"And we're back." I said. "Good evening, everyone, and welcome back to the Planet Music project, where I'm with DM Dokuro once again, and this time, with a very special guest. At least, special to Dokuro. Right?
He's another musical artist who writes remixes and covers, with his most popular on "undergroundbandcamp.com" titled "BGM 1 - Logical Cover", racking up nearly 3 million listens and a couple thousand hearts. We have DM Dokuro's nephew Pocket Dokuro on the show, thank you for being here, PD."
"Thanks," said Juan: "glad to be here. Although I am with Uncle Barb."
"Uncle Barb?" I asked.
"That's my nickname." said Omar. "Only my nephews really call me that demeaning nickname."
"Heheh, eh, ok." I said. "Now, Pocket Dokuro. Your real name is Juan, right?"
"Yeah, that's about right, sir:" said Juan: "Juan Bautista Carlo de la Goya-Nepomuceno Gasparo Aguascagas, to be exact."
"Ok." I said. "That's interesting. Because frankly, I am also Spanish. The name I use when I'm at work is Joshua John Grant, but my actual full name is Alejandro Bernardo Joshua Juan Jose Ferdinando Gran. I anglicized the "Juan" and the "Gran" in my name. You're Spanish, right?"
"I mean, well, not really. My mother's from Greece but her parents are Cuban-Mexican, and my father's Venezuelan. While Uncle Barb here is Venezuelan-German. Different dads, same mom, that story."
"Yeah, that sounds about right." said Omar.
"So yeah, I guess I am Spanish." said Juan.
"How did you get interested in music?" I asked.
"Well, funny story." said Juan. "I heard this story actually from my eldest brother, Stefano. And the story goes, that, when I was 5, my uncle, right, he was listening to some pop songs. I think one of those songs was "Burn" by Ellie Goulding."
"Oh, yeah." said Omar. "No, I remember that."
"And then other pop songs came on his laptop, too many to try to remember right now for myself, but, um, that's when I got a taste for music. When I got converted. More specifically, for the epic type of music. Pop music. Music electronica."
"Random question. This isn't even on my clipboard." I said. "But, did you finish school?"
"No, not yet." said Omar.
"What do you mean?" asked Juan.
"I mean what I said." said Omar.
"I have a bachelor's degree in computer science." said Juan.
"And I still have to teach you how to write music well." said Omar.
"You got a bachelor's degree in comp-sci?" I asked.
"Yep." said Juan.
"How in the living fucks did you manage that?" I asked.
"Early admission." explained Juan. "I attempted to go to University of Michigan, because we were living there at the time, at age 16, I got rejected. 3 rejections later, I got accepted. I was so studious due to my father's adamancy at my getting a higher education that I skipped a few odd years or so, just to not get beaten with a belt. Then when I got my degree and wanted to pursue music, he kind of didn't take it... well? He didn't get mad at me, he didn't beat me, but he also shrugged it off as a phase. Uncle was the only one who accepted me for who I am and what I wanted to do. He offered to teach me, I rejected it. He did it again, I did reject him again. Then he did it once more, and after enough experience to realize that writing music was harder than I initially thought, and that Montessori-style of self-learning wasn't good enough for me, I think, I reluctantly accepted. He teaches me so much, but I can't wait for it to be over, because he can be kind of overwhelming at times. But he is kind to me, and I cannot thank him enough for that. Especially when I turned 18 and got kicked out of the house, and he offered me a place to stay."
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