19th - 25th of September week update

Last week was very successful, all in all I finished 2 tracks, released one on a big label, started 4 collaborations with very talented artists and worked on my improving keyboard skills and theoretical knowledge. I also sent loads of promo emails which I haven't really done a lot in the past.

The two tracks I finished still need to be mixed and mastered but one of them is ready to send to the manager of a big rapper with whom I have collaborated before. The second track is ready to be sent to label and promo channels to try to release them on there.

On friday the 23rd of september I released a track on Tribal Trap, they have 95.9k followers on soundcloud and over 550.000 subscribers on youtube so that was a huge opportunity to gain some exposure and legitimacy. My track also got reposted by a lot of other big labels which I look up to and I hope this is the chance to be able to ask them if I can send them mails to be able to release on their labels and thst they'll agree...

As i mentioned I started 4 collaborations,
2 of them are with other electronic producers and the other 2 with songwriters, vocalists, a drum and a bass player.

I'm trying to get better at writing lyrics but it's less my thing.. I enjoy producing way more.

This week I invested in the Komplete Kontrol s49 and it is amazing!!! I'm completely in love with this midi keyboard, it has so many awesome features and is perfect for learning to play chords, scales and overall improving my keyboard playing skill level. It has lights which you can programme to light up the notes of the different scales in every key which let's face it is pretty incredible.

I've noticed how music has now fully and completely taken over my life.. I'm addicted to producing and l spend almost every minute of the day either producing or listening to music... I haven't played videogames in over a month but I feel extremely happy and fullfilled and cannot wait to just go full in and try to get my music heard and to the next level in these next 2 years.

Here's the track I released on Tribal Trap:

KITTN & Born I Music - Angels
https://soundcloud.com/tribaltrapmusic/angels

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