Prologue Profiles

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Marcus, music education student, at Penn Station, NYC.

"How'd you get into music?"

"When I was 14, I saw the 30th anniversary of Michael Jackson and Slash was there and played a solo over 'Beat It' and after that I was like 'Ok I'm going to do this now.'"

"The secret is hard work." - Brian Batt

Brian (@brianbattstudios) grew up with a love for drawing and art and thought he'd be a magazine illustrator when he was older. After realizing that world wasn't for him he continued to paint on the side and in 2008 Brian left his desk job to focus on painting full-time. Brian's work has since been featured in New York, LA, Miami and London.

You'll hear Brian discuss his path to becoming a full-time artist, the importance of daily discipline, and that to have your work reach the world you gotta share it with the world.

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Brittany, babysitter, on the WTC PATH Train, Jersey City.

"The only thing I want to do is travel the world."

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Dan, children's musician, on the Journal Sq PATH Train, Jersey City.

"It's a great feeling to get paid to play guitar."

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Veronica, event coordinator (@inveroveritas), at Greenley Sq, NYC

"Get what you want."

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Chris, marketing entrepreneur (About.me), at Greenley Sq, NYC.

"If you got a good idea don't let anyone tell you otherwise and go ahead and achieve your dreams."

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Zoe, fashion design student, on the 33rd St PATH Train, Jersey City

"Giving up is too easy."

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Rashid, video game designer (@ellisrashid), at the 39th & 8th Ave Starbucks, NYC.

"You can definitely draw it 110 times on screen, but it's not until you get a direct application and apply it to what you want to do or else it's not gonna happen."

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Bijan, photographer & writer, at the 39th and 8th Ave Starbucks, NYC

"How do you overcome your fear of rejection?"
"It's about accepting that I just want to say something and that's it, and once you say something you gotta accept that someone might not like it."

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Aaron, theater actor (AaronSalley.com), at the 39th & 8th Ave Starbucks, NYC.

"Don't give up."