Cole Interview
What's your name and what do you do?
My name is Cole. People may know me as Cole. Yours truly, what I do for a living is I mean, I’m a music producer, guitarist, all around musician, and a little bit of engineering on the side.
Whats your name and what do you do?
Oh, my biggest inspirations, I would say I’ll say Pharrell, Quincy, Quincy Jones, Metro Booming, and the way that they kinda influenced my sound is, I guess, just from the way they structure songs, the type of chords they use, the bounce, the drums, just everything, about it. I mean, I can’t really tell you, but I would just say, like, it just comes out when I’m making music, and I’ll say those are my inspirations.
Have you got a daily routine to keep you consistent?
Have I got a daily routine? I think, I can say I don’t really have a daily routine. It’s pretty much wake up and, replying to messages saying, yo, Cole, where are you? Are you awake? But, pretty much, I just wake up, make some breakfast, shower, see what the day is saying. I might cook up some ideas, might get ready for a session, maybe be late a bit, and, you know, as you know, delete that bit. No. No. No. No. No. I’m never late. I’m not late. I’m not late. I don’t know what I was saying.
What songs have you been involved in or worked on?
Songs that I’ve been involved in or worked on, First one that comes to mind is, Blast from Last Last album, the outro, Ten Summers or Better done that one with J5. Another song is, Red Light from J’O’s last project. Done that with, a couple of producer friends.
Flipping off, Bulletproof on the Steflon-Don album and, a couple of songs on the Flo album. One in particular, I’ll hate to be my ex featuring Kehlani. Yeah. That’s five I think.
How do you reach out to artist and what do you say?
I mean, pretty much the way I reach out to artists is pretty much through Instagram. I’ll literally hit them up, say I love your music, would love to work, or get in the studio someday. And, I mean, sometimes they reply, sometimes they don’t. So maybe I’ll hit up my manager and say, yo. Could you potentially lock these, certain artists in? Most of the time, they managed to make it work, and I got a shout out to them.
How did you find your manager?
The way I found my manager was I saw J five posted, like, a picture of himself in the studio, and he tagged, like, so many people in it. And I followed every single person. I liked all their pictures or whatever, and one of them followed back. And that was one of the photographers. And later on, he, got into management, and, they told me, oh, come by the studio. Like, a year later after I kind of followed them and after that it was kind of history. And they kind of liked what I’d done. And yeah. They’ve been giving me support all the way through really.
What steps would you advise an aspiring producer to take to do to get placements or cuts?
What steps would you advise an aspiring producer to take to do to get placements or cuts? I would say is, I guess, kind of just be true to yourself. Reach out to artists or people, producers that you kinda like or look up to or love their music. And I’ll say just keep, yeah, just keep trying to be everywhere and, just make music you kinda love, and just don’t be unapologetic. Just be everywhere. Like, even if you feel like you’re not welcome. I mean yeah. Just yeah. Just be everywhere, I could say.
Do you think producers are undervalued?
Do I think producers are undervalued compared to artists? I mean, it depends how you define undervalued. I could say that maybe in the industry, producers can be undervalued in terms of maybe if it’s execs, label execs, AnR’s, maybe not wanting to pay certain amounts or, maybe trying to recreate beats or what not and that whole, stigma around it. But again, I will say in terms of the public eye and not being recognised in public, I think there’s kind of value in that in terms of I’m a person that I love being behind the scenes. So me just walking out in the streets and just hearing a song on the radio without anyone recognising me is kinda like valuable to me. So in that sense, I think yeah. It depends how you see it. But again, we’re undervalued in certain ways and we’re valued in other ways. So it’s all just balanced at the end of the day.
Is ghost producing is ghost producing killing the credibility of producers in the industry today?
Is ghost producing is ghost producing killing the credibility of producers in the industry today? No. I don’t think so.
I mean, I guess ghost producers choose to be ghost producers, and they kinda do it for, I guess, money reasons and just for something to do. So, no, it’s your choice, really.
If you could only use three sounds in a beat, what would they be?
If I was to use three sounds in a beat, I would use a bass, some bouncy drums, and maybe a whistle. You know? I feel like there needs to be more songs with whistles in.
Whats your dream collaboration?
Dream collaboration. Oh, that is crazy. No. My dream collaborations, I will say, either with The Weeknd or Drake. With The Weeknd, I’ll I mean, with both of them, I can’t lie. I’ll take them back to their kind of RnB kind of roots and kinda just get into that whole, like, moody, cynical landscape. And I feel like something that I feel like that’s something everyone’s missing. That’s kind of what I’ll kinda do with them. I feel like, I make some good songs, like, really good structured songs.
Do you have any collaborations coming and what message do you want to leave for your supporters?
Do I have any collaborations coming up? I think that’s for you guys to find out. Yeah. Last words?
Just just keep doing what you’re doing, and, you know, there’s always there’s always something for everyone. So stay true to yourself. Be a good person. Be positive, and nothing can go wrong, hopefully.
