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BAP Talk Podcast
310 Crew Is Building A Creative Brand From Big Lake
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What happens when a Nashville studio trip lights a fire you can’t put out? We bring in Husky and JC Boots from 310 Crew Studios to share how a simple “let’s learn it ourselves” turned into a creative business that records artists, shoots concert tours, and crafts crisp, story-first videos for clients across industries. From Big Lake, Minnesota to a tour bus rolling city to city, they show how curiosity becomes craft—and how craft becomes a living.
We dive into the work behind the lens: why clarity beats flashy props, when to use drones for movement and mood, and how to cut a music video that feels like memory without losing momentum. The guys explain how they blend rough phone clips with cinematic shots, how they edit performances to the rhythm of a track, and why composition and pacing matter more than a rented supercar. Along the way, we trade top five debates—Biggie versus Jay, the pull of early Jay-Z, J. Cole’s lyrical weight, and the way taste evolves with time and grind.
The conversation also gets real about the creator’s life. Podcasting isn’t just a mic; it’s planning, setup, editing, and consistency that hits before sunrise. We talk checklists, making setups fast, and how a small team changes everything by reducing friction. Distribution across Apple, Spotify, and more brought surprising reach, including international listeners, which fuels a bigger mission: invite hard stories, turn pain into help, and keep showing up even when fear says step back.
If you’re a musician, videographer, or brand exploring content, this one is packed with practical insight on audio engineering, music videos, live show highlights, client work, and staying prolific with singles. Want to connect with 310 Crew Studios? Visit 310crewstudios.com or find them on Instagram and Facebook @310 Crew. If you enjoyed this conversation, follow the show, share it with a friend, and leave a quick review—what creative risk are you taking next?
What'd it do, y'all?
SPEAKER_02How's it going, Bab? Thanks for having us, man. We appreciate it.
SPEAKER_01But anytime, anytime, anytime. Real talk was around y'all way like a month ago. Oh, really? Yeah. Becker. Okay, yeah. Yeah, yeah. And and I got lost down there. But you know, I'm like, that's cool though. Hey, it's wide open spaces. Yeah. Real. Hey, y'all drinks. Ain't nothing like here. And they cheap.
SPEAKER_02They are cheap, yeah.
SPEAKER_01So okay. Get you drunk. Like a pub. I say like$40. I'm talking about they'd get me liquor like this with a little water. So I'm like, I need more water. But anyway, though, let's go to business though. Tell the people, my fans, something about 310.
SPEAKER_02Yeah, no. So my name is Husky. This is my business partner, JC Boots. What up, what up? We own 310 Cruise Studios. We are out of Big Lake, Minnesota. We do everything from audio engineering and studio time for artists to videography, shooting commercials for companies, uh, music videos and concert videos for people, as well as doing DJ service and things like that. And we make music too on every same game 410 crew.
SPEAKER_03Okay. So kind of little bit of everything.
SPEAKER_01I think I was in one of the uh videos. I think we've been a city. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, okay. Yeah. Right. So how long have I been doing that type of business?
SPEAKER_02I think this will be our third year of business doing studio stuff and things like that. But we've been doing making music under a 310 crew for almost six six, seven years now.
SPEAKER_01So okay, that's nice, yeah. And part the video wise, and then I tapped in on the music. Um what all type of videos like can y'all do? I've been in one of those, but oh yeah, that's right.
SPEAKER_02I forgot about that. I love that in the city.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, that with major at uh PJ.
Touring, Clients, And Video Craft
SPEAKER_02Yeah, yeah, that was fun to make. Yeah. Well, we went down and made our first professionally recorded music in Nashville. And when we came back, we were like, well, why don't we just kind of figure out how to do it ourselves? So that's where we started, and then we got good enough at doing that that we felt confident to offer that to other people and people that were looking to have a place to record in. And then we started looking at our okay, how can we make another source of revenue off of that? So then we started making music videos and doing things like that, concert videos. We were actually lucky enough to go travel the country this year with a band on a tour bus, so that was a ton of fun.
SPEAKER_03That's right, yeah. We did a lot of videos like that, like tour videos, yeah, highlight real type of things, new city, kind of you wake up, new show, new crowd, not knowing what the exact terms and conditions of the night are gonna be, but make sure that fun. Yeah, exactly. Make sure that you have some fun and and everything will go smooth. But yeah, video stuff we do business, stuff from commercial, like exterior painting to construction jobs, uh food companies, food companies, uh restaurants, um from that to to music, like music videos and stuff like that.
SPEAKER_02We've shot a couple of music videos for local artists, so that's been a lot of fun. All different genres we've done as well for music videos. Yep. I remember I think the first one I did was Country, wasn't it? Yeah, yeah. Were you? Yeah, yeah. I'll imagine it. It was different, it was different for sure. It was fun though because the artists had like pre-recorded old cell phone videos that they had, so I got to kind of mash it up with the vision that I had, made it kind of like a throwback and then look into the presentation. Like a nostalgic feel for sure. It was definitely a lot of fun, cool way to go with it.
SPEAKER_01So now that's that's raw. I've been in three videos in my lifetime. Back when I was younger, projects, they had uh they had uh did a video that I was in trash. Then I was in a video MIM, you know what I'm saying? So that's sick. Right, right. He had the Airbnb rennet, all types of Lamborghinis and everything. You know what I'm saying?
SPEAKER_02It's the birthday man, what up, major?
Style, Nostalgia, And Visual Clarity
SPEAKER_01So right in the building. That's right. I'm like, I thought that was it. But now when I got in y'all lick, though, I'm like, uh I can be me. You know what I'm saying? For sure, for sure. And then it was different angles, and y'all had drones. Yeah, yeah. That's what got me. Now my buddy, uh, he put some money into the video because I swear to God, punchy. That nigga, he had a Ferrari, he had a Lambo truck, he had like 45 of.
SPEAKER_02Damn.
Comparing Shoots And Production Quality
SPEAKER_01Yeah, so I'm talking, we went all in. So uh the thing that got me was that y'all beat them in. No, everything I look. The uh, I don't know if it's called the graphics or the video picture. Yep, yeah, the clarity almost. The clarity. Yeah, yeah, it was way raw than him. Now I can show the video one because it's it's on YouTube. Yeah, I'd love to watch that. So so you'd be like, it's a difference. It's just like I don't know how y'all see it up in the video term, you know what I'm saying, but yeah, it's a real clad end. And it makes y'all up just like really, really not impressive. But thank you, I appreciate that. Yeah, on everything. I I never told him though, but I watch both of them sometimes. You know what I'm saying? I'm like, man, look, you got a headshot of me looking down, you know what I'm saying? But everything they use was either side to side, stop, yeah, up and down. You know what I'm saying? So that's another element exactly, you know what I'm saying? So I mean, like, I'm like, yeah, I like that. I like that. So part of the rap, and you say y'all rap, correct? Yeah, I don't know too much. I'm new to it. You know what I'm saying? Absolutely. So, so uh what kind of rap y'all? I mean, you know what's all type of rap now.
SPEAKER_03I uh to classic fans. I grew up, I am a huge J. Cole fan. So like I kind of try to get my style, oh yeah. I try to get my style more lyrical and uh stuff like that. I know Husky was a big Biggie fan. Okay, he goes, Yeah, he goes with the flow for that. So like he he he matches that style for real.
SPEAKER_01But uh I got a good question for you, huh? The Biggie Vig. So you go up with Big.
SPEAKER_02Yeah.
SPEAKER_01Now, which one of your favorite songs of Biggie? Like, which one of I got mine?
Rap Influences And Top Five Debates
SPEAKER_02Well, it's just I'd say hypnotize is my big favorite, like real? Yeah, like move around, dance song, Who Shots is my favorite. Like, okay, if I'm in the mood, like grinding, working. I love listening to that song. That puts me like okay.
SPEAKER_01I like that the warning. Yeah, yeah, it's good one too. Wong too, basic. I like one. What was that? What's that song? One more chance.
SPEAKER_00Oh, won't you?
SPEAKER_01No, no, that is.
SPEAKER_02I didn't think about it for sex, man.
SPEAKER_01If you're a biggie fan, if you know the hobby, yeah, no, I like for real. It's like you know the hobby. And that's kind of funny that we updated that. So, do you like JC? J C. Okay. Early Jesus.
SPEAKER_03Early J. Early stuff. Like I and I'm not saying like I don't like the other stuff, but there's particular specific.
SPEAKER_02Man, we have a CD case that we just listened to in the car when we were in high school.
SPEAKER_03And even after that, just like are you uh you're like the blueprint three? Some of it. Some of it. See, a lot that gets a lot of criticism where we enjoyed that album a ton. And it was after like the original blueprint stuff where you could it went from like more flowy to more of that, I don't know, 2010, 2012 feeling kind of I don't know what else.
SPEAKER_01See, me personally, I like them because of the a like how he changed blow up for sure. You know what I'm saying? Now I wouldn't call him the critical graph of all time, though. I wouldn't do that. Yeah, okay. Because right, like me personally, I go off generation. Like, I'm up in age. I heard uh uh uh uh park, smooth. I mean, I mean, I go back to Ken Clay in real life, you know what I'm saying? How old I am, so like it's generation of rap, and from the 90s, well, I say he he don't count the first two albums because he wasn't even in it in airway for me. Okay, but I get him up there like in the top five, you know?
SPEAKER_02For sure. Yeah, hey bro, I like your hat and I love your sweatshirt. He's got Yahweh hat and Jesus sweatshirt on. Let's go. That's what I'm talking about. I actually stitched that on there. Oh, dude, that's even he said he stitched it together himself. That's baller. If you do shoes and she too make it stuff, yeah. That's awesome.
SPEAKER_01So uh that's kind of crazy, like the same music. I do like working, I play biggie like 40 hours straight.
SPEAKER_02I just I used to play it over and over.
SPEAKER_01Because I work in the freeze. Yeah, so I gotta keep moving. Exactly. You know what I'm saying? And if I don't feel the beat, kinda burnt myself out on I like Lil Wayne, too. I'm not gonna lie. Oh yeah, yeah, I like a lot of rappers out there. Absolutely. You know what I'm saying? So uh, but I get Biggie, and I gonna lie, I get Biggie and Jay most play. I guess both of them like A and B like brothers.
SPEAKER_03Who do you put above who? Who do you put above who? Like you got Biggie over Jay, or you got Jay over Biggie? I got Biggie over Jay. Yeah, for sure. Where do you got where you got Biggie? Where do you put Biggie in your top five?
SPEAKER_01Probably he gotta be in my top five, he gotta be like two or three.
SPEAKER_02That's for the yeah.
SPEAKER_01And then real talk, I don't know.
SPEAKER_02It fluctuates, it does fluctuate too.
SPEAKER_01It'd be like different generations of music I like that I can put up there.
Music Cycles, Singles, And Persistence
The Grind Of Podcasting And Setup
SPEAKER_02Yeah, yeah. You know, you're like, oh, I like this today, and then you're like, you can never get rid of this. Right. You know, like for real. It's just something that's gonna always be there and be a part of history. That's a cool stuff. Also, I feel like nowadays with music, people let a song blow up really big, and then you don't hear it again for a long time, unless that person is like dedicated to listening to that artist. Right. Yeah, that's how you gotta constantly be making new music. That's something Major does really well, especially recently, is just popping out uh singles, dude. Yeah. No, thank you. But how have you been enjoying doing podcasts? And you've definitely been grinding and you've been killing it.
SPEAKER_01So you know something I ain't gonna lie, just I didn't think it'll be another job. Oh, yeah. A lot of things we think we're supposed to sit down and just, no, I don't wanna. It's like a lot of things my podcast, I'm into, you know. And I can record an episode in one day, but I choose not to. Because I want to be one of those fake people out there who see one way and don't speak about the other. Just kind of come up, you know, like with a coming around. But I be telling people, man, like, this is a job. That's why I like to do it with two people instead of one, because I'd rather have a dialogue and then sit there and random all day long. Absolutely.
SPEAKER_03It's hard to sit there by yourself and have those stuff. And it's entertaining by yourself. Yeah.
SPEAKER_01Yeah, so I'd like, man, look, sometimes it's like I get up, I go to bed like around about 11, 9, 11. I'm back. I get up, I'm going straight to the podcast. Like, yeah.
SPEAKER_02You know, editing, getting stuff ready. Yeah, yeah. So it takes setting everything up. I mean, yeah, for you it's a lot quicker than setting up a whole thing.
SPEAKER_01But this I just told him this y'all did that quick.
SPEAKER_03It takes time to practice that too as well.
SPEAKER_01I was telling like, I was telling Megan, like, man, they set that up kind of quick.
SPEAKER_02Well, I came home from work yesterday and JC had it set up in the kitchen literally like this in the kitchen.
SPEAKER_01Just ready to go.
SPEAKER_03Perfectly set up, so I took it down the same way. I was like, well, I'm just gonna go.
SPEAKER_01And put it up the and put it right there.
SPEAKER_03Right. Yeah, get it all prepped out.
SPEAKER_01That's why I thought I was doing y'all see me over here struggling, right?
SPEAKER_03I'm like, uh oh, something ain't right, man. I like that board. That's a cool board there.
Growth, Platforms, And Global Reach
SPEAKER_01That's yeah, thank you for the cool voice now. No, it was yeah, yeah. Well, I like this motherfucker though. I'm gonna upgrade to honestly, I'm kind of nervous because I'm not really into it to try to get super fancy. This just uh uh uh uh a project, you know. Like I like doing it, you know what I'm saying? Okay, uh uh uh I like the podcast and I appreciate and I'm thankful that I'm on every podcast site, Apple, Spotify, and like five, six more. And they listening to us in different countries, Germany. Yeah, I do that. Yeah, yeah. And then it hit me. You know what I'm saying? It's like, man, so I don't know what to say about the podcast. I wanted to go places, you know, have ideas. I even reached out to a female, the one that's been a view, the narcissist and stuff. If you want to share your story, since I'll put it on the book all the time, yeah, like pass it out and like help other people. Exactly. Yeah, you know, you feel me? I'm I mean, like, I mean, a lot of them say they will, and then if something happens. If you're afraid, you know, just be just you're afraid.
SPEAKER_02You know the worst thing you're gonna do is fall down, but you can always get back up and try it a different way. And it's always worth shooting for it, especially if it's something that sparks your interest. That's that's definitely something we've lived by. We would not be at the spot if we were like, oh, I'm scared to do this. We definitely wouldn't know.
SPEAKER_03I think it helps though, not like there's a lot of people who are do it truly by themselves. Yeah. No help. Yeah, like and I don't know if we'd be able to do that realistically, not being able to having having a team is the biggest. You're gonna get to the next step faster.
SPEAKER_01Yeah.
SPEAKER_03Every time.
SPEAKER_01So what question? If people want to like do some business with y'all, I can contact me. I mean, social media.
Fear, Teamwork, And Taking Shots
SPEAKER_02Yeah, so you can go to our website, 310crewstudios.com. Yep. And then, or you can reach out to us via email, 310.crew.18 at gmail.com. You can follow our social medias, 310 crew on Instagram and Facebook.
SPEAKER_03Yeah, as well as 310 crew on Facebook, basically all across the room, and that's uh 310 crew.
Closing Thanks And Sign-Off
SPEAKER_01So R E W E. That's dope, though. I ain't gonna lie. That's really dope. Well, this is the episode of Bab Talk. Stay tuned for the next one.
SPEAKER_02Hey, thank you so much for appreciate.