**Mint in Santa Monica: A Conversation with Austin Pearce**

In this exclusive interview, we had the chance to sit down with Mint, a talented artist from Santa Monica, and talk about his latest projects and experiences. As a seasoned performer, Mint has been on tour extensively, including a recent stint in New Zealand that lasted for almost two months. "I was on tour for like month and a half," he recalled, "it was crazy." During this time, he also had the opportunity to document his life through a new project called "Adventures," which serves as a soundtrack for creatives.

The "Adventures" project is a culmination of Mint's life experiences over the past year, with each track representing a specific moment or lesson learned. The album was created using voice memos that Mint had recorded throughout his travels and everyday moments, weaving together music and storytelling to create an immersive experience. When asked about the creative process behind "Adventures," Mint explained, "it's basically just my life last year in my life encompassed into one project." With a release date set for early 2019, fans can expect an exciting new listen from this talented artist.

**Tech and Gadgets**

When it comes to tech, Mint has always been drawn to Apple products. His current MacBook Pro is his go-to device for recording music and creating content. "I'm only with Apple products now," he admitted, reflecting on his past experience as a homeless individual who had to adapt to new circumstances. Although he enjoyed gaming in the past, he explained that his priorities have shifted since then. Now, when it comes to consoles, Mint is eyeing the Nintendo Switch, citing its portability and versatility as major draws.

Mint also shared his thoughts on Apple's recent announcements, including the release of the MacBook Air and iPad Pro models. While he hasn't made a final decision on which device to choose, he expressed interest in the iPad Pro for its capabilities in graphic design and video editing. As someone who spends extensive time creating content, Mint appreciates the importance of having the right tools at his disposal.

**360 Camera Experience**

One of the most impressive aspects of our conversation with Mint was his experience with 360 cameras. During a shoot with his friend Cory Howell, they used a specialized camera that could capture panoramic images on both sides. The result was a stunning video that appeared to be shot from a drone's perspective. Mint explained, "we basically just stitched it together to give it that little big planet effect." This experience inspired him to experiment with similar techniques in the future.

Mint also shared his thoughts on conspiracy theories surrounding 360 cameras and flat-earthers. Although he didn't explicitly address these topics during our conversation, it's clear that he values creativity and innovation over speculation or misinformation.

**Parting Words**

As we wrapped up our conversation with Mint, he offered some parting words of encouragement to aspiring artists and creatives out there. "I'm all about following your passion," he said, emphasizing the importance of staying true to oneself in the face of adversity.

For those looking to stay up-to-date on Mint's latest projects and adventures, he recommends following him on social media platforms like Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and Spotify. With a growing fan base and an increasingly impressive discography, it's clear that Mint is someone to watch in the world of music and art. We're excited to see what the future holds for this talented artist, and we look forward to having him back on our show in the near future.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enI'm back here with dtj Lee thank somebody for tuning in to Digital Trends well I've here every day 9:00 a.m. Pacific noon Eastern bringing you all kinds of different interviews different people that we talk to you and right now I believe he can hear us we are joined by gunday Garcon hey goon can you hear us hello hello good it worked how's it going them where are you at right now I'm in Santa Monica California Santa Monica okay so yeah if you just did a show last night this is kind of early so thanks thanks for joining us it's basically it's pretty much the same thing so so we want to talk to you like there's a lot to talk to you about just your career and how you got started and where you're at right now but I wanted to bring up specifically one of your your newest videos that you released which happens to have a seat right there that's what I'm talking about okay Elon Musk let's talk about it so in the video you've got you've got not only the boring flame the flamethrower you've got a Tesla and you're wearing the SpaceX gear yes so what is it about you on musk and I'm just like bro what isn't there about this man I got the carrot key almost seemed like a fake person like we not like we don't deserve him on this planet you just like he does seem like maybe in like an Avengers movie either as a villain or a super out of which one but so much but to me it's like if so many people not doing sheep not caring about yeah right you just look at the actions that his man is like the bro like what more can you want enjoy saving the world every day let me ask you this would you go up like when SpaceX launches you know say commercial commercial flights for somebody to go into space would you be on the first test flight with him that expects if you want let me I will go on the first flight I sort of gotta be the first rapper in space the video alone would be amazing and take a look at your video right here too I mean it's it is actually it's really well shot how much how do you still have the flamethrower yeah of course of course look I just did a performance last night with it I performed alive in his warehouse downtown LA playing they were going crazy but you know wait you actually had the flamethrower on stage yo going crazy last night yes that's that's pretty amazing and the crowd is right there you're down with him in there shooting up the flamethrower people he was wearing us all night to not do it but you did it anyway alright giving des Garcons I see I take a look right now so you think it's Starbucks do you drink a lot of coffee that is a question that just came through t got my voice was out this morning so I'm not even something hot so I wouldn't sound scraggly round here this morning right me well let's let's talk about Craig so you're on tour right now how long is this tour been going that you're on I mean I'm not really on tour I've been on this thing I call homeless to her I was like homeless crashing couches like different signal shows and different cities for like two years now we literally just got off homeless tour and we got this little part mint in Santa Monica so we got a look around now we've been doing shows Austin from Arkansas New York John cleaner I really went all around America and I just got back from New Zealand like two months ago New Zealand yeah how long were you a to viewing our tour a month month and a half in New Zealand that's seems like that doesn't seem that big to even do a month and a half that's crazy that's it that's awesome yeah it makes a hanging out chilling recording videos meetings like all that so so you've got your the video that just came out like what other are you working on new music right now or so I got this new project coming out called adventures is basically a creative it's a soundtrack for creatives okay basically was my life last year in my life encompassed into one project so it's just like a lot of lessons and I learned I've been recording voice memos of like random times throughout the last hear things craziness and just always music and one is basically just the adventures of my life but it's called adventures nice should be I think early 2019 early teen Jane keen all right that'll be out then but so that's I mean congratulations on that that sounds like it's a lot of work to even get that together so that's fantastic coming back to the tech side you know what kind of check do you incorporate in obviously you've got flamethrowers on stage is there any other specific tech that you work with on a daily basis that you really enjoy my MacBook Pro macbook jobs an apple i only with my Apple products now not really much else like like I said I was homeless for two years so I kind of fell off my gaming and all that but you know I'm gonna get a new console I'm looking at getting a switch I saw y'all playing the switch mm-hmm all right it's pretty it's pretty awesome to switch is great especially if you're traveling a bunch yeah the switch is perfect for that well let me ask you this just and we're just a couple of minutes left talking about the Apple announcement you know you've gotten your MacBook Pro are you gonna get one of the new MacBook Airs or do you want to get an iPad like if you could pick one what do you want I would choose the iPad over the air I had a MacBook Air normally I do a lot of photoshop in like Adobe Premiere should I do like all my graphics and all my videos and like that so the air just don't have enough I can't really do much with it you know I'm saying but I enjoyed the pro and then iPad just for you know if I'm out type shade portable travel and well talk about just this I wanted to bring this video up to just before we before we run out of time talking about your quarter-century freestyle video just how that's shot so did you edit that yourself yes sir I did so how did you shoot this basically we did a shot I had this a homie back in Arkansas and Cory Howell basically like I was on I was I think it was like holiday break or something or he's like you know this 360 camera let's around with it in the base of the cameras I basically just no say just one camera it looks like almost like a remote he's got a 360 lens on both sides of it so basically we just mounted the lens on the bike now I was holding it a lot we basically just stitched it together to give it that like a little big planet effect well it's just crazy as let's just together color-corrected it easy job and nothing too crazy yeah it looks like a maybe a gear 360 I was wondering that statement on flat-earthers but no I don't think that's what you were going for I know I think I think it was the gear easy C to be honest I can't even remember it was like just like a little small like a room well that's all it looks amazing like if that's one of the first things I saw when when I was looking up your videos is that one it was really cool well good I want to say thank you for joining us like how can people follow along you know with everything that you're doing your videos like what's the best way for people to catch up with you Instagram and Twitter Facebook at going to got a song gon des GA our co NS everywhere follow me I'm Spotify I need my Spotify streams going crazy Apple music uploaded up on my on my digital trends are out there nice perfect well goon thank you for joining us you know best of luck with everything going on we're gonna be following along with you we'll have you back on here if you come through Portland or New York let us know to have you in studio games oh yeah oh definitely definitely all right goon thanks a lot for joining usI'm back here with dtj Lee thank somebody for tuning in to Digital Trends well I've here every day 9:00 a.m. Pacific noon Eastern bringing you all kinds of different interviews different people that we talk to you and right now I believe he can hear us we are joined by gunday Garcon hey goon can you hear us hello hello good it worked how's it going them where are you at right now I'm in Santa Monica California Santa Monica okay so yeah if you just did a show last night this is kind of early so thanks thanks for joining us it's basically it's pretty much the same thing so so we want to talk to you like there's a lot to talk to you about just your career and how you got started and where you're at right now but I wanted to bring up specifically one of your your newest videos that you released which happens to have a seat right there that's what I'm talking about okay Elon Musk let's talk about it so in the video you've got you've got not only the boring flame the flamethrower you've got a Tesla and you're wearing the SpaceX gear yes so what is it about you on musk and I'm just like bro what isn't there about this man I got the carrot key almost seemed like a fake person like we not like we don't deserve him on this planet you just like he does seem like maybe in like an Avengers movie either as a villain or a super out of which one but so much but to me it's like if so many people not doing sheep not caring about yeah right you just look at the actions that his man is like the bro like what more can you want enjoy saving the world every day let me ask you this would you go up like when SpaceX launches you know say commercial commercial flights for somebody to go into space would you be on the first test flight with him that expects if you want let me I will go on the first flight I sort of gotta be the first rapper in space the video alone would be amazing and take a look at your video right here too I mean it's it is actually it's really well shot how much how do you still have the flamethrower yeah of course of course look I just did a performance last night with it I performed alive in his warehouse downtown LA playing they were going crazy but you know wait you actually had the flamethrower on stage yo going crazy last night yes that's that's pretty amazing and the crowd is right there you're down with him in there shooting up the flamethrower people he was wearing us all night to not do it but you did it anyway alright giving des Garcons I see I take a look right now so you think it's Starbucks do you drink a lot of coffee that is a question that just came through t got my voice was out this morning so I'm not even something hot so I wouldn't sound scraggly round here this morning right me well let's let's talk about Craig so you're on tour right now how long is this tour been going that you're on I mean I'm not really on tour I've been on this thing I call homeless to her I was like homeless crashing couches like different signal shows and different cities for like two years now we literally just got off homeless tour and we got this little part mint in Santa Monica so we got a look around now we've been doing shows Austin from Arkansas New York John cleaner I really went all around America and I just got back from New Zealand like two months ago New Zealand yeah how long were you a to viewing our tour a month month and a half in New Zealand that's seems like that doesn't seem that big to even do a month and a half that's crazy that's it that's awesome yeah it makes a hanging out chilling recording videos meetings like all that so so you've got your the video that just came out like what other are you working on new music right now or so I got this new project coming out called adventures is basically a creative it's a soundtrack for creatives okay basically was my life last year in my life encompassed into one project so it's just like a lot of lessons and I learned I've been recording voice memos of like random times throughout the last hear things craziness and just always music and one is basically just the adventures of my life but it's called adventures nice should be I think early 2019 early teen Jane keen all right that'll be out then but so that's I mean congratulations on that that sounds like it's a lot of work to even get that together so that's fantastic coming back to the tech side you know what kind of check do you incorporate in obviously you've got flamethrowers on stage is there any other specific tech that you work with on a daily basis that you really enjoy my MacBook Pro macbook jobs an apple i only with my Apple products now not really much else like like I said I was homeless for two years so I kind of fell off my gaming and all that but you know I'm gonna get a new console I'm looking at getting a switch I saw y'all playing the switch mm-hmm all right it's pretty it's pretty awesome to switch is great especially if you're traveling a bunch yeah the switch is perfect for that well let me ask you this just and we're just a couple of minutes left talking about the Apple announcement you know you've gotten your MacBook Pro are you gonna get one of the new MacBook Airs or do you want to get an iPad like if you could pick one what do you want I would choose the iPad over the air I had a MacBook Air normally I do a lot of photoshop in like Adobe Premiere should I do like all my graphics and all my videos and like that so the air just don't have enough I can't really do much with it you know I'm saying but I enjoyed the pro and then iPad just for you know if I'm out type shade portable travel and well talk about just this I wanted to bring this video up to just before we before we run out of time talking about your quarter-century freestyle video just how that's shot so did you edit that yourself yes sir I did so how did you shoot this basically we did a shot I had this a homie back in Arkansas and Cory Howell basically like I was on I was I think it was like holiday break or something or he's like you know this 360 camera let's around with it in the base of the cameras I basically just no say just one camera it looks like almost like a remote he's got a 360 lens on both sides of it so basically we just mounted the lens on the bike now I was holding it a lot we basically just stitched it together to give it that like a little big planet effect well it's just crazy as let's just together color-corrected it easy job and nothing too crazy yeah it looks like a maybe a gear 360 I was wondering that statement on flat-earthers but no I don't think that's what you were going for I know I think I think it was the gear easy C to be honest I can't even remember it was like just like a little small like a room well that's all it looks amazing like if that's one of the first things I saw when when I was looking up your videos is that one it was really cool well good I want to say thank you for joining us like how can people follow along you know with everything that you're doing your videos like what's the best way for people to catch up with you Instagram and Twitter Facebook at going to got a song gon des GA our co NS everywhere follow me I'm Spotify I need my Spotify streams going crazy Apple music uploaded up on my on my digital trends are out there nice perfect well goon thank you for joining us you know best of luck with everything going on we're gonna be following along with you we'll have you back on here if you come through Portland or New York let us know to have you in studio games oh yeah oh definitely definitely all right goon thanks a lot for joining us\n"