30 Roc Talks 6 New Grammy Nominations, Never Watching Tutorials, Signing to Ear Drummers + More

30 Roc Interview on the Producergrind Podcast. Ear Drummers music producer “30 Roc” stopped by the office to give us his story of going from working at Dairy Queen to signing a deal with Mike Will and producing several Billboard charting hits. He talked about the journey he took to get to where he is today and the decisions he had to make. We also talked about his 6 Grammy Nominations going into the 2019 including Album of the year. He gave some producer advice and talked about the biggest things he has learned from working around Mike WIll and the rest of Ear Drummers. He also talked about how he has never watched a tutorial on how to make beats, he says he learned how to use DAW software through his own personal use of the programs and experimenting. We also got 30 Roc to give us an example of his daily lifestyle before success and now that he is successful in music. At the end we tried out a new segment called “Random Questions” where we ask 30 Roc some off-topic questions for fun instead of our “Overrated/Underrated” segment.

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00:41 Where is 30 Roc from & how he got into making beats
02:10 The first placements & people to rap on his beats
05:21 Says he never watched a DAW tutorial
7:55 Watching tutorials makes you think like the person who made the tutorial
8:58 How do you feel about someone else mixing your beat?
9:41 How do you structure your beats?
10:32 First billboard charting song
10:54 Lifestyle before billboard placement
11:08 Accounting firm job
12:50 going to school for a semester
13:15 Going to college to make parents happy
15:09 Family reaction to your success
16:10 how life changed after Billboard Hit & meeting Mike Will
18:43 Not getting credit & getting beat remade
22:00 Benefits of signing to Mike Will
22:25 Biggest thing learned from working with Mike WIll
26:02 Working with Travis Scott & Cardo on AstroWorld in LA
28:01 Having 6 Grammy nominations this year!!!
31:12 30 Roc’s Current daily lifestyle
35:42 Spiritual life & praying every day
36:58 How often do you make beats & how many on a good day?
39:02 Why he doesn’t make beats every day
40:19 Ever had problems getting paid for your beats/placements?
42:18 Best producer advice you could give to up & coming producers
48:15 *Random Questions*
(48:47) If you had to evacuate your house what would you grab?
(50:56) Cup Noodles Vs Stove Top Noodles
(51:38) Who had more influence on Hip-Hop T-Pain or Soulja Boy
(52:27) Grizzly or Gorilla Pt 2
(53:36) If you had to, would you rather eat a cockroach or tarantula
(55:48) If you had to would you rather be stuck in Desert or Alaska?