🥁 My 2026 drum kit: https://wav.id/pale1080/pale1080-2026-stash-kit
Two weeks between Tokyo and Los Angeles as a full-time music producer: studio sessions with the producers behind Chris Brown, Fridayy, Latto and Sexyy Red, a Grammy-winning producer, my new setup, my birthday, and Q&As in the Jeep about how I’d start my producer career from scratch in 2026. This is what life looks like after a Central Cee placement.
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🎧 Producers in this video
• Aidan Brody (@aidanbrody): Fridayy, Chris Brown, Adekunle Gold
• Maz (@maztypebeat): Prescription Songs
• Stefano (@soundsbystefano): Grammy-winning, Chris Brown, The Kid LAROI
• Tundra (@tundrasland)
• Yak Beats (@yakbeats): Latto, Sexyy Red, Jacquees, Offset
CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:25 Tokyo
3:39 Tokyo → LA
3:50 Landing in LA
6:16 Night one in Silver Lake
7:15 First real day in LA
9:03 Q&A: If I had to start from scratch
10:10 My answer one year later (2026)
11:27 Studio session with Aidan Brody
14:16 Topgolf
14:38 Q&A: How to get your beats to artists
16:23 Downtown LA: session with Maz
21:01 Q&A: The best advice I got
21:38 My new setup: MacBook Pro M4
23:05 Session with Stefano (Grammy winner)
28:16 My 28th birthday
29:27 Late night solo session
29:57 Q&A: How the music industry changed
30:52 Session with Tundra
32:47 Session with Yak Beats
33:15 To be continued
If I had to start from scratch in 2026:
• Make content for every beat: one TikTok and one Reel for the sample, one TikTok and one Reel for the beat
• Sell your beats and samples online
• Give samples away for free (don’t gatekeep), it’s the easiest way to get placements
• Post niche type beats 3–4 times a week on YouTube and build a community of artists
• Release your own music
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