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Making Ambient Music in Asia while Teaching English Alex McCarl writes and performs experimental ambient music under the moniker Casino Witch. We catch up with Alex in Japan to talk about music production, the differences between Vietnam, Japan, and the USA, and sex with witches. Check out Alex's music on Bandcamp: https://casinowitch.bandcamp.com/ Table of Contents: 00:22 - Intro 02:21 - Japan vs Vietnam 11:19 - Wearing Sandles vs Shoes on Motorbikes 15:02 - Overview of Topics for The Rest of The Interview 16:39 - How Alex Got into Teaching English (in 5 minutes) 25:47 - The Icarus Music Festival Wasn't Only Electronic Music 26:37 - Thomas Says Dub is Electronic Music 28:09 - Alex's Musical Journey 33:20 - Demonstration of Live Electronic Music Performance Using Sampler on the iPad 47:04 - Alex on Performing Live 52:49 - Borderlands - Another App Alex Uses for Music Production 56:29 - What Alex Likes About Performing Music on iPad 58:40 - Shared Living 1:01:47 - Alex and Thomas Talk About Failure 1:06:27 - Americans Are Victims of Protestant Work Ethic 1:12:30 - Thomas Burned Out after The Switch Bag 1:16:22 - Thomas Started A Podcast to Deal with Depression 1:17:56 - Alex Learning Curve 1:21:16 - The Notion of Success or Failure Exists in Our Minds 1:25:43 - Alex's End Goal is to Build an Artist Haven in The Countryside 1:30:43 - Corporate Taglines, in English, in Asia 1:33:57 - American Cinema in Japan vs Vietnam 1:36:09 - Post Modernism in Media and Stranger Things 1:43:08 - And... Black Mirror Too! 1:45:24 - And... Marvel / Spiderman 1:46:31 - Feeling Natural When Recording an Interview and Joe Rogan 1:51:08 - There's A Blow-Job Parlor Across The Street 1:52:44 - Too Cool Spiderman; Real Cool vs Douch Bag 1:56:14 - Casino Witch; The Origin of The Name 1:59:31 - Outro Episode Hashtags: #Ambient #ProducingMusic #CasinoWitch #Vietnam #Japan #China #Failure #Postmodernism #DXP #DesignExchange #Podcast This episode is also available to watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Nqa3Mk1eUw8