Name: Clinton Sparks
Hustle: DJ / Music writer, producer / E! television & radio personality, Dad
City: Boston
1. When I was a kid I daydreamed about...
Having a dad to play baseball with & becoming popular making music.
2. As an Adult I daydream about...
Being a dad that plays baseball with my son & making hit records.
3. In my group of friends I'm the one who...
well seeing that my only true group of friends consist of my wife & son
...I'm the one that gets asked "daddy, when you coming home?" & then when I get there, I'm the one that gets yelled @ from my wife "why do u get toothpaste on the mirror all the time?"
4. When I was growing up I was told that I couldnt______ but did it anyway.
make it doing music
5. How did you break into your industry?
By using my DJ ability to get on radio then build my show to be all over the world & create unique mixtapes with my production. By doing those things it made the right people Get Familiar with me but trust me it wasn't as easy as that just sounded.
6.Favorite part of what you do?
Fulfilling my dream of making music for a living & being financially stable as well as meeting all kinds of people from traveling the world.
7. Least favorite part of what you do?
Being away from my family. The rest is awesome!
8. Who do you admire in your field?
I admire so many people who have paved the way for someone like me to do what I do & I especially admire people that ARE the shit but don't act like they are the shit!
9. My top five artists/musicians are...
•Teddy Riley
•Timbaland
•Jodeci
•Kanye West
•Prince
10. Moment when your hustle paid off was/will be when....
Wow! So many cool things have come out of my hustle from being Diddys tour DJ, to becoming the music correspondent on the E! Channel, to having a show on Eminems station on Sirius to receiving my publishing deal to writing & producing w/ Akon to syndicating my radio show worldwide,etc.etc. It would be hard to pinpoint. Everyday I wake up excited to see what awesomeness will happen next. I wrote & produced a record on Beyonces new album, 2 on Ludacris new album, I'm working on Sean Kingstons, etc. I'm very fortunate & happy. My life is awesome!
11. My family is proud of me because...
Hmmmmm, I think they would need to answer that. Wait,Let me call my mom real quick - okay, she said "because I had a goal to make it with music & never let anything or anyone get in my way from accomplishing that goal" She also said " because u always said u would be a better dad than what u had growing up & u are" (side note) she was asleep when I just called so that could just be a courtesy stock answer to hurry me off the phone.
12. Shameless plug (what do u want the world to know)
That life moves pretty fast & if u don't get involved & do what it is u really want to do with it, u might miss it! Never take people or life for granted. As far as me, you can check me out on the E! Channels Daily ten every Tues & @ the biggest party in the world, Smashtime Saturdays @ the Hard Rock hotel & casino in las Vegas in Body English EVERY Sat night & I have 2 albums coming out next year. One as a DJ album where I will produce everything & the other ill produce & be the artist (yes ill be the artist singing) & to log onto my site clintonsparks.com & Get Familiar!
Thank you to those that cared enough to read what I had to say!
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Clinton Sparks // Get Familiar
www.clintonsparks.com
www.smashtime radio.com
www.mixunit.com
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