Family, tonight moved in the spirit. I had a whole lesson planned and we never opened it. We run it next Tuesday. What we did instead: Chris Hodges and I walked you through the Chicago week. The Obama Center, the Soul Train Awards, and our own room that Thursday night. Then the conversation went where it needed to go. Five things to keep. 1. A song is not finished until the room reacts. If it is supposed to make them cry and nobody cries, keep working. 2. Your one job as a dope artist: be on time and be easy to work with. 3. Producers produce people. Artists have to be producible. 4. Have your 30 second speech ready. You can have all the credits and still sound weird. 5. Success is a byproduct of great relationships. Homework. Write your 30 second speech: who you are, what you make, what you need. Record it and post it under this post. Then reply to one other person's. Next Tuesday, 5 PM PT, kosine.co/class. Bring somebody. Kosine

Family, class is back tonight. 5 PM PT at kosine.co/class. I'm bringing the whole Chicago week back with pictures. The Obama Presidential Center, the Soul Train Awards, our own room Thursday night, and Rose Pearl out on Friday. My guest is Chris Hodges. We're talking about what changes when a producer steps out front as the artist, and what an artist needs for support. Then the year in review and what 2027 looks like. Bring a question. Free room. Kosine

Family, no class tonight. I'm on a 6 AM flight to Chicago in the morning and the week is stacked, so tonight is yours. Here's what's happening and what I want you chewing on while I'm gone. The week. Wednesday, a dinner at the Obama Presidential Center. Thursday, the Soul Train Awards taping at the Harris Theater. Thursday night, The $20 Dolla Holla with Kosine & Friends at the Bassment, 10:30 PM. Saxophone and friends on a Thursday night. Chicago family, pull up, that's the room. The sponsor page for that night is live at kosine.co/sponsor. If you know somebody who invests, or who wants to put their name behind what we're building, send them that page. One forward from you is worth more than a hundred posts from me. Friday, Rose Pearl drops. First record out of the new system. A piano player paid in points instead of dollars, paper signed the same day he read it. I'll bring the whole week back to class next Tuesday with receipts. Five things to chew on. One a day. 1. One song is two houses, the recording and the song. On your last record, which house are you in, and who's collecting for it? 2. Free in the room, paid on the way home. Where are you giving away both? 3. Capture in the room or it didn't happen. What happened this month that nobody can prove? 4. What did you do three times this month that a system should be doing for you? 5. Who did you take notes from this week? The intern never graduates. Now the part I care about most. Most of you have never talked to each other. That's on me, and it ends this week. Post below: your city, what you make, and what you need right now. Then reply to two people you've never spoken to. Trade a link, a stem, a contact, a lead. The network is the curriculum. Build it while I'm on a plane. See you Tuesday. Kosine

FAMILY! CLASS IS TONIGHT. 5 PM PACIFIC / 8 PM EASTERN. kosine.co/class Tonight we're getting into some things I believe every creative, entrepreneur, and independent thinker needs to understand. PART 1: Meet My Staff I'm opening up the system I've spent the last 10 months building and actually using inside Kosine Enterprises. 22 named seats. One subscription. 10 months of real receipts, broken down in percentages. I'm not teaching you something I read about. I'm showing you something we actually operate with every day. We test it on ourselves first. PART 2: From the Marching 100 to the Classroom Two special guests tonight who have known me since I was 18 years old. Cory Jones, fellow Marching 100 alum who runs the band room at Nova High School in Florida. Kerby Pierre, my FAMU brother who made the call that opened the door for my music catalog to reach that same band room. No budget yet. No date yet. Just relationships, vision, and people willing to make a call. Sometimes you have to dream out loud before the opportunity even exists. PART 3: Three Protocols You Can Run From Your Phone Fire at Will. The Cap Detector. Hustle Off the Field. We're breaking down all three, including how these principles helped create the Apple opportunity. YOUR HOMEWORK Make three phone calls this week. No pitch. No favor. No ask. Just genuinely connect with somebody. Your network is your net worth, but only if you actually nurture the relationships. Be in your seat before I start. 5 PM Pacific. 8 PM Eastern. kosine.co/class The intern never graduates. - Kosine

We're on right now. Jump in: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89536201687?pwd=7bvHU6yqjfcvXBBajJDTERsas0LSRc.1 Monday I took one of the best piano lessons of my life. Tonight you get it: a chord is a sandwich, there are no wrong notes, and we build Twinkle Twinkle Little Star into something you'd put on a record. Free room, come as you are.