4. RA Scion, hip hopper and leaf blower
From: Joshua McNichols
Series: Day Job: How (Seattle) Musicians Pay the Rent
Length: 05:00
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I interview Seattle's non-professional musicians about their dayjobs, mixing in music and ambiance from the workplace. The series gets at something universal - how to achieve balance and contentment in life.
Ryan Abeo (RA Scion of Common Market) is a property manager and a hip-hop musician.
Day Job is an ongoing series. New entries will be added to PRX thirty days after episodes debut at Seattleweekly.com.
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Piece Description
I interview Seattle's non-professional musicians about their dayjobs, mixing in music and ambiance from the workplace. The series gets at something universal - how to achieve balance and contentment in life. Ryan Abeo (RA Scion of Common Market) is a property manager and a hip-hop musician. Day Job is an ongoing series. New entries will be added to PRX thirty days after episodes debut at Seattleweekly.com.
Broadcast History
Ran April 30, 2008 at seattleweekly.com.
It's never been played on the radio.
Transcript
From the Seattle Weekly, this is Day Job.
Day Job is a look at how musicians pay the rent.
Ryan Abeo is one half of the hip-hop group Common Market. His fans know him as 'RA.' But in one condo building on Capitol Hill, he's known as the maintenance guy.
One time, a resident paid Ryan 200 dollars cash to wash his car. That's not part of Ryan's job description. But he never questioned the request.
ABEO: The list of homeowners here reads like a 'Who's who' of the Seattle Elite, you know. The position that I'm in now is one that requires me to bend the rules, without really breaking them. If they ask me for a favor, I'm happy to do it.
So when a homeowner asked Ryan to dogsit, Ryan played along.
ABEO: So I guess it was probably day 3 or day 4. I take this dog with me to and from work. I don't just leave it at the house. I mean I'm guarding this dog with my life...
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Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonanza | Common Market | Black Patch War. | Massline | 2008 | 01:00 |
| Tobacco Road | Common Market | Black Patch War. | Massline | 2008 | 01:15 |
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