We were lucky to catch up with Dyl The Killsmith recently and have shared our conversation below.

Alright, Dyl thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. Are you happy as a creative professional? Do you sometimes wonder what it would be like to work for someone else?

I’m an enigmatic type of artist. I graduated with a bachelors degree, which I never used. After college I have a 10+ year experience professionally in sales. That said, between my day job and building my music brand, I work 2 full time jobs. I am VERY MUCH happy as a creative and music artist, and I know I will be THAT MUCH MORE happier once I am able to dedicate to the craft full time. However, I am not naive enough to think I can live a successful lifestyle with my art until I’m making over 50K/year annually. I’m a great example that it doesn’t have to be an either/or dynamic between a 9-5 and being an artist. I think most artists cut themselves short because they do not have a way to FUND their music venture, therefore the craft becomes stunted, the artist becomes demotivated, and eventually quits due to a lack of opportunity/access (of which $$$ brings).

So I have a plan I have in action and manifesting where I will be working a 9-5 for 2-3 more years while I continue to build infrastructure around Dyl the Killsmith, including NFT projects that will provide new ways for supporters to fund their favorite artist, as well as gain incentives for being a supporter. One example is releasing an album where my NFT holders get 100% royalties from that album. Wouldn’t that be cool to be getting paid every time you play your favorite Dyl the Kill song? I think so. In 2-3 years I will have steady streams of income with my art and once that happens, watch out world. I move exponentially while others move linearly. That’s why (in addition to being able to fund my music ventures) I will stand the test of time while other indie artists will fizzle out or stagnate

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

Dyl the Killsmith, is an artist, model, physicist, mathematician, salesman & philosopher. I grew up in Port Arthur, Texas (aka the Land of the Trill) in lower middle class. I had necessities growing up even though I was raised by drug and alcohol addicts. I learned a lot from my parents, mostly of who NOT to be, and I learned that EVERYONE has their own demons they battle, and most people are beautiful teachers when you can recognize that fact. For that I LOVE my mother and am proud of her 7 years of sobriety, and I am proud of the person my Father was before he passed.
I went the college route as I was programmed to believe was necessary to be successful. I received my bachelors in science in physics/mathematics, which I never used to this day. (I always tell the story about how I was cleaning RV’s at a RV dealership two weeks after I graduated. Talk about a hit to the EGO!) After 200+ failed attempts to emerge in the alternative energy industry, I turned to marketing/sales. I was good at it, and have built a 10+ year career selling everything from bathrooms, to gold/silver coins, to insurance, to most recently, VR/AR simulations & now records/songs. In tandum to my career path into sales, I began manifesting my passion: Music.

My love for music began when I was a child. My dad always had the radio on at home, and he would always test me when songs cam on the radio. “Who sings this?” “What about this one?”. It gave me an acoustic sensitivity to where I can typically identify a song within the first .10 seconds of hearing it (if it was a song I grew up listening to with my father which was 80’s – 90’s rock/alternative (think Alice in Chains, Metallica, sound Garden, Candlebox). At the age of 16 I took a computer class where I learn programs like Photoshop, illustrator, and a DINOSAUR of a DAW (Digital audio workstation) called Sony Acid. Me and my two best friends I had this call with always said we would make a song. This desire/intention came back with a vengeance the year I graduated university. This came in the form of producing hip hop instrumentals, and quickly evolved into songwriting and singing. I would literally write my goals every day and place my intention on thoughts such as “I am a Grammy nominated songwriter. I write heartfelt, genuine songs that people can relate to and look to as therapy. I am the greatest music artist of my generation.” These daily intentions added momentum to make the artist I am today. I have over 60 songs out, 3 albums, and am generating buzz locally here in Houston.

My Mission before embarking as a music artist was (and is) to bridge the fields of science and spirituality for self-realization. What better medium to do so than music?! I recently watched a youtube video with two individuals by the name of 19 Keys and Billy Carson. Here is what 19 Keys has to say about music, specifically hip hop. I paraphrase:

“ ..I consider hip-hop a type 1 system (in relation to the Kardashev Scale), because hip hop produce tones, frequencies & rhythm that are known all across the planet Earth. The [artist] brand is a symbol which is a representation of an energy that has a translation that creates feeling for each person that knows it from their perspective. Hip hop culture is the most powerful culture that exists on planet Earth, because it can MOVE reality that we don’t even understand yet. We can LITERALLY put everybody on the same vibration and frequency, by exporting culture…and if we understood how power that concept is, we have the ability to make quantum leaps with this system called hip-hop. Hip hop artist are the biggest influencers of the world”

– Ancient Civilizations, Multiple Dimensions, Aliens & Time with 19 Keys & Billy Carson

We’d love to hear your thoughts on NFTs. (Note: this is for education/entertainment purposes only, readers should not construe this as advice)

I am an NFT creator and collector. I have high confidence that they will change the music industry as we know it. I am currently building a pitch deck that I am pitching to investors, with the aims to decentralize the trajectory as a music artist. Artists sacrifice their ownership of their ART for an “advance” and, on average, get paid roughly 14% of the revenue their OWN ART generates (By the record label). My mission will provide artists to be funded by supporters instead of record labels, and providing supports ways to earn PASSIVE INCOME via FRACTIONALIZED OWNERSHIP. With that brings creative freedom, breaking the “leash” that labels thrive to hold artists on, and ultimately allow supports to collaborate and become more intimately connected with my future work.

And look, we’re talking NFT’s, but what we’re really talking about is about “disrupting & decentralizing” when it comes to the music industry. Under the NFT’s is decentralizing the world. Underneath that, is a financial system that will reset andgive us sovereignty and freedom.

If it involes propagating sovereignty and freedom (in any way, shape or form), I’m bout it.

What’s a lesson you had to unlearn and what’s the backstory?

“You have to start a music career before you’re an adult, or else you will be forever behind the curve when it comes to skills and experience.”

I didn’t decide to cultivate my music skills until i graduated college. If I didn’t have the mindset and beliefs that i do, I would have never unlearned that statement. How did I unlearn it? Manifestation and practice. In addition to working on my craft every single day from 2014-2018, I would also write daily goals and affirmations, which contributed VASTLY towards my exponential growth. Call it intention. Call it praying. They are synonymous to me. I would write my daily goals as if they are already manifested, as if I am already living them. Anyone who has done this practice knows that this is a KEY to unveiling your true potential. Sometimes I still feel I was late to the party, and that I would be much further along (financially) had I started earlier in life. But I am quick to remind myself that if I had done things differently, I very well may not have even gained the level of success I have thus far. Everything happens for a reason, and you CAN teach an old dog new tricks.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.dylthekillsmith.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dylthekillsmith.x/
• Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/437381210150726/
• Twitter: https://www.Twitter.com/dylthekillsmith
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLlRzt4HLu3ch9dfYb3fnOA
• Other: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/dylthekillsmith Discord: https://discord.gg/EwHekJhx