FIRST THING’s FIRST: I WRITE, RECORD, AND PERFORM MY OWN MUSIC. I'M A HUMAN BEING, NOT A ROBOT. I'VE BEEN DOING MUSIC SINCE before SOME OF YOU WERE ALIVE. I RELEASED MY FIRST MUSIC WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER (I'M ____ NOW, A.K.A. OLD A.K.A. 100% UNC STATUS).

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SOME SAGE ADVICE FROM ME FOR THE NEXT GENERATION:
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• DON'T SIGN A MAJOR LABEL DEAL. THEY SUCK. LITTLE ARTISTS I'VE KNOWN WHO BLEW UP AND IMMEDIATELY SIGNED A MAJOR LABEL GOT DROPPED BECAUSE, OF COURSE, THEY COULDN'T SELL MILLIONS OF RECORDS BECAUSE NO ONE REALLY SELLS MILLIONS OF RECORDS ANYMORE. DON'T. DO. IT.
• TAKE BREAKs! I spent over 12 years being a modern day slave. I worked 80 hours a week for years and years. I barely took vacations. I really prioritized work, and others, above me. really take care of yourselves and take breaks. you've earned it, and it's not wrong to put your foot down. I had my most productive musical output after being forced to take a break for about 6 months.
• USE DIGITAL SUPPORT IF YOU WANT! DO I THINK AUTOTUNE IS THE DEVIL? NO, BECAUSE I'VE INCORPORATED IT INTO MY OWN COMPOSITIONS FROM TIME TO TIME. I DON'T NEED TO PROVE ANYTHING. It’s a tool like anything. There are many plug-ins people use that effectively do the same thing. Technology helps us do so much, which leads me to…
• DONT' BE AFRAID OF AI. IT CAME OUT OF NOWHERE, AND IT'S EVERYWHERE. BUT IT'S A TOOL TO USE, NOT SOMETHING TO BE SCARED OF. I'M OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER WHEN MUSIC SHARING AND DIGITAL MUSIC WERE CONSIDERED THE DEATH OF THE BUSINESS, AND NOW LOOK AT US. HELL, REMEMBER THE DAYS WHEN DYLAN GOT BOOED BECAUSE HE USED *GASP* AN ELECTRIC GUITAR??? HONESTLY, I ALSO WORK IN SOFTWARE AND WHILE I CAN SEE THE FEAR BEHIND WHAT IT CAN DO, I STILL FEEL YOU DON'T NEED TO BE RIgid AND YOU SHOULD USE IT AS A TOOL - YOU KNOW, LIKE A KITCHEN GADGET.