The document discusses the author's history with and passion for music. It details how they grew up playing instruments from a young age and performing music. They discovered their interest in the business side of music and enrolled in college to study the music industry. The author analyzes music trends and learns about topics like management, copyright law, and entrepreneurship. Their goal is to work for a major record label in an A&R role to help sign and support artists. The author defines success as being able to sign a major artist, have leisure time, accomplish personal goals, do community service, and ultimately use music to impact the world.

1. Devoted, Musically Attentive, Frontrunner
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brand mantra embodies who i am and what i am. draw in audience

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Grew up playing instruments..
started playing piano at 7, picked up drums and clarinet in middle school

3. Performed music
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4. Wrote music & fictitious contracts
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Discovered music
spend hours mastering personally recorded music

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Attended concerts, loved the atmosphere
started to really get into the music world, attending concerts and supporting local smaller venues

7. Stopped playing music, started studying music
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stopped playing music in highschool, discovered i wanted to be on the sideline of music performance. at this time i wanted to be a tour manager

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Collected music and discovered new artists
then started discovering more and more artists. collecting music and making mix tapes. also started reviewing albums/singles for fun

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Aided in gig signing at age 17
highlight of music career so far (no job in industry yet). friend’s band signed to two playing gigs at Recher theatre

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Enrolled in Full Sail, started learning industry
enrolled to full sail for fall semester of 2013. started learning basics of industry, possible careers, and continued hobby of reviewing album/artists for
entertainment

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Analyzed music trends
Learned about music trends, such as transfer to digital era, decline of physical sales, increase of streaming, etc

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Learned business ethics, management, copyright law
learned topics such as business ethics, management tactics, how to analyze and predict trends

13. Discovered who I am through music
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music shaped my life and helped me “soul search” + discover who i am

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Entrepreneurship DNA
Motivations & Inspiration
Learned about entrepreneurship dna, what motivates me to work and what doesnt, my passions and strengths

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Innovative
strengths such as innovative (r&d)

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Passionate
passionate, love music specifically punk rock and hip hop

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Creative
creative, always thinking

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Determined

19. Target audience: Major Record Labels
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continue target audience. record label will allow me to achieve my goals/dreams and help others achieve theres. first step to finding success is being hired
by major label. i’ve been fulfilling a&r expert duties for years, just on a minor scale and for entertainment

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Definition of Success:

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Sign major artists
goals in music industry mainly sign an artist who is a “giant” controls their genre. i want to share a message with the world, need to find artist who shares
my morals and message. need to find artist who is as serious as I am, and interested in pursuing their goals

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Leisure time
success means having enough time for leisure activities, staying health, helping community but most importantly

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Accomplish personal goals

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Time for Community Service

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Impact the World
most importantly, i want to impact the world. this drives me the most and will be done through music.