We were lucky to catch up with Justus Bryan recently and have shared our conversation below.
Justus, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Can you talk to us about a project that’s meant a lot to you?
Taking Down the Net. This project helped me to remember the love, passion and fun I have the making beats. Before this project I was making beats hoping that an artist will find my BeatStars page and buy one of them. Then from there things would take off. When I was approached to fully produce this album and what we were aiming for with it I was overjoyed and jumped right into making as many beats as possible I thought would fit. 3 moths after its release we were able to land a tv placement and I’ve never felt better about producing beats.
As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?
My name is Therten, pronounced like the number thirteen. I’m 25 and from the DMV area. Music has always been a huge part of my life and my family’s. My great grandparents were semi-famous musicians, my mom and sister sang in the church, and my step-father was a rapper/singer in his teenage years, so music has always been with me. I knew I wanted to make music since I was young but didn’t know how to start. In high school I joined the drumline, eventually becoming captain. When I graduated high school I officially started producing and learning more about the music industry at my alma mater Omega Recording School. After that I went to NYC where I worked at Engine Room Audio and Quad Studios.
We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.
When I moved to NYC I moved with no money and no help, all I wanted to do was work at a high class recording studio as an engineer and producer. I went months without a job or money, hopping trains to get to the studio, eating pb&j sandwich or nothing at all. At the end of it all I kept progressing at both studios, becoming dependable and someone the whole studio wanted to stay and work with.
In your view, what can society to do to best support artists, creatives and a thriving creative ecosystem?
Society can start by paying artist exactly what they earned. From streams to contract percentages and so on. Having a union for all aspects of the industry would greatly help as well.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therten13/
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx3XoqYTvL-xYIpce_HP_Zw