Oblivious meets Phatrick Huang

I will confess when I first met Patrick Huang, I really thought his name was Phatrick with a PH. I did not question the spelling at all. After growing up with Filipino kids with combo names, I've just grown accustomed to not questioning the odd spelling of peoples names.  This is why I say "Oblivious meets Phatrick" aka DJ Phatrick aka Phatty. 

He currently is the Program Director for Sessions LA. I met Phatty years ago when he was the touring dj for Native Guns.  Before he moved to LA, Phatty would drive back and forth between the Bay Area.  We would hang out when he was around for Native Guns and later on Bambu's shows. 

(Random Tangent: When looking up links for Native Guns, a wikipedia page came up. This trips me out that I know someone with a wikipedia page. That is just nutso.)

When Phatty moved to LA and was looking for gigs, Strawberry Farm Boy Mike let him know about Sessions LA. The program had gone through several incarnations with different instructors. At the time Sessions LA needed new instructors and Phatty was the right fit.  He's continued to grow the program and transform Sessions LA from a dj class to a simple beat making class to a full blown music production program.  Here is Oblivious meets Phatty. 

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Affiliations (arts org, fun things you do, etc) :
Sessions LA, Bambu, Native Guns, Devil's Pie, Motown On Mondays

What's the one word you are guilty of using too much?
Hipster

How did you end up doing what you are doing now?
Been mentoring and teaching youth through music programming since the college days.  Specifically with Sessions LA, I hit up Mike Nailat about possible opportunities to teach youth music when I moved to LA in 2008. The rest is...you know.


Which member of the Wu-Tang Clan best describes your personality?
 RZA: Because I'm a control freak

Dogs or Cats, who wins? Why?
Dogs. Reason:

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What is the best part of any given day for you?
At night, when Steph and Laila are asleep, and I can catch up on Tumblr!!!

In a zombie apocalypse who would you want on your survival team?
Walter White

What is the last thing you searched for on google?
Again:

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If you could talk to your high school self, what would say?
Real G's move in silence like "Lasagna"


What is the best thing or meal you ever ate?
My maternal grandmother's everything.

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What is a memorable project that you are working on or have worked on?

This:

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