We recently connected with Kid Breeze and have shared our conversation below.
Kid, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. Can you take us back in time to the first dollar you earned as a creative – how did it happen? What’s the story?
When I first started taking producing seriously I was a part of a production duo called “The Shipmates”back in 2013 with my frat brother Matcy P. At the time, I was 6 months fresh out of school and didn’t really have much of a clue how I wanted to pursue music at a higher level and not have to work dead end jobs to fund it. I spent some time hustling in the streets and after a few months I decided to move in with Matcy P, and pursue music full time. He had already been a full time musician for a little over a year so he was familiar with a process of making money from selling beats online. After making about 30 beats together collaboratively, we decided to start a team and call it “Tha Shipmates”. He already knew what it was like to make sales to artists online, but I had yet to see a monetary gain, even in the slightest. After he showed me his formula of obtaining new clients, and I applied it, the next thing I knew I was getting inquiries from artists all around the country/world. Soon after I got my first client from somewhere in Canada I think it was. He purchased two beat leases for 50 dollars and once I made that first sale, I knew this was something I would want to do for the rest of my life.
Kid, 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?
Im Bruce Wayne, Billionaire philanthropist by day, Kid Breeze by night saving Chicago from trash music and bad duplicates. Nah really I been making music the greater part of my life. Born and raised in Chicago. I thought as a kid I would be a comedian or an actor but I always knew I wanted to be apart of the entertainment industry. I am a recording artist, and I produce the majority of my own music. It seems as though in the past 10-15 years, a lot of artist start with one and pick up the other along the way. Im a super sample based producer, 99 percent of my music is sampled and I’m deeply rooted in that part of my creativity. Its influenced by much of the music I would hear growing up as my parents grew up in the 60s/70s and were adults in the 80s-present. Ive witnessed the transformation of many genres of music and that’s a major reason as to why I make the music I make. The main element I want people to take away from my artistry is just that essence of coolness and admiration one would have for something/someone so aesthetically pleasing. The people you would see growing up and want to be like? Thats who I want to be for a lot of people coming up listening to me. That nice car you saw growing up and knew you would have later in life? Thats what I want people to imagine themselves riding when when listening to me. The whole essence of a stand up guy who handles his business and makes it look appealing and stress free; those are the vibes I always look to provide when im making that beat and writing those words to that beat.
Learning and unlearning are both critical parts of growth – can you share a story of a time when you had to unlearn a lesson?
No one ACTUALLY knows what’s best for you. This shit is all trial and error, this life thing. If you follow the suggestions of everybody who may seem credible, you’ll find yourself somewhere you don’t even know how you ended up. In my pursuit of a professional career in music, there were plenty of people who would suggest things, methods or just ways to create and because I felt like they knew what they were talking about, I would follow said suggestions. Many of them didn’t have any valid case studies or receipts of success, then going forward, you look up down the line and you’ve surpassed them in whatever arena they once presented to have so much knowledge of. Be mindful of who you receive guidance from, as it can lead to wasting your time, and time is the most valuable thing we have in life.
Any insights you can share with us about how you built up your social media presence?
My audience was built on consistency and authenticity. The former sounds cliche, but as with anything, you can’t expect (significant) growth with anything if it isn’t consistently maintained. But along with this consistence, there had to be an aspect of authenticity and quality as well. Give people the REAL you in the most presentable way possible. after seeing that type of content so many times you start to build a base of people who prefer whatever it is you do and want to support because they see it often. This will lead to your content performing better, reaching more people, growing your audience and expanding your core base of supporters.
Contact Info:
- Website: kidbreeze.com
- Instagram: @TheActualBreeze
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheActualBreeze
- Linkedin: N/A
- Twitter: @TheActualBreeze
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/KidBreeze
Image Credits
@ayeluhairik @butchdreamdaddy @dleveritte