1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:17,120 on our full release, with more. 2 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:33,300 We dive into the world of creativity and inspiration 3 00:00:33,300 --> 00:00:35,000 First, I’m ThinkTimm 4 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:37,500 We've been coming from planet Earth 5 00:00:37,500 --> 00:00:39,500 Now, without further ado 6 00:00:39,500 --> 00:00:42,000 Let's take back our journey to pink 7 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:44,000 To talk and to explore 8 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:48,000 Why Make Music… 9 00:00:49,500 --> 00:00:54,000 Welcome, welcome, welcome 10 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:55,500 To 11 00:00:55,500 --> 00:01:03,000 Why Make Music… Episode 23 12 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:07,000 So, how you been? 13 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:11,000 What's going on? What's new? 14 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:16,000 I am your host, ThinkTimm 15 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:21,000 And I am here to talk to you about 16 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:26,000 The fine art of being an independent 17 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:32,000 Producer, musician, artist 18 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:38,000 A self-driven, self-created 19 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:42,000 And a self-entertaining person 20 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:46,000 Who likes to create music 21 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:50,000 Welcome, welcome, welcome 22 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:54,000 To the podcast 23 00:01:54,000 --> 00:02:01,000 Hear on Why Make Music... 24 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:07,000 We, meaning I and you 25 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:10,000 The listening audience 26 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:17,000 Will take a journey through the creative process 27 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:25,000 The process of coming up with an idea 28 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:35,000 A flow, a hook into music making 29 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:41,000 Let me tell you that I have been 30 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:47,000 Absent from the podcast for two weeks 31 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:52,000 It's been a minute since I did one 32 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:55,000 Prior to the Super Bowl 33 00:02:55,000 --> 00:03:02,000 And prior to the Grammys of 2025 34 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:08,000 In that time I did some rearranging of the computer 35 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:12,000 To make things run a little smoother 36 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:18,000 To make sure the sound is proper 37 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:29,000 To make sure I had all my perennial ducks in a row 38 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:34,000 So, on today's episode 39 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:39,000 We are going to talk about 40 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:44,000 What it takes to market yourself 41 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:50,000 As an independent producer and artist 42 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:54,000 In the year of 2025 43 00:03:54,000 --> 00:04:07,000 I say that because it is a very busy, tight schedule 44 00:04:07,000 --> 00:04:13,000 That you must keep to try to achieve 45 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:16,000 The things you want to achieve 46 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:21,000 Now I say that not knowing what your goals are 47 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:25,000 Only knowing what mine are 48 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:32,000 And, shockingly, I have some 49 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:37,000 Very, very big, lofty dreams 50 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:42,000 Of what I want to do 51 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:49,000 So, what I am trying to accomplish is 52 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:55,000 Building a community, sharing my music 53 00:04:55,000 --> 00:05:04,000 My art, my ideas with the masses 54 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:15,000 Long story short, I am not short of any type of creativity 55 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:22,000 So, as someone who is independently doing this 56 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:26,000 And I know the definition of independent 57 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:30,000 May blur the lines from time to time 58 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:34,000 Because people are used to hearing the word independent 59 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:39,000 And there's a crew of folks out there working with them 60 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:45,000 But let me assure you, when I say independent 61 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:50,000 I am working by myself 62 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:56,000 I have family and friends and they support what I do 63 00:05:56,000 --> 00:06:02,000 But they are not making music, they are not doing marketing 64 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:07,000 They're not planning, plotting, they are living their lives 65 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:10,000 And it's good, that's how it's supposed to be 66 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:13,000 It keeps me grounded 67 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:17,000 So, if you don't know 68 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:24,000 I have music that is currently streaming on all streaming platforms 69 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:29,000 Apple, Spotify, iheart music and all, the others 70 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:33,000 YouTube, Amazon, so forth and so on 71 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:37,000 Those tracks that are on there 72 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:49,000 Total up to, I do believe we are up to 176 tracks 73 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:51,000 No, no, no, I lie 74 00:06:51,000 --> 00:06:54,000 156 right now 75 00:06:54,000 --> 00:07:01,000 Six projects with 26 tracks a piece 76 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:05,000 Yeah, over the last six months 77 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:09,000 No, no, I'm killing it 78 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:12,000 But anyway, the situation is in reality 79 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:14,000 That means absolutely nothing 80 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:18,000 Because no one's streaming the music except for a few people 81 00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:20,000 Basically so 82 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:25,000 My last invoice from United Masters 83 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:27,000 Which is my distribution 84 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:32,000 Was basically under $20 85 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:36,000 So, with that in mind 86 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,000 As an independent 87 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:48,000 You must try to do other things to keep your ideas, your brand afloat 88 00:07:48,000 --> 00:07:53,000 Hence, Why Make Music… 89 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:57,000 Dot, dot, dot, the lovely podcast 90 00:07:57,000 --> 00:08:04,000 It highlights the fun that we're having being a creative 91 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:10,000 So, other than the Why Make Music… podcast 92 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:16,000 I am learning to work with social media 93 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:33,000 I try my best and got lucky with Meta on platforms such as Facebook and Instagram 94 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:38,000 I shockingly found a large following 95 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:41,000 A large pocket of music 96 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:46,000 I tend to leave my post in India 97 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:49,000 Which is fine because like I say 98 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:52,000 New York is worldwide and international 99 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:56,000 And anyone can like anything 100 00:08:56,000 --> 00:09:04,000 And appreciation for instrumentals can transcend all types of cultures 101 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:11,000 So, as let's count as of this weekend 102 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:19,000 We had 2 million views on last month worth of posting 103 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:24,000 Now how does that transfer over to any type of revenue? 104 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:26,000 It does not 105 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:32,000 I say that because like I tell you 106 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:42,000 As I am learning these so called algorithms used by these social media platforms 107 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:46,000 It's not necessarily about the views 108 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:49,000 It's about the following also 109 00:09:49,000 --> 00:10:01,000 So, even though I have a clean slate as far as not posting anything of music or violating policies 110 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:04,000 I must get my following up 111 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:11,000 So, please follow me on all social media platforms 112 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:14,000 This is the commercial message of the day 113 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:18,000 Follow, follow, follow, like, like, like 114 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:22,000 Subscribe, subscribe, subscribe 115 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:28,000 Because those are the things that matter 116 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:34,000 To the all-smart algorithm at its most 117 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:37,000 Thank you, happy getting through 118 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:47,000 So, with the large people shot out to all of my listeners and followers in India 119 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:51,000 And those who view my videos 120 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:53,000 I thank you very much 121 00:10:53,000 --> 00:11:00,000 And I say from the bottom of my heart I am completely thankful 122 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:09,000 And very much so humbled that you take the time to listen and follow 123 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:13,000 But, so, that's social media 124 00:11:13,000 --> 00:11:20,000 And what I do on social media is that I try to host 125 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:27,000 Tracks, music, along with some creative graphic art videos 126 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:35,000 To get your attention, keep your interest up 127 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:45,000 And try to be as entertaining and try to drive traffic to your streaming site 128 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:47,000 Why to your streaming site? 129 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:53,000 Because you need to have your music heard 130 00:11:53,000 --> 00:12:00,000 The reason I am trying to get my music heard is because 131 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:12,000 My ultimate goal is to hopefully contact music supervisors or sync agents 132 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:17,000 Which if you do not remember from prior episodes 133 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:25,000 I told you that sync agents and music supervisors are the ones who are responsible 134 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:34,000 For placing your music into commercials, into TV shows 135 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:44,000 And that is my ultimate goal is to have my tracks possibly featured in the background 136 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:48,000 And receive payment for such 137 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:56,000 Where as an independent artist I am losing no rights, no royalties 138 00:12:56,000 --> 00:13:04,000 Because I lose no ownership of my material 139 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:16,000 So, the only way to do that is to attempt to contact sync agents and music supervisors 140 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:19,000 And try to get your music heard 141 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:26,000 And I liken this system to almost a laundry 142 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:38,000 Because I feel as though, yes, putting out a lot of material is over-saturation of the market 143 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:42,000 If you are trying to get airplay 144 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:49,000 If you are trying to showcase the material that you have 145 00:13:49,000 --> 00:14:00,000 That maybe perhaps some tracks that you have will be fitting and suited for someone's project 146 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:03,000 I believe like the lottery 147 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:11,000 Why buy one ticket when you can buy a hundred and fifty-six tickets 148 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:21,000 Encountering to perhaps give a person an opportunity to show that you have material 149 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:35,000 And I am what the sync, I see things industry may call a one-stop shop 150 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:44,000 Meaning that I am the writer, producer, arranger, composer 151 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:50,000 I'm making music without any samples to be cleared 152 00:14:50,000 --> 00:14:53,000 Without having to pay another envy 153 00:14:53,000 --> 00:15:01,000 Because the only person I pay is the electric company for keeping the lights on 154 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:10,000 Don't I keep the heat on, and I keep the heat on, but I like it cold in the studio 155 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:13,000 Anywho 156 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:23,000 So I try my best to network and to get my music heard 157 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:29,000 I spend time emailing, not spamming 158 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:36,000 You write a nice email, you introduce yourself, you send the links and you let it go 159 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:43,000 I realize these people who make these decisions have lives 160 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:49,000 And you cannot intrude on their time 161 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:53,000 So basically you put it out there and you hope that they listen 162 00:15:53,000 --> 00:16:01,000 And when the opportunity arises, you hope you get the call 163 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:11,000 So the best way I know how is to maintain my visibility, to maintain a good rapport 164 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:24,000 To try my best to build a good community and to keep myself out of any type of trouble 165 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:29,000 Not that I get in any trouble anyway, I'm a grown ass man, there's no reason for trouble 166 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:35,000 But with all that, that is the goal 167 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:43,000 So go to your streaming platform and look up ThinkTimm 168 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:49,000 That's T-H-I-N-K-T-I-M-M 169 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:53,000 And listen to some tracks 170 00:16:53,000 --> 00:17:07,000 Honestly, there's a lot of tracks there so I don't expect you to listen to hours and hours of music that you're not interested in it 171 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:11,000 But if you are, so be it, I thank you 172 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:19,000 And tell a friend, share, say like, yo, you need some workout music, you need some driving music 173 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:25,000 You can put this stuff on in the background, speaking of the background 174 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:33,000 All the tracks you hear in the background of the podcast as usual 175 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:37,000 Are all my tracks which are all original 176 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:51,000 Which can be found on one of my six projects that are out there currently 177 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:57,000 Had to take a sip, had a bit of a drive, broke there, fell a cough coming on 178 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:00,000 Anyway, here we go 179 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:16,000 So the next thing I am into, I have currently, for the last couple months, I've had a 180 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:30,000 Gang of material, meaning artwork, t-shirts and things with this logo I'm using for the music 181 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:38,000 ThinkTim, which is my artistic eye that I use 182 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:52,000 And I have the, I have t-shirts and apparel available on teapublic.com backslash thinktim 183 00:18:52,000 --> 00:19:02,000 And I have it also on threadless.com backslash thinktimm 184 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:12,000 And some cool merchandise, I kid you not, all of the designs are made by me 185 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:24,000 If you are by chance watching the YouTube feed, I am bringing up images of the apparel 186 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:36,000 We have hoodies, we have t-shirts, male and female, these shop sites are basically sites where 187 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:43,000 You create an image and you post your logo and your design 188 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:50,000 Here's a cool one, I actually used this artwork on the second album 189 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:58,000 Which was called the Beatanical Blooming, Booming Bouquet 190 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:05,000 And it's a old school boombox with a bouquet of flowers behind it 191 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:11,000 And all the artwork is done by me 192 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:24,000 And I feel like go check it out, what I told you, my goals are just to be a responsible human 193 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:38,000 I have regular responsibilities and I am just fortunate enough to be artistically and musically 194 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:50,000 Incline and very creative, so therefore I am attempting to find a way to of course 195 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:57,000 Parlay my material into some type of income 196 00:20:57,000 --> 00:21:08,000 I have a family, I have children that are, if you did not know, the grey is not premature 197 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:15,000 It is aged by, it is earned by the age of living life 198 00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:24,000 So I have children that are approaching college age and there's tuitions that need to be paid 199 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:33,000 And they like the finer things in life and I am trying to use my intellectual property 200 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:41,000 To further their life and their legacy of living well 201 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:53,000 So, don't have to buy, but at the same point I realize as I tell anyone I speak to around 202 00:21:53,000 --> 00:22:16,000 I speak to a reference to music is that in 2025, music has become basically a stepping stone for your brand 203 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:25,000 It is basically a commercial for your greater ideas and what you are trying to put together 204 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:30,000 And how you want to represent yourself 205 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:46,000 And talking to my children, I remind them all the time that music and recreational things are part of that disposable income scenario 206 00:22:46,000 --> 00:23:02,000 So music and the finer things you like, your collections, your hobbies and what not, that should all be part of your allotted disposable income 207 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:13,000 Meaning that basically you pick a career that's going to allow you the life you want to live away from work 208 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:23,000 Allow you the opportunity to have interests and have fun and the vacation and to do the things you want to do 209 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:29,000 And have things you want to have and set those goals high 210 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:43,000 And everything else you do can earn you money, but at the same time they did not come up with the title or the term 211 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:54,000 Starving artists for no reason whatsoever because if you really think about the numbers 212 00:23:54,000 --> 00:24:01,000 This is why we make music dot dot dot the podcast 213 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:05,000 If you think about the numbers 214 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:25,000 Basically, maybe 2% of everyone that makes music can live that glorious life that you think you want to live 215 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:47,000 Now the thing is, if your goal is to generate passive income to make those n's meet or to equal a salary of a career 216 00:24:47,000 --> 00:25:01,000 You must just work hard at it and it may be achievable, the possibilities of making money under the proper circumstance if you're willing to put the work in 217 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:21,000 And it is possibly doable, but the question I have for you is what are you trying to do? Are you trying to splurge and floss and get materialistic things? 218 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:37,000 Or are you just trying to work hard and make a good living and if you can build a good financial portfolio based upon your intellectual property 219 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:57,000 Why would you not want to do that? I admire all the artists that achieved the high rents because God knows if there is a God or the phrase goes 220 00:25:57,000 --> 00:26:10,000 Who never knew that I would not turn away a policeman for someone's art that's doing well because I know the financial return will be great 221 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:22,000 But at the same point I am willing to work as hard as I can every single day not knowing what the reward is 222 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:42,000 And that's the point, you must work and you must work hard regardless if you see the finish line in front of you, behind you, not there, nonexistent, whatever the situation may be 223 00:26:42,000 --> 00:27:06,000 I say that because I work and produce tracks for myself, I have no outlet of goal or whatever to say oh this is for this project coming up, this is, I do it because this is just something I do 224 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:20,000 Now before I'm going to segue into this situation where I'm going to do something that I was trying to do for the longest time but I finally have it set up properly 225 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:37,000 So over here on my other screen I have a track set up and I am going to talk about a nice clear version of my ideas 226 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:50,000 So here we have just a basic track that I've messed around with so I'm going to bring it in for you and I'm just going to need some of these extra sounds here 227 00:27:50,000 --> 00:28:14,000 And how I came up with this idea is I just put on the drums and let the drums play a little something here to see what I come up with, a rather simple pattern, you know so that is the drums and you can hear it's kind of cruising 228 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:35,000 You know so we have the drums and you can hear that right now, music itself is something that is basically so audible and so pleasing to the ear 229 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:58,000 That you forget how naturally things are made, you know so you take that little drum section there and from there we went from the drums and I have some strings here 230 00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:20,000 And I will bring those in, I'm trying to map this out here a little bit so I can loop it, there we go, there we go, simple 231 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:36,000 Now a lot of times when you hear music and you're thinking what is going on so I basically just took the more drum pattern and put some strings on top of it 232 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:53,000 I'm going to now, I'm going to bring my bass over that I had already done earlier and we can get into this little groove for a second here, the bass is a little sloppy but it's going to be okay 233 00:29:53,000 --> 00:30:11,000 Oh my bad those are the horns 234 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:15,000 Where's my bass line go? 235 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:18,000 What I mean? 236 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:22,000 Hold up 237 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:27,000 This is live on the fly so I'm being honest I wasn't going to do this 238 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:34,000 I am going to reopen this track 239 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:43,000 And see what I got going on here 240 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:45,000 What's up? 241 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:51,000 Damn is it saved? 242 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:54,000 Oh man I think I just did something wrong anyway 243 00:30:54,000 --> 00:31:02,000 I'll put a bass pedal on here real fast while we're listening to it back into the groove, here we go 244 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:15,000 So we have a bass 245 00:31:15,000 --> 00:31:36,000 One, two, three, ten 246 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:39,000 Here we go bass line there 247 00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:43,000 I'll just do a bass line there real quick 248 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:45,000 I'm going to make sure that it works 249 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:49,000 I'm just going to put a little quantizer there real quick, plug it in 250 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:56,000 I'll select all the tracks here 251 00:31:56,000 --> 00:32:04,000 Just to clean it up a little bit 252 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:14,000 So what I'm trying to show you once again is that crazy tubing is a light metal flow 253 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:23,000 Now we slide over these piano lines of the head 254 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:28,000 Here we go 255 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:37,000 I'll take these chords out 256 00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:51,000 And what I'm trying to show you is that the creative process should just flow 257 00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:55,000 Just let it go, let it do 258 00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:58,000 You take your time to let it do what it do 259 00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:02,000 You know you have no clue how you want to be the one to lead 260 00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:04,000 If you want to be the one to succeed 261 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:07,000 Just try to take it easy 262 00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:11,000 Don't try to be too much 263 00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:15,000 Just feel, feel the vibe and let it ride 264 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:17,000 How you going to touch the sky? 265 00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:21,000 You know just flow over the track like that 266 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:26,000 This is something we have to think about, this is the pocket 267 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:29,000 Why Make Music… 268 00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:33,000 You make music because you can 269 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:37,000 You make music because you love to do it 270 00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:43,000 It is an easy flow just to find something and let yourself go 271 00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:49,000 And get into it and you just take it easy 272 00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:55,000 So this isn't basically just a drum track 273 00:33:55,000 --> 00:34:06,000 There's drums, a bass line, and some horns 274 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:08,000 That's it 275 00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:13,000 Took me a couple of minutes to get this together 276 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:15,000 This is a whole track 277 00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:19,000 I just go through tracks, I recycle and bring things 278 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:23,000 No need to sample, no need to take from other people 279 00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:26,000 You can do it, this is an example 280 00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:28,000 This is how I want to show you 281 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:30,000 Interact across the momentum 282 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:33,000 You can work on finding yourself 283 00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:35,000 You can just do what you want to do 284 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:37,000 Take the drums out 285 00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:41,000 And see what it sounds like 286 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:47,000 Now you know I told you I lost my bass line so the bass line just threw over top of it 287 00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:51,000 So here we go 288 00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:55,000 It's all sloppy 289 00:34:55,000 --> 00:35:01,000 Let off, it sounds ok but the drums are going down a bit 290 00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:03,000 And now 291 00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:05,000 The king's a little one inspired 292 00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:08,000 You make me want to say a rhyme 293 00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:10,000 Make me want to spend your time 294 00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:14,000 Make me want to have the time out 295 00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:16,000 Make you want to spend your money 296 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:22,000 Make you want to think it's funny how you want to rhyme and turn it out 297 00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:24,000 You can be an inspiration 298 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:27,000 You can maybe lay it down 299 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:29,000 You can come around 300 00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:31,000 You can listen to the sound 301 00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:34,000 You can do what you're doing 302 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:36,000 You can be possessed 303 00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:38,000 You can work with us your board 304 00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:40,000 And try to be the best 305 00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:42,000 This is my time 306 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:44,000 And this is what I'm doing 307 00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:47,000 If you think about my vocal style 308 00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:50,000 I'm not trying to ruin your day 309 00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:53,000 Or ruin all your holiday 310 00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:58,000 What you really want to come around and try to say 311 00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:02,000 Think about the flow and how I really let you know 312 00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:06,000 I am just gonna have to take it nice and slow 313 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:08,000 I am not here 314 00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:10,000 I'm not trying to show you up 315 00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:12,000 But I'm just trying to tell you 316 00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:15,000 Hey, you can help or follow 317 00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:18,000 I'm following what you're trying to do 318 00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:20,000 And how you lay it down 319 00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:22,000 This is no effects on the voice 320 00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:24,000 And this is how I wear my hair 321 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:26,000 I wear it little by little 322 00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:28,000 I wear it on my head 323 00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:30,000 I wanna let you know 324 00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:32,000 That I think I'm gonna rain 325 00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:34,000 I got my time 326 00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:36,000 And I'm gonna get it going 327 00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:39,000 If you wanna rock and do it 328 00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:41,000 I wanna let you know 329 00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:44,000 That I am not a rapper or a lyricist 330 00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:46,000 I'm just my do-so 331 00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:48,000 I just wanna do this 332 00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:50,000 Just like I used to 333 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:52,000 I'm a older man 334 00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:54,000 And I'm living my life 335 00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:56,000 I'm just gonna party 336 00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:59,000 Gonna do it so right 337 00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:01,000 If you come around 338 00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:03,000 You can take your turn 339 00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:05,000 And what you wanna do 340 00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:07,000 Something you see in my mind 341 00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:10,000 This is why I make music 342 00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:12,000 Dot, dot, dot 343 00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:16,000 I can rock an a cappella track so high 344 00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:19,000 I can do an eskimo thing 345 00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:21,000 Like I'm doing 346 00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:23,000 What you think I'm gonna do 347 00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:25,000 Maybe something new 348 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:27,000 Maybe you can test a string 349 00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:29,000 Maybe you can try to dream 350 00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:31,000 Maybe you can walk around 351 00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:33,000 Maybe you can bring my cow 352 00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:35,000 You can be the one 353 00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:37,000 I really wanna party with 354 00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:39,000 Let me tell you 355 00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:41,000 My friend is my boho 356 00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:45,000 We've lived for a big up to eat 357 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:47,000 So anyway 358 00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:49,000 All I'm trying to show you is that 359 00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:51,000 You can play around 360 00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:53,000 You can be productive 361 00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:55,000 You can do it independently 362 00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:57,000 With your time 363 00:37:57,000 --> 00:38:00,000 And just as easy 364 00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:02,000 As you catch the flow 365 00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:04,000 You can just catch it and let it go 366 00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:06,000 Uh, uh 367 00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:08,000 Yeah 368 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:10,000 Now, so this is another track 369 00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:12,000 That's in the background 370 00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:14,000 A step to the mic 371 00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:16,000 And taste the high 372 00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:18,000 This is the bless you get 373 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:20,000 For how to bring it right back 374 00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:22,000 Not trying to drink my flow 375 00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:24,000 I attack 376 00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:26,000 Just trying to drop the logic out loud 377 00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:28,000 What you need to know about the flow 378 00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:30,000 It's like, no, anyway 379 00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:32,000 I'm in a very playful mood today 380 00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:34,000 Um 381 00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:36,000 I wanna thank you 382 00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:38,000 For tuning in 383 00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:40,000 And I know 384 00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:42,000 We are 385 00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:44,000 Twenty-three 386 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:46,000 Episodes into this podcast 387 00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:48,000 I've started 388 00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:50,000 This journey 389 00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:52,000 Into doing 390 00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:54,000 Music and trying 391 00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:56,000 To share with everybody 392 00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:58,000 Uh 393 00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:00,000 August of 2024 394 00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:02,000 Of putting my music 395 00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:04,000 Out on streaming platforms 396 00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:06,000 Uh 397 00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:08,000 Getting the distribution 398 00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:10,000 Situation squared away 399 00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:12,000 With United Masters 400 00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:14,000 Uh, attempting to 401 00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:16,000 Get my music out 402 00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:18,000 To the masses 403 00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:20,000 And try to get over my 404 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:22,000 Insecurity of 405 00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:24,000 All the type 406 00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:26,000 Of fraud 407 00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:28,000 And fear that is around 408 00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:30,000 Us today 409 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:32,000 And to share 410 00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:34,000 Because there's no way 411 00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:36,000 I would know 412 00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:38,000 If my intellectual property 413 00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:40,000 A.K.A 414 00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:42,000 My music, my thoughts 415 00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:44,000 Would ever 416 00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:46,000 Be something 417 00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:48,000 That people 418 00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:50,000 Wanted to get into 419 00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:52,000 So I had to give it a try 420 00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:54,000 I'm feeling 421 00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:56,000 Good about this 422 00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:58,000 And thank you for those who have 423 00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:00,000 Been listening 424 00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:02,000 Twenty-three of anything is a lot 425 00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:04,000 Um 426 00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:06,000 I'm trying to get better 427 00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:08,000 I am trying to play 428 00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:10,000 The 429 00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:12,000 Social media game 430 00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:14,000 I am attempting to 431 00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:16,000 Build this community 432 00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:18,000 And make the connections 433 00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:20,000 And I'm 434 00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:22,000 Trying to share 435 00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:24,000 My thoughts and my ideas 436 00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:26,000 So 437 00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:28,000 I thank you 438 00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:30,000 For those who do listen 439 00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:32,000 I thank you for those who play 440 00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:34,000 My tracks 441 00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:36,000 Uh, contact me 442 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:38,000 Hit me up in the comments 443 00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:40,000 Email me 444 00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:42,000 ThinkTimm@gmail.com 445 00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:46,000 Um, that's T-H-I 446 00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:48,000 N K-T-I-M-M 447 00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:50,000 @gmail.com 448 00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:54,000 I do have a website 449 00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:56,000 And I need to get that domain name 450 00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:58,000 Username up and make a scene so professional 451 00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:00,000 So it'll be 452 00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:02,000 ThinkTimm at ThinkTimm.com 453 00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:04,000 It's coming 454 00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:06,000 But like I said 455 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:08,000 Without the proper team 456 00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:10,000 Working by you, behind you 457 00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:12,000 You are working at your pace 458 00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:14,000 And 459 00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:16,000 Like I said 460 00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:18,000 My journey does not stop 461 00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:20,000 So therefore if anyone knows me 462 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:22,000 I am never bored 463 00:41:22,000 --> 00:41:24,000 I am always busy doing something 464 00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:26,000 Um 465 00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:28,000 Last night I was editing 466 00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:30,000 Ideas for a 467 00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:32,000 Social media 468 00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:34,000 Commercial type thing 469 00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:36,000 To uh basically 470 00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:38,000 Show off some of the 471 00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:40,000 Attire 472 00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:42,000 Without the website so this way you can 473 00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:44,000 Maybe 474 00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:46,000 Help 475 00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:48,000 Can 2 million people in uh 476 00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:50,000 India buy a t-shirt 477 00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:54,000 If 2 million people 478 00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:56,000 Promise to buy the t-shirt 479 00:41:56,000 --> 00:41:58,000 I promise I will sell it to you for a dollar 480 00:41:58,000 --> 00:42:00,000 So 481 00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:02,000 Do the math, do the math 482 00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:04,000 Don't be greedy, seriously 483 00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:06,000 What do you need to live 484 00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:08,000 Your life, what makes you happy 485 00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:10,000 Music and creativity 486 00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:12,000 Makes me happy 487 00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:14,000 My family makes me happy 488 00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:18,000 I'm learning to share 489 00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:20,000 And it's bringing me joy 490 00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:24,000 So 491 00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:26,000 Pick me up on the social media 492 00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:28,000 If you follow me 493 00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:30,000 I'm sorry if all of a sudden 494 00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:32,000 You get hit by 495 00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:34,000 ThinkTimm 496 00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:36,000 And WDMN 497 00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:38,000 HND 498 00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:40,000 HND 499 00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:42,000 HND 500 00:42:42,000 --> 00:42:44,000 WDMNation and music 501 00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:46,000 DJ 502 00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:48,000 Warm cookies only one and two 503 00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:50,000 Eventually soon 504 00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:52,000 The visual is gonna come 505 00:42:52,000 --> 00:42:54,000 With her 506 00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:56,000 Aka me 507 00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:58,000 Spinning on the ones 508 00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:00,000 And twos 509 00:43:02,000 --> 00:43:04,000 You know what I'm saying we're gonna get something 510 00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:06,000 Going and I'm gonna try 511 00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:08,000 To keep you guys entertained 512 00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:10,000 Once again 513 00:43:10,000 --> 00:43:12,000 Thank you very much for 514 00:43:12,000 --> 00:43:14,000 Tuning in 515 00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:16,000 This is Why 516 00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:18,000 Make Music… 517 00:43:18,000 --> 00:43:20,000 ThinkTimm… if nothing 518 00:43:20,000 --> 00:43:22,000 Else 519 00:43:22,000 --> 00:43:24,000 Peace and be wild 520 00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:26,000 Thank you 521 00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:28,000 Thank you for 522 00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:30,000 Paying attention 523 00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:32,000 Thank you 524 00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:34,000 Thank you for 525 00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:36,000 Always tuning in 526 00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:40,000 Thank you for doing 527 00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:42,000 And being you 528 00:43:42,000 --> 00:43:44,000 Embrace the future 529 00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:46,000 Live your life 530 00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:48,000 Peace 531 00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:50,000 And be wild 532 00:43:54,000 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