We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Pylot Tea. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Pylot below.
Alright, Pylot thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. How did you learn to do what you do? Knowing what you know now, what could you have done to speed up your learning process? What skills do you think were most essential? What obstacles stood in the way of learning more?
I have always loved and enjoyed music my entire life so it wasn’t difficult deciding this is what I wanted to do. Its one of the few things I can focus on without trying to or watching the clock. An essential skill to have is consistency in order to maintain or improve. Its like going to the gym, you have to get your reps in. Practice makes perfect and you have to find ways to polish your skills. Apply what you learned or did you really learn it? Sometimes I would learn certain things and not apply them but the moment I did I began to hear the difference in the music I was making. Study the pros or the people who are successful in what you’re trying to do. Knowing industry standards allows you to know how put out a professional product whether its music, clothes, or food; there are certain parameters people are used to when it comes to these things. Usually an 808 is louder than the high hats, a small size pants would be around 28ins, most people would be willing to pay around $15 for wing and fries, things like that. Practice, practice, practice. There honestly is someone always working harder. There are producers who are making 100s of beats of month. In order to find the time to even practice that much you have to sacrifice. With practice comes developing your own style which makes you stand out.
Pylot , love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?
I started off rapping on audacity in middle school and all these years later I’m still rapping but now I’m producing. I’m a vocal artist and I make beats as well. I make spaced out trap music. If I didn’t sound like others before I definitely do now recording on my beats/ production. I’m proud of being confident enough to put myself out there. There are plenty of artists who may not put out their work because they may feel they aren’t good enough but everybodys’ gotta start somewhere. There of plenty of artists who make beats, but you won’t hear them recording on them or producers will put out music on other producers beats but won’t put out music they recorded on their own beats. I’m looking to collaborate with other producers, artists, and engineers. We can collaborate on beats, production or songs.
Let’s talk about resilience next – do you have a story you can share with us?
You have to believe in yourself or no one will. You have to give people something to take serious and connect with them. When people believe in you might get that feature for free, you might get that videoshoot for free, you might think you’re doing a free performance and end up getting paid, you might get that beat for free, you might get free studio time, you might get free studio equipment, or people may speak your name in rooms you aren’t in order to get you a better look. You also have to be willing to go broke, look crazy, or be alone on your journey but either way your headed in the direction you need to. If you purely and whole heartedly pour into your craft, it will pour into you.
What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?
Life is the input and music is the output and I gotta get it out. Its a release mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and physically. Its like taking a shit. Its like sweating it out at the gym. Not making music would be like shaking up a soda can and not opening it. Its a means of letting go and programming my mind to view certain situations in a particular way. My being feels healthier and happier when I’m consistently making music. Others enjoying the music is only a bonus. My fave is when people can actually rap the lyrics because I really got bars.
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