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Title

  • Follow The Music Interview: Scott Kay

Names

  • Brickhouse, Junious (Interviewer)
  • Sarakul, Ryan (Recordist)
  • Kell-Abrams, Maya (Contributor)
  • Scott K. (Musician) (Interviewee)

Created / Published

  • Los Angeles, California, May 2, 2023

Headings

  • -  Nightlife
  • -  Underground music
  • -  Music trade
  • -  African Americans--Social life and customs
  • -  Disc jockeys--United States
  • -  House music--California--Los Angeles
  • -  Promoters
  • -  Interviews
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Moving Image
  • -  United States -- Illinois -- Chicago
  • -  United States -- California -- Los Angeles

Genre

  • Interviews
  • Ethnography
  • Moving Image

Notes

  • -  Summary: Scott Kay was born and raised in Chicago, and now lives in Los Angeles. Scott has immense national and international experience as a DJ/music maker, that started working at his local roller skate rinks as a kid. He speaks about what it was like to be in Chicago when house music was born, from listening to the local radio stations, such as KCRW, to attending festivals, such as The Chosen Few (south side) and West Fest (west side). He speaks on his own struggles with imposter syndrome and self-limiting beliefs as well as the contrast between the underground events and the commercial "Hollywood" events. It is a challenge to build sustainable community events and to reach new generations. One of his favorite events was a Friday night party with Tony Watson at Club More, which they ended while it was at its peak. Scott Kay created the music label, Box Music. Scott Kay started a party called We Own the Night with Juan Hoerni and Roy Davis Jr that has been going for over 12 years.
  • -  Keywords: African American history; African American culture; Black history; Black dance; Black culture; 2slgbtqia+; lgbtq; traditions; global; electronic dance music; house dance; house culture; club culture; DJ; music maker; KCRW; festivals; imposter syndrome; self-limiting beliefs; commercial; Hollywood; sustainable; new generations; music label
  • -  Venue: Recorded on Zoom, May 2, 2023.

Medium

  • 1 moving image file (MP4): digital. 1 manuscript file (PDF): digital.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Series: Los Angeles

Source Collection

  • Follow the Music: Exploring Multi-Linear Legacies of House Culture: Community Collections Grant Project, 2022-2023 (AFC 2022/012)

Repository

  • American Folklife Center

Digital Id

Online Format

  • video
  • pdf
  • image

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Credit line

Follow the Music: Exploring Multi-Linear Legacies of House Culture, Community Collections Grant Project, 2023 (AFC 2022/012), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Brickhouse, Junious, Ryan Sarakul, Maya Kell-Abrams, and Scott K. Follow The Music Interview: Scott Kay. Los Angeles, California, May 2, 2023. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2022012_033/.

APA citation style:

Brickhouse, J., Sarakul, R., Kell-Abrams, M. & Scott K. (2023) Follow The Music Interview: Scott Kay. Los Angeles, California, May 2. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2022012_033/.

MLA citation style:

Brickhouse, Junious, et al. Follow The Music Interview: Scott Kay. Los Angeles, California, May 2, 2023. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/afc2022012_033/>.