Hey buddy, thank you for your letter and please don't ever worry about asking questions, speak 

your mind. I’ll just get right to your questions. Overall, i think i have been well throughout this 

whole ordeal. No matter how far back throughout my incarceration i look, i always felt like i was 

doing well at the time. I mean there were obviously some times of mild depression, but that's 

pretty normal, i always pulled out of it quickly. The interesting thing is that now if i look back, i 

wouldn't want to go back to any of those times of incarceration, it's like i had the ability to cope 

with these situations at that time and it wasnt a big deal back then, but it doesnt feel so fun now,

looking back. I think its just basic human defense mechanisms. So i feel like im doing really well 

right now, better than ever, but who knows, ill probably look back on this someday and wonder 

how i dealt with some of those dudes. For me, it has benn all of the personalities that i have to 

deal with that has been the most difficult. And i actually only had to do about 8 years in and out 

of a cell. And there was a part of me that liked having my own spot to go back to when i had a 

good cellmate. I just kind of got into a routine, the days mold together and time starts passing 

flying by. Now I'm in a “dorm” setting. It's pretty much like cubicles of 7 or 8 dudes, no cell doors 

so you can pretty much cruise around all the time if you want. It took me a second to adjust but I

like it more. But yea, the first few days were insane. I felt so claustrophobic. Stuck in a cell 23 

hours a day. My first few cell mates were a nightmare too. Of course, i had some thoughts of 

suicide, nothing too serious. Until I lost my tria. I had my own mind set in it. Luckily they actually 

put me on suicide watch. I had no sheets, very little clothing and NO property, stuck in a 

depressing ass room. It sucked, but I called my dad a few times and he talked some sense into 

me. He told me suicide is a permanent solution for a temporary problem. That seemed to make 

sense, but it was hard to think of 15 years as temporary, especially with everyone telling me that

lifers never get out. But so much has changed and I can really see how temporary this stretch 

is, and someday it will just be a footnote. I feel like that is with most things in life especially when

you're young. I remember when high school seemed like a lifetime. 

Then the saints came one year and we asked them to leave 

I'm from morning rushes and out the house by 7:22

I'm from quick cereal in a cup and complaining that my brother got the same 

I'm from TV after school and wait till the end of noon to get started on my work

I'm from “get home just before 2 or you'll be breaking the rules” 

I'm from where do we meet? And “I'm up on this street, right here by the tree”

I'm from I don't wanna speak, you're just so mean, you make me sick, to I’m sorry that's not me 

please don't leave

I'm from endless and forgotten summers and wow what a waste I guess that's a bummer

I’m from wanting to one day ride in a M class coupe not a convertible because the sunroofs not 

cool

I'm from let's go the thrift stores at 3 and try to look fly for tonight's meet 

I'm from can I come over now? I'd like to stay a little while 

I'm from wondering how much of my life has happened in the back of a car

I'm from Oxnard California

 

 

For now I want you to do everything. Yep, you heard me I want you to engineer, produce, shake hands and even call yourself Ken to get going.

When you work with artists you get to know their music.

Here’s a cliché one, but It’s shown to be a common trend and something many people simply do not expect. Hand out Tea.

Producers always focus on the music. The overall sound. You would do yourself and everyone who works with you a huge favour if you learnt how to engineer a studio.

.5 – Learn to communicate with your artist’s

Warmth. Smooth. Rigid. Bright.

 

 

 

Why a music producer?

 

1-       I’ve always loved music since I can remember

2-       It would be great to wake up every morning and not hate to go do my job

3-       Meeting new people and aspiring artist