{"id":18548,"date":"2021-10-13T12:02:53","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T16:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/?p=18548"},"modified":"2021-10-13T15:00:34","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T19:00:34","slug":"learn-with-kenny-beats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/splice.com\/blog\/learn-with-kenny-beats\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn with Kenny Beats, Splice\u2019s first-ever Artist in Residence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;I make music for <em>fun<\/em>,&#8221; Kenny Beats tells us.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I make music because I want to play it for the people around me, and I want to make things that people connect to with my art. My whole career, all of my success, everything in the music industry that has worked well for me\u2014I can attribute to relationships. 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