We recently connected with David Fields and have shared our conversation below.

Hi David , thanks for joining us today. We’d love to hear about a project that you’ve worked on that’s meant a lot to you.

Look out for the newest release now charting on iTunes by Cool Dave & Jerrell Dean called Moving On.

“Moving On” is a song with a new sound, blending hip hop, country, gospel, and soul. Performed by South Carolina natives Cool Dave (Myself) & Jerrell Dean.
The song has a unique vibe with a strong message. Moving on can be hard but necessary. You have to let go of the things you can’t control and focus on what you can. No matter what, keep moving forward in faith!

David , before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

My name is David Fields but everybody knows me as Cool Dave. I’ve always been a creative and a dreamer and when you add that up with my desire and purpose to spread God’s love it gave me my motivation. Living life as a believer while trying to thrive and navigate in this world is a journey within itself. Sometimes you get lost in the sauce and you feel like this life is unattainable. My purpose is to make music and content that helps others and myself navigate through this walk. It reminds you that you’re not alone, that you have worth, value, and style.

My grind started out as just something fun and a way to express myself. From there, it turned into a purpose and then a business. However, becoming successful at it was a long process. Success came in steps because you have to start understanding how to separate business from pleasure from ministry. The business is focused on my system (all the working parts) my ROI’s (Return on investment) and branding (my business identity) while the pleasure was having fun creating and becoming popular (people actually liked what I was creating). The ministry focuses on fullfilling God’s calling on my life despite the business or pleasure side of things.

What I am most proud of is the impact God’s allowed me to have. I’ve been blessed with opportunities to pray with and for others, inspire others to chase their purpose and believe in themselves, and invest money, time, and resources in others to help elevate them into who they were created to be. There is an unexplainable peace in knowing that you are making a difference in the world around you. I am also proud of my accomplishments. It’s amazing when you have something to show for the work you’ve put in. I’ve been blessed to have a billboard charting record (Cool Dave ft Dee Aiken – HomeTown), a brand new song that is charting on iTunes as we speak (Cool Dave & Jerrell Dean – Moving On), a star role in a movie featured on Tubi (Collateral damage Ambassadors Ball), appearances on national networks (oxygen, TVOne), and two sold out stage plays now aired on YouTube with hundreds of thousands of views (What Lies Beneath by Showtime Productions). Having the opportunity to be recognized and compensated for your talent and creativity is a true blessing.

Do you think there is something that non-creatives might struggle to understand about your journey as a creative? Maybe you can shed some light?

The hardest thing I think for non-creatives and new creatives to understand is the process itself. People often don’t take the business side of what we do seriously because the end result is entertainment. The business model in entertainment is the same business model in the corporate world, it’s just that most don’t get to see behind the scenes where all the transactions are done. Entertainment is a product just like everything else, it’s just not always tangible.

New creatives often just want the end results and are oblivious to how to acquire them. They think they can become popular overnight or by chance not understanding that there is an expensive and/or complex strategy tied to it. You have to be on time for your craft like you do your job. To be successful you have to seek education in your field, learning how to market, advertise, network, invest, start a company, monetize, pay taxes, and the list goes on. Most think it’s just making music and putting it out there and if it’s good people will buy it. Think of how many small private owned resturants with great food close down because they didn’t learn the business system yet McDonald’s mediocre food sells billions due to their excellent system so perfected high schoolers can run it. A great product with an uneducated system will fail and that’s including entertainment.

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

There were two lessons I had to unlearn. One was, once you make it to a point of success, you can bring all your close ones with you. Success is a mindset that is learned along the way and just because you are learning, growing, and changing, doesn’t mean the people around you are (or are willing to) as well. Through my journey I had to change certain behaviors that some of my close ones aren’t willing to change which is ok because we can still be cool but I can’t do business with someone who is not willing to put in the same effort or march to the same tune.

The second thing I learned is that people aren’t obligated to support you just because they know you, are of the same culture as you, or because you need help. Their job is not to support you… your job is to give them something they want to support. People work hard for their money and have a right to spend it on what they want and need, so find people who want and need what you’re providing. Find a way to market your product that makes people feel good because begging or guilting people into a purchase hurts your business in the long run because every time you come around with your product they get a negative feeling of being pressured or guilted.

I’ve waisted time in both of these area’s. The hardest thing is when others don’t understand where you’re coming from and are so set in their ways but yet want to be a part of what you’re doing. I’ve held myself back doing it other peoples way when deep down I knew it was time to believe in myself and move on. Sometimes people will always see you as the person they met starving for an opportunity and won’t acknowledge your growth, and when you succeed without them, they hold the past against you.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.itscooldave.com/
• Instagram: https://instagram.com/itscooldave?igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA==
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com
• Youtube: https://youtu.be/J6n8Ee-lBqo
• Apple Music Song Link: http://itunes.apple.com/album/id/1689435005
• Spotify Song Link: https://open.spotify.com/album/4OlosWJmj3Zh8k6cPDoGl0?si=gZ9qYoq4R2C4Sfz85Ik6mw
• Music Purchase/Support Link: https://itscooldave.bandcamp.com/album/moving-on