being just like all of us, but they are successful in the field that they're in and for me that's kind of motivating to get to. You know, if I ever do meet an artist or hang out with them is motivating for me because I get to pick their brain and all that and it also makes me motivated to get to their level. So I, you know, cause, once, you, once, I feel like I get to a certain level. You know, being around those kind of hard-working people is, you know, what I want to surround myself with, surround myself with good, hard-working, motivated, just self-driven people. So it's like I wouldn't say starstruck, but it is, um, I, I would think it's more like, oh, that's cool, I don't know, that's just how I am.
Speaker 1:That's super cool, but never like oh my God, like fangirling kind of stuff. Yeah.
Speaker 2:I don't think I fangirled, but we were about to meet Chester Bennington because he was going to sing for Stone Temple Pilots and they were booked at Republic. And I called Rob from Republic and I said, bro, I hardly ever ask for favors, this one I'm going to play the friend card. I want green room. I want to meet Chester Bennington. And then I was thinking how am I going to be if I meet him? Bro, I'm like I'm gonna dork out or like be cool. But I was like, but it never happened, they didn't end up coming, but I didn't. Yeah, I've met a lot of celebrities and athletes and stuff that I was. I was the same like, oh, that's fucking cool. And sometimes I get disappointed. I met kobe bryant and that was a disappointment. And he came to our event and he was just very standoffish, he was very rude, but I, I understand why and it just like, oh, I wish I never met him, you know, I mean because I don't that.
Speaker 2:that image is always in my head. And then I met some cool ones where they're just like to the moon and just want to talk, story and be cool and I'm just like, wow, I'm really talking to. So-and-so is fucking, it's a big deal to me and it's like, wow, that's, that's super cool. Who are some of the artists you got to meet? That kind of was like oh, that was fucking dope, uh man, uh man, the chain smoker boys.
Speaker 1:They were cool, uh, yeah, I mean, there's so much I can't remember all of them specifically. I gotta go back in my uh instagram because that's, yeah, that's where, like, I, uh, you know, remember a lot of the stuff because I posted a lot. Oh, I met Corey Taylor from Slipknot.
Speaker 2:He was cool as fuck. Yeah what?
Speaker 1:I'm a big Slipknot guy, wow.
Speaker 2:Stone sour right, yeah, oh my God, that would have been super dope.
Speaker 1:He did an acoustic set at the Republic here. Oh really, yeah, by himself, was like I had to go see him and I was, fortunate enough that, you know, at the end of the concert he was like taking pictures with everybody. So I was like, oh man, I I got to see him. It was like so cool, so cool. He was like super cool too that's super cool.
Speaker 2:Wow, that's a cool story. I didn't know that. Yeah, I mean, I know you like that kind of music and I do miss going to emo nights with you guys. You're one of the only people that would jump in a mosh pit with me and like it was in a heartbeat man yeah, it's, it's always fun and and I love that kind of music and those are my favorite nights. It's like as soon as Matt. When is Mass Funk Fringes set?
Speaker 2:And then it's like yeah, there was emo nights to the closing with Sonya and them, and yeah, we definitely got to do that, and I think Hoy needs more of that kind of music too, and you get to play for some of those events too. Huh.
Speaker 1:Not really Like the emo nights that they do at like Republic. I did like a few for like friends companies. There was one, I think, at NOL Brian's. We did one at Gatsby with Jeremy. It's all really random side gigs, like how I play the K-pop stuff. Those are always fun but those are always super random. But you can say I'm more of a free agent. I'm never part of like that one promotion group that does that one party I know.
Speaker 2:We went to watch you play and they had the guy from um dashboard confessionals djing and uh oh yeah, next door I forgot the american pie guy played guitar singing.
Speaker 1:Stifler's mom got it going on yeah oh yeah those dudes are cool too, yeah it was a cool meeting them yeah I got to meet him because of you, because you got us on stage and stuff.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that was.
Speaker 1:That was kind of cool, oh yeah, dude, see, see, my memory is like so bad. It's like, unless you bring it up where I see it in like one of my like oh memories from instagram or facebook, then I would be like, oh yeah that happened I remember that time, but it's not like I can pull up a memory like out of the blue.
Speaker 2:You know that's one of my blessings. My god's gifts to me is I have a great memory. Like I can remember details. You can play music and listen to music.
Speaker 1:I can remember. I envy that.
Speaker 2:Future-wise. What would be your ultimate goals for the future, long-term and short?
Speaker 1:Honestly, right now I'm just taking things day by day and I can't really say I know what I want for myself and all I can do is work day by day on myself to achieve those things. Like I said, right now I'm getting back into producing music, um, so, as an artist, that I'm going to continue. That that will help me, you know, move forward, you know, finally put out music again, because it's been. Last time I released music was back in 2015 oh wow, I was on I was like I was like on their compilation cd.
Speaker 1:That was the last time I put out music.
Speaker 2:It's time to get it going, yeah years, holy fuck yeah I was like yeah.
Speaker 1:So like kind of get gotta get that going now. Um, uh, personal side, like um, I feel like I'm learning like tech stuff, like coding, because I feel like that is, that is a field that you know uh is high in demand and also is like longevity too, because I mean, we live in a digital age. So it's like this got it, you know yeah and of course, you know for myself learning japanese right now and uh, just also just want to make. I want to like be faster, stronger.
Speaker 1:I used to be an athlete when I was a kid uh, I always play soccer, football, baseball, judo all the time, but I stopped for a long period of time. Uh, once I got to high school, for some reason I just fell out of it, fell out of love with it. But now that, like, I'm back on a good, like steady routine of working out and running, I have that athletic mindset to where I just want to become better, become the best at what I can be at.
Speaker 2:That's awesome, the best version of yourself.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, just be the best version of myself that I can be every day that's fucking amazing.
Speaker 2:I'm super proud of you, man, and I always talk to you about it and I think, um, you, you took the turn and I think the direction your life is going in is where I kind of wanted to see it happen. You know what I mean, and I've seen ups and downs in the clubs. I've seen people go up and take their careers skyrocketing or their life skyrocketing, or they fall down into that slump and get caught in the wave of bullshit, and I think you're too smart to let that happen, and it was going to be a matter of time where you shook it off, and I think you did. And I think you're in that positive path to changing everything, and I like the fact that you have a lot of short-term goals and you start checking them off and knocking them out and then you look back and just realize how far you come.
Speaker 2:And, um, hearing this really makes me proud of you, brah, because I know you, man, I appreciate it and I know the person you are and I think, um, it's gonna be kind of cool to see what happens in the future, man, because if you're like touring the world with your music, you better come back on my show and talk about it oh, no for sure, dude, I would love to come back like anytime this will be like a bench, like.
Speaker 1:Was it say like a benchmark, yeah, like that was to reflect on and be like hey is like this. Was it say like a benchmark? Yeah, and like that was to reflect on and be like, hey, it's like this was you like a year or a few years ago and like reflecting on it now is like I can say like, because what I want to do is I want to get better. At least, even if it's like a little bit. Every single year, I want to get better or be in a better place than I was the previous year. So, of course, the next time, if I do come on, if you do have me, I can have stories of what I've been through that whole journey. I would not be comfortable or complacent. I will always want to move forward.
Speaker 2:That's what I want for myself that's awesome, brah, and and now's the time, brah, now's the time to do it. You had your fun and, like I always say to everybody, to be older and wiser, you have to be young and crazy, and all of us were young and crazy, and now it's time to fucking put that part behind and work, because your career could be phenomenal, like you have that. You have that it factor, you can play, you can keep a crowd, you can make your own music, like you. Just gotta put a trigger and connect the dots and pray and just get to where you gotta go, because sky's the limit. And you go to all those big, freaking uh festivals and stuff. That one you went to. What was it? Wonderland or not wonderland tomorrow, tomorrow, I was looking at the video.
Speaker 2:I'm like what the fuck was that? I didn't even, I didn't even seen that before. That thing looked, looked pretty cool.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it's in Belgium. It's like one of the biggest EDM festivals other than you know, EDC yeah. It's huge man. It was such an eye-opening experience and such an amazing experience too, because it's everybody around the world and the Europe people and all the people that go there are honestly older than okay the american crowd. So they go hard. Oh so they're very like, responsible and respectful too yeah, that's pretty cool, man.
Speaker 2:It looked like a insane event. I like just the theatrics and the, the props and stuff. I was like what was this? I thought it looked like a movement part this.
Speaker 1:They put a lot into it, like the whole vibe of it. It's like you're transported to another world. It's like because they have like their own like shops they got like a tattoo shop at tomorrowland. I kind of want to go and get a tattoo when you're at tomorrowland, that would be fun. And like they have their own like restaurants over there, like actual like top top restaurants, because we all know how shitty festival festival food is right, yeah, but the food there is like hella good oh, that's super cool, dude, when.
Speaker 2:When did you go last? Was it this year or last year?
Speaker 1:uh, last year, uh in july, yeah, oh, okay, yeah so it was like it wasn't too hot and it wasn't, you know, too cold, so but it was, it's good. I went with my group of friends and we also made it a whole Europe trip out of it, so we went to like Amsterdam, paris, milan.
Speaker 2:Oh, that must've been super cool.
Speaker 1:Yeah, honestly, it was my very first time in Europe too last year, so I was pretty, it was pretty fun, I was stoked for sure.
Speaker 2:I think that's where we're gonna go on our honeymoon eventually, because that's where I've never been either. And where are you going probably? Well, we didn't even figure out yet. We're just trying to get through this wedding. But, uh, europe, I want to check out, like all that.
Speaker 2:So I want to see the coliseum, I want to see like I want to see all that stuff and it's like that, that's the um, like the direction I would want. I think Sasha's down for it. I did Japan and all that stuff and it's cool and I'll definitely go back, but I've never done Europe and I wanted to do. I want to see the Eiffel Tower, I want to see like the.
Speaker 2:Coliseum, like um, that stuff is interesting to me and I always liked history, so I think there's a lot of european history that I'd want to check out. And yeah, that sounds cool. Man, like what? What was the biggest event that you got to play for?
Speaker 1:biggest event? I that's kind of hard, I can't really pick one specifically. I mean they all have like a very big significance in my life, honestly. Yeah, because I played a lot of the outdoor venue shows here. You know the tso one that was in waimanalo at the polo fields.
Speaker 2:Oh, I remember that I played yeah that's all man. Everybody got stuck yeah yeah, it was muddy.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that field was destroyed at the end of the night for sure I also played Steve Aoki's Dib Moc Label Night down here, it was at Kaka'ako Waterfront, that was cool.
Speaker 2:Of course Republic had all the. Did you go to that?
Speaker 1:Oh the one at Turtle Bay yeah the Palm Tree Fest. Yeah, I went with my friends. That was cool.
Speaker 2:That's Kygo's festival, oh, I've been to the one at. They had pretty good DJs. They had Chainsmokers right and Alesso.
Speaker 1:Or whatever his name is Alesso, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2:Wow that, whatever his name, is Alessio, yeah. Yeah, wow, that's kind of cool. Yeah, was it crazy? As, like how they normally are, like Turtle Bay is a far drive huh yeah, I mean I feel like they all did good sets.
Speaker 1:The one I really wanted to see that I think was a surprise a lot of people was nora impure. She's like a melodic, more melodic house, progressive house dj. Uh she, she just has good vibes whenever she plays and her music is so super like uh, feel good, kind so um because at the because at the end of the festival, a lot of my friends didn't know who she was, but they did like her in the end oh, you're like see I told you she was the shit yeah we got it.
Speaker 1:We got to catch her set. It's we got to be sure we go early oh nice.
Speaker 2:Did you stay out that side or you had to drive back?
Speaker 1:Oh no, we, we stayed out there. We got like an Airbnb. There was no way we were driving back.
Speaker 2:Honestly, it's such a hard drive, yeah, oh well, man, I we've been going for over an hour. I'm very stoked to hear how your life is right now and the direction is going in. And, yeah, man, just stay focused and keep your eye on the prize and I think, probably I think you're just about to fucking hit, hit that uh up slope and take your life the way you want it, and especially your dj career, because if you are 100 locked in and focus on elevating it, brah, it's gonna work because you're good, you're, you're that good. So thank you.
Speaker 1:I appreciate that, definitely locking in this year, you know this is a year to get shit done yeah, and then just level up you.
Speaker 2:You know, like you said, yeah, to be honest, I'm gonna tell you what I told hoppa you guys need to get the fuck off this island, bro, if you're gonna be a dj big time, because I mean, you guys are getting paid hundreds when you guys should be getting paid grands for your set. So every time you guys played a set for us, we were ripping you off about 600 bucks, because same set you guys could play in vegas, you guys would make a grand, you know?
Speaker 2:I mean it's like yeah it's just hawaii prices ain't worth it. You know I mean, and your guy's talent is on a level where you can take it out there. You know I mean, and especially vegas we eat. How big edm is out there like once you get a strong name, you just go there and get a residency and just kill.
Speaker 1:It's definitely cut through the business for sure, and I feel like it's definitely cutthroat the business for sure, and I feel like it's definitely a lot more saturated than it was before, and that's why, honestly, now I'm focused on producing and I feel like that is going to help set me apart because of my production and the music that I make that's yours, yeah yeah, that's mine.
Speaker 2:Well, good luck with that man, and keep doing your art, because it connects the visual with the music. So that's super cool man.
Speaker 1:Thank you, I appreciate that.
Speaker 2:I appreciate you for coming on. Where can people find you on your social media?
Speaker 1:You can find me on Instagram. My username is MassFunk. Uh, soundcloud is, uh, just mass funk. I believe um other than that. Just stay tuned, because I got more in store for you. And thank you, man, for having me on your podcast. Uh, I had a lot of fun. I can't wait to do it again.
Speaker 2:You know, have more stories of leveling up and achievements in the future I definitely want to hear those stories and I definitely want to see you fucking do it, bro, like you're a cool dude and I always enjoyed hanging out with you and I still do and honestly, I never got a conversation with you one-on-one without any interruption. So this was a cool hour and I definitely am stoked that you agreed to come on because you're a good person and I always thought that and I think in our industry it's hit or miss, but you meet some fucking dirt bags, but you also can meet some good people and I think it's a crazy industry that we're in and, yeah, it's, it's. It's cool to see that you're coming out on top and, yeah, I appreciate you, man. Um, we'll definitely do this again and when you're opening in coachella or some crazy shit like that that would be super cool to see.
Speaker 2:Man and, yeah, just take, take risk and bet on yourself. That's why I tell Hoppa, and he's gonna, he's gonna do some crazy shit in the next year, brah, it's gonna be cool to see.
Speaker 1:And, yep, keep doing your thing, brah you guys yeah you guys keep the beat, so go make some music thank you, man, thank you for believing in me, thank you for supporting me and thank you for being my A good homie that I've met through the industry Cause you know. You meet a lot of people you don't. You don't know if they're like their friendship is true or If they're authentic themselves. But you, I'm really glad to have met you and worked with you, so and to the next emo night, next emo nights, bro.
Speaker 2:We definitely got to do that. Well, like you said in what is it? June, the?
Speaker 1:ending, yeah, at the end of june. Yeah, those are my favorite fridays, bro, right after your ego metallica yeah, that's be, insane.
Speaker 2:I can't wait for that. All right, man, we'll shock us for the cameras we're out. Shout out to the Artist Group Network Aloha, thank you.
