March 22, 2025 • 20 mins
SLT 'the TALK' Featuring Bari Lutalo
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Speaker 1 (00:19):
Artist, and I am missus Mellan and Rain.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
It's today we have with us my first episode to Bright.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
Tell us a little about yourself.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
I am an artist, music producer, audio engineer, guitarists moltage.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
So okay, yeah, so what expires you? What we have
expired you lately?
Speaker 3 (00:46):
To? Uh?
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Because we have we have a little piece of performance
by you. What expires you Ve seen? On Instagram? You
posted a new a new track. What inspired that track? Actually?
What has been inspiring you? Continue producing music?
Speaker 3 (01:00):
Yeah? So this past Friday I posted two new songs,
one that I produces by an artist and clear conscious
feature and kind of and then another song that my
band made takes us from Earth basically like what inspires
me musically? It's just life. You know. Life is always
(01:21):
giving me something to write about. You know. Sometimes I
just hear melodies or chorus and stuff. I need to
put down everything, the good times, a low times, all
of that.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
Okay, And what does purpose mean you? Because I know
it's an artist entrepreneur's purpose is at the center of
all of that. So what does purpose mean to you? Man?
Speaker 3 (01:43):
That's I'm still figuring it out, to be honest. It's
constantly changing, you know. I know, originally my purpose was
like just to create just like get a frustration or depression,
you know, these things. You know. It still is an
outlet for a lot of things. But now I'm more intentional,
you know, I really want to know my self, build community,
(02:06):
you know, and just really bring people together musically. And
I've just been really studying just politics and sociology, what's
going on in the world. I want to use music
as a means to, you know, to fix that or
to to bring more awareness, you know, in our community.
And then the world is large.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
So yeah, So what has been your biggest influence to
maintain that kind of speak when when it comes down
to dealing with community and music and the social political
impacts to my influence.
Speaker 3 (02:45):
So, I'm in a band called Safest from Earth, and
I've been working with this basis called ab Atomic. He's like,
he's a really dope musician, producer, but he's also on
a political journey, you know, and he studies a lot
and he's part of a lot of different movements. That's
been an influence on me recently. Personally, I've always kind
of heared towards that. I've always been interested in and
(03:08):
just sociology and politics. Just living in Baltimore, seeing like
the dichotomy of things, you know, same neighborhoods, and then
at large my family being Caribbean, you know, but me
growing up in America, so seeing just like this is
you know, just the differences and things and how black
people all around the world are struggling, you know, and
(03:28):
people in general, you know, say, not just like poor
white people, you know. For you know, I'm interested just
having equality when it comes to things, people being able
to live together, but us, especially black people, knowing who
we are and celebrating that.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
So yeah, Nina the Mound has a quote where he
says that it is the duty of artists to reflect
the times. How do you feel about that?
Speaker 3 (03:53):
Yeah, yeah, for sure, and and reflect the times all,
not just like being super conscious of political social you
know what I'm saying, Like sometimes you gotta be ratchet,
sometimes you have fun, you know, saying sometimes music is derogatory,
you know, I think all aspect of life, you know,
for people to relate to, because it's not all just
one thing, you know, There's so many different things in life.
(04:14):
So I agree with that, and not just on a
social conscious level.
Speaker 2 (04:19):
So when think about reflecting on the times, how do
you stay motivated to continue to put the work out of,
continue to talk to band, practice, Wow, having everything else
that you have to deal with in life.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
That is that is a constant battle. Honestly, I just
have faith. I just keep the faith, you know. I
really believe in what I'm doing, and I know this
could have pay off. That has paid off, and I
will continue to and even more so. And then on
top of that, it's how I keep saying, you know,
like I needed to me. I'm not the biggest social person,
(04:54):
you know, I tend to be more introverted, but music
has always been a conduit in way of like engaging
in my community, engaging with people.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
So, yeah, what do you feel that's to you apart
from other artists? Like, what is your thing, your signature?
What is it that makes you different?
Speaker 3 (05:13):
I guess my subject matter in this in this scene,
I think I tend to be a bit more conscious,
but not like preachy.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
You know.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
I talked about being consciously aware of my flaws, you know,
and sometimes it might sound like celebrating it, but I'm
really having an honest conversation about what's going on in
my life, you know, with all the vices and then
even you know, all the things I'm fired to.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Soard, you mentioned to me, what advice would you give
to someone who is an artist or any anyone that
you feel that could be inspired by the works that
you're now fleeing.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
Advice? Just keep going, just keep creating, you know, and
do it for you first and foremost. Do it because
you love it, you know. Don't do it for the
accolades or even the money. You know, if you're doing
it solely to get rich. I mean there's people who
are successful doing that, you know. So who am I
to say not to do that way? But I would say,
just do it because you love it. First.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
How do you feel your work? Because I hear you
say community a lot, but more directly, how does your
work contribute to the community? How do you bridge the
gap between the two?
Speaker 3 (06:30):
Mm? So, I've done things like events you know, has
had the artists come out and produced for other artists
who are part of reunity, and that kind of add
to the catalog. I'm still figuring it out, to be honest.
I want to do more of the community beyond just
like being an artist, you know, like really doing things
that can be meaningful and helpful. So I'm diving my
(06:53):
tone that and just trying to understand like local scene,
local politics, you know, how we can help people or
less you know, who don't have the privileges that I have,
you know, saying on people who are yea or or
you know what I'm saying, like you know, and children too.
I want to. I want to really because I have
a seven year old daughter, so I want to get
(07:13):
into that. But not just performing for young adults and everything.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
But yeah, So with you on your journey to you know,
personal growthriend uh, balancing childhood, being a farm? How can
people support you along again?
Speaker 3 (07:30):
Journey? Keep sharing, you know, keep founding on social media,
come up to my shows, tell other people about the
music if you like it and loved I appreciate all
that you know, stream of music.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
Okay, how would you how would you describe your journey
so far as far as it being lucrative, as far
as support, as far as like formulating an identity as
an artist because it can be really hard.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
We have a lot of.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
Financial things that we have to do on a day
to day basis. But when you know, like this is
something I drives you as purposeful will help you heal,
It helps other people heal. How are you navigating that?
Speaker 3 (08:17):
It's it's it's constantly today, just reassessing things, you know,
just being realistic about pleasure, you know, realistic about what
I can and can't do, what I say yes to,
you know, and and being trying to be as disciplined
as possible, which is is very hard, you know, Like
you know, some shows I might be playing to talk
(08:38):
with people, you know what I'm saying that that can
be lucrative recently when I recently, like the past four
five months, relatively recently, I started being an artist. When
I started being an artist, I got like my biggest
day being an artist, a solo artist. So yeah, I'm
looking into that now, you know, and just matching all that.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
Okay, So dealing with the aspect of music personal life,
m h, how do you stay influenced? Uh outside?
Speaker 3 (09:11):
You know there's I mean living your day to.
Speaker 2 (09:12):
Day life, Like where do you or where do you
draw your biggas or I don't know if I already action,
but where do you drive your biggest influence from? I
know you mentioned something about the guy besides that, like
where like as far as you to really lock him
on your music.
Speaker 3 (09:25):
Where your biggest expiration Uh hmhmm. Jay Z was in
his influence when I was young Lyrically, I like the
way he put his music together, his words play. Jimmy
Hendricks just inspired me to start playing guitar when I
got in the Clurse Mayfield. But it was outcasts because
(09:48):
I was always a hip hop pas and outcasts. They
just had such diversity in their music. You know, there's
a lot of soul, it's a lot of funk guitars
and stuff like that. And then I discovered Me Hendricks
and Sla Family Stone and sixties The Doors. Yeah, all
those adios, all those influences up to like Jazzonius Month,
(10:10):
My Savis, John Colechine, you know, all of the last
rare and yes, there's so many blueness even down as
by reggae beat.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
Yeah, and I heard, like I've been in a couple of
your tracks and even just you doing a live performance here,
I can hear that diversity that you bring to the industry.
Speaker 3 (10:31):
So I definitely what you.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
Think, what would you say it's your favorite piece of
work that you've done so far or like if not,
you don't if you don't have a favorite, like what
is maybe one of the biggest pieces that you've done
that You've got a great response from pieces, performances, whatever
(10:54):
I perform.
Speaker 3 (10:55):
Actually saw Bounce, I like the crowd always loves that song,
so like a really retro like seventies I feel about
rapping on kind of fun shout that helutely produced that
and he actually played guitar on that song. But yeah,
I said that second one of the biggest pieces. And
(11:16):
then the song off the Sades too, which as well,
which is I've always liked that that personally, that's one
of my favorite songs because it's really about finding yourself,
you know, and not being lost and like what society
tells you you to.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
Me So as you know, speak speak my tour, community
community based, what way could you get involved or what
wanted to be involved when.
Speaker 3 (11:42):
It comes down to speak tool in anyway possible performing that,
you know, you know, doing like life sometimes stuff. Yeah,
whenever you're before.
Speaker 1 (11:54):
You community workshops and all of that.
Speaker 3 (11:57):
Yeah, yes, oh yeah, yeah, that'd be great too. Yeah
for sure.
Speaker 1 (12:01):
I also want to ask you, because you did mention
that you have a daughter, how has fatherhood impacted your art.
Speaker 3 (12:08):
Fatherhood has taught me how to slow down, you know
what I'm saying, really just focus like locking and what
I can do when I can't do you know what
I'm saying, Learn how to say, know the things you know?
Before I had it came to be like, yeah, I'm
outside all the time you did. Now Yeah, I've had
to like really sit back when you focus, and it's
old against her names as she gets older, I just
(12:31):
think about like what kind of message I want to
put up? You know what I'm saying? How how how
it would impact her? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (12:41):
So do you have anything that you would like anything
upcoming events that you would like to plug in?
Speaker 3 (12:47):
I have. So there's there's three projects I'm looking on
right now. For I'm working on my land Stages from
Earth she dands a project coming out soon. And then
Player Conscious he's stripping the album that I've produced myself.
I'm coming with the project sometimes this summer. And then
Sean Sky she has the project coming out that I
(13:08):
produced some songs. So, so what can people find find
me everywhere and buy you tallow B A R I
L T A l O.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
What's one habit or mindset, mindset shift that you have
able to incorporate has really helped you as an artist.
Speaker 3 (13:28):
Uh. It kind of ties into like having a having
a child, like really learning how to focus and not
be all over the place, like really just try to
center my attention and focus on one thing. And I'm
still I still struggle with that because there's a lot
of different things that I do that people ask me
for or like I get. You know, I might get
because I have a studio on town, so I might
(13:50):
get clients, recording artists and stuff for somebody might ask
me to produce something when somebody might ask me to
play guitar for them, or you know, I might get
a bot and so artis with my mom used. But
I'm learning how to like really manage all of that
and really focus on one thing at a time versus
trying to do everything at the same time on the ones.
Speaker 1 (14:09):
And you're finding success with that because I know for
me personally, that's hard because I can do I do
some things, and I want to execute and do those
many things. But I'm still kind of like a much
even when people ask me, like what do you do,
it's kind of hard what do I answer? Because I
don't do a long drawn out thing.
Speaker 3 (14:24):
Yeah, it's like I'm still learning out of balance. Yeah yeah, yeah.
I feel like for me, I'm finding more success. I mean,
sometimes I have to take like just as back, you know,
and find other ways to make money or just like
say no like the fast money, you know, because I
need to really sit down and holde certain skills and
(14:45):
really focus on that. So sometimes it might not be
as lucrative doing that, like saying no to certain things.
And sometimes you do have to say yes to certain things,
but I know, in the long terms for the payoff,
I don't want to be in the same spot, you
know what I'm saying, doing like ten millions things.
Speaker 1 (15:00):
You know, So.
Speaker 2 (15:03):
Saying I want to know what's your thoughts on like entrepreneurship, right,
and how are you directing that the field or the
industry that you're in.
Speaker 3 (15:14):
My thoughts entrepreneurship, I'm learning a lot. I'm still in
the process of studying and really learning how to manage
my business and how to promote myself as a brand
and for my audiences and all those things, you know,
and just just what that means like being around sending
people just as you guys, you know what I'm saying,
(15:34):
Like just doing things and really putting things together is inspiring.
I'm learning from that. But yeah, I think I think
my thoughts entrepreneurship is that it is great, you know,
and it's it's good that we do things for ourselves
and build small business I guess right.
Speaker 1 (15:52):
So one of the things we talk about and we
incorporate and speak like to its networking. So I want
to ask you how power or do you believe networking
is for an artist or entrepreneur, especially when it comes
to connecting the dots between just doing your art and
really turning it into something that's lucrative all around the world.
Speaker 3 (16:12):
Yes, it's it's very important. It's very important for out
there and just you know, know what you want you
know what I'm saying, be intentional about about what you
want to do as far as like your networking and
meeting people and telling people what it is that you're
selling and you have to offer, and also just connecting
on a human you know, it's on a human basis,
you know what I'm saying. Always like with po quote,
(16:34):
you know, it's just like you know, networking just to me,
like for the money, it's like building community, it's like
building help, like making new friends, you know, support groups
all the day, you know, send as parents, we need
support too, you know. So I'm learning you know that
as well.
Speaker 2 (16:54):
So what what what are your plans or like, what's
what's next to you? I know something had a couple
of shows going up, but whether you really see yourself
with the next five years m hm.
Speaker 3 (17:06):
The next five years, I definitely want to continue being
an artist and put down music and being lucrative. Yes,
I want to want to get into movies, like produce
movies or yeah, and I'm looking to find hm hmm.
Like I know, music is the means of marketing and
(17:27):
selling things. But having a product and exactly having something
like that's a lot of thing, you know, whether it
be clothing or be like movies, okay, whatever I'm putting together.
Speaker 2 (17:37):
So so and I think with that, like, you know,
especially like it all provides the image, you know what
I'm saying, you performing you being a musician, you're in
a band, so with the closing aspect of parel band
and also a little bit of film to go behind,
it allows the image and allows you to try to
promote yourself more but also one more attention to what
(17:59):
you have going on and then also with people around.
Speaker 3 (18:02):
So I think that's very cool, Yeah for sure. Yeah,
and doing that for us, butthers too, you know what
I'm saying, We all from brands working together. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (18:11):
As an artist, how do you feel about social media?
How has you been using it? Do you feel like
it's a help or hinderance for art today?
Speaker 3 (18:20):
It just really depends on the mindset, you know, saying
everything is good and bad. You know, even music and
self art be negative, you know, but social media, I
just I just it depends on what your goals are,
you know. I think sometimes we do get too caught
up on social media. It could be it can be
toxic and negative of people psychology, especially when you get
(18:42):
into that point of like comparing yourself to others and
sharing your engagement other people and using that as a
need to you know, measure your words or your your greatness.
I think that's the negative part. You know, you really
have to do it for you, put it out for you,
you know what I'm saying, whether it gets two lights
or five thousand nights, you know what I'm saying. Like,
(19:02):
some of the best stuff I've come across social media
from like artists, I got like less than two hundred followers.
You know what I'm saying, just randomly, like why is
this person is big? You know, so the number name.
I don't think we should focus on that. I know
it's important for business, but when the initial thing, you know,
saying it should be your heart, you know, and it's
putting it out for that, you know what I'm saying,
(19:23):
and then you can let off and have your business
mind and figure out who your audience is and all
that stuff. But like, but yeah, social media overall, I
think it is good for networking. It's good for getting
your stuff out there.
Speaker 2 (19:35):
You know, you're again man for showing up, showing out
for the performance piece and also to help fighters coma.
Speaker 3 (19:45):
Well, thank you for tot
Artist, and I am missus Mellan and Rain.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
It's today we have with us my first episode to Bright.
Speaker 1 (00:29):
Tell us a little about yourself.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
I am an artist, music producer, audio engineer, guitarists moltage.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
So okay, yeah, so what expires you? What we have
expired you lately?
Speaker 3 (00:46):
To? Uh?
Speaker 2 (00:47):
Because we have we have a little piece of performance
by you. What expires you Ve seen? On Instagram? You
posted a new a new track. What inspired that track? Actually?
What has been inspiring you? Continue producing music?
Speaker 3 (01:00):
Yeah? So this past Friday I posted two new songs,
one that I produces by an artist and clear conscious
feature and kind of and then another song that my
band made takes us from Earth basically like what inspires
me musically? It's just life. You know. Life is always
(01:21):
giving me something to write about. You know. Sometimes I
just hear melodies or chorus and stuff. I need to
put down everything, the good times, a low times, all
of that.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
Okay, And what does purpose mean you? Because I know
it's an artist entrepreneur's purpose is at the center of
all of that. So what does purpose mean to you? Man?
Speaker 3 (01:43):
That's I'm still figuring it out, to be honest. It's
constantly changing, you know. I know, originally my purpose was
like just to create just like get a frustration or depression,
you know, these things. You know. It still is an
outlet for a lot of things. But now I'm more intentional,
you know, I really want to know my self, build community,
(02:06):
you know, and just really bring people together musically. And
I've just been really studying just politics and sociology, what's
going on in the world. I want to use music
as a means to, you know, to fix that or
to to bring more awareness, you know, in our community.
And then the world is large.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
So yeah, So what has been your biggest influence to
maintain that kind of speak when when it comes down
to dealing with community and music and the social political
impacts to my influence.
Speaker 3 (02:45):
So, I'm in a band called Safest from Earth, and
I've been working with this basis called ab Atomic. He's like,
he's a really dope musician, producer, but he's also on
a political journey, you know, and he studies a lot
and he's part of a lot of different movements. That's
been an influence on me recently. Personally, I've always kind
of heared towards that. I've always been interested in and
(03:08):
just sociology and politics. Just living in Baltimore, seeing like
the dichotomy of things, you know, same neighborhoods, and then
at large my family being Caribbean, you know, but me
growing up in America, so seeing just like this is
you know, just the differences and things and how black
people all around the world are struggling, you know, and
(03:28):
people in general, you know, say, not just like poor
white people, you know. For you know, I'm interested just
having equality when it comes to things, people being able
to live together, but us, especially black people, knowing who
we are and celebrating that.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
So yeah, Nina the Mound has a quote where he
says that it is the duty of artists to reflect
the times. How do you feel about that?
Speaker 3 (03:53):
Yeah, yeah, for sure, and and reflect the times all,
not just like being super conscious of political social you
know what I'm saying, Like sometimes you gotta be ratchet,
sometimes you have fun, you know, saying sometimes music is derogatory,
you know, I think all aspect of life, you know,
for people to relate to, because it's not all just
one thing, you know, There's so many different things in life.
(04:14):
So I agree with that, and not just on a
social conscious level.
Speaker 2 (04:19):
So when think about reflecting on the times, how do
you stay motivated to continue to put the work out of,
continue to talk to band, practice, Wow, having everything else
that you have to deal with in life.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
That is that is a constant battle. Honestly, I just
have faith. I just keep the faith, you know. I
really believe in what I'm doing, and I know this
could have pay off. That has paid off, and I
will continue to and even more so. And then on
top of that, it's how I keep saying, you know,
like I needed to me. I'm not the biggest social person,
(04:54):
you know, I tend to be more introverted, but music
has always been a conduit in way of like engaging
in my community, engaging with people.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
So, yeah, what do you feel that's to you apart
from other artists? Like, what is your thing, your signature?
What is it that makes you different?
Speaker 3 (05:13):
I guess my subject matter in this in this scene,
I think I tend to be a bit more conscious,
but not like preachy.
Speaker 1 (05:22):
You know.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
I talked about being consciously aware of my flaws, you know,
and sometimes it might sound like celebrating it, but I'm
really having an honest conversation about what's going on in
my life, you know, with all the vices and then
even you know, all the things I'm fired to.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
Soard, you mentioned to me, what advice would you give
to someone who is an artist or any anyone that
you feel that could be inspired by the works that
you're now fleeing.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
Advice? Just keep going, just keep creating, you know, and
do it for you first and foremost. Do it because
you love it, you know. Don't do it for the
accolades or even the money. You know, if you're doing
it solely to get rich. I mean there's people who
are successful doing that, you know. So who am I
to say not to do that way? But I would say,
just do it because you love it. First.
Speaker 1 (06:18):
How do you feel your work? Because I hear you
say community a lot, but more directly, how does your
work contribute to the community? How do you bridge the
gap between the two?
Speaker 3 (06:30):
Mm? So, I've done things like events you know, has
had the artists come out and produced for other artists
who are part of reunity, and that kind of add
to the catalog. I'm still figuring it out, to be honest.
I want to do more of the community beyond just
like being an artist, you know, like really doing things
that can be meaningful and helpful. So I'm diving my
(06:53):
tone that and just trying to understand like local scene,
local politics, you know, how we can help people or
less you know, who don't have the privileges that I have,
you know, saying on people who are yea or or
you know what I'm saying, like you know, and children too.
I want to. I want to really because I have
a seven year old daughter, so I want to get
(07:13):
into that. But not just performing for young adults and everything.
Speaker 2 (07:17):
But yeah, So with you on your journey to you know,
personal growthriend uh, balancing childhood, being a farm? How can
people support you along again?
Speaker 3 (07:30):
Journey? Keep sharing, you know, keep founding on social media,
come up to my shows, tell other people about the
music if you like it and loved I appreciate all
that you know, stream of music.
Speaker 1 (07:47):
Okay, how would you how would you describe your journey
so far as far as it being lucrative, as far
as support, as far as like formulating an identity as
an artist because it can be really hard.
Speaker 2 (08:04):
We have a lot of.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
Financial things that we have to do on a day
to day basis. But when you know, like this is
something I drives you as purposeful will help you heal,
It helps other people heal. How are you navigating that?
Speaker 3 (08:17):
It's it's it's constantly today, just reassessing things, you know,
just being realistic about pleasure, you know, realistic about what
I can and can't do, what I say yes to,
you know, and and being trying to be as disciplined
as possible, which is is very hard, you know, Like
you know, some shows I might be playing to talk
(08:38):
with people, you know what I'm saying that that can
be lucrative recently when I recently, like the past four
five months, relatively recently, I started being an artist. When
I started being an artist, I got like my biggest
day being an artist, a solo artist. So yeah, I'm
looking into that now, you know, and just matching all that.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
Okay, So dealing with the aspect of music personal life,
m h, how do you stay influenced? Uh outside?
Speaker 3 (09:11):
You know there's I mean living your day to.
Speaker 2 (09:12):
Day life, Like where do you or where do you
draw your biggas or I don't know if I already action,
but where do you drive your biggest influence from? I
know you mentioned something about the guy besides that, like
where like as far as you to really lock him
on your music.
Speaker 3 (09:25):
Where your biggest expiration Uh hmhmm. Jay Z was in
his influence when I was young Lyrically, I like the
way he put his music together, his words play. Jimmy
Hendricks just inspired me to start playing guitar when I
got in the Clurse Mayfield. But it was outcasts because
(09:48):
I was always a hip hop pas and outcasts. They
just had such diversity in their music. You know, there's
a lot of soul, it's a lot of funk guitars
and stuff like that. And then I discovered Me Hendricks
and Sla Family Stone and sixties The Doors. Yeah, all
those adios, all those influences up to like Jazzonius Month,
(10:10):
My Savis, John Colechine, you know, all of the last
rare and yes, there's so many blueness even down as
by reggae beat.
Speaker 2 (10:21):
Yeah, and I heard, like I've been in a couple of
your tracks and even just you doing a live performance here,
I can hear that diversity that you bring to the industry.
Speaker 3 (10:31):
So I definitely what you.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
Think, what would you say it's your favorite piece of
work that you've done so far or like if not,
you don't if you don't have a favorite, like what
is maybe one of the biggest pieces that you've done
that You've got a great response from pieces, performances, whatever
(10:54):
I perform.
Speaker 3 (10:55):
Actually saw Bounce, I like the crowd always loves that song,
so like a really retro like seventies I feel about
rapping on kind of fun shout that helutely produced that
and he actually played guitar on that song. But yeah,
I said that second one of the biggest pieces. And
(11:16):
then the song off the Sades too, which as well,
which is I've always liked that that personally, that's one
of my favorite songs because it's really about finding yourself,
you know, and not being lost and like what society
tells you you to.
Speaker 2 (11:28):
Me So as you know, speak speak my tour, community
community based, what way could you get involved or what
wanted to be involved when.
Speaker 3 (11:42):
It comes down to speak tool in anyway possible performing that,
you know, you know, doing like life sometimes stuff. Yeah,
whenever you're before.
Speaker 1 (11:54):
You community workshops and all of that.
Speaker 3 (11:57):
Yeah, yes, oh yeah, yeah, that'd be great too. Yeah
for sure.
Speaker 1 (12:01):
I also want to ask you, because you did mention
that you have a daughter, how has fatherhood impacted your art.
Speaker 3 (12:08):
Fatherhood has taught me how to slow down, you know
what I'm saying, really just focus like locking and what
I can do when I can't do you know what
I'm saying, Learn how to say, know the things you know?
Before I had it came to be like, yeah, I'm
outside all the time you did. Now Yeah, I've had
to like really sit back when you focus, and it's
old against her names as she gets older, I just
(12:31):
think about like what kind of message I want to
put up? You know what I'm saying? How how how
it would impact her? Yeah?
Speaker 2 (12:41):
So do you have anything that you would like anything
upcoming events that you would like to plug in?
Speaker 3 (12:47):
I have. So there's there's three projects I'm looking on
right now. For I'm working on my land Stages from
Earth she dands a project coming out soon. And then
Player Conscious he's stripping the album that I've produced myself.
I'm coming with the project sometimes this summer. And then
Sean Sky she has the project coming out that I
(13:08):
produced some songs. So, so what can people find find
me everywhere and buy you tallow B A R I
L T A l O.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
What's one habit or mindset, mindset shift that you have
able to incorporate has really helped you as an artist.
Speaker 3 (13:28):
Uh. It kind of ties into like having a having
a child, like really learning how to focus and not
be all over the place, like really just try to
center my attention and focus on one thing. And I'm
still I still struggle with that because there's a lot
of different things that I do that people ask me
for or like I get. You know, I might get
because I have a studio on town, so I might
(13:50):
get clients, recording artists and stuff for somebody might ask
me to produce something when somebody might ask me to
play guitar for them, or you know, I might get
a bot and so artis with my mom used. But
I'm learning how to like really manage all of that
and really focus on one thing at a time versus
trying to do everything at the same time on the ones.
Speaker 1 (14:09):
And you're finding success with that because I know for
me personally, that's hard because I can do I do
some things, and I want to execute and do those
many things. But I'm still kind of like a much
even when people ask me, like what do you do,
it's kind of hard what do I answer? Because I
don't do a long drawn out thing.
Speaker 3 (14:24):
Yeah, it's like I'm still learning out of balance. Yeah yeah, yeah.
I feel like for me, I'm finding more success. I mean,
sometimes I have to take like just as back, you know,
and find other ways to make money or just like
say no like the fast money, you know, because I
need to really sit down and holde certain skills and
(14:45):
really focus on that. So sometimes it might not be
as lucrative doing that, like saying no to certain things.
And sometimes you do have to say yes to certain things,
but I know, in the long terms for the payoff,
I don't want to be in the same spot, you
know what I'm saying, doing like ten millions things.
Speaker 1 (15:00):
You know, So.
Speaker 2 (15:03):
Saying I want to know what's your thoughts on like entrepreneurship, right,
and how are you directing that the field or the
industry that you're in.
Speaker 3 (15:14):
My thoughts entrepreneurship, I'm learning a lot. I'm still in
the process of studying and really learning how to manage
my business and how to promote myself as a brand
and for my audiences and all those things, you know,
and just just what that means like being around sending
people just as you guys, you know what I'm saying,
(15:34):
Like just doing things and really putting things together is inspiring.
I'm learning from that. But yeah, I think I think
my thoughts entrepreneurship is that it is great, you know,
and it's it's good that we do things for ourselves
and build small business I guess right.
Speaker 1 (15:52):
So one of the things we talk about and we
incorporate and speak like to its networking. So I want
to ask you how power or do you believe networking
is for an artist or entrepreneur, especially when it comes
to connecting the dots between just doing your art and
really turning it into something that's lucrative all around the world.
Speaker 3 (16:12):
Yes, it's it's very important. It's very important for out
there and just you know, know what you want you
know what I'm saying, be intentional about about what you
want to do as far as like your networking and
meeting people and telling people what it is that you're
selling and you have to offer, and also just connecting
on a human you know, it's on a human basis,
you know what I'm saying. Always like with po quote,
(16:34):
you know, it's just like you know, networking just to me,
like for the money, it's like building community, it's like
building help, like making new friends, you know, support groups
all the day, you know, send as parents, we need
support too, you know. So I'm learning you know that
as well.
Speaker 2 (16:54):
So what what what are your plans or like, what's
what's next to you? I know something had a couple
of shows going up, but whether you really see yourself
with the next five years m hm.
Speaker 3 (17:06):
The next five years, I definitely want to continue being
an artist and put down music and being lucrative. Yes,
I want to want to get into movies, like produce
movies or yeah, and I'm looking to find hm hmm.
Like I know, music is the means of marketing and
(17:27):
selling things. But having a product and exactly having something
like that's a lot of thing, you know, whether it
be clothing or be like movies, okay, whatever I'm putting together.
Speaker 2 (17:37):
So so and I think with that, like, you know,
especially like it all provides the image, you know what
I'm saying, you performing you being a musician, you're in
a band, so with the closing aspect of parel band
and also a little bit of film to go behind,
it allows the image and allows you to try to
promote yourself more but also one more attention to what
(17:59):
you have going on and then also with people around.
Speaker 3 (18:02):
So I think that's very cool, Yeah for sure. Yeah,
and doing that for us, butthers too, you know what
I'm saying, We all from brands working together. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (18:11):
As an artist, how do you feel about social media?
How has you been using it? Do you feel like
it's a help or hinderance for art today?
Speaker 3 (18:20):
It just really depends on the mindset, you know, saying
everything is good and bad. You know, even music and
self art be negative, you know, but social media, I
just I just it depends on what your goals are,
you know. I think sometimes we do get too caught
up on social media. It could be it can be
toxic and negative of people psychology, especially when you get
(18:42):
into that point of like comparing yourself to others and
sharing your engagement other people and using that as a
need to you know, measure your words or your your greatness.
I think that's the negative part. You know, you really
have to do it for you, put it out for you,
you know what I'm saying, whether it gets two lights
or five thousand nights, you know what I'm saying. Like,
(19:02):
some of the best stuff I've come across social media
from like artists, I got like less than two hundred followers.
You know what I'm saying, just randomly, like why is
this person is big? You know, so the number name.
I don't think we should focus on that. I know
it's important for business, but when the initial thing, you know,
saying it should be your heart, you know, and it's
putting it out for that, you know what I'm saying,
(19:23):
and then you can let off and have your business
mind and figure out who your audience is and all
that stuff. But like, but yeah, social media overall, I
think it is good for networking. It's good for getting
your stuff out there.
Speaker 2 (19:35):
You know, you're again man for showing up, showing out
for the performance piece and also to help fighters coma.
Speaker 3 (19:45):
Well, thank you for tot
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