Industry Interviews

About Industry Interviews

Interviews of music industry professionals from in and around the Seattle House music scene. DJs, producers, promoters and everything in between.

Publisher

Seattle House Mafia

Category

music

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

6 Apr 2023

Latest episode

3 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

39 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   3 Sept 2026

   Riz Rollins + Rob Green Industry Interviews by Seattle House Mafia S04E07

   Some guests are worth waiting for. Riz Rollins and Rob Green sat at the top of Phil Anthony's dream list when this series was still an idea on paper, and this conversation shows why. Riz arrived in Seattle from Chicago in 1980, fresh out of Bible college and looking for somewhere gentler to figure himself out. He landed at Orpheum Records, said no to DJing roughly a dozen times, then got thrown into a residency at Rebar that ran for almost twenty years. Along the way, he built Expansions on KCMU and KEXP into one of the most respected mix shows in American radio. Rob came at it from a different angle: Skagit Valley, the University of Washington, then a Public Enemy record on KCMU that changed everything. He talked his way into the station with a homemade station ID spliced together on a cassette deck, worked the counter at Orpheum, and found his people in Seattle's early rave scene. These days, he's a nurse working twelve-hour shifts, which he'll tell you is the hardest and most rewarding thing he's ever done. They met at KCMU, spent eight years as friends and record-shopping partners before anything else happened, and have now been married for seventeen years. Inside this one: the Rainbow Connection moment that stopped a packed Rebar dead. Why they refuse to practice together. Ego, trust, and knowing when to step aside and let the other take over. How dance floors have changed over the years. Riz on the rock model vs. the jazz model of getting older and staying relevant in music. And a closing exchange about what they mean to each other away from the decks that caught all of us off guard. Two music lovers, nearly four decades of dance music behind them, still showing up, still passionate, and still curious. Subscribe for more Industry Interviews with the DJs, producers, and promoters who built Seattle's dance music scene. #SeattleHouseMafia #RizRollins #KEXP #SeattleMusic #HouseMusic

2. 

   17 Aug 2026

   Dilly Disco Industry Interviews by Seattle House Mafia S04E06

   They started as two guys with a B2B name they came up with at a Beyond Wonderland campsite. Since launching Dilly Disco in 2025, Chris and Reef have produced more than 60 events, sold out the HIYU with Disco Fish, brought Chris Lake and OMNOM through Central Saloon, and opened for artists including Gudfella and Mita Gami. Phil Anthony sits down with them to find out how the hell it all happened. The conversation gets into the origin story, from a chance meeting at the gym and their first James Hype show, to the night they made an Instagram account at a bar and threw their first party two weeks later at The Zone. They talk candidly about what event production really looks like: ground loops and buzzing PAs, a rented sub that blew right before their set, and the guy who told them people were leaving because they weren't playing Lana Del Rey. They break down the HIYU logistics, the captain, the security team, regulations, etc. and just how much it takes from a promoter to pull off an event like that. There's a bigger conversation here too, about a gap in the Seattle scene. Chris and Reef make the case that Washington has long been bass and dubstep country, and that plenty of newer listeners find the established house rooms hard to walk into cold. Their answer is a party that meets people where they are, then pulls them deeper. Phil pushes back from 30 years in the scene, and the two perspectives land somewhere genuinely interesting. Also covered: the tension between DJ identity and brand identity, why they'd rather book underground artists than chase commercial headliners, the mission statement they wrote in 15 minutes for a sponsor meeting, running a marketing operation with a team of two, the Dilly Disco radio submission system that has become a pipeline for booking new DJs, their residencies at Vice and Roam, and the Chris Lake afterparty story that nearly ended before it started. Plus, a look ahead at Lot 909 on August 22nd, their day party in Fremont with Disco Fish, Dan Molinari, GCat, and 18 Funktion-One subs. Follow Dilly Disco on Instagram and check out their site for the radio series and upcoming shows. IG: @dillydisco Web: dillydisco.com Subscribe for more Industry Interviews with the DJs, promoters, and collectives shaping dance music in the Pacific Northwest. #DillyDisco #HouseMusic #SeattleNightlife #SeattleMusicScene #DJInterview #UndergroundHouse #EDM

3. 

   3 Aug 2026

   Snapdragon Redux Industry Interviews by Seattle House Mafia S04E05

   She's back! Three years after her first appearance on Seattle House Mafia, Amie Dabu (Snapdragon) returns to the studio for a candid catch-up with Phil Anthony, marking her status as the show's first-ever repeat guest. In this episode, Snapdragon opens up about trading Seattle for rural Massachusetts, the emotional weight of leaving a city and scene she calls home, and building a new life alongside her partner closer to his family roots. She dives into her work running Distracted Dreams, her ADHD coaching practice, and shares how relocating to a quieter setting has sharpened her focus on both her coaching business and her music production. The conversation ranges from the difference between making music as a creative calling versus a career vehicle, to the blessings and challenges of neurodivergence in the creative process, to what it takes to prep for an out-of-state gig without the safety net of a local scene. Snapdragon also reflects on returning to Seattle for a whirlwind visit packed with a workshop, a set at Monkey Loft, and a Tea Dance appearance at The Cuff. Beyond the catch-up, this episode offers a genuinely useful window into how neurodivergent creatives navigate the music industry, from managing burnout and self-worth tied to output, to why some artists chase the music itself rather than the status that comes with it. Snapdragon and Phil trade stories and perspective as two neurodivergent creatives comparing notes, making this as much a resource for producers and DJs as it is a personal reunion between old friends. Connect with Snapdragon: IG: @snapdragonsays Coaching & more: http://distracteddreams.com #ADHDcoach #HouseMusic #NeurodivergentCreatives #DJInterview #ElectronicMusic

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YouTube views

73,106

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 44 / 100

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Quality

45

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

32

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