Clinton Sparks. What It Means To Win In The Music Business. Episode 618 with The Real Brad Lea (TRBL)
Dropping Bombs
Brad Lea
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 August 2023
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
Clinton is an entrepreneur, investor, executive, author, committed father and husband and leading-edge innovator when it comes to integrating culture, collaboration, and cross-platform marketing. He is also known to many as a Grammy nominated, multi-platinum DJ, Producer and Songwriter responsible for selling over 75 million records. Sparks has written and produced hit songs for multi-platinum recording artists such as Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Rick Ross, Diddy, Pitbull, Ludacris, Big Sean, Akon and 2 Chainz. He has created critically acclaimed projects with artists from Eminem and Kanye West to Busta Rhymes and The Clipse, whose “We Got It For Cheap” series was named in Rolling Stone magazines top 50 albums of that year. He was Diddy’s tour DJ, helped launch Eminem’s Shade 45 channel on Sirius/XM, an on air host on E! News for over 5 years, and played a key role in the branding of Cîroc. Clinton is also the Co-founder and Chief Business Development Officer of the world’s fastest growing and most socially diverse esports lifestyle gaming brand, XSET. Originally from Boston, Clinton now lives in LA with his wife and children.
In this episode, Brad and Clinton talk about his career, his musical history, and life. If you want to learn what it means to win in the music business, check it out.
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The cool shit you do and say doesn’t matter until you build a cool YOU.
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An idea is very different from a plan.
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A good interview is when you get to know your guest along with your audience.
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Most people want you to change because they don’t have the ability to change.
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Trust, value, and credibility.
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Everyone has a super power, but people are too focused on other peoples’ that they neglect their own.
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Most that have overnight success, won't last ten years.
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You don’t know how to connect or relate to people that aren’t you.
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You can’t stand for culture if you’ve never stood in culture.
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Pay attention to the messenger, not the message.
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You need to treat your life the same way you treat your business.
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None of the stuff in your life will be dope if you’re not dope.
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To enter this circle, you must first show respect for yourself.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Listen up or run |
| 0:03.5 | for cover |
| 0:22.9 | What it is Bradley back again with another episode of drop in bombs today in the studio folks as always |
| 0:28.0 | I got a real treat for you this time especially Clinton Sparks. What's going on buddy? What's up Bradley? Thank you for having me here |
| 0:34.3 | I'm ready to see some bombs being dropped or drops on with you. Well, that's the idea |
| 0:39.3 | That's the idea you want to be the one that drops. I'm gonna try to pull some bombs out of you too, man |
| 0:43.1 | Hey, there's a give it. That's a given all right the bombs will be produced on my end |
| 0:47.6 | I'm a bombardier. I'm a bomb a deer |
| 0:51.0 | But dude, I would guess that there's gonna be bombs on your end far bigger bombs |
| 0:55.7 | Why? Because as I read like who you are what you've done |
| 0:59.4 | Etc and I know that this is just my team |
| 1:02.8 | Doing a little baby research. You probably know more about yourself than I ever will I would hope so now |
| 1:09.0 | Entrepreneur investor executive author and you probably stop because like how many can you say? |
| 1:14.7 | Father this that you've done a ton of shit mainly. Yeah, so again right before we started I said so tell me about and you started |
| 1:24.0 | Rattling some big names some big shit, and I said stop. Let's do this on on air. Why because I want people to hear |
| 1:31.8 | Your resume like dude you you may be the most impressive individual ever to sit there in that chair as far as resumes go |
| 1:40.4 | Hanging out with movie stars big brands big names you've sold 75 million records your platinum DJ |
| 1:47.2 | Artist dude do it again. Now. What have you done? |
| 1:50.9 | Well, first of all, thank you for those very flattering. Thank you for the compliment. Um |
| 1:55.4 | So well, you asked me what am I here to promote and I said how to be dope right and you know |
| 2:01.2 | We all have books. We all have businesses. We run we all have podcasts and shows and fascinating cool shit that we do |
| 2:06.7 | But really none of that stuff can be done or |
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