RS: So you’re totally a Korg guy?
Nevins: Well I happen to be working with Korg on this Electribe MX, I just did a video for them - a short little video that’s an interview and a demo type thing for their web site. They’re a company that put out good stuff. I must admit without naming names, I used to work with some other companies and to me they’ve fallen behind a bit with the technology and the sound. This Korg stuff, the sounds that they are putting out are really, really cool sounds, and their pieces are pretty easy to use. So, having cool sounds and having easy to use pieces of gear make good products for me.
RS: So you’re a spokesperson for Korg and I guess also for Ultimate DJ Gear bags.
Nevins: Right, I just hooked up with UDG and they’re an awesome company. They have the coolest bags which everybody already knows and yes, I may be working with them as well. A lot of what I’m doing now is sponsorships and also endorsements, because if people know my name and know the stuff that I’m doing, it’s cool to let people know what products I’m using to get there. The Ultimate DJ Gear bags is a different story, but that’s something fun, and the bags they have are awesome. They hold up really well, they’re really cool-looking and great quality. We just hooked up and we’re going to see where it goes from there.
RS: Going back to your products you use, are you a Logic or Protools kind of guy?
Nevins: I am actually a Cubase, Steinberg Cubase. Actually, I’ve been a Mac user for fourteen years and I’m now venturing to the PC side, and I’m going to be working with a wonderful, wonderful company called AlienWare.
RS: Really?
Nevins: That’s another company I’m going to be hooking up with and we’re going to be doing something together for my tour. I’m going to be using Cubase SX on a PC. There's a lot that you can do with the PC and I keep hearing good things about it, so I think it’s time to make the switch.
RS: You know, that's another example of you being totally unlike anyone else, because everyone else I talk to switch from PC to Mac, or switch from Protools to Logic, and you’re the first person I’ve spoken to who said they’re moving from Mac to PC and using Cubase.
Nevins: Yes, Cubase SX is a great program. I haven’t really gotten into it too much, but SX is a really cool program, it works really well with the PC and they work really well specifically with AlienWare computers. AlienWare computers make unbelievable gaming and digital audio workstation computers. Their prices aren’t cheap, but what they do is they build computers that work really well with what we’re doing. So, when I heard that and when I found out more about the computers, we got into discussions about working together and I said to them you know, if I’m going to be using something I want to use something that works really well, and we’ve taken it from there.
RS: Well you just mentioned there helping you out with your tour, are you doing a DJ tour or a production tour? Do you DJ out a lot now?
Nevins: I don’t DJ out a lot, but I have a bunch of dates that I’m doing. DJing to me is not my main focus, producing and writing is. I would say if you were to put writing and producing as number one, DJing and remixing would come hand-in-hand number two. Remixers for me and DJing for me are tools to help me get to the place that I want to be.
I’m not saying this in a bad way, but I don’t want to consider myself as a DJ/ remixer. Which I think unfortunately I’m known for, which is nothing wrong with, but to me I’d rather be writing and producing than anything else. But, I still a the same time enjoy remixing and DJing, which will help facilitate me getting to where I really want to be.
RS: Well as a DJ, what are your biggest records to play out right now?
Nevins: One of my biggest and favorite is Ferry Corsten, “Rock Your Body Rock.”
I heard it with a buddy of mine, DJ Jens who’s on one of the radio stations in Texas. He introduced me to the record I was like “oh man, that is a sick, sick record, and I got it immediately.” I heard Moonshine was putting it out in the United States.
RS: Of all the tracks you’ve remixed over all the years, what’ been the hardest track for you to remix?
RS: Of all the tracks you’ve remixed over all the years, what’ been the hardest track for you to remix?
Nevins: The hardest track? Well I can tell you the one that I screwed up the most. I did a Kool and the Gang “Celebration” remix and that was when I first got into digital audio. This was when I was going from the Atari to the Mac, and previously to that, even with the Run DMC record, I did everything in a sampler. I was unsure how to use the Mac and how to used digital audio so I called somebody at Steinberg and I said I need some help.
