I worked a long time to get good at what I'm doing, and nobody handed me a recording contract because of who my father is.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
When I was 13, I told my dad I needed to record myself because I sounded awesome, even though I didn't. By 18, I was a lot better. Then I got a publishing deal, so I was writing songs for other people professionally.
When I started working on my own music, I didn't have the chance to record in a big music studio, so I had to record everything myself.
My father was a writer and an acting teacher.
One of the biggest wake-up calls of my career was when I saw a record contract. I said, 'Wait - you sell it for $18.98 and I make 80 cents? And I have to pay you back the money you lent me to make it and then you own it?'
I was forced to be an artist and a CEO from the beginning, so I was forced to be like a businessman because when I was trying to get a record deal, it was so hard to get a record deal on my own that it was either give up or create my own company.
My father was a professional artist all his life who encouraged my path as an artist.
By the age of 17, for me, we had got an recording contract, and, boom, I was gone.
My dad always, he helped me by not helping me. He always said, being a producer, it was all about conviction.
I grew up in a very musical family, my father was a musician and a big band leader and made records.
My profession is called record production.