Parker Rose

Producer with a Mission

When did you first get into music?

When I was a kid, I liked to listen to K-Earth 101. From there, I progressed to listening to specific bands.

Who or What inspired you to pursue a career in music?

I was bullied for years in school and with no anti-bullying campaigns around back then, my fists became anti-bullying campaigns. After many years of my life spent in detention halls, I started to express myself with poetry. I soon realized I was able to put every frustration I felt into words and soon I started hearing melodies in my head and wrapped some guitar chords around it to complete the vision.

How has your music evolved since you first began performing/songwriting?

I’ve worked with various bands and producers over the years, who influenced me and helped me achieve productions that would have been difficult to fully realize solo.

I’m sure you have shared the stage with a lot of talented artists/celebrities along the way. Would you share 1 or 2 of your favorite stories with us?

I went to see Pangea perform and I was invited on stage to do a song during intermission. I opened for The Withers on several occasions throughout Los Angeles and those were fun shows, while they lasted. It wasn’t on stage but I met Rodney Bingenheimer twice at my job in Los Angeles and had a conversation about music with him and that was a thrilling break from the norm of boredom. I also met Linda Blair a couple times at my job and that was so surreal.

If you were forced to choose only one, which emotion, more than any other drives you to stay in this tough business? Is it joy, anger, desire, passion or pride and why?

Desire would fit best because I desire to write the next great pop song. I desire to perform live. I desire to draw real emotions from the people I perform for, whether it be joy, hatred or jealousy. I would thoroughly enjoy an entire crowd booing me just as much as I would enjoy an entire crowd cheering me because bottom line, my music is causing them to feel a certain way and feel something real and that is what I desire most.

In an industry overflowing with new talent and ideas? I’m not in this for money. It’s about sending a message through the music. Also, I treat this the same way I would treat any potential relationship with the opposite sex. If all she wants is money from me, what’s the point? Might as well hire a hooker. I only want someone with me, for me. If I can’t have that, then I don’t need anything else. I can’t lie with my music. I only perform songs that I can feel.

Which ingredient do you think makes you special and unique as an artist in an industry overflowing with new talent and ideas?

I’m not in this for money. It’s about sending a message through the music. Also, I treat this the same way I would treat any potential relationship with the opposite sex. If all she wants is money from me, what’s the point? Might as well hire a hooker. I only want someone with me, for me. If I can’t have that, then I don’t need anything else. You can’t lie with music. I only perform songs that I can feel.

What has been your biggest challenge as a performing artist? Have you been able to overcome that challenge? If so, how?

Stage fright is difficult and still ongoing because it makes it hard to sing certain songs. I usually perform alone on stage so it’s all on me.

A common phrase in the industry is, “you must suffer for your art.” Do you agree with this statement? If so, how have you suffered for your art?

No, because I suffered long before my music came along. When my music did come along, it was a release from all my suffering.

How do you feel the internet has impacted the music business?

It has made communication with other people very impersonal. It seems to me like no one wants to take a chance anymore and go outside and meet someone new. I know this is not true for everyone, but from my point of view, this is reality and unfortunate.

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