What do you love most about music?
“I come from a family full of art, musicians and singers. I was heavily influenced by that. Everywhere I would be in the house, there would be music playing. Up until this point in my life, it is literally all I’ve got. Thats what I hold on to. For some people, a sport is all they’ve got, but for me it’s music. Any form of music, whether it’s creating it or just listening to it. It’s my life. In grade 10, my friends and I joined choir for the easy credit. As time gradually went on, I thought it wasn’t that bad and I started getting into it. I was surrounded by music my whole life, but I never really started taking it seriously until senior year in 2016. I was forced to sing when I was a kid, I never liked it. But I’m glad it happened, it worked out in the end. My mom would shove me the mic and say ‘You’re gonna sing’. Now, I go to work, go home, and then run to the basement.”
“With music, I have a hard time focusing. I would be doing one project and then something else pops up and I’ll completely switch it up. I have a lot of unfinished stuff because my ears are very picky. It’s bad sometimes because I would be listening to people sing and one flat note for like even 2 seconds throws my ear off. It sucks sometimes because I want to enjoy what they’re singing. My choir teacher back in high school had sharp ears. She always wanted to be one step ahead. She was very picky with that and I picked that up from her. Sometimes the 45 or 50 second snippets I post, can take up to an hour and a half.”
“In the future, I’d like to do compositions for movies. What everyone sees on my profile, is rap and hip hop. That’s what I started with and what I’m used to producing. What I’d really like to do, is ballads. I’m a sucker for them, everything orchestral. There’s a lot going on and a lot of theory behind it. That’s the shit and thats the long term goal."
“I always tell myself ‘Don’t sell out’. I was part of a singing competition, and it’s the same one I did 2 years ago after high school. I won second place for that. In 2016, I decided to do broad way. My culture’s standards of what they like to hear is Whitney Houston. I put on a costume and I looked like dirt, it was corresponding to my song. I sang a song from Les Miserables. I stood and let the music do It’s talking. I got second place for that. Right after that event, people were talking shit about me. The moment I stepped off stage I felt it. For me, it was enjoyable. They were bashing me and I literally just came out of high school. They said ‘Why did this guy win? He’s not wearing a suit like everybody else. I thought this was supposed to be a pop signing contest not a broadway singing contest’. I was just laughing. The next season, I didn’t place at all. I did the exact same type of style, broadway. I didn’t place. I got confused, because people were coming up to me and my parents asking why I didn’t place at all. It created controversy and some people wanted to bring lawyers into it. I was like, ‘Relax, are you serious?’ And accused me of cheating. I get competitive, my music competitiveness, is similar to a basketball player at a playoff game. But I try to be open with music as much as I can. For me to succeed, whether I like it or not, you have to follow what the market is going with right now. The dead truth, when you’re just starting it’s going to sound bad. My production didn’t start sounding better until 2 years in. You’re expected to make bad music, it’s just bound to happen. Just keep pushing. You have to sacrifice some things, especially social life. I’ve talked to less people and I’m fine with it. Always remember who supported you from the beginning. I also believe in not releasing your content until you know it’s good. If you just keep pushing out music and you know its not good, you’re not gonna get exposure that you want to see. It’s not going to resonate. It’s gonna be a short term thing and not a long term thing. Use the 10,000 hour rule. You’re not gonna get anywhere and be good without busting your ass off.”
