We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Jared Coad. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Jared below.

Jared, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Are you able to earn a full-time living from your creative work? If so, can you walk us through your journey and how you made it happen?

To answer the first question yes absolutely!

To put it like my good friend Booker T I used my 9 to 5 to fund my 5 to 9. At first, it was definitely tight because I had to prove that I was worth a higher amount. Once I got to the point of earning a higher wage, I was sad! To put it simply, I had to get experience under my belt before I could qualify for those certain privileges.

One of the major steps I would say was more recent in the last couple years was deciding to take quality over events it’s definitely a leap of faith and I had to trust in the Lord to bring me the events that would pay my bills! I don’t recommend that statement for a younger artist because they need all the experience they can to get used to performing producing and speaking!

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

I credit my mom, dad Grandma, and Grandpa for getting me into this industry. I learned how to play music around six years old. My grandma and grandpa taught me the piano and the guitar and I ran from there.! as far as my business goes, I can consult artist help artist build full-time careers. I teach people the business side of music whether that dealing with merch or pricing yourself quoting a wedding all kinds of things.!

Outside of the professional Dj a lot of my clients want to be a full-time musician and don’t quite understand the business side of it so I’m able to consult and I’ve helped dozens of musicians go full-time! Another side of my business is designing live shows for artists I’ve designed for the Grammys, the doves and many other large tours and shows!

What do I want my fans to know about me and my business? We work very hard to bring the best experience to you guys who buy tickets all over the world some days it’s hard being an international artist. I do about seven different countries a year and then tour all over the US But we do it because we love you and we love what we do! So thank you thank you thank you for coming out!

Is there mission driving your creative journey?

A lot of people ask me what my goal is especially as a professional DJ. My goal is very, very simple to spread the name of Jesus across the world and to put a smile on peoples faces. Music is the only universal language that exists on the planet, and I’m able to communicate all of those things using music as a vessel

How can we best help foster a strong, supportive environment for artists and creatives?

This is a great question because it’s not asked very often. Business owners nonprofits, franchise owners take risks. i’ve done it throughout building my business. We do it every day when we build artist careers and if it’s a calculated risk that’s the best way. Artist have a lot to offer! Music Is one of the many successful gateways to success in communicating what your brand is all about!

Contact Info:

• Instagram: Djcode_
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