Are there any arguments about musical legitimacy that you’ve encountered?
MoPo: More often than not it’s not from the bands. The DJ is the new thing and everybody wants to try it. It’s other DJs who are often skeptical of you playing with live bands. There’s a lot of prejudice against people who don’t play strictly vinyl or just play for a house audience. Part of my goal is to bring together the live music audience and the dance audience. What I find is when you bring them together and the vibe is right, everything works out fine. DJs who hate on other DJs for wanting to move forward are just luddites, there’s no sense in it. A lot of it is fear. Fear that all their years of buying records will be wasted, fear of losing their commitment to one genre. Fans just want to have a good time at a show – spiritually, musically and mentally. You’re opening for Rebirth Brass Band a couple times in New Orleans. What makes them your favorite band, what sets them apart from the herd for you? They’re the band that cloned me. It was Mardi Gras Day 1995 and I had my first t
