COASTCITY Talks Working With Major Latin Artists, How To Release New Music + More

This morning Dylan sits down with “Caribbean Soul” 2X GRAMMY nominated producer & artist duo COASTCITY. These guys have worked with huge artists like J Balvin, Ricky Martin, Beyoncé, Prince Royce, Shakira, Pitbull, Sting, Zendaya and more. In this interview we talked about listening to your gut for record deals & publishing, the benefits of releasing through a major distributor, their come up story moving from Puerto Rico to several cities in the US, tips for releasing new music, their music production process, and working with multiple genres & markets in the Latin music industry.

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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
04:01 Episode overview: Interview with COASTCITY
07:40: Producergrind Discord launching Friday 10/02/20
09:01: COASTCITY’s background: Caribbean/Latin music duo
17:55 COASTCITY joins the stream
20:51 Jean Rodriguez shares his come up story: Starting in a choir, coming from a music background, moving to Orlando at 9 and being in the middle of the pop boom, getting a record deal with AM and moving to LA, moving to New York and working with major artists, moving to Miami and signing a deal with Sony Latin, connecting with Danny and collaborating
27:45 How Jean was getting by while he was coming up: Going to school and working Valet parking, signing a lucrative record deal and pub deal, being versatile in skillsets to earn a living, believing in yourself, not letting your ego get in the way, keeping doors open and not burning bridges, balance
36:40 Balancing life and a career in music
37:54 Danny Flores shares his story: Music being a passion since a little kid, music being the center of his life, coming in as a music director for Jean and transitioning to be a producer
39:39 COASTCITY working with Empire: Getting Grammy nominations, doing events
41:36 Bonuses that come with working with a distributor vs releasing through online distributors
45:43: Importance of listening to your gut when making deals
47:37 What makes a successful release in 2020, having a plan before a release
52:01 COASTCITY’s production process: Producing in house
55:39 How to explore other markets and cross over to other genres
59:48 Latin music community collaborating culture
01:03:19 Producers having the ability to finish projects
01:06:16 Struggle of wanting to keep projects COASTCITY vs sending them out
01:08:28 Shakira record Grammy nomination and win story
01:12:16 Utilizing Facebook ads to grow audience
01:13:03 COASTCITY’s go to plugins: Analog gear, Kontakt libraries, Soundtoys, Vocal Synths and more
01:18:54 Where to find and connect with COASTCITY
01:20:52 Outro