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RECORDING

DJ STYLES

Rob Quest and Carlos “DJ Styles” Garza
CARLOS “DJ STYLES” GARZA IS A HOUSTON LEGEND ON MANY FRONTS.
AS A LONGTIME EMPLOYEE OF SOUNDWAVES ON SOUTH MAIN, HE
HELPED TRANSFORM THE STORE’S HIP-HOP SECTION INTO A HUB FOR
HOUSTON’S RAP COMMUNITY, AND IT WAS THERE THAT HE HELPED
CONNECT FELLOW EMPLOYEE DJ PREMIER WITH THE LEGENDARY RAP
GROUP GANG STARR. MOST NOTABLY, HE WAS ONE OF THE MAIN PRODUCERS WORKING WITH ODD SQUAD (DEVIN THE DUDE, JUGG MUGG,
ROB QUEST) ON THEIR 1994 DEBUT, FADANUF FA ERYBODY!! BUT NOW
HE HAS BIGGER PLANS.

Just work out of one for now.
You’ve been in studios — those things are not cheap! They’re very expensive.
And most of the stuff we’re doing is out of pocket. Banks aren’t really jumping
up for joy to give money to build a recording studio. Unless you’re a major
label, major artist, and even then they would probably still have problems building something this size. It’s two stories, and we’re gonna make it into a threestory building once it’s all said and done.
That’s a great resource for Thir