It's All Reps — Matt Bates on Music, AI and Running | YYYC S5E1

YYYC is back for Season 5. our host, Telly B., sits down with Matt Bates (@mattbatesofficial). With the talented, young Calgary producer, singer-songwriter, they talk about learning piano at five, whether music theory still matters now that AI can make songs, who owns a song made with AI, making his first album in a Vancouver basement, three beats a day until it became routine, quitting drinking and smoking, running the Calgary marathon, and why nobody is the best.Follow Matt bates on Youtube and IG: @mattbatesofficialYYYC (Why YYC?) — Uncovering Talent Shaping Calgary Urban Identity. A YYC Records show.Chapters0:00 Back after a few years2:28 Piano at five, and the sheet music he wanted to throw away4:14 Is music theory still worth learning now AI exists7:27 How he describes his own sound9:47 The fear — a million tracks that sound the same10:38 Who owns a song made with AI11:48 The first album, made in a Vancouver basement14:00 Three beats a day until it became routine14:47 Taking a break without losing the skill18:03 Why he left Vancouver and came back to Calgary21:21 Writer's block, and the grass you actually water23:32 Sit at a table with no phone26:17 The attention economy against your own time28:56 Seventy beats, and the Calgary marathon32:13 Why he quit drinking and smoking34:28 Running to empty the mind palace36:13 "Hang With the Stars", shot in a blizzard38:28 Nobody is the best — "idiots all the way up"44:16 Reciter or composer47:41 Going to college for mixing49:06 The Buzz — rapid fire52:29 Calgary in ten years54:19 What's next, and where to find himThe opinions expressed in these interviews are not necessarily those of YYC Records and its subsidiaries.#YYYC #Calgary #CalgaryMusic #Podcast #MusicProducer