K. Sparks aka Kyle Andre Hunter is a musician, lyricist, performer, griot, futurist marketeer, entrepreneurial businessman, has written over 500 songs. As the CEO of RhythmCouture globally working with an eclectic mix of exceptionally talented musicians and producers. He has favorably impacted, shifted the music product placement paradigm.
His Licensing Company, RhythmCouture has placed music in the 50 Cent hit television series POWER. Other Placements include MTV Mixtape Mondays, Monster Energy, Powerade (Lebron James Campaign), Calvin Klein, Marie Claire, VANS, Forever 21, The New York Times, DJ Envy (Audio Uprising), Nick Cannon (Wild Style Champs), BET Artist of the month, featured in The Source Magazine, okayplayer, HipHopDX, DJ Booth, 2 Dopeboyz, All Hip Hop, Nah Right, Nominated for the DJ Booth Best New Artist Independent and won first place. Nominated for the DJ
Booth Best Hip-Hop Record Independent.
RhythmCouture presently has a roster of 40 international musicians.
These musicians span the globe from various countries such as Spain, France, Japan, Germany, United Kingdom, Belarus, China, Mexico, and other countries; also music placement entities: Audiosocket located in Seattle Washington and Israel; and SoStereo, based in Miami Florida.
Kyle Hunter, under his alias Artistic name has collaborated with Kanye, Kid Cudi, Nick Cannon and Rapsody.
Kyle Talks in depth about his storied career, his experience in Music Licensing and How His Company is Changing The Game, Highs & Lows Personally & Professionally and What Young EntreMusicians should Be Focused on Today!
SHOW NOTES:
00:00 - INTROS & SHOUTOUTS
2:08 - KYLE’S PERSONAL STORY
4:40 - FATHERLESSNESS & EDUCATION
6:09 - GETTING INTO MUSIC LICENSING
10:17 – CHALLENGES WITH GROWING YOUR BUSINESS
12:40 – REWARDS OF GROWING YOUR BUSINESS
15:10 – APPROACHES TO SUBMITTING YOUR MUSIC
17:54 – PRODUCTION QUALITY
19:41 – THE PERSONAL APPROACH OF RHYTHM COUTURE
21:40 – MUSIC PUBLISHING
23:20 – SELLING YOUR MUSIC
24:30 – RETITLING
26:24 – THE ARTIST K. SPARKS
27:40 BALANCING THE ARTIST AND THE BUSINESS
30:00 – LAUNCHING PODCAST – DIAGNOSIS SUCCESS
31:47 – THE UNASKED QUESTION
33:37 – J RECORDS EXPERIENCE
35:39 – REJECTION
37:22 – UNASKED QUESTION #2 / OVERCOMING ILLNESS
42:31 – PRODUCTION & RECORDING GEAR
43:37 – FAVORITE BOOKS
46:30 - OUTRO
Check out His Music Site - https://www.kdotsparks.com/
Check Out His Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/diagnosis-success/id1558345455
Check Out Rhythm Couture - https://www.rhythmcouture.com/
Enjoy!
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