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Bob Marley - Tuff Gong Jamaica Pressings.The kits contain drum samples and 'melody compositions' which can be downloaded by other producers for them to use in their own work. Jay now sells 'sound kits' to other producers. We all have different circumstances and some of us are way more fortunate than others, so I can't speak for everyone, but if the answer to that question isn't as bad as they thought then it's worth going for." "If anyone has a passion they want to pursue and are holding back because of self-doubt or what other people think, they need to ask 'if I take a shot at this what's the worst that could happen?'. I left my job when I was 26 or 27 and I thought I was too old to start something new, which is just crazy. "People think there's an age limit but that's not the case at all. "Focus on what you love to do, rather than what other people tell you to do," he said. Jay now wants to inspire other people who might be holding themselves back from following their dream. You think it happens to other people and not yourself." I did not think that someone like me could make a living out of music - but that's a big part of my message. People started paying more attention then. "He was the first big artist I worked with. "My first big breakthrough was with an artist called Skinny Flex who is quite big in Spain," said Jay, who now lives in Manchester. Jay Cactus quit his 9-5 job to chase his dream career in music (Image: Jay Cactus TV) That's what started taking off more than anything. I started recording the process of making beats on YouTube so that other people could learn from it. Most producers spend a lot of time in the studio with other artists whereas I focused on building an online brand.
"I started taking music seriously from then on. "I had the mindset of 'you only live once'," he said. Jay, who moved to Crosland Moor from Toronto, Canada, with his family at the age of four, quit his job three years ago and started focusing on building an online presence in the music world. "It paid well but I knew that it was not what I wanted to be doing," he said. "I always heard 'music is not a real job', so I followed the traditional path and went to university." Jay landed a job in marketing after leaving full-time education. "I became obsessed with it, more so than writing," he said. Read more: Grumpy neighbour threatens to call council on mum who let's kids play in garden at 6.45am But as he grew older, Jay realised he was more interested in the production side of music. Jay started rapping at the age of 14 and wrote lyrics to go with beats produced by his friends. But the 29-year-old decided to leave it all behind in 2019 in order to finally follow his dream of making music. A Huddersfield man who quit his day job to pursue a dream career in music has urged others to "focus on what you love to do, not what other people tell you to do."Īdrian Robertson, known as Jay Cactus, secured a "well-paid" job in marketing after leaving university.
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