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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: James Blake at SXSW 2011 [Watch (HLS stream): James Blake at SXSW 2011](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/rFkT20lJ.m3u8) (1:32)  _Published 2011-03-22. London producer and performer James Blake played a South By Southwest showcase at Stubb's Bar-B-Q in Austin_ --- Jul 27, 2023 3:11 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [James Blake on Cop Losing Job](/video/uY5ChJgv/) ### James Blake on Cop Losing Job [James Blake NYPD Video](/video/4i9lhmz0/) ### James Blake NYPD Video [GIVERS at SXSW 2011](/video/zqhEuZlo/) ### GIVERS at SXSW 2011 --- ## Transcript >> I started playing piano when I was really young and then yeah, I started producing about 19. So it's [ unk ], all the musical ideas into this kind of, this vessel that was electronic music, you know. I'm very lucky. I mean, a lot of people have supported me, a lot of people have sort of given me a leg up. I'm really just going, you know, I really support this and I love it and, you know, I'm gonna play it every day on my Radio One show, or, you know, or there's been some certain DJs who have played my stuff a lot, certain DJs in clubs as well. We're just trying to nail the set. We're just trying to make the set better and I feel like we're really delivering you know. So these-- We're having so many gigs in a row. 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