A Day in the Life of an Indie Artist

I wake up and go to work. I live in NJ and commute 1.5 hours to the city every morning. I wish I could say during that time I’m writing rhymes or thinking up my next big move… But I’m not. I usually read, listen to music or pretend to listen to music and zone out.
I get to office usually before most of the other employees, sit at my desk and kick ass for 9 hours straight (with an hour lunch in between). When I get off I take that 1.5 hour commute back to the crib.
Now it’s around 7:30 and I have the next 3.5 hours to do some damage on the mic before I’m too tires to keep my eyes open. This time is dedicated to either recording (if I have something to record) or mixing (if I have something to mix). Afterward, I got to bed wake up the next morning an do it all over again.
I’m always working. My day starts at 6 and ends around 11. On the weekends I wake up at 9 and continue to grind. It gets hard finding a reason to skip out or ignore other activities so that I may focus on music, especially since all the odds of making it are stacked up against me. So why do I go on….?
Because I love this shit… and I won’t stop, ever.


I’ve been rhyming since I was 11
and will continue to rhyme until I die. My music is music for the mind, music for the heart, and music for the soul. It’s music for me. It’s therapy, it’s self realization, it’s being able to step outside ... 
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