Heroek talks to multi-hyphenate Ben Barbic about his hip-hop and reggae roots in music, writing his book "Rise and Climb," balancing music, real estate, and family life, and more!
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🎵BEN BARBIC🎵
Website: https://www.risenclimb.com/
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📚CHAPTERS📚
0:00 Intro
0:52 Describing his music style
1:28 Making "Thank You" with John Iacono
4:35 Working with the same artists
7:21 Filling the frequency range
9:47 Albums vs singles
14:56 Quest Clothing ad (Heroek merch)
15:52 Writing "Rise and Climb" book
27:09 Parallels of music and real estate
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31:31 Balancing multiple ventures
36:23 Making international connections
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39:10 Success of "These Dreams"
41:19 Ben's "I made it" moment
42:28 Mixing and mastering for others
45:44 Early music inspirations
49:01 Fastest song he's written
50:55 Longest time to make a song
52:31 Deep cut Ben Barbic songs
54:40 Starting live shows
56:47 "Bucket list" live shows
57:42 Advice to new artists
1:00:31 Essential Ben Barbic songs
1:02:22 Favorite songs of his
1:03:56 Dream collaborations
1:04:55 Wrapping up
1:06:03 End screen
Hero's Journey Podcast ep. #197
