Strive to squeeze $1 out of 25 cents

In this music industry, you really have be in it for the love of it.  Money shouldn’t even cross your mind. It should be enjoyable and stress free!Whenever you feel it’s “work”, then it might be something you shouldn’t get into…

For starters, if you’re an artist, songwriter, producer, or talent scout, I can gaurantee you will be doing it for free at least the first 2 years. When you have some demand for work, then you will experience the strive to squeeze a dollar out of 25 cents.

I’ve been very lucky in my life where I met a lot of people that mentored me through this music business. Unfortunately, sometimes you just don’t really get it until you go through it. I’ve been through the rings of fire where scars can be seen in my eyes. It can take the wind out of you when someone steals your idea and music, breaking promises, scheme against you due to hate, and having deals presented to you then taken back. Well you get the idea. It’s the nature of the beast when you’re in this business. You just have to educate yourself as much as possible to train and prepare yourself for those situations because they come in many different forms and shapes.

If there was a formula on how to be successful in the industry, then many would be successful. There’s really no formula. Even a hit record won’t bring you the success you hope for….look at the 1 hit wonders. However, deep down in my heart, I truly believe that if you love what you do, staying true to yourself and others, and learn from your mistakes that success will arrive to your front door.

I believe success is obtained when your heart is settled and satisfied in anything you do in life. Having lots of money doesn’t mean you’re successful. Thanks for reading and the support!

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Piano Me

After the recording session for “I Got It”, I had a sudden call of inspiration. I sat on the piano, laid my fingers on the the most comfortable chords which is a F# major (ha ha) and freestyled. Check out the clip.

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I Got It

It’s been about 3 years since my writer and I wrote this song. In this video, you will see my 16 year old artist lacing up this record. But I want to give you a brief history about this song, that this song isn’t just another song I produced and wrote. In 2005, I took a break from this music industry. I had a lot of negativity around me and I felt trapped as well as stagnant. I felt no progress was happening and I even thought of hanging up my jacket. I took that 1 year exploring life, finding what I loved the most, and figuring out what makes me happy in this world. I thought it was girls at first, though they do make me very happy =), but I feel deep down that there’s so much more to life than the simple typical daily life of waking up, reporting to a boss at your company, being stressed out, and then having to repeat that for many years to come.

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Well, 1 year later, for some reason, I started getting calls from random singers that wanted me to produce them. Amazingly enough, it was those calls that got me back into this game. And the first track I really created was this song. I gave it to my writer, who just came back from his break, and a week later, we referenced the song with this Asian Filipina Artist.Well after that, it was all over. I started banging out tracks after tracks and recorded on a daily basis again. Starting from scratch and trying to learn from my mistakes.

If I was to ever get a hit record, I will have to thank the song personally as it was the song that brought inspiration and motivation to do this stage of the game! Enjoy the video as there are many more to come. I’m back to my video blogging days again….

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