Trini Viv Interview: Beat-making process, Trinidad, Lisha G, Bounce House Blues vol. 1, and more!

Interview w/ Philly-area producer, rapper, and engineer Triniviv. Follow Triniviv: https://www.instagram.com/triniviv https://www.beatstars.com/triniviv https://soundcloud.com/a1yungviv https://open.spotify.com/artist/0BdYblPVnK3wnWREfBQ712 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkwV7OXSTBecRtlbOVAC-1A Follow Sleepwalker Entertainment: https://www.sleepwalkerent.com https://www.instagram.com/sleepwalker https://twitter.com/sleepwalker_ent https://soundcloud.com/sleepwalkerent https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sleepwalker-radio 0:00 - We in Drexel University w/ Triniviv 0:50 - S/o Ancient Egypt 1:04 - Getting a degree for music business 2:09 - Trini’s Trini heritage (s/o the motherland) 3:30 - Adjusting to moving to and from Trinidad as a kid 4:26 - Favorite Trinidadian dish 4:45 - Living right outside Philly 5:45 - Starting off as a rapper and getting into producing 7:31 - Pursuing producing and changing name to Triniviv 8:08 - Repping Trinidad 9:20 - Playing the piano and his approach to making melodies 11:40 - Influences (Pharrell, Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder, P’ierre Bourne) 12:55 - Getting into the Philly music scene 14:12 - Favorite underground Philly shows (s/o Jah$tar, Kush, and Guap) 16:27 - Working w/ Rodie Senpai and linking w/ Sprout and Eli616 18:30 - Fav tracks w/ Rodie, Sprout, and Eli 19:45 - Who Trini’s listening to right now (Lisha G, Rodie, Sprout, Eli, Drew, 80, kwon, Bear1boss, It Girl) 21:14 - S/o Lildre556 and Perc40 22:10 - Labels 23:58 - S/o Lisha G 24:48 - Locking in w/ Lisha G 26:16 - S/o Yuneylae 26:32 - Groovy Steppin Shit 27:55 - Bounce House Blues 31:50 - Connecting w/ Perseu$ and making Skimaskmusic 34:47 - Noiseofcory influence 36:10 - Digital Nas and Noiseofcory beef #4daloreheads37:48 - Drexel Music Program 39:47 - Producer Qs (Beats per week, DAW, Sampling, VSTs, Stand Up vs Sit down to record) 45:47 - Projects to check out by Triniviv 46:55 - Groovy Steppin Shit otw 47:09 - Making different genres of music, and composer dreams 48:22 - Place in Philly music scene 49:35 - Trini in 5 years 51:46 - What to expect next from Trini 52:56 - Shoutouts 54:11 - Signing Off