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Film, Video Follow The Music Interview: Thomas Blondet

Video interview with Thomas Blondet conducted by Kim Torrence

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About this Item

Title

  • Follow The Music Interview: Thomas Blondet

Names

  • Torrence, Kim (Interviewer)
  • Blondet, Thomas (Interviewee)

Created / Published

  • Washington, District of Columbia, May 16, 2023

Headings

  • -  Nightlife
  • -  Underground music
  • -  Music trade
  • -  Disc jockeys--United States
  • -  COVID-19 (Disease) and the arts
  • -  House music--Washington (D.C.)
  • -  Burns, Sam the Man
  • -  Deep House
  • -  Interviews
  • -  Ethnography
  • -  Moving Image
  • -  United States -- Washington (D.C.)

Genre

  • Interviews
  • Ethnography
  • Moving Image

Notes

  • -  Summary: Thomas Blondet recounts growing up between New York and South Florida. He moved to DC as a teen where he frequented local Record Stores, learned from Sam “The Man” Burns, and eventually began DJing in underground House clubs. He was known as the youngest DJ at Red. He concludes by discussing the oversaturation of the club scene, the double-edged sword of the accessibility of music, and what relationships DJs and the advent of AI might need to navigate in the future.
  • -  Keywords: Sound Engineer, Producer, Record Label, resident DJ, rave, Deep House, turntables, battle set, vinyl, after hours club, Deep House heads, Winter Music Conference, Deep House heads, die hard club goers, hardcore house heads, community, white label records, promos, show business, Trip Hop, background music, dance music
  • -  Venue: Recorded on Zoom, May 16, 2023.

Medium

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

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Series: Washington, DC

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.

Cite This Item

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

Chicago citation style:

Torrence, Kim, and Thomas Blondet. Follow The Music Interview: Thomas Blondet. Washington, District of Columbia, 2023. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2022012_079/.

APA citation style:

Torrence, K. & Blondet, T. (2023) Follow The Music Interview: Thomas Blondet. Washington, District of Columbia. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2022012_079/.

MLA citation style:

Torrence, Kim, and Thomas Blondet. Follow The Music Interview: Thomas Blondet. Washington, District of Columbia, 2023. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2022012_079/>.