This morning Dylan is interviewing multiplatinum producer BricksDaMane. Bricks has worked with Drake, Young Thug, Gunna, Lil Baby, 21 Savage, Nipsey Hussle, Lil Wayne, Meek Mill, Migos and more. In this interview we talked about how Bricks got many placements in 2020 by sending beats to songwriters, the importance of audio engineering and working with Young Thug, how to negotiate your prices and know your worth as a producer, and the career benefits of traveling and working with artists & producers overseas.
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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
01:05: Episode Overview BricksDaMane interview
02:12 Announcements: Producergrind Coffee, Team Producergrind vs Team Hitz beat battle, Producergrind weekly early gang battle update
12:55 BricksDaMane joins the stream
16:20 BricksDaMane talks about his grind and what separates him from people who don’t grind
18:07 How BricksDaMane gets placements with big artists overseas and what business is like with those artists
19:44 Working your play as a producer in America vs overseas
20:25 What BricksDaMane would do today if he was just starting out and had no clout
23:11 What BricksDaMane has learned since the last interview with Producergrind, Sending beats to songwriters
24:58 BricksDaMane’s opinion on being a rapper vs a producer
27:03 BricksDaMane shares his creative process
29:43 BricksDaMane shares the difference between producers trying to change the game and making a living
31:27 BricksDaMane on his answers for most common consultation questions
32:07 BricksDaMane shares how you should price your beats and why you shouldn’t give out your beats for free, how to negotiate as a producer
38:05 BricksDaMane shares his opinion of being managed and being blackballed in the industry
42:35 BricksDaMane shares his opinion on what a scarcity mindset is and getting placements from traveling
47:24 What it was like for BricksDaMane touring with Young Thug and the importance of engineering
50:28 BricksDaMane shares the difficulty of landing a placement and what causes albums to get scrapped
54:43 Why BricksDaMane stopped engineering
56:09 BricksDaMane shares the importance of balancing mental health
59:43 “Brick by Brick” BrickDaMane’s book about his come up story
01:04:36 How BricksDaMane does his personal branding
01:05:33 Common mistakes BricksDaMane has noticed from producers on the come up and producers devaluing their brand
01:16:28: Q&A with Bhris: What are the pros and cons of traveling
01:19:05: Q&A with Alec: How BricksDaMane got traffic to his kit and sauce for underground producers to drop kits
01:22:48 Q&A with J Beats: How should producers who don’t have any clout spend their time
01:28:28 Q&A with Axel: How to build confidence & go forward with things as a producer mentally
01:31:11 Q&A with Chrizzy: Moving to other cities to open up opportunities for yourself
01:38:54 Outro
