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Off the Record features interviews with local and national musicians as aired on WKNC 88.1 FM HD-1/HD-2.
00:00
Kendall
Hello and welcome. You're listening to WKNC 88.1 Raleigh. I'm your host, Kendall, and this is off the Record. Here with me today is DJ Himbo. And do you mind introducing yourself for the listeners that may not be familiar with you or your music?
00:14
Dj Himbo
Awesome. So what's up, y'? All? I'm DJ Himbo. I'm a DJ based in Durham. I'm also a culture, cultural organizer, social justice organizer, and I do a lot of nonprofit work and stuff as well. But I'm also a musician, so I play instruments, I sing opera. I do a lot of different things. I write. I'm just sort of a renaissance man. And, yeah, I've been DJing about a year and a half now, and it's been really making ways for me in terms of a new form of creative expression.
00:44
Kendall
Dang. Okay, talented. Awesome. Let's start off with. Where are you from?
00:54
Dj Himbo
So I'm originally from Mobile, Alabama. It's at the bottom. So it's the coastal South. We right there next to Florida, Louisiana, and all that stuff. And Alabama is a very. Well, Mobile specifically. It's very rainy, but also very rich culturally. It's almost very similar to, like, New Orleans. Like, we like cousins. Mobile and New Orleans are cousins. And so lots of seafood. We have Mardi Gras. That's actually where Mardi Gras started. So there's lots of rich band culture and music and. Yeah, it's just a really great. It's like a city full of heritage. I feel like Mobile is. And I moved to Durham about five years ago now.
01:32
Kendall
All right.
01:33
Dj Himbo
I came up here with a friend, and I was only expecting to stay about six months. We were only supposed to stay six months, but it just turned into a really cool place to be. I started making great friends. I started making great connections. And, yeah, here I am.
01:46
Kendall
That's awesome. Well, welcome. I'm glad you like it here. I've never been to Alabama, so. Interesting place.
01:53
Dj Himbo
I can't speak for the entire Alabama, but Mobile is a pretty cool place, especially if you go to Mardi Gras.
02:00
Kendall
And how did you get into the DJing scene? You said you've been DJing for like, a year and a half?
02:05
Dj Himbo
Yeah. So when I first moved here, I was just trying new things and trying to be a very different person from who I was before, who was, like, very shy, very sheltered, very, like, never went out or did anything. So I would be going out to the parties and stuff in the area, like, by myself. I would just be showing up, dancing all the DJs I would be seeing was just like, so cool. So I'd be like, yeah, I was going out every weekend alone. And then one night One of the DJs came up to me. They was like, you're always here. Yeah. So they invited me to hang out with them after one of their parties. And from there I just like, connected with everybody. There's so many DJs in Durham and in the Triangle in general.
02:47
Dj Himbo
And I think that's like a beautiful thing. But people will always be like, ain't you a DJ? Aren't you a DJ? I thought you were a DJ. And I'll be like, no, I hang with the DJ. But I am not. I am not a DJ. And then I had an idea to start throwing a. To throw a party for my birthday. And it was also to like, raise money for me to get top surgery. And I was like, wouldn't it be cool if I did like a DJ set for this party? It was only supposed to be like a one night thing. So I did the DJ set for my birthday party and. And people were like, okay, well you gotta do it again. Like, you absolutely have to do it again.
03:23
Dj Himbo
And then from there, like, folks just started hitting me up like, can you do this party? Can you do that party? And it just turned into me, like, okay, I guess now I'm a DJ since I put myself out there in that way.
03:34
Kendall
That's so funny. It seems like your passion then if after one night people were like, we need more of you.
03:40
Dj Himbo
Right, right. It was so much fun. It was so much fun. I'm so grateful. And yeah, like, music is everything to me. Like I said, being a DJ is just a new way to like, share my music with people.
03:52
Kendall
Yeah. And on your Instagram, you have the brain off body on like, motto. You want to go into the story behind that, like, what does that mean to you?
04:00
Dj Himbo
Yeah. So like, I feel like as a dj, like, it's what, like playing the music and getting the people going is like our mode of operation in a lot of ways. Like, some people just dj where they just play like stuff you hear on the radio, like club hits. And it can get the people going. Some people play like techno and it can get the people going. It just depends on your vibe. And I feel like just being present with how your body feels when you listen to this music and not like, oh, I don't know this song, or oh, this is different, or oh, it feels unfamiliar. It's like be present with finding your groove. I feel like, in any form of music, I can always find my groove. Even when it's. It could be a tango. And I'm like, hey, hey.
04:49
Dj Himbo
It just depends. And so bring off body on. It's like, don't think about it, just feel it. Like, just dance, like. And I promise you're gonna have a good time. If you trust me, if you trust the dj, you're going to move. So just trust me. Don't think about it. I don't need a request. I just need a dancer.
05:09
Kendall
Definitely. I totally agree with that. How would you describe your DJ sound?
05:16
Dj Himbo
I would say so. I had, like. I was DJing at a wedding after. It was like a wedding after party and I was at the end of the night, so it was very late. It was like 1am when I started. Dang. So they had already had like, the wedding, like, all these things. Most of these people have been there all day, you know. And so I, like, I had a whole, like, sort of set planned in my brain, but I shifted gears into things that were more like slow, more like calming and relaxing. And then one of my DJ friends who went before me had this reflection. Like, you just always know what to play. Like, no matter where we are, you just always know what to do. And I feel like that's kind of like what my sound gives.
06:03
Dj Himbo
Like, I'm a chameleon in a lot of ways. Like, the container I'm in really molds the experience I'm presenting. But I would say it's very warm and there's like, aspects of nostalgia. You're always gonna dance and there's. I do a lot of ballroom stuff. Ballroom is a really big inspiration for me and. And all that and then. But I just really enjoy taking people, like providing people with the experience that the container calls for. Like, if you're in this particular type of setting, I'm always gonna give you what you asking for. Like, if we in a coffee shop, I'm gonna give you coffee shop. If we want a big dance floor, I'm gonna give you sweat until you can't sweat no more.
06:48
Dj Himbo
You know, if we're at a farmer's market, I'm gonna give you strolling through the farmer's market, you know, And I feel like that's one of my gifts is like, yeah, really being intentional about the containers I'm in and giving people the experience that they call for.
07:05
Kendall
Yeah, I really like that. And I like the phrase of being described as a chameleon. Do you think that extends to who you are in like social situations as well, or do you think that's just confined to, like how you present yourself in your music?
07:18
Dj Himbo
I feel like it's definitely an extension of who I am, like socially as a person. I'm a person who can exist in multiple different settings. And part of that was like, you know, childhood trauma, growing up as a people pleaser in a lot of ways. But I transformed it into sort of, you know, it's like a superpower to be able to have empathy towards a room and a space and people's energies and matching up to where you need to be to like create harmony in a space.
07:50
Kendall
Most definitely. And do you have any, like, big music inspirations?
07:56
Dj Himbo
So many of my friends honestly inspire me. Like a few DJs in the area, DJ Wicked, like so loud. My friends, they're a DJ duo named Sex on Decks. Like they're so like creative and so passionate and driven with like what they want to do and then their voice. They also have very distinct identities. Like when you hear Wiki said, when you hear like so Loud set, you hear Sex on Deck set, you know, like exactly who that is, even if you can't see them on the decks. And I've always appreciated the authenticity of their sounds. And yeah, my friends are huge inspirations. And yeah, so many DJs just all over the world. I think DJing in general is just such a beautiful sort of alchemizing art form.
08:40
Kendall
Totally.
08:41
Dj Himbo
And yeah, having the opportunity to hear songs in ways you've never heard them before, it just always inspires me so much.
08:48
Kendall
That's wonderful. I think being inspired by your friends is like one of the most green flags that you can get from a friendship. Honestly.
08:56
Dj Himbo
Yes. I love my friends. They always lift me up and make me better.
09:00
Kendall
That's awesome. So online I saw that you've been described as a multidisciplinary musician, writer and community builder. So what does that mean to you and would you agree with that?
09:12
Dj Himbo
Yeah, so I. Well, my medium of choice, actually my main instrument is voice. I'm an opera singer. So I. I'm writing an opera. Currently I sing with the Choral Society of Durham. So I'm still very much still in that classical sphere and that is really important to me. And a goal in my life is to like, have my own company one day. But I also like, play instruments, I play piano, I play bass guitar, I do a little bit of the hand drums, I write songs. So, yeah, definitely a lot to disciplines in the music department, including DJing. That's also a New discipline that I've been building out. Writer. Yes, I'm a writer in nature. I feel like I was. I'm a recreational researcher, I call myself. Sometimes I'll just dive into little rabbit holes. I'm just doing research and writing papers.
10:03
Dj Himbo
One time my friend was like, are you getting your PhD or something? I'm like, no, this stuff, that's just one of my fixations right now. It probably won't go anywhere. So, yeah, I'm always writing, writing and getting my words out and. Community builder? Absolutely. Like I said, I'm an organizer. I've been organizing since I was, like, 17, and I'm 29 now, so, like, 12 years.
10:28
Kendall
Wow.
10:29
Dj Himbo
And that's always been super important to me. I have my own nonprofit with my friends that I co founded in Alabama called Black Empowerment Team. And we would do, like, food distributions and community meals and game nights and basketball tournaments and all these different things to just bring people together. So that's always been something that's really important to me and at the core of everything I do. Even DJing.
10:55
Kendall
Yeah. What was your childhood like then, for to have all these passions? I. You said you started the nonprofit at 17. Like, how did that begin?
11:04
Dj Himbo
I feel like I just had to start seeking out things sort of on my own. I won't say I was necessarily raised in the nature of going all these different directions, but I was raised in the nature of I can do anything. Like, I'm such a capable and competent person, and like, yeah, nothing is off limits to me. My parents definitely instilled into me to just, like, reach for the stars. If you work really hard, you can do whatever you want to do. And that was always very true when I was growing up. So I feel like that's only gotten more true as I've gotten older in the ways my life has transformed.
11:44
Dj Himbo
I'm just like, yeah, like, even when I was, like, I was coming here trying to be somebody different, who was, like, less shy and less sheltered and all of these things, like, even that alone has shown me that, yeah, I can be anything I want to be. I can do anything I want to do. And so that just kind of is like, how I just been moving in general. Like, oh, I can do that thing. Let's go for it. I can do that thing. Let's go for it. And that's kind of how I became a dj.
12:06
Kendall
That's awesome. I really like that. I feel like people are always afraid to go after what they truly want because, like, the fear of failure. But I Mean, if it's instilled in you when you're younger and you keep practicing what you preach, then, like, you're not gonna fail.
12:18
Dj Himbo
Yeah. And then honestly, we don't even realize until where we reflect on the people we've been. Like, me right now is somebody totally different. And like me next year can also be somebody totally different. Like, we got the proof. We just got to remember.
12:35
Kendall
No, most definitely. Do you have a favorite instrument that you like to play?
12:42
Dj Himbo
The piano. I love the piano. Like, every time I see a piano, I feel like I a dog or like something. I'm just like, your ears are perked. Yeah, I gotta touch it just a little bit. And I'm not just like this Mozart on the piano. I'm not like some world class pianist, but I just enjoy how the piano makes me feel. It was like sort of my intro to music in a lot of ways as a kid. Besides, singing, like, piano was my first music thing, you know, and it's just always very grounding, filling the keys and it can be anything. Like the piano. You can just touch different keys and it'll sound beautiful. And I just love the flexibility of the piano.
13:28
Kendall
Yeah, I totally agree. I just moved into a house that has a grand piano and I have always wanted to learn. So I bought like one of like the beginner books from Amazon and I'm just like, I'm just now learning. Okay, but give me advice, like, advice for people just starting to learn how to play piano, AKA me. What would you say is like the biggest thing to learn?
13:46
Dj Himbo
The biggest thing? Well, fingerings. I'm gonna be honest, getting your fingers right will help you in the long run. Because I will be in my lessons and I'm like, they'll give you fingerings for how to play particular things. Like, these are the fingers your keys should. Your. These are the keys your fingers should be touching. When you play this particular way, I'll be like, as long as I'm playing it, whatever. The fingerings don't really matter. But it really makes your life easier because it's like playing chess with your hands. Like, the fingers are to prepare you for what's coming and they really do help you play better. So playing your fingerings properly, your scales, getting your fingers right, I would say that'll help you in the long run more than hurt you.
14:29
Kendall
Okay. And then switching back to DJing. So I saw you got voted best DJ in Durham by Indie week. Yeah. So what did that feel like to you? Also, congratulations.
14:40
Dj Himbo
Thank you so much. That actually felt like, what? It felt crazy. Like, because I didn't even know I was nominated. One of my friends sent it to me and was like, oh, my God, you're nominated for Best dj. And I'm like, what? Cause she was like. She was like, pressing it for her podcast. And I was like, okay, yeah. She was like, you on there too? And I'm like, what?
15:00
Kendall
No way.
15:01
Dj Himbo
And so then I shared it one time and was like, I'm nominated for Best DJ vote if you agree. And I shared it on my story. And then I didn't think anything about it for real after that. And then it came back around, I think, in, like, July. And then like, oh, you won. And I'm like, what? That was just, like, crazy to me. Like, it really blew my mind. And then when I went and picked up my poster and stuff, the lady at Indie Week, she was like, yeah, you got the most votes out of any person for nominated for anything in any category.
15:30
Kendall
Oh, my God.
15:33
Dj Himbo
So she was like, you really got to be brought some engagement to any. Like, that's what's up.
15:39
Kendall
That's awesome.
15:40
Dj Himbo
It just felt good that, like, people were seeing me in that way and affirming me. And I thought this. This was like a really great year for me. I was DJing all over the place and doing so many fun things. Not even just, like, clubs. I did like a improv movement class. I did like an art gallery. I did a festival in the woods. You know, that's so cool. I did a mechanic opening, a car shop opening up. And it was just really cool to like, be a DJ out in community and connecting to all these different places and people. I did a reproductive justice conference. Like, damn.
16:19
Dj Himbo
It was just really awesome to be able to show up in that way for folks with a new form, with a new expression of myself, because I was always the person showing up, but now me showing up, bringing the vibes. Like, it's just a different level of engagement and connecting with people. Yeah.
16:34
Kendall
Yeah, totally. Do you have, like, a favorite venue or I guess, like, social situation that you've played at?
16:42
Dj Himbo
My favorite venue, honestly, to DJ at is Ruby's. Ruby's on Five Points and Daryl. That is my spot. Ruby's is always gonna give you a hot, sweaty time, and it's only. It's always $5. Gotta expect rubies to be any more than $5 and you gonna have a good time all night. Give me a White Claw. We can rock the party till 2am A White Claw?
17:04
Kendall
Is that your. Is that your go to Drink.
17:06
Dj Himbo
Yes. That I was like, I need to get a brand on sponsorship or something. Like, when I'm DJing, all I need is a couple white claws, because it's gonna. It's gonna get you right, but it's not gonna get you too toasted where you can't be a job.
17:22
Kendall
How would you describe the community of people that listen to your music and your DJing per se?
17:28
Dj Himbo
I would say they are expressive and energetic and creative. I feel like the dance floors I DJ for are really unpredictable. I feel like I always try to have a little bit of, like I said, knowing what I'm getting into in my mind. And even sometimes I'll go into a space and I think I'm setting the vibe that people are anticipating and it'll be something like, totally different or the energy in the room is something that's totally different. So I will say the dance floor is here. Keep you on your toes in the sense that you can't just like, feel like settling on a particular genre or settling on a particular style will keep them engaged. So that keeps me, like, creative. It keeps me exercise. I'm like, actually DJing and not just like playing a playlist or getting too comfortable. Yeah.
18:21
Kendall
Yeah, most definitely. Okay, I want to ask you some random questions now.
18:26
Dj Himbo
Okay.
18:28
Kendall
Do you have any phobias?
18:31
Dj Himbo
Phobias? I don't do bugs. Like, I've gotten into spats about bugs. I don't really like bugs any size. I mean, it could be ant, it could be a brooch, it could be a. Any type of bug.
18:47
Kendall
I'm not feeling it like even, like grasshoppers or spiders.
18:51
Dj Himbo
That's even worse. That's even worse. I only want to fly a ladybug. A butterfly.
18:59
Kendall
What? No, butterfly.
19:01
Dj Himbo
I. I like Roly Poly.
19:03
Kendall
Oh, my God. I do like rolling poles.
19:05
Dj Himbo
I like rolly polys. They're really cool and they always were.
19:08
Kendall
Mm.
19:08
Dj Himbo
But any other bug, they won't be seeing me. I don't do bugs.
19:12
Kendall
Okay, fair enough. Well, if you're ever in Bozeman, Montana, there's a coffee shop. There's a coffee shop called Roly Poly. You should check it out.
19:20
Dj Himbo
Okay. Okay.
19:21
Kendall
I was. I was there like two days ago, so.
19:25
Dj Himbo
Okay.
19:28
Kendall
And then. Okay, take me through a day to day. Like, what's your life outside of DJing? I know you have a lot of different hobbies, it sounds like. So take me through a usual Wednesday.
19:38
Dj Himbo
Okay. Yeah, So I. I work for this nonprofit. I have a part time job with a nonprofit called Spirit House. And I'M one of their program assistants for this cohort that I facilitate once a week. It's called Harm Free Zone. So usually a Wednesday for me is like getting my comms together for Harm Free Zone, which is like a training, like a community stewardship training, teaching people how to be more engaged in their community, maybe how to de escalate conflict in their community or coming up with different solutions, alternative to calling the police in their communities and stuff like that. Yeah, and so usually I'm getting that stuff together during my daytime stuff. I'm working on things like that. Sometimes I have miscellaneous meetings like these, and then I spend the rest of my time chilling. I'm a big chiller.
20:30
Dj Himbo
I spent like as much as I spend time out in the world vibing and all those things, I spend maybe double that inside just being nesting, resting, watching tv. So I do a lot of that as well. Gaming, watching shows, practicing DJing. I have a snake, so I look at him sometimes.
20:52
Kendall
What's your snake's name?
20:54
Dj Himbo
His name is Petey Pablo Sylvester Smith. He's a corn. He's a corn snake. He's really sweet.
21:01
Kendall
That's awesome.
21:03
Dj Himbo
And so, yeah, I do a lot of nesting if I'm not working or DJing. For sure.
21:08
Kendall
Yeah. I feel like. I don't know if you feel the same, but I feel like for people that are very extroverted, they either like, recharge their social battery with other people or alone. And I'm definitely like an alone recharger.
21:21
Dj Himbo
Yes.
21:21
Kendall
Yeah.
21:21
Dj Himbo
Yes. Leave me be. I'll see you in three days.
21:26
Kendall
Three to five business days, at least.
21:28
Dj Himbo
Literally. Literally. And I'm better than ever when I come back.
21:32
Kendall
Exactly. I'm ready to party. If you could live anywhere, where would you want to live?
21:40
Dj Himbo
If I could live anywhere. I would probably live in, like, I don't know, I love the south, so parts of me just always want to be here. But I guess if I would go anywhere else, maybe like Chicago.
22:02
Kendall
Okay. How come?
22:05
Dj Himbo
I visited Chicago like two years ago and it was just awesome. I was there for a conference, but I sort of like had a solo trip with myself in a lot of ways, which was also one of the first times I had done that. And it was just really a life changing experience. It was just like, you know, everybody has those moments where you go somewhere else and you're like, oh, I gotta live here. Or I can totally live here, but I could actually see myself. I mean it.
22:35
Kendall
And what was that solo trip like?
22:38
Dj Himbo
It was just me, like going out, trying different Foods. I took a lot of walks. I think I was getting like 12k steps a day when I was in Chicago because I was just walking and just looking at stuff and just really taking it in, being new places. Because my first time on a plane was like, when I moved to Durham.
22:56
Kendall
Oh, wow.
22:57
Dj Himbo
Like I said, four or five years ago.
22:58
Kendall
Yeah.
22:59
Dj Himbo
So I still feel very new in a lot of ways. And I think that also is what energizes me to be so creative and be so expressive in all these ways, because everything is just like, I just got here, I just started doing this.
23:09
Kendall
Right.
23:10
Dj Himbo
And so that's kind of what that trip felt like. Everything was just like Earth people.
23:16
Kendall
Yeah, yeah, no, I totally get it.
23:18
Dj Himbo
I feel like I could live there for sure. It was great food, delicious food, and people were really nice to me. So that's awesome with that.
23:25
Kendall
I love that for you. What's like, the biggest thing you've learned while DJing?
23:30
Dj Himbo
The biggest thing I've learned is it's never going to be perfect. I feel like, especially when I started, I would, like, just plan out my sets, honestly, like, I would just plan in events, everything I was going to play that night and just have it on a playlist so I could just go through my playlist. Everything's gonna go perfect. And then even doing that, things still go wrong. Or like I said, it's not the energy that needs to be in the room at that moment. And you got a pinned it, you know? And so I had to just really get out my head of, like, being the world's most perfect, most blended, masterful dj. Like, everything's not gonna flow and be smooth and cohesive all the time and just maintaining the vibe more than you're maintaining the blend. I'm a big blender. The blend.
24:23
Dj Himbo
Maintain the vibe. The vibe is more important than the blend.
24:26
Kendall
Vibe over blend.
24:29
Dj Himbo
Yes. Got it.
24:31
Kendall
Let's see. Do you have any siblings?
24:34
Dj Himbo
I am the youngest of three, so I have two older sisters and I have a nephew and three nieces. I'm an uncle as well.
24:44
Kendall
Hey, and do they live in the area? Do you see them often?
24:48
Dj Himbo
Well, no, my family actually lives in Detroit, so that also might be somewhere I move eventually or soon. My mom lives there, my sisters live there, my niblings live there because my stepdad's from Detroit, so they moved up there a few years back.
25:02
Kendall
Very cool. And okay, here's a random question that I got asked this once and I started asking everyone it. Okay, you know how some coffee cups have, like, caution, like Hot on them. If you were a coffee cup, what would your like caution or warning label be?
25:22
Dj Himbo
That's funny. My costume would be caution. You might. Honestly, you might get the giggles. I'm a giggly person even in poor situations or just I'm like, I'm supposed to be talking like and I'm laughing through everything. I'm dropping lines. I've been like filming stuff. I drop a line because I got the giggles. So this coffee is going to give you the giggles if you drink it and you might not be able to stop.
25:55
Kendall
I like that. I would agree.
25:56
Dj Himbo
Don't go to any funerals. Don't go to any funerals before drinking.
26:01
Kendall
Good to know. Where can we find your music and where are your upcoming shows?
26:08
Dj Himbo
Okay, I got a few mixes on my SoundCloud so if you just search like DJ Himbo on SoundCloud, some stuff should come up of some different sets I've done in the past. I'm also spending that club era this weekend with like my faves who inspired me. Lex on Loud Sex on Decks. This is really a lineup that's like a dream to me. I've been calling it that's so sweet Life of Hannah Montana. Like that one cross separate episode when they were all in each other's worlds. Because that's really what it feels like. Like we all have such distinct sounds and fan bases even and. But yeah, we're all cousins. For real, for real. So it's gonna be a great time. That's gonna be at Club Ever at the. In the basement of the Fruit. If you ever been to the Fruit in Durham.
26:51
Kendall
I've heard of the Fruit. I've never been but I want to go so bad.
26:55
Dj Himbo
Yes. The Fruit is awesome. Club Era is awesome. Yeah, Durham has a bunch of great places to be into. Party. Club Era's up there too. I love Rubies. Club Air is definitely number two for me in places. I like DJing.
27:07
Kendall
I gotta go. I gotta go to Durham. I gotta get outta Raleigh.
27:10
Dj Himbo
Yeah, I mean Raleigh's cool and all. Raleigh's cool and all. But Durham is just. It's different. It's different, definitely.
27:18
Kendall
And okay, side tangent. Where do you see yourself in five years, would you say? It's a hard question.
27:24
Dj Himbo
Five years. Hopefully I didn't move somewhere. I feel like I'm gonna be moved somewhere in five years. Maybe Chicago. Maybe it's somewhere else. I don't know. But definitely moved somewhere different. Still DJing and maybe traveling DJ at this point and I'm getting booked in different cities.
27:43
Kendall
Yeah.
27:43
Dj Himbo
People want to see me in different places. I think I'll have gone back to school by then. Okay. Maybe got a little degree under my belt.
27:54
Kendall
Yeah.
27:57
Dj Himbo
And, yeah, still finding new ways to express myself. Maybe I'll be somebody totally different. Like I said, I've been reinventing. Yeah, we'll see. I'm transforming every day.
28:09
Kendall
That's wonderful. It's like the chrysalis of the butterfly.
28:13
Dj Himbo
Yes, absolutely. Absolutely. But definitely somewhere new still. Hopefully doing things that I love doing.
28:20
Kendall
Got it. I like that. This is also a random question. How did you pick your DJ name?
28:28
Dj Himbo
So in my little training that I was talking about, Office Take the Harm Free Zone, we had this one activity that we move people through where we create different avatars for ourselves. They're like all us, but, like, different aspects of who we are into characters. And so, like, the artistic, like, creative. It was like a charismatic, artistic sort of side. And the avatar I created for that sort of side of myself was DJ Himbo. Like, the extrovert, the party person, the disco ball in the middle of the dance floor. And then I just, like, made it for that. But when it came around to me, like, doing my set for my birthday, and I was like, okay, what's my DJ name gonna be? I went back and I was like, oh, it could be DJ Himbo.
29:11
Kendall
That's perfect.
29:12
Dj Himbo
And so. And then that also is, like, my brain off body on thing. Like, I'm just here to play the music. Like, I'm not thinking, just like y' all shouldn't be thinking. We just hit a to party.
29:21
Kendall
Yeah, I like that a lot. And is there anything else you'd like to talk about?
29:31
Dj Himbo
Just, hey, think good thoughts, say kind words, do good things. We're all in this together, period. That's all. That's it. That's all.
29:42
Kendall
I like that. Well, thank you all for listening today. Be sure to check out our other interviews@wknc.org podcast and click on off the Record. This is Kendall and DJ Himbo style signing off. And have a great day.
30:00
Dj Himbo
I try to come, baby. I don't even have.
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