Kalib on Music in Saint Petersburg and Tampa
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0:00Damn, we got Chipotle. Oh man, who do you think are the artists you’ve seen grow the most? In the last year? Like grow? Sure. Like a up and coming artist type [bleeped]
0:10Yeah, yeah, who you work with in Florida? Um A lot of us all grow. Um Young and C Jit You know what I’m saying? Jit was on the radio. A lot of artists in Florida, like especially where I’m from, like Tampa, we have a bunch of intercontinental champions. We don’t really have any like Don’t get me wrong, Antonio Brown can fight for the world heavyweight championship and he could win it. Like that’s the only one. You know what I’m saying? We have a bunch of real deal like solid mid card champions. And like I said, a lot of people who were successful in music early on in life and
0:45are now getting paid in other avenues, like, you know what I’m saying? Social media influencers you know what I’m saying? Food reviews, like [bleeped] like that.
0:52Mhm. Like real deal making cheese in other avenues via social media through their music platform that they once had. And don’t get me wrong, they’re still making music and [bleeped] but like they can get views, you know what I’m saying? They’re not really worried about the next [bleeped] competition as far as like putting out a album and [bleeped] Like they’re worried about making cheese. So I said, a lot of a lot of musicians got the industry [bleeped] up. They just think that it’s about one aspect of the industry, which is just the music, but it’s about the overall aspect being a business.
1:23Yeah. Once you can understand that it’s a business, you’ll be able to understand how to articulate, how to be around how to move around these people. You know what I’m saying? Don’t get me wrong, not everybody your friend, but like when they [bleeped] with you, they [bleeped] with you. You got to You got to know what to do when you’re in the room and they like rocking with you. Cuz like the best thing for you is to have a lot of influential people in the industry that rock with you in your respective lane.