Aug 16 2022 56 mins
In this episode, Nicholas Mick joins me from Columbia, South Carolina. At only 18 years old, he's already accumulated hundreds of thousands of streams on Spotify, millions of views on TikTok and Instagram Reels, and even garnered features from the likes of Prentiss and KillBunk. He tells us the story, start to finish, of going from moving to a new city during a tough time in his life and making music as therapy to being a bubbling name in the independent scene.
00:00 - Intro
00:53 - Nicholas' experiences growing up in MD, VA, and SC, and the process of moving between these states
02:34 - Moving specifically to Columbia, being a HS baseball player and a Fortnite streamer, discovering his passion for music, and then gravitating towards that identity
07:03 - How his parents, who were both in bands, made their imprint on him musically and how a rough transition in life spurred releasing tracks on SoundCloud
09:40 - How Nicholas overcame his doubts as a young HS musician, and the few friends who supported him
11:59 - How Nicholas leveraged his time during quarantine to start accelerating his music career, being on Discord with underground legends, and the remote school experience
20:40 - The process of finding his sound, thinking he was a rapper, and his producer telling him he needed to go back to making melodies
25:15 - Getting recognized by Promoting Sounds and how that helped incrementally build momentum
27:41 - How Nicholas garnered a feature from Prentiss, connected with his current A&R, and met all of his Discord connections from 2020 in-person during a trip to NY
43:00 - How his manager helped him strategize on how to promote on TikTok, and how he even started a trend
50:25 - Nicholas Mick's tips to gaining organic followers with no money or resources
51:00 - His favorite music that he's made thus far and when we can expect new music and/or an album
52:33 - Nicholas' dream collaborations and long-term goals in music
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