It is no secret that the music industry comes with a lot of perks such as fame and money. You would be hardest to find a rap video where the artist is not surrounded by fancy cars, provocative women, money, and jewellery. This image is the reason why so many people pursue a music career, it is usually not out of a passion for creating music. Adam Derek Bennett, Professionally known as Snazzy Phade, is a flourishing artist who was able to navigate his way through the harsh trials and tribulations of the music industry since he grew up with a genuine passion for music. He was born November 24,1992 in Tulsa Oklahoma but spent a majority of his life in Manteca, CA. He grew up very close to the Bay Area culture and ended up majoring in Audio engineering/Music production at SAE Institute/Expressions College in Berkeley, CA which he graduated from in 2016. He pursued this major because even in his early teenage years he knew that he had a true passion for music and wanted to become a successful artist. This passion for music followed him throughout his college years and motivated him to graduate as class valedictorian with the highest overall GPA and the most hours logged in the class, he put in nearly double the hours of everyone else that attended. He is obsessed with becoming the best artist that he can be which is how he has been able to form such an impressive work ethic.
This entire venture only recently came to fruition in 2018, yet Snazzy Phade now has over 45 songs out on Spotify, iTunes, Amazon Music, ect! He is a record label owner and recording artist, he owns Phaded Records. He manages his label and recording when he is not doing his freelance audio engineering. Adam is Pro tools 101 Certified and only uses the best quality plugin bundles to mix and master for his clients. He received lots of his inspiration from the Bay Area music culture as well as Justin Timberlake, Eminem, Lil Wayne, Kanye West, Mac Dre, e40, Too Short, and Hyphy Movement. Adam as a person is like a big sponge who is constantly absorbing information about the music industry and he is always improving his skills so that he can use them to create even better sounds, He does many things such as capturing audio, manipulating audio, mixing live audio, concert setups, recording artists, using million dollar audio consoles, and much more. He is the type of artist that does not let anything limit him, if he wants to do something he will figure it out one way or another.
Since becoming an artist requires no more than a cell phone and internet, there are plenty of young people who are taking advantage of this by creating their own music. This plays a huge factor in the success of Snazzy Phade since many potential listeners think that he is simply another one of those artists who are trying to gain fame and money overnight. Do not let this keep you from listening to such a well composed and passionate artist. There are many different styles of music that Snazzy Phade creates which means he is able to cater to any type of listener.
