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Tucker and Bloom caught up with Music City hip hop instrumentalist, record collector, and tambourine shaker, Cash Hathaway. He has been avidly thumbing through records, filtering space gunk onto samples, and chopping drums for years.The man stays in the studio doing push ups on drum pads. The resulting sound? Well…we will let him fill you in on the details.
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THE BAG MESSENGER:Name, age, where are you from?

Cash Hathaway: I go by Cash Hathaway. I’m 27 and I live on the East side of Nashville, TN

THE BAG MESSENGER:How did you get involved in making beats? How long have you been doing it?

Cash Hathaway: Oh man,I started djing at age 16. Buying records with every dollar I had. From there, I started to get into the classic samples, bought a 303 and began the beat journey. Been doing it 9 years now…
I remember the first time I walked into a studio.  It was at a friend’s house. His father owned a construction company and he built him a small room off of their house.  I ended up sleeping in there the first night, learning what I could while I could. That was when I knew I had to start getting equipment. I’ve been at it ever since. 



THE BAG MESSENGER:Where does it come from? Do you remember first finding your passion for music?

Cash Hathaway:For me creation is a spiritual experience. Art, music, dance, beats, rhymes, it all comes from the creator. I enjoy creating freely, with no expectations. There is a level of submission required of one’s self to reach past our limits. Many times I find the best stuff usually happens by accident. Art is a process

THE BAG MESSENGER:What kind of sounds do you like to work with? How would you describe your sound?

Cash Hathaway: I work with a lot of samples. My sound is on some offbeat, crunchy, organic, spacey stuff.

THE BAG MESSENGER:What are the tools of the trade? (whats in the bag)

Cash Hathaway: I enjoy having limitations.  I believe it forces me to be more creative. Therefore, I use only hardware. I use a MPC 3000. Drums, Fender Rhodes.  Korg Poly 61.  Microkorg. Roland Juno 60. Fender Bass. Tambourines. Shakers. Technic 1200’s. RECORDS. RECORDS. RECORDS.



THE BAG MESSENGER:Where do you find inspiration to create?

Cash Hathaway: Inspiration is found in everything: people, emotion, space, incense, colors, design, mood, nature, history, records, shapes, sound, everything. Life is inspiring to me.

THE BAG MESSENGER: Favorite producers?

Cash Hathaway: Oh man. I listen to a lot of music. Producers I’m feeling….Dilla, SA-RA, King Tubby, Spacek, and Janiero Jarel. 

THE BAG MESSENGER:What are you listening to these days? Any projects we should be looking for?

Cash Hathaway: I’m digging a lot of Latin and Brazilian Music these days. Bossa nova, and Afrobeat. The new Jay Electronica stuff. Again Janiero Jarel is dope. Shafiq Husayn, Bob Dylan, Bibio, Radiohead, Dilla Beats, and Camp Lo. I tend to mix it up. I am working on an album of beats, called Vibrations, to be released summer of 2010. Stay tuned at http://www.myspace.com/cashhathaway.



Cash Hathaway: Knox

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