Today we’d like to introduce you to Daniel Parker
Hi Daniel, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for taking the time to share your story with us – to start maybe you can share some of your backstory with our readers?
So I feel like I have a Cliché music artist answer as far as it’s getting started in background and music. Or maybe not a cliché, just an overused. Answer but it’s true. I started learning about music. I’m coming to experience music in the church. Mike is a typical church-type atmosphere. I was at church a lot, from Sunday services and evening services, to Sunday school Bible study during the week. Acquire rehearsal during a week or just randomly popping up at the church. And that’s just with my mother, who was a minister. Herself, she was the choir director. She played the piano, and she played the organ too. Almost magically. I would end up having some kind of affinity for music. My aunt also plays the piano and plays the organ. As well? So when would I go to her house or end up going to church with her? I get that extra musical push. Just by having to go to all the choir rehearsals and practices and being around the church musicians, I gravitated to the drums at an early age. As far as becoming a music artist, I really can’t remember what was the deciding factor that made me want to pursue this. The only thing I can think to say yes is my natural curiosity about how things work. I do remember when I was in middle school. A couple of friends talked about performing and going to the studio and then doing shows and I thought that s*** was so cool. I never said anything to them, but that sparked my curiosity and interest right there. Because I wanted to know how it was done. They were the closest people to being able to tell me how things worked. I never asked him how things worked. I could say that it was a spark of inspiration right there. Another time that comes to mind is making a song off of being inspired by eminem. Nothing like his more explicit content, but it was the funnier satire. Type stuff. That’s why I had this game. I had 2 games. Actually, one was called MTV Club World. Or MTV d Club World and the other one was a magic music maker. On those 2 video games that were on the PlayStation, 2 I started my music production journey. As far as a music artist. So, go back to the song? I made a song, and it was basically making fun of myself.
A certain struggle, certain people have. I intended it to be fun.
And it was funny to the few people that I did play it for, but I’m sure that equality was awful. The cadence was off in horrible. I thank God. I cannot find that song to this day. Hopefully, the people that I let hear it did not still have that song lol. Long story short about that song. I let my friend hear it. He laughed. He thought it was fun, and then he played it for his sister and he told her. I said it was about her. I randomly end up going over to his house. One day, he wasn’t there and his sister opened the door, and she hit me, and I was looking confused as s*** and I asked her what that was for, and she said that song I said. What song she said, That’s all you. May I say okay, so why did you hit me? And my brother said you said this was about me. But it must have been an okay enough song. Because she only hit me once, and she smiled and laughed.
Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
It definitely has not been a smooth ride. There’s always ups and downs to trying to pursue anything. A lot of the Downs I was saying are more so. Self-inflicted. As much as I am a people person, I’m not up. People and I know that doesn’t make sense. Like I’m an extrovert, introvert, that is said. Or what that means is that I can be very extroverted, but mainly we’re more so in an intimate setting with people I’m comfortable around. I’m not going to go out of my way to be the life of the party. Or make a spectacle of myself. If I end up being the life of the party, then so be it. I’m not mad. At that. But I don’t overtly seek attention. And being the entertainment, that’s probably a backwards mindset. I’d say another obstacle that he constantly has to overcome is not being in a city where music is a driving force of the city. I live in Cleveland, Ohio. You don’t get the opportunity every day or as often as an artist in New York or Atlanta, or Los Angeles or a hoot game. Or Florida Miami, Florida. There’s no major scene in Cleveland as far as music that is comparable to all those other cities. In most cases, from every artist that blows up. Or become a bigger name in entertainment, has left Cleveland and relocated to another city. My window is to just get up and leave without any responsibility for anything here. In Cleveland, to go pursue music in another city, that window has closed. I have a family, so I can’t just say “Oh, I’m going to California to pursue music now. See you later.” I have to figure out how to make it work here. Until the situation that I can do that Also, I’m what you call on the d. I am a type of artist. I have to find a way 2. Get the cost down or do it myself for free. Sometimes that backfires on me, and sometimes it works out better than what was expected. But I will say doing it that way. It takes a long time to learn. Certain things, but once you learn them, they’ll learn and that can’t be taken away.
Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
I am an independent music artist, songwriter and producer. I’d like to think I’m known for being that random dope artist at the show that no one expects to be there lol. Honestly, I’m most proud of my hip-hop project called Pandemic Parenting. What I released towards the end of the pandemic about dealing with school Zoom calls work my perception of my children’s gratefulness and why I do what I do for them. I think what sets me apart. Other than others, are that most people use music to try to get rich, or 2. Tried to move out of a bad neighborhood. I don’t need to make music to do either of those. I’ve moved out of a bad neighborhood to a better neighborhood without music as a financial factor. I’m doing it because I have to and not to sound cliché. I have to do this or I’ll explode.
Risk taking is a topic that people have widely differing views on – we’d love to hear your thoughts.
I’m really not sure what to say about risk-taking. I’m pretty cautious with my decision, or at least I try to be. Any risks that I have taken…I’ll say that I either knew what the outcome was or the outcome didn’t scare me at all. Now I don’t know if that means I’m not taking big enough risks. But I do know that I can’t complain about the outcome of those risks that I have taken. They were all lessons learned, good or bad.
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