In this third episode of the XTRA Pod, Jay is on call today with beatmaker/producer Anton "justo" Ventura to talk about all things related to music. Pop in this episode if you want to hear music recommendations, musings on the local music industry, gatekeeping, J-Coasta, struggling artists, the emerging online gig movement and many more!

You can catch Anton's 2017 album on Bandcamp through this link: https://buwanbuwancollective.bandcamp.com/album/catching-orbits

*For transparency, some names were censored here at the request of the guest speaker!

Timestamps

0:00 Frontliners’ Kitchen Sponsorship

0:39 Introduction, plugging in Catching Orbits

1:29 Anton talks about his musical upbringing, the influences in crafting his album and the first round of music recommendations

4:58 Musicians doing side projects, how they succeed, and what they can do that they can’t in a major label

7:14 The creative process behind Catching Orbits and beat sampling

10:49 YouTube and Facebook recommendations, and on getting featured by publications or youtube channels

12:12 Thoughts on local music critics and The Flying Lugaw’s influence on the scene

14:00 We geek out a little bit over Jai Paul

14:33 Gatekeeping within the music industry

18:42 How some artists try to reach more notoriety, especially the ones who want to go international

20:46 Soundcloud, and the disdain with record labels

22:23 Is OPM dead? Pushing the scene forward, and a little bit of Kolateral talk

25:17 On love songs, being sawi, cultural support, and inspirations

26:58 Changes in the local DJ scene, the demands of 88rising

29:34 Preview to nepotism in the music industry and challenges of some Filipino artists

31:09 Filipino artists that went to DLSU, and getting local artists exposed

32:59 Nepotism and using connections in the music industry

34:51 “Can’t Hang With The Fakes”: Diving into the J-Coasta phenomenon

40:15 Why are people hooked into performing?

42:20 Club Matryoshka and online shows going forward

45:40 Manila Community Radio and the DIY phenomenon

47:18 Anton plugs his work coming up in the future and featuring people you’ve never heard of

48:15 Empowering artists and why Bandcamp is better than Spotify in doing that

50:05 Anton’s 2-minute long last words + more recommendations and plugs (don’t forget to stream DYNAMITE)