>He's been fooling with SPs and Monomachines for about three
>years now it feels like after spending his formative years
>doing Ariel Pink, Kurt Vile and obscure folk covers on guitar.
>He makes these longform, noisy, sort of Animal Collective
>pieces (because he insists on vocals; otherwise, it's just
>some ambient almost-dance, almost-noise music) now, but my
>favorite parts of his music always comes in these little bite
>sized chunks.
>
>He's always struggling with a stage name so I keep suggesting
>he should just fracture all his various impulses (he watches
>Madlib SP videos and gets frustrated he can't do the same
>things), get some Soundcloud accounts and just GO. It always
>rubs him the wrong way, but he kind of curls into his shell
>whenever I say it. I'd love to hear his unfiltered thoughts.

He definitely needs to focus if he wants to keep folks' attention. That whole fractured, multiple personality thing is cool ONCE you've already made it because it gives people more material to search out. But starting out, it may throw your audience for a curve and also kind of hamper his progress trying to tackle all these different genres.

And, he shouldn't be watching Madlib videos and getting upset because he can't do what Madlib does. Madlib has been at this for damn near 20 years and probably he mastered his own personal techniques. Your boy needs to develop his own. That's it.

Come to grips with the fact that most OKP's are of the Nut Hugger lineage, so, if you' re not part of the little cliques that exist 'round here, your posts will probably tank like Souljaboy's album sales.