Hey, it's Charlie. Just this week we did a total breakdown of Lil Nas X's Montero call

me by our name. And I spoke with the producer duo Take a Day Trip, David and Denzel, about

how they put together that track. In our original conversation, we also talked about how

they went from meeting in school to their struggles in their early part of their career

before their big first hit, Mo Bomba with Shek West, and the full story of meeting and

working with Lil Nas X. I had so much fun talking with them. I just thought you might

enjoy the conversation. So here's Take a Day Trip.

Hey, what's up, I'm David. What's up, I'm Denzel. We are Take a Day Trip. We make some

tunes. We play some keyboards, put down some drums, just overall record makers. Just try

to have fun doing it. What's the origin of Take a Day Trip? How did you all get together?

I guess I'll take it back. Kind of one like my story and then Denzel's story and then

how we connected. I was born and raised in Rhode Island and then moved to Vermont when

I was 13 and like all through high school. I was like playing piano and started taking

DJ lessons when I was 13 and I moved to Vermont and it got me inspired to the idea of performing

and making music as a producer, more of an artist producer and a DJ space. That's what got

me excited to apply to NYU, this program, the Clive Davis Institute of Recorder Music.

We settled in New York. That's when we really met and then Denzel from your side.

Yeah, so I was born in Brooklyn and my family moved to New Jersey when I was pretty young,

so that's where I grew up. I learned a lot of music between the Internet and playing

in church. The music director of my church was this producer, Noel Goring, who did a

lot of early on 90s R&B stuff and then basically taught me logic.

Just like the beginnings of production and really just dealing with artists and stuff like

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