Paul "Willie Green" Womack is a music producer, mixer, and artist based out of Brooklyn, NY, USA! In our conversation, Willie shares his journey from the Berklee College of Music to producing and mixing independent hip hop in Brooklyn. He shares insights on having professionalism and confidence, the importance of sleep, enjoying the journey, serving the music, and bringing others into your creative process. We go deep on NFTs, immersive audio, the diminishing value of art in a noisy content-driven world, and how the music industry spreads artists too thin. We also go deep on his project "Press Play" where Willie created sonic art from visual works of art in order to enhance said visual art exhibition! Check it out!You can learn more about Willie at https://www.williegreenmusic.com/You can follow Willie on Social MediaIG - https://www.instagram.com/williegreen1/Twitter - https://twitter.com/williegreen1***As I mentioned in this episode, Carl Bahner is giving away his Spotify algorithm course to listeners of the show. Go to https://www.carlbahner.com/coaching to learn more***You can listen to the song we discussed in the "Sauce" segment in its entirety here - "Stonefruit" by Armand Hammer/The Alchemist - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S3gEfqPQlM&ab_channel=ArmandHammer-TopicJoin the Secret Sonics Discord community here(!) - discord.gg/UP97b72W6tSubscribe to the podcast and get my free guidebook "Music Production Essentials" here - https://mpe-ebook.benwallick.com/free-downloadReferencesFernando Lodeiro - https://www.benwallick.com/podcast-episodes/2022/1/1/secret-sonics-126-fernando-lodeiro-nurturing-relationships-in-the-studioSmokey Robinson - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smokey_RobinsonBackwoodz Studioz - https://backwoodzstudioz.com/super chron flight brothers - https://backwoodzstudioz.com/products/super-chron-flight-brothers-cape-verdeDamian Taylor - https://www.benwallick.com/podcast-episodes/2021/11/28/secret-sonics-123-damian-taylor-music-productions-deep-thinker“Nightmares.” - Open Mike Eagle - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSf7RvaSS4A&ab_channel=OpenMikeEaglePress Play - https://williegreen.bandcamp.com/album/press-playSonic Photo app - https://www.skytopia.com/software/sonicphoto/Haram record - https://armandhammer.bandcamp.com/album/haramWhat’s Going On Marvin Gaye - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDK7TiEiMOI&ab_channel=MarvinGayeVEVORX - https://www.izotope.com/en/products/rx.htmlSpectral Layers - https://www.steinberg.net/spectralayers/Thanks for listening to this episode of Secret Sonics! I hope you enjoyed this episode :) Look out for new episodes weekly. Consider rating and reviewing our show on Apple Podcasts and sharing this or any of your favorite episodes with a friend or two.Thank you to Zvi Rodan, Mendy Portnoy, and Yakir Hyman for contributing to the new podcast theme music!Thanks to Gavi Kutliroff for helping me edit this episode!You can find out more about Secret Sonics and subscribe on your favorite podcast app by visiting www.secretsonics.coFollow along via social media here:Facebook: www.facebook.com/SecretSonicsPodInstagram: www.instagram.com/secretsonics/ Have a great week, stay safe, and dig in!-Ben