{"id":162,"date":"2012-01-15T16:50:34","date_gmt":"2012-01-15T16:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.online.berklee.edu\/erikhawkins\/?p=162"},"modified":"2025-03-14T11:18:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T16:18:26","slug":"lucky-date-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/online.berklee.edu\/takenote\/lucky-date-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Electronic Music Producer and DJ Jordan Atkins-Loria \u2018Lucky Date\u2019 Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I recently had the opportunity to chat with up-and-coming electronic music producer and DJ,&nbsp;Lucky Date&nbsp;(Jordan Atkins-Loria). He uses Reason to produce these fantastically&nbsp;<em>phat<\/em>&nbsp;dance tracks and remixes. Plus he regularly shares his production secrets on his <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"YouTube channel (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/luckydatevideos\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube channel<\/a>. The music that he pumps out of Reason is truly inspirational, so I wanted to ask him about how he gets such a huge sound and what other software besides Reason is part of his production and DJ arsenal. He gave a great interview and had a lot of wonderful insight and advice. 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