Wrek - How to Set Smaller Goals to Achieve More and His Experience on What Would You Do Candid Camera
Tarek “Wrek” Meniam is an artist first, but don’t sleep on his mind for marketing, promotion and business.Wrek is a rapper, entrepreneur, clothing designer, and most importantly, a New Jersey native. He has the intuition and imagination required to be a creator, but most importantly, he has the work ethic and vision to see his projects through.By the end of this episode, I thought it was obvious that Wrek is going places. His passion and drive to be successful is truly one of a kind.Join us as we talk about life, music, business, and much more!Episode Outline:(1:10) - Wrek’s rap journey, how he started and got better(5:21) - To get better at freestyle rapping, is it just repetition? (7:49) - Freestyling is different from writing and building a song, “do you freestyle less now?”(9:27) - How Wrek likes to “direct” his music, learning more from pain(11:11) - “Have you ever turned a painful experience into a song?”, how Wrek builds his songs(15:10) - Song writing discussion: format and structure, technique, performing and music videos(22:28) - Do you value performing or song plays more?(25:20) - “How do you approach marketing? Do you have a strategy?”(28:25) - Singles and albums, the tug-of-war between quality and quantity(32:32) - The difference between professional artists and amateurs, the importance of marketing(36:16) - “Talent isn’t rewarded, attention is”, the power of collaboration and having support(41:28) - More background on Wrek’s come-up, how he prioritizes his music(48:20) - Where Wrek sees his music career in his life, his standard of success(51:30) - Having music as an outlet, miscellaneous beard conversation(56:10) - “How often do you go to the barbershop?”, keeping up on your cuts(59:05) - Wrek’s crazy barbershop experience(1:05:55) - That time Sully got “pranked”(1:13:00) - Getting management as an artist, artists that Wrek looks up to(1:16:50) - Giving people more access to your music, you have to promote your music just as much as you need to make it(1:19:40) - Wrek opens up about his clothing brand, how it mixes with his lifestyle(1:22:59) - Clip from “What Would You Do?” with Wrek, when Sully met Gary V(1:27:32) - Wrek’s vision for his career and music, success takes hard work and time spent(1:33:27) - “One thing people can’t deny is work ethic”(1:37:42) - Wrek’s take on religion and spirituality, Sully and Wrek’s early YouTube experience(1:46:00) - Whipping Honda Accords, some less than ideal driving habits(1:50:01) - Cultural difference between the States and Egypt(1:53:36) - Episode wrap-up, what’s next for WrekConnect with Sully:Podcast Links - https://linktr.ee/sullybopLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sullybop/...Instagram:<a...
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