![]() In the early 1990s, Osborn was stationed in Japan with the US Air Force. If I was in Detroit, and I was actually going out to parties and hearing this, I might not have had such an interesting take." You make up a story in your head about what's going on. He remembers, "When I was growing up, there were a lot of great radio shows like Mojo and the Wizard." He explains that "being isolated and by yourself when you are listening to the radio is just like radio plays from the 40s and 50s. Although he was somewhat isolated from the Detroit music scene, his proximity to Ann Arbor allowed him to tap into the youth-driven culture of the college scene and catch groups like Run-DMC at the Hill Auditorium.Ĭhelsea was also within the broadcasting range of the Detroit and Ann Arbor radio stations that influenced him. Osborn grew up in the greater Detroit area until second grade, when his dad built a house in Chelsea. Osborn is reluctant to give budding musicians advice, due to the fact that much of his own success in music has been "a lot of luck and my friends coming over, hearing something I'm doing, and spreading it around." However, his story exemplifies how building long-lasting, personal relationships in your community creates the potential for success.įor him, it's about "doing business the way you want to do it." He concludes, "If you're already in that mindset and you carry yourself with integrity, then people will pick up on that, and they will respond to it." And his self-aware approach to the business of making music has really paid off, allowing him to carve out an established career on Ghostly International's techno-oriented label Spectral Sound, as DJ Osborne, and his own label Rewind Records / Rephlex under the name Soundmurderer. It might be subconscious for Osborn, but speaking with him you get the sense that the "vibe" he's feeling is really about the personal relationships that he has with his community, his family, and the cats over at Ghostly - ever since he was a kid. ![]() Ypsilanti trumps urban heavyweights like Los Angeles and Paris. ![]() Believe it or not, the successful DJ and music producer prefers "the subconscious vibe of being in Ypsi," and the opportunities the area provides him to work and play his own way. ![]() Blowing up in music did not compel Todd Osborn to blow town for the bright lights of New York, Berlin, London, nor any of music's other major epicenters. ![]()
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