Michael Brun. Say that name in any circle and the words and phrases that get thrown out might include: wonderchild, uber deejay, trendsetter, and musical influencer. Michael Brun fits these descriptions like a built-in light show fits in a DJ Controller set.
Join me, your favorite chick Kreyolicious, as I examine 5 success principles we can Learn from this artist. Let’s get started…
1. Create on a consistent basis and show your work.
And don’t just focus on quality, but quantity as well. Moreover, promote yourself and promote yourself some more. It’s not bragging. You can’t help it if you’re great. Let the whole world know about it. Like. Every. Day.
As an individual living in the 21st Century and as a child of Web 3.0, Michael Brun made use of all the social media platforms and musician-friendly websites available to him. Promoting his tracks regularly on the web helped him catch the eye—or rather the ear—of music fans around the world, not to mention decision makers and major musical artists.
Main Photo: Michael Brun doing his thing at an event. Photo Credit: WorldEye.
2. Age ain’t got nothing to do with nothin’.
So don’t let how young you or or how old you are deter you from your goals, darn it. It’s never too late to learn something new. It’s never too early to get into what you hope to do for the rest of your life. While still in his late teens, the wonderchild had already established himself as a major force in the electronic dance music circuit through his vigorous application of Principle #1. At one point, he was pursuing a medical degree at a major university. He had earned more than half of the credits he needed to graduate. Would it be wise to stop and pursue his greater passion? After weighing the pros and cons, the wonder DJ decided that the answer was in the affirmative. He’s never looked back (maybe to fix his hair).
3. Create relationships and maintain them.
Do you burn your bridges with gasoline or blow them up with TNT? Good luck with that. Actually, you should do your utmost to never to burn your bridges at all. Tread softly on them bridges, chile. For, it doesn’t matter what you’re doing in life—you will require human resources.
Michael Brun let his work speak for himself, and in producing great tracks for people like Aviicii and Mako, he created solid working relationships with them. One good relationship leads to another. When he was orchestrating a festival in Haiti, dozens of big-names wanted to help. Imagine if he had burned these people. I doubt they would have come through for him.
4. Bread down redtape and create your own breakthroughs.
Don’t wait for others to make things happen to you. Red tape is just that…red tape. Kick those doors down (ahem, firmly yet politely). Eliminate barriers (most of which are self-created or imagined anyway by us humans). Michael Brun formed his own record label Kid Coconut to promote and distribute his own music. It’s a fair wager that he’ll sign other artists and musical acts to Kid Coconut.
5. Use any fame or visibility you get for the good of others.
A little good deed ain’t never hurt nobody. It didn’t hurt Michael Brun to give the revenue from the aforementioned beach-side festival to Haiti’s Audio Institute, and towards scholarships for students in Haiti. What’s more, by having the festival in Haiti, rather than…say New York, Los Angeles, or Miami, the artist put the spotlight on Haiti and this resulted in positive news stories about Haiti in high-profile publications including Billboard. In giving back to Haiti’s youth, Michael Brun gave back to Haiti, while winning himself an entire new legion of fans.
Above: Michael Brun and some admirers at a Fashion Ayiti event.
There you have it kreyolicious cheries, the 5 SUCCESS PRINCIPLES WE CAN LEARN FROM MICHAEL BRUN! Which of these principles do you most look forward to applying to your own life? Let me know!
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