If I make a song, and it's my song, like 'Lean On,' we're going to make money off the synchs, the Spotify, and we get to headline festivals on it. That's the model I want to explore.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm in the music business for one purpose - to make money.
I am in a business that's built on record sales and reputation and how your single is doing and where your song is on iTunes. But the kind of music that I do comes from my beliefs.
After you make good, quality music, then it's your job to go out there and promote it and to market it and to get it out there to the people.
Nowadays, with the state of the music business, for any artist, whether you're up-and-coming or you've been in it for awhile, you have to explore different revenues and different ways of expressing yourself.
People are doing what they can these days and looking for creative ways to sell music.
No one told me I had to make something that would sell, but I personally want everyone to like my music.
I would make far more money if every song were my own, but I don't write to fill up the album with my songs.
I'm making music that I love and I want to hear. At the same time, things like making money, making crazy money - you gotta find ways to reach to everybody but uplift everybody.
The music is fun and all that, but first and foremost it is a business, it's about money.
Don't make music for some vast, unseen audience or market or ratings share or even for something as tangible as money. Though it's crucial to make a living, that shouldn't be your inspiration. Do it for yourself.