Here's some inspiration for all the upcoming producers out there.
You may not know this about me but... I actually started making beats around 2010-2011 and one of the things that got me so inspired to make beats was just having genuine love for music. As a kid, I played the drums for my local church choir and practiced guitar quiet often. When I was a sophomore in high school, I discovered that my friend group had a passion for rapping but I knew that rapping wasn't for me because composing music came much more natural to me plus I just wanted to stay in the background and didn't want that kind of spotlight. So, I decided to take a different route and pursue something that matched my character more which was producing. Honestly, my first hands on experience with making music was deejaying. Using VirtualDJ, I would take popular songs and loop the intro and outro of them into instrumentals. Then, I would upload those looped instrumentals onto YouTube where I'd gain THOUSANDS of views per video!
Those videos are still up til this day as well. At the time, I was justhaving fun with music but I didn't really get into beat making until I discovered Lex Luger using FL Studio on the legendary "Secret Formula"cook up video. Before I started making beats, I always thought you needed a bunch of fancy equipment like a beat machine, keyboard, huge studio, mixing boards, ect in order to be a producer. Everybody wanted to become a producer around this time because we saw how easy and accessible it was to make beats from your bedroom! When I was introduced to FL Studio, I can still remember the days of learning how to use it and having off-beat drums but it was one of the greatest discoveries I'd ever come across in the moment. From then on, I'd begin to completely indulge in the art of making beats...I'm talking about being up every morning, evening, and night making beats. I even got good to the point where I'd release my own beat tapes and build a following up on Twitter by interacting with people who were affiliated with Lil B's "Based World". People would show a lot of love and I'd begin to drop more and more tapes. I eventually started working with many artists in my hometown and started building a name in my city. One of the most notable artists I worked with was OG Chess, Travis Scotts' former best friend. We had began to work closely and I'd produce a lot of tracks for him. One of his shout outs even helped me gain over 100 new followers in a day on Twitter and that helped me gain much recognition. As I grew older, I began experimenting with a lot of things like drugs... I would smoke weed and drop acid a lot and it would really change my thought process to the point where I felt like I could do anything I put my mind to. Deeper in love with music I fell as if I truly could not get enough of it! In 2014, I was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana and this set me back so much... From probation, fees, court, random drug tests, rehab centers, AA meetings, community service, ectit just overtook my life and I couldn't do music as much anymore. In my teenage years, I would get kicked out of my house or leave often but when I would come back my family would always try to talk to me about my future because I could only imagine that they didn't like the path I was going down. Every time I would try to explain to them that I wantedmusic to be my life they would shrug it off and tell me to "pick something realistic"... I never felt more motivated to prove them wrong no matter what I went through. In 2015, I completed my probation, moved into my first apartment andhad my first daughter. Everything changed... My relationship with my family, my living situation, and just being forced to grow up very quickly was traumatizing as I knew that parenthood was not going to be easy. I was only 19 and I didn't know how to provide for myself or anyone else of that matter. I'd go on to work several part-time jobs like UPS, Wendy's and Sherwin-Williams just to make ends meet. But I would always find myself too tired to do anything else but go to work and play video games. I'd still practice my music but I didn't have the same aspirations, motivation or drive that once propelled me. One faithful evening, my apartment was broken into...my TV, weed paraphernalia, PS4, and other things were taken but for some reason my laptop with all my music files were still intact! To me, I felt as if it were some sort ofsign to keep going hard with music and that it'll be the only way to make a better life for my family and myself. To make matters worse, in 2016, my father was diagnosed with terminal cancer and it completely shook my world... I didn't want to do anything at that point and it literally felt like I wasjust purely existing while falling into an everlasting depression. The music that once gave me hope for a better life soon just seemed like a pipe dream. In 2017, I got my first full-time warehouse job and I slaved for about 2 years there. Being young and not having any valuable skills led me to being taken advantage of pretty often. There was a point in time while working there that I felt like completely crashing out and giving up all hope in music...I was ready to just accept reality and not try to fight it anymore. I was too comfortable and thought those around me were my friends but eventually they started to show their true colors and I no longer wanted to be around them anymore. Serious situations would always come up and I just felt so trapped...one day,I remember going into a bathroom stall, getting on my knees and BEGGING God to please get me out of there...I was seriously tired and stressed out to the max. A couple weeks later on the same day of my wife's birthday, I got fired...I guess you can say my prayer was answered! Again, I was trapped in a situation that I didn't know how to escape. After looking countless hours for a new job, I began working at another warehouse and there I met several artists and producers all in one space...all in the same situation as me. I felt like I was led there to network and accomplish some type of realization. We eventually all became close and worked with each other. I felt accepted... But, I knew that I couldn't be there forever. I had a greater purpose! In 2020, after COVID-19 shut the entire world down, I began to witness millions of people losing their jobs and I realized how you truly can't rely off of a job. This led me to take music way more seriously so I started perfecting my beat making craft, investing in myself and got serious about branding myself as a producer. Several months into the year, my 2nd daughter was born and 3 days latermy father passed away... The only way I could cope was by becoming a workaholic. I constantly worked day in and day out because I decided that I wasn't going to let depression take control of my life. Now was a time period where I felt like I was either going to come out on top or let this destroy me. In my mind, I couldn't deal with what had just happened or understand why it had to happen...especially only a few days after my daughter was born. Everything felt so "spiritual" at the moment. After I returned to work from bereavement, I realized how short life is and that I needed to achieve my dreams no matter what. I was so determined to go after what I believed in, after saving up to a little over $7K, I took the risk of leaving the current job I was at to pursue music full-time. I went through a lot of character challenging stages not only because of my own situations but because of the people that were around me. Escaping all of the negativity and drama I was around everyday was one of the biggest moves I made. Building up a following on Twitter, selling sound kits, collabs, teaching others, selling cover art, doing chopped and screwed mixes, mixing and mastering songs, doing EPs, and selling beats to rappers on Instagram is what led me to make that decision and I couldn't be more grateful to have done it.
I still remember the last day I clocked out... The month after I left my job, I startedaveraging $3-$7K/month in sales and I was astonished! Only because of the consistent time and effort I put in daily did I achieve those results. The fact that I could live in a decent environment, go anywhere I wanted anytime I wanted, work on my own time, andfinally be able to take care of my family stress-free was truly something life-changing for me.
My mindset grew and it helped me make more money than any of my past jobs.
What you see on the video and picture is when I bought my first car all off of music money in 2023 and I haven’t looked back.
The point is, don’t give up music producers!
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