We recently connected with Jake Anthonyx and have shared our conversation below.
Jake , appreciate you joining us today. If you could go back in time do you wish you had started your creative career sooner or later?
I started recording and releasing music when I was about 12 years old. It’s 10 years later and I’m finally now starting to gain some traction and attention towards my art. So it’s not that I wish I started earlier, it’s that I wish I knew what I was doing earlier. In early 2021, I changed my artist name to Jake Anthonyx. I was going by the name Jacob M0 for years but I knew that I was ready to evolve and change the way people viewed my music. I deleted all my past work and started fresh. Since then I’ve been doing everything in my power to make sure everything that I do makes sense and I took the time to learn about different forms of marketing that have advanced my career. Prior to last year, I was just releasing music hoping to magically blow up.
Jake , 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?
So I’m an alternative pop vocalist from South Florida. I write super catchy records with impassioned lyrics. All my music will have you bobbing your head but also have you thinking about where you went wrong in your life. I wouldn’t say I make the most uplifting music but the purpose of it is to let people know that I also feel alone sometimes and I also spend a lot of time dwelling on mistakes I made in my past. I was introduced to music at a young age, my dad was a DJ/Producer, and my closest cousin was a rapper so I was around it literally all the time. I knew as soon as I hit middle school what I wanted to do with my life. I’d say I’m most proud of how far my sound has come over the years, I know exactly who I am as an artist and I feel like I’m at the point where every record I make is better than the last. I haven’t yet achieved my great accomplishment but I’m certain that it’s right around the corner.
Looking back, are there any resources you wish you knew about earlier in your creative journey?
Tik Tok. Majority of my streams these days come from my Tok Tok account which I started a few months back. If I had began promoting my stuff on there over quarantine I’d be huge right now. @jakeanthonyx
For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative?
Release day. When I finally hear that record that I’ve been listening to the file of for weeks on streaming services. That’s what it’s all about. It’s also an amazing feeling when you gain a new fan from a new song you’ve released and that makes them go back and check out the rest of your discography.
Contact Info:
- Website: jakeanthonyx.com
- Instagram: instagram.com/jakeanthonyx
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCapJ0RY1NZeIMhAw9RFR3JQ
- Other: Tik Tok – https://www.tiktok.com/@jakeanthonyx Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/artist/2mE0ftXr2vOTGtq0tI64jr Apple – https://music.apple.com/us/artist/jake-anthonyx/1550887592