Want to turn your passion for photography into a business? 📸 In this episode of The Root of Everything podcast, I sit down with Brenny Creative (Brent) to talk about how he built a thriving photography business while still in college.

He started with no clients, knocked on 100 doors, and turned his passion into a full-time career. Brent shares:
 ✅ How to get started in photography (even if you're a beginner)
 ✅ How to go from free work to paid clients
 ✅ Why building relationships is more important than just taking great photos
 ✅ How to create an experience, not just a service to stand out in the industry
 ✅ The grit and mindset needed to make it as a creative entrepreneur
Whether you're an aspiring photographer, videographer, or creative entrepreneur, this episode will inspire you to take action and build your dream business.
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The Root of Everything Podcast holds interviews with passionate people who have found success doing what they love, hosted by Jamar Root (@rootofjamar). The goal is to inspire the listener to see the value in doing what you love and chasing your dream. This is done by bringing in different people with different passions and paths to success. In each episode the listener gets a glimpse into different types of passions, the reality of how someone found their passion, and how they found and created success within it.

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If you ever wanted to learn how to go viral as rapper then this is the right podcast episode to listen to. It can be hard to figure out your marketing as a music artist. Our guest Thomas Austin explains how to promote your music while giving away his best music marketing strategies that propelled him to millions of streams and views from his music. We also dive into how he found his passion in music and all the trials and tribulations in this journey.

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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
0:49 Who Really Is Thomas Austin
3:22 His Music Career Origin Story
8:07 The Mindset Needed Before You Blow Up
23:26 How To Pick the Right Job To Fund Your Dream
33:50 How To Chase Your Dream and Work 9 to 5
41:38 Patience in The Process is Key to Success
44:13 See Your Success Before Others Can (Enjoy The Process)
48:13 How To Stand Out In The Music Industry (Authenticity is Key)
52:27 Content Strategy That Led To MILLIONS of Music Streams
1:05:41 How Does It Feel To Get Millions of Streams on Your Music?
1:12:58 SECRET to Making Your Content VIRAL (Mindset Shift Required!)
1:17:22 How He Approached His First Album
1:19:46 Imposter Syndrome with Early Success 
1:21:38 No Such Thing As Work Life Balance?
1:28:54 Thomas Austin’s Biggest Dream
1:32:28 Truth About Secular Music You Need To Know
1:36:08 YALL ALMOST GOT ME CAM AND MASE
1:36:23 Outro

The Root of Everything Podcast holds interviews with passionate people who have found success doing what they love, hosted by Jamar Root (@rootofjamar). The goal is to inspire the listener to see the value in doing what you love and chasing your dream. This is done by bringing in different people with different passions and paths to success. In each episode the listener gets a glimpse into different types of passions, the reality of how someone found their passion, and how they found and created success within it.

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In this episode, we had the pleasure of interviewing an all-around artist. Jay Pacassa is a Rapper and Clothing Designer for his brand, Pacassa. This episode gives insight into what his passions entail. But also has a rich focus on going all in for your dreams. If you are thinking about quitting that job or making a drastic change in your life for your dreams, you will love this episode!

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This episode features Madden Twitch Streamer and Gamer, King Capers aka Kyree Capers. He tells the story of how he went from zero views on his streams to having viral videos and tons of supporters from him playing the game that he loves. He also outlines what it takes to become a successful streamer. There are lots of ups and downs in the journey to your dreams but his story shows it's possible if you never give up! So if want to learn how to grow your twitch stream organically, you are on the right episode!

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This episode features Recording Artist and Artist, Daraja Superstar aka Daraja Medlock. Jamar and Daraja discuss how she found her passion and chased her dreams. They both talk about the key principles to reach success and the importance of believing in your dream.

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Our guest Dan Sarmiento aka @dsarmyt  and founder of @ETSBSBL is one of the biggest baseball and sports content creators in the world. In this episode, Dan and Jamar discuss how Dan found his true passion of content creation and youtube while playing baseball and taking the leap of faith when he knew it was time. Dan also maps out what it took for him to reach success within content creation and YouTube.

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Our guest Kyle Olani Adams is a visual artist who specializes in black art. He has found success sketching/painting, filming/editing sports, etc. Kyle and Jamar discuss different topics such as freedom, the life of a creative, success, and passion that I am sure will inspire you to find what you love.

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Our guest Mohamed Coulibaly is a multifaceted individual who has found success on the soccer field and in multiple different businesses. Mo and Jamar discuss different principles of success and passion that I am sure will inspire you to dream even bigger!

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In this episode of the Root of Everything Podcast, we went into the day in the life of usl two goalies. Our guest, Will Agbaadem, is the goalkeeper for the Philadelphia Lone Star FC in USL. He showed our host, Jamar, how to be a good soccer goalie. Throughout his goalkeeper training, he tried his best to give his best goalkeeper tips for beginners to Jamar. Be sure to watch all of it, Jamar did better than you think as a soccer goalie for a day. And that's not just because he's the one typing this lol.

Don't forget about the soccer goalkeeper interview!! Jamar was able to ask a bunch of questions on the goalkeeper's passions, motivations, and more.

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In this episode of the Root of Everything Podcast, we interview and go through the day in the life of an upcoming artist, Chairackz. Our host, Jamar, also gives his best effort at being a rapper for a day. He honestly started off with a horrible freestyle while the upcoming rapper, Chairackz freestyled naturally. 

The two then went to the studio to get the full expierce of being a music artist for a day. Chairackz made two songs while featuring Jamar in one. Jamar started off bad at the rapping but found some of his footing by giving us a couple bars.

After finishing the day in the life of an upcoming rapper, Jamar interviewed Chairackz on his passions, definition of success, personality, and mentality.

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