EP 080 with Robi Gonzalez

Crude Conversations

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Society & Culture

4.9 • 152 Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2020

⏱️ 99 minutes

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In this episode, Cody has a conversation with artist and musician Robi Gonzalez. Robi’s had an affinity for music since he was a kid, back when his uncle taught him how to sit on the drums and play a basic beat. In 2006, that took a more tangible shape in the form of two projects. One was Robi’s solo project called Robot, where he produced ambient music that, he says, would fit a sci-fi movie. The other was a project called rawbeats, where he teamed up with his best friend Max Cuzor. They both played the drums at the same time while sharing a kick drum. In 2012, Robi started drumming for A Place to Bury Strangers, a rock band known for their loud, atmospheric performances. He eventually quit so he could pursue a career as a hairdresser, but after he got his hair license he joined another band, This Will Destroy You. In the first issue of Crude Magazine, back in 2013, Cody interviewed Robi and he described himself as, “tangential, not scatterbrained.” And that still holds true. He always seems to make it back to his original point. In this conversation, like many others Cody and Robi have had, they talk about following the unconventional path of an artist and a musician, and where that leads. How there are benefits and there are pitfalls to pursuing that tumultuous and uncertain road.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the show. In this one I have a conversation with artist and musician Robbie Gonzalez.
0:16.0	Robbie's had an affinity for music since he was a kid.
0:19.0	Back when his uncle taught him how to sit on the drums and play a basic beat.
0:23.8	In 2006, that took a more tangible shape in the form of two projects.
0:28.8	One was Robbie's solo project called robot, where he produced ambient music that, he says, would fit a sci-fi movie.
0:36.0	The other project was called Raw Beets, where he teamed up with his best friend, Max Kuzor.
0:41.2	They both played the drums at the same time while sharing a kick drum.
0:45.3	In 2012, Robbie started drumming for a place to bury strangers, a rock band known for their loud
0:51.2	atmospheric performances. He eventually quit so he could pursue a career as a
0:55.4	hairdresser. But after he got his hair license, he joined another band. This will destroy you.
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