the journey begins :)
I am on my own now…
For the past 10 years I’ve always been at least partly self-employed, but it’s all me now. No steady source of income other than my own ability to create, and so starts a new segment of my journey completely reliant on self-motivation.
It’s scary but I have complete faith in myself and those around me; I will give my all until the end.
The last few months have been filled with uncertainty…
I deciding I needed to live closer to nature, quit my job at Germano Studios in Manhattan, left the city to move back to WV, and worked as a vendor at Firefly Festival, learning important lessons and preparing for the beginning of the life I had always dreamed of…
<< | the nomadic artist/producer | >>
In order to get to this point I’ve spent almost every day of the past 10 years working on music or my career:
Studying Music Technology at NYU
Working at jungle City Studios, Cornerstore Studios, and Germano Studios
Attending concerts, meeting, and learning from fellow artists, producers, writers, and industry players
Utilizing studios every opportunity I could
Always giving a higher quality product to clients than paid for
The city gave me opportunities that I never could have taken advantage of anywhere else, and it pushed me to work harder, longer, and better than anyone, but it took a mental toll as well as a financial and interpersonal toll.
My whole life became about music.
Music was the thing that helped me connect with people at a point in my life when I had 0 friends and was bullied by those that called themselves “friends”. Music was and will always be a lifeline, a way to connect with those around me, and get through the toughest points in life.
Firefly Festival was the catalyst for a lot of realizations…
I learned that for years I have undervalued myself and subsequently became underconfident in my music. I had started producing for artists as a route for networking my own music but it had become my career, so I assumed I deserved to be on the backburner.
I learned that I was the one that was responsible for my stress, nobody else.
I learned that I can learn from everyone I meet.
I learned that those that genuinely make you feel like your truest self/your best self are the people that deserve your time.
Finally, I realized that there was no reason why I couldn’t be on one of these stages in a few years with the amount of music I had, and the quality I had gained over the years.