Astro Raph – HuffPost 1.28.14

Mike Ragogna: Okay, if you opened up a school to teach DJs what to do, what would the number one instruction be?

Astro Raph: Just do what you love. That’s the number one rule. Find the music that really just moves you, makes you go, “Oh, yeah!” Even if it’s something really obscure, or maybe it’s a combination of things or you’re into a bit of everything, don’t be scared to do that either.

MR: Is that also the advice that you’d give for new artists?

AR: Oh, definitely. It’s a slightly different take but it’s kind of the same thing. A DJ can mix up a lot of different genres just like an artist could blend a lot of different genres or be influenced by a lot of different genres. There are a lot of similarities. As a DJ, I find that I can blend a lot of different genres and then I’ll start finding songs that kind of fall in between those genres. They become this rainbow of sound. It’s really cool.