Michael Donovan's Walking Home

(Musician, Producer) I first met Dan Nakamura, AKA Dan the Automator, when I shot his album and press kit for his band, Got a Girl," with our mutual friend Mary. Dan has been a hip hop producer who's work has been heard for the past 30 years in a variety of genre's of music. Though his work he has collaborated with the greatest musicians and gathered insight and wisdom about creativity, art and music. Today I sit down with him in the East Village to talk about art.  Some topics we go over: Adding distraction to remove the pressure  Validation through Commercializations contrasted to Validation through art  Make the art you want to make  Likeminded people find eachother to make awe Doing what makes you happy without compromise  Creating your own world with a do or die attitude  Working with odd, different people, who drum to their own beat that are in the world in spite of the world  Using your humor for difficult subjects The joy of the ups and downs The future of music Bulk Records Dan on Twitter Dan on