We recently connected with Mr.Adams BTW and have shared our conversation below.
Mr.Adams, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today Let’s jump to the end – what do you want to be remembered for?
I want to be the person and company that brought change to the entertainment and the minority entrepreneur industry here in Nashville. There are so many artists here in Nashville that don’t get the notoriety that they deserve for the amount of work that they have put in just because they don’t do “Country or Trap or Drill music”. There are numerous minority owned businesses that serve the community on a daily basis who don’t get the looks that they deserve even thought the product that they make is one of quality. My show shins a light on those individuals in hopes of changing the stigma of Nashville from being the “Music City” to a “Great & Diverse City”. I’ve always wanted to be that bridge and or voice of change here and now I have an opportunity to do so.
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?
I am a 10+ year indie artist. I have toured, been on BET, preformed at SXSW on a main stage twice, preformed at the A3C on a main stage, I’ve had roles in movies, Won awards as well as being able to write, record, mix, master and release my own music which I still receive a check from. The one thing that stayed true was that the support in my hometown was minor no matter how much I invested, went out to preform, and attempted to work with artists here in my city, I never got the respect I felt that I deserved. I would go to different cities and tell people that I’m from Nashville and the first thing out of their mouth was “So, you do country music”. I hated that and still do. The unfortunate thing is that at no one knows us for anything other than country music and party busses, not to mention that the hip-hop scene was so full of “Cliques” that didn’t want to work with each other due to a “crab in a bucket” mind state. The idea for my show came from something that me and my friends did all the time which is to, ride in the car while listening to dope music and having in-dept conversations. I linked up with Joseph Bazelais (Ether C.E.O) three years ago and he asked me “What’s next”. I told him about the show and he and “Ether Co-Op” helped me turn that idea into a reality. I’m most proud of the team that I’ve been able to build. I have a production, editing and marketing team now and I couldn’t do what I do, how I do it without them. I want potential clients to know that when you spend your money with us for an episode, write-up or just promo that we are taking on your project with the same execution as if it was our own. I never want you to feel like you waisted time or money by choosing us to tell your story and I we will continue to always provide that type of confidence and assurance in our clients. To our followers, We want to provide quality content that you actually care about. We strive to be more than just another media outlet. We strive to be “THE MEDIA OUTLET” along the lines of a “TedTalk, Car karaoke, Off the porch, Drink Champs and “Million dollars worth of game”.
Can you open up about how you funded your business?
The season one funding came from a “Seed Booming” program created by “Ether” and the season 2 funding came out of mine and my business partner Joseph Bazelais pocket. At first I wasn’t too sure that I wanted to fund the show this way but I had a conversation with other business owners who all concluded that “No one will want to invest in your vision unless you have some skin in the game”. Which means that if you haven’t invested in yourself, why would anyone else invest in you? After that realization, me and Joseph would pay the Mobile Melody team their contacted salaries to put together the show you see in front of you. This included production, travel, one off expenses, food for events, clothing and hair for the host, promo, legal documents etc, etc. At this point, it’s safe to say that we are “All In”.
Let’s talk about resilience next – do you have a story you can share with us?
Season one took about 3-4 months to complete. We had to deal with everything from scheduling issues, car issues, not being happy with the way audio was, not being happy with the shots we got, the locations that were decided upon. Just about everything needed to be improved, which is normal when you are trying to create a functioning “S.O.P”. Long story short, we have to reshoot 4 of the 6 episodes from season one!! This was a headache and a learning experience at the same time. It thought us patience, quality control, how to build and S.O.P, also, how to talk to clients when you need to delivery not so pleasant information such as a reshoot. Doing this meant that we had to push back the release date a few times, which ended up being the best thing to happen to us so far. Overall we learned a lot and it made us stronger as a unit. Resiliency can reward you with a blessing at the end. Try to always keep that in mind as you move forward.
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