THE BRIAN S. TARR STORY

2 years ago... 2007, i went to NYC with 1,500 dollars in my pocket... and had only 3 friends that actual lived in the NY area.
With in 4 months ... I had met the Publicist for the Marley's (Shilo ~ , been to lunch with her Daughter... went to Ky-Mani's listening party, met him... the Owner of his label... been to Legends recording Studio in Time Square, shook hands with the owner, sat with Sadeq Jean (Wyclef's little brother) at his home studio in Irvington, NJ, been to 5 other studios... worked with Mike Del Rio on a track..... Shook hands with DJ QUALI from Jersey, Q-TIP, Maxx Wayne from Blackhand, Dipsets Fresh, One-Shot, a couple WU-TANG affiliates, Jay-Ru the Damager, got a job @ Cornerstone Promotions, met the entire staff, and the FADER magazine team.

All in all, i've worked with some great people, and on a lot of projects. The key to working on most of these projects... not all... was working for free. Although this is where the VALUE part comes in handy. After a while of working for free, i valued my work more and more. So, i started to exchange favors. I have found this is the best way to collaborate when either party can't afford to pay out of pocket. "I've got something you need, you've got something i need." When working this way, there is only one neccessary question you should ask yourself. Is this exchange a fair, equal value, exchange of favors.

To sum it all up ... I have a feeling that my music career is going to lead me to be more of a manager of producers ... or an "Executive Producer" where i spend more of my time recruiting work and pulling projects together, rather than doing all the actual hands on production myself. Like i said, i follow my heart ~~~

I had a fantastic teacher in school when i was in Ft. Lauderdale, she was my lighting professeur... She told me ... that by following your heart, you may not be doing what you thought you would be doing, or thought you wanted to be doing... But no matter what it is that you end up making a career of ... you WILL LOVE DOING IT ... and that i can promise you.


Brian S. Tarr