On this Episode WLPWR and Brian Onrea welcome Producer/Engineer/Songwriter Chad “C-Note” Roper to the show.A Milwaukee native. C-Note earned a Bachelors of Science Degree in Chemical Industrial Engineering from Florida A & M University, where he met another Milwaukee native named Rico Love. He got his start engineering & vocal producing for Rico Love in 2005. Within his premiere year, Roper diligently worked with some of the music industries most wanted artists and producers including Jamie Foxx, Pleasure P, Michelle Williams, John Legend, Estelle, Nas, The Backstreet Boys, just to name a few. In 2011, he was nominated for his first Grammy for work done on Rihanna's Loud album. C-Note continues to work with the biggest names in the industry as well as dozens of independent artists every year. On this episode he talks about:His influences growing up in Milwaukee (Clark Sisters, Jodeci, Quincy Jones, etc)Learning how to arrange/produce vocals by singing in churchGetting his foot in door through audio engineering and learning an early version of pro tools as a teenagerThe process of bringing together Developing a close relationship with Rico Love on road trips from Tallahassee, Florida to Atlanta while in collegeWorking as a math teacher in Milwaukee during the week and flying to Atlanta every weekend to work on demosGetting his first industry paycheck from Jamie Foxx directly (cool story)How graduating from college helped him develop his consistency and work ethicThe importance of keeping his work under wraps until it’s actually releasedHis advice for up and comers in the music industry and where to begin“Treat the janitor like he’s the CEO, he just might be the CEO one day”Follow C-Note@chadcnoteroperwww.bigsoundmusick.comAlso discussed in this episode:Free Game takeaways from Super Bowl 51 (Never give up and Don’t get too comfortable)New music this week from Big Sean, Syd, Prodigy, and Slim ThugMusic Publishing BasicsWhat does a music publisher do?The functional differences between record labels, music publishers, and performance rights organizations.Who are the top music publishers by market shareBenefits of a publishing dealFollow us:@WLPWR@BrianOnrea@FreeGamePodcastwww.freegameeveryday.com