I think this year will be the hardest, craziest, and most memorable year for me in my production and DJing journey. I faced so many successes, challenges and moments in which I thought I would never succeed. The hardest and most annoying part of the project was definitely the production process. I had my vision in mind, yet writing it down on my computer and making it the way I wanted it to be like was completely different than it was in my head. I don't think I've been so frustrated in my life before until I hit the production piece. I always kept comparing myself and in my head, nothing seemed good or nice compared to the pros. This stopped a lot of the creativity that I needed in order to produce my vision. It was also very hard to promote yourself. When I had a super small record label, promoting myself was basically a personal job. There was no manager or promoter for you. I had to get my way in to play for some big stars and I remember running around Colorado, giving promotion posters and mixes of my music to club promoters, friends, and musicians. It was super difficult to put my name out there so that I could DJ at events. I didn't really have any surprises until this year when I got signed with OWSLA. I believe that is definitely the biggest achievement. It makes me finally relieved to know that my hard work of producing and promoting myself has finally payed off. I finally don't have to chase club promoters and producers, they can come to me. I was actually super surprised to have been signed with them. I have always looked up to the artists under their label, and I can't believe that my terrible mixtape and songs that I produced sounded good to one of the promoters. This really gave me confidence again about my music, allowing me to relax. I finally knew that some people like it, and that it maybe terrible to me, but it means something to other people. I am super excited to be able to continue all my production and DJ career (not really one) in college. I hope to definitely make a living out of this and have a name for myself.
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"Music is our religion"
-Blasterjaxx |