Milkreset is a 25-year-old musician, pioneer, and visionary. He’s been making music under the Milkreset name and with underground collective Shed Theory since he was in high school. He is the recent founder of Eyeline Management and currently resides in Philadelphia. I asked him a couple of questions about his influences, his ponderings, and the state of the underground scene.

What’s the story behind your name?

Not much of a story, I was playing Minecraft, and someone told me:“Milkreset”. They messaged me that, and it’s just stuck ever since.

How’d you get into posting and producing music online?

A lot of my friends, honestly, were making music. Marlon [Dubois] put me onto producing and recording, just for fun, in freshman or sophomore year of high school. Ever since then I’ve just been cooking up late night, pretty much every night.

Favorite non-music-related thing to do in your free time?

Probably ponder. Probably ponder about what types of activities I could be doing. But usually I don't do many, I just ponder about them.

Favorite song you’ve made recently?

I’m working on a song right now that isn’t music, that isn’t murzik. So, that one is obviously on the way, but it’s gonna to be the first song that isn’t music, so that’s gonna be pretty lit.

What do you think the future of the Shed is/are you excited about any new stuff in particular coming from Shed Theory?

The majority of us are focused on our solo stuff right now. It’s really hard logistically to organize everyone to have the same mindset and be in the same place at the same time. It’s a full-time job to get everyone to pull up to a bnb or to a crib to cook up, and it’s hard making a full project when everyone’s not involved because it just doesn’t feel the same. But I’m still excited about Shed, I still think we’re in the early days, and the sound is going to evolve forever.

How was the Bushwick show last month?

It was fire. It was one of the shows that I pretty much exclusively helped set up, so that was really fun seeing my brothers perform, always love it.

What are some artists and producers you’ve been enjoying right now or think more people should know about?

There’s this producer, MouseMan who’s honestly one of the GOATs of our time, look him up. In terms of visual artists, Oghu, he’s a visual artist just by of the way he looks, type-of-thing, so that’s pretty interesting. As far as artists, I don’t really listen to music anymore after what happened last month, both my ears got dislodged, so I haven’t really been bumping any songs.

Favorite kind of hat?

Depends on the angle of the sun. Usually, a hat that protects me from having to look at the top of my head.

What made you decide to start EyeLine and how has it been moving into the business side of music?

In general, in this day and age, it’s hard to make an income off being a musician. So, shifting towards the business side of things–not many people know this about me, but I have a bachelor's degree in marketing from Ithaca College–I was like how am I going to use this damn degree? So, I started the company last spring and I’ve been working really hard on it ever since then. It’s fun working with artists and helping them discover themselves and their brand identity, and teaching them the nuances of social media and how important it is. Obviously, it’s very separate from my music and my creation as an artist in Shed Theory and my solo stuff, but it’s a side project that I put a lot of work into and it’s fun to work with artists on projects.

Any advice on crafting a good Instagram caption?

If you know anyone named Trevor, just ask him. He knows.

I love your cover of “Should Have” by Wicca Phase Springs Eternal and Døves, and I’ve always found Wicca’s voice really special. I wondered if you felt that way as well, since you do a lot experimenting with your vocal range and style?

Wicca is one of my biggest inspirations. I think he doesn’t really care about perfection, he just likes making music that he enjoys and it’s an outlet for him. I know my music isn’t very serious, but I don’t think music has to be serious in order for it to still be an outlet. Wicca’s great, that’s a great cover and I was really happy with that.

What kind of direction are you going in for the ShootWorld EP?

That EP is actually not coming out, but I am working on a project right now. I don’t know what it’s going to be called, but it’s not gonna be that bullshit that I dropped last month that sounded like somebody’s ear got discombobulated (SHOOT EVERYTHING). That was kind of just testing the waters to see if people would respond to that song. Just cause’ the most popular underground music right now is all horrible. It’s all just shock-value distortion. Which I fuck with, I fuck with all that shit, but art is pretty much dead. In a couple years, underground rap is just gonna be beeping: loud, different-pitched beeps, and someone obviously losing their voice over the song. But I love it all, I love all music and I think it’s all important. But I was just making that fucked-up song just to see how people would react, and they hated it, so project successful. I am working on a project that’s going to come out in the next couple months, and it’s serious and slow.

What are some non-musical influences on your music?

Solidarity. Candles. Probably just failure, that’s an influence on my shit. Sleep. Honesty. All that shit inspires me and influences me.

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