BIDDING WARS

Glory Ro’z believes all things are possible in 2024

14 min
Aug 7, 2024over 1 year ago
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Summary

Glory Rose, a major recording artist and serial entrepreneur, discusses his journey of rediscovering music after tragedy and the pandemic forced him to reassess his life. He shares insights on balancing artistry with business acumen, overcoming fear and uncertainty in the music industry, and maintaining moral integrity while pursuing greatness.

Insights
  • Tragedy and setbacks can temporarily extinguish passion, but external disruptions (like the pandemic) can reignite purpose when you reconnect with what truly matters
  • Success in creative industries requires mastering both artistic craft and business fundamentals—balancing 90% business with 10% music strategy
  • Personal legacy and impact on loved ones (especially children) serve as stronger motivators than external validation or industry status
  • Tenacity—the ability to push through pain and uncertainty when others quit—is the defining characteristic separating successful artists from those who give up
  • Marketing and audience growth are critical skill gaps for emerging artists that require deliberate mastery beyond raw talent
Trends
Emerging artists leveraging pandemic-era downtime to restart creative careers and rebuild momentumImportance of balancing artistic integrity with commercial viability in music entrepreneurshipPersonal branding and storytelling as core marketing tools for independent musiciansCross-platform music distribution and playlist placement (streaming services, in-vehicle audio systems) as validation metricsMentorship and community support networks (like Radio Push) as accelerators for artist developmentMental health and resilience as competitive advantages in high-uncertainty creative industries
Topics
Music entrepreneurship and artist developmentOvercoming tragedy and personal setbacksBalancing creative passion with business strategyMarketing and audience growth for independent artistsStreaming platform distribution and playlist placementPersonal branding and legacy buildingResilience and tenacity in creative careersMentorship and community support networksMoral integrity in competitive industriesWork-life balance for serial entrepreneurs
Companies
Radio Push
Mentorship and artist development organization supporting Glory Rose's music career and growth strategy
House of Hitch Studios
Recording studio and podcast venue where the episode was recorded, with history of hosting major artists
Hype Fresh Magazine
Publication where Glory Rose is listed as a sponsor or contributor in the music industry
99.7 Heap Miami
Radio station where Glory Rose's music 'Home by Dark' receives airplay and audience exposure
People
Glory Rose
Primary guest discussing his journey rediscovering music after tragedy and building his artist brand
Worldwide Westwill
Host of the podcast and mentor who introduced Glory Rose to the show and provides ongoing guidance
Beach
Co-host conducting the interview from House of Hitch Studios in Florida
Quotes
"Sometimes in life, you can fall out of love with your purpose, with your destiny. You become discouraged, you become distracted. Just life. It happens, happens to everyone because you're human."
Worldwide WestwillOpening
"Tragedy, you would think that it would make you go harder, but it actually blows the wick out of your candle, and it makes you not want to do nothing at all."
Glory RoseMid-episode
"I feel as though I got the perfect ingredients. I can give you bars. I can give you a fine commercial track. Something that can go far, something that could be timeless."
Glory RoseMid-episode
"Tomorrow's not promised, bro. Like, I could be done. I could walk right out here across the street, get hit, it's done. But I have music that will keep me alive, even if I go a little too early."
Glory RoseLate-episode
"You have an ability to maintain durability through life's toughest moments. That's the quality most people want to quit. You define tenacity."
Worldwide WestwillClosing
Full Transcript
Sometimes in life, you can fall out of love with your purpose, with your destiny. You become discouraged, you become distracted. Just life. It happens, happens to everyone because you're human. You can't always feel what you need to feel. Sometimes you have to feel other things in order to reconnect with your true feelings in life. Major recording artist, entrepreneur, Lloyd Rose. He knows what that is like. See, music is in his bloodline. He has championship DNA. He's a creator. He's a performer. He's a messenger of hope and aspiration. Music at one point in his life left, but now it's back full circle. I'm so honored to be in partnership with this king. Radio Push is honored. When you hear his story inside the House of Hitch, you will really truly see the real passion and the real mission of Major recording artist, Chloe Rose. This dude is special. House of Hitch, Vinnie, Serge, Hyatt Fresh, Dorian, Radio Push is Radio Push is your goal. Let's get it. People, we are live inside the House of Hitch Studios today. My name is Beach, Florida, House of Hitch Studios. And today I'm speaking with Major recording artist, serial entrepreneur, just natural born hustler, Chloe Rose. You know, when I wanted a location to do a podcast, I didn't just want a location. I wanted an experience. When you walk into this building. Eyes wide, bro. Exactly, eyes wide. We're on a whole other level when it comes to what you see. See, what you see is one thing. What you feel is something else. Always tells you. No doubt about it. And when you walk through here, you feel the magnetic energy. You feel that dynamism. You feel that spirit. You feel that championship DNA. Man, you feel those goosebumps because right here, Kanye West, right there, Mary J Black stood in pose in front of that keyboard, Busta Rhymes, DMX. Shout out to DMX, a miss X. Rest in peace, man. Every day I miss X. Man, so real. Migo, Straight, Jack Harlow. Shout out to take off. They were here. They were in the parking lot. If you go to the Instagram, House of Hitch, they were in the parking lot, booming out their car. You're here. You don't get here by accident. You trusted the process. You trusted Radio Pulse. You trusted my guy, Worldwide Westwill. And you hit, man, I'm honored to be working with you. Thank you for having me, man. This is an experience. It's an honor, bro. I'm like a mixture of shy, nervous, and excited, all in one. Westwill put me up on you, man. And I appreciate you for that. You know what I mean? We're here to grind. We're here to eat. We're here to make sure that tomorrow means something, especially for our little ones. I do this for my daughter, bro. Well, she leads into the first question. First of all, people, House of Hitch Studio, Glory Rose, Major Coordinator, Entrepreneur, Hype Fresh Magazine, In the Building Sponsor, and 99.7 Heap Miami. Let me ask you this. All right, Glory? You have taken this path of the unknown, uncertainty of being an entrepreneur. You have a regular gig. You got a regular job, and then you have a second life, which is music. But I want to talk about how did your past propel you here? What triggered? What was the flashpoint? I used to watch a show called Flashpoint as on Amazon Prime. Check it out. Real quick story. Flashpoint was about these guys that they... It's about this technical team. They prevent people from dying. So they will always go to the flashpoint moment. They saw at the start of the show, they will show you what's about to happen at the end, but you don't know till you watch everything. So Flashpoint is a dope show because they will use rubber bullets to take people out. It was a technical team, but it was real psychological. They would stop people from killing themselves, or they were going to do some harmful. What was the flashpoint in life to say, I am now Glory Rose? Well, it took a lot to get to that point, because before I used to go ask Bill the Butcher. So I used to do music way before, but things happen. Tragedy strikes, you know what I mean? And tragedy, you would think that it would make you go harder, but it actually blows the wick out of your candle, and it makes you not want to do nothing at all. So roughly around 2016, I decided to hang it all up. But the pandemic happened. The pandemic, 2020. And I was out of a job temporarily. I had, y'all had to avoid. Something that was missing. And I didn't know up until I started playing with the beats, that it was music. So I was just playing around. You know, I started doing one thing. I was like, let me use this beat from my boy, Colega, shout out to Colega. And then I was like, you know what? Let me hit up my engineer. I just want to play around. I just want to play. Let me just play. I laid it down. Next thing you know, I had to break the news down in my woman. We back. We back. So I don't know if you're trying to do this, but this journey is going to get a little crazy. It's going to get a little bumpy. You're not going to like a lot of things, but what's up? Like, are you with it? You trying to do this with me? And she is. I mean, with a grain of salt, but she's doing it. You know, she's holding me down. Rightfully so. Rightfully so. Because that's a woman's intuition. Right. The women, women are the protectors. Right. You know what I'm saying? That's why female lions hunt, male lions protect the cage. That's what I call that. That's my lioness right there. That's it, man. So, okay, you back on the grind. You Jordan with the four or five. You sent the facts over, Davis throwing them back. So you back in the game. Yes. Yes. What scares you about music? The uncertainties and just how grimy the game could be. The game could get grimy. So it's like, you've got to like go with the flow and either get grimy all the while, maintaining yourself and your morality. Because this thing could be a test of character. If you let it, it could turn you into an old monster. What makes you believe, what's fueling you to make you believe that you're invincible and you can do it no matter what? Because remember, before you answer that, you're trying to take glory roads so where people say your name and it's synonymous with greatness. You know, Kendrick, greatness. J. Cole, greatness. Young Thug, YSL, greatness. You have that potential. So explain that. I feel as though I, without sounding cocky, I feel as though I got. Talk you talk. Talk heavy as Wes Willis says. Nah, word up. Now, I feel as though I got the perfect ingredients. You know, like I can. Give me two ingredients. I can give you. I can give you all my herbs and spices. I hear you. Just give them. Just give them. I can go bars. I can give you bars. I can give you a fine commercial track. Something that can go far, something that could be timeless, something that you could hear 10 years down the line and still think it's hot. You know, so that's what makes me feel like I'm invisible is I got, I got the melting pot within myself. You know what I mean? And also, I like to keep business and artistry level and balanced. You are. Because I don't want to sit here and be too much of an artist and too less of a businessman and vice versa. You know? 9% is 9% business, 10% music anyway. And that's what I'm trying to, that's what I'm trying to master. That's your question. My grandfather's telling me, he said, boy, you're going to know the most, most about yourself when nobody's around. You're going to hear things. Nobody's going to hear about you. My grandfather, he always said, he used to be shaving. Right? He used to use a little magic cream shade back in the day. And he said, you're going to know a lot about yourself. But when you know, nobody's around, you're going to hear things. What do you hear in the morning when you're in the mirror looking at, just for the rest of that, just take it easy. What do you hear? Most of the times, my idea is coming to shower. So it's not even a mirror. I hear you. It's the shower. I hear you. And what I hear is tomorrow's not promised. Like, I could be done. I could walk right out here across the street, get hit, it's done. But I have music that will keep me alive, even if I go a little too early. You know what I mean? So that's to me, to me, what really like stirs the pot is that. It's that tomorrow is not promised, bro. Like, every day we get closer to the grave. They say tattoos mean our fingerprints on somebody's heart. Yeah. That's what one of my old G's told me. All my tattoos tell stories. That tattoo on your right arm. That's my brother. He looks like you. I lost him in 2016. He got shot. I'm about to tattoo on top. This is my outlook on music. And what I feel is though, my style is. It's a boom box with guns poking out of it. What does that mean? That means that I got ammo. I like that. I got ammo, bro. Let me ask you a question. Just want you to be honest. You know, we all about ResultsNoHeight.com. What is one thing you're not where you want to be at? Of course. The road is long. But what's one thing about you you got to change business-wise that you need to improve on, that only you can fix. Give me one thing you're going to do differently in 2020. Give me one thing you're going to do differently in 2023. In 2023, I feel as though what I'm going to do is I'm going to spice up my marketing skills. You know, something that I'm not too familiar with is marketing. And I want to master that. You know what I mean? Because I'm a salesman by heart. I'm a salesman by self. You definitely sell some Maximus. So yeah. I will buy Maximus from you. Word. Word. I sell phones for now. But you know what I mean? Exactly. Yeah. I'm a salesman at heart and I want to master marketing. Isn't that funny we spoke about that? That's why I be in your classes, bro. Your classes, like I said, I told you- You've been coming back. You've been coming back. Your tennis been improving. Your classes are like church. I mean, yeah, you could stray off, you know what I mean? But then when you come back to church that Sunday, it's like you leave feeling like, yo, I'm about to take over the world. You know what I mean? So I love that about you, yeah. But the difference is what I want you to do. Because here's the thing. I'm more passionate about your success because you make radio pushes look. Great when you're successful. When I see Quentin Say Chalette, Big Head Bands and all them guys. Yeah, when I see them, I want you. And whenever financial path we can help you with to get there. Like I told you, like when this is over, we got to get on that dream or something. I got to write articles about you. I got to tell the story. Because you are somebody with one word I'm going to give you. And don't ever forget it. This is defined you. You know what it is? Tenacity. Defined tenacity. You define. About to make me pull out the Google right now. Tenacity, man. I swear to you, I don't know what that word means. Let me break it down to you this way. Let me break it down to you this way for the interview purposes. Here's the one. You have an ability to maintain durability through life's toughest moments. That's the quality most people want to quit. I have a friend who's a marathon runner. You know what she tell me the hardest part of the marathon is? The last mile. Let that sink in. The last mile. She's ran 24 miles. The last mile her ankles are swollen, her feet are blistering. She wants to just break down that last mile. But you have that ability to push through that pain. Glory Rose, radio pushes. Chloe in the dark? Home by dark. If that's the track we talking about. Home by dark? I say that for a reason though, by the way. Home by dark. You know that record spins heavy on 99.7. I showed you the image in the Tesla. Remember I was in the Tesla? Yeah. Yeah. What you thought about that knowing that your music plays in the Tesla? In the Honda, bro. We saw the screenshot, right? Yeah, it could be played in the Honda Civic 1995. I'm still feeling the same. Yeah, but we put it up on the Tesla through tune in. Right. And I was test driving the Tesla and I was like, your song came on. That's why I sent you that screenshot because I was driving. I was driving the Sarasota in the Tesla and I was like, I want to buy the car and your song came on. That's beautiful. So take that image. But your belief in your music is there, man. I want to thank you for trusting the process. Thank you for believing in us because we believe in you, man. And when this is over, December, man, press releases, media, organic hustle. I want your subscribers to grow by 300% by March. And I'm holding you to that and we're going to help you. That's minimum. That's minimum right there. Minimal. How's this people? Glory rolls. Let's get it. One. Thank you for having me.