Major Talent Singer/Songwriter/Producer Daniel Peter

This is such an exciting episode of Cat on the Loose because I'm here with somebody that I really admire and I love your music.

Hi, Daniel.

Hello, how are you doing?

I'm great.

Welcome to Cat on the Loose, and I'm here also with his manager, Henry Garcia.

Hi, Henji.

What's going on, Cat?

Cat's on the loose, y'all.

Guys, it's such an honor to have you here today.

Thank you for doing this.

I have a million questions for you.

Are you ready to rock and roll?

Let's rock.

Okay, let's rock and roll.

So, Daniel, you are, I mean, you're young.

You're like in your early 20s, right?

Yes.

And you look like a baby, by the way.

I thought you were younger.

Well, the thing is, my dad didn't age until 40.

So I'm over here, you know, I got the jeans on my mom's side where I didn't lose my hair.

You're very lucky.

But this is my question for you.

You've been in the entertainment industry for quite a while.

Yes.

And you come from a small town.

You come from Iowa.

Correct.

How does it feel like the change?

Because, I mean, LA LA can be crazy scary, right?

To a lot of artists that didn't grow up here because it's big, it's like a ton of people, major competition.

Have you adapted?

What do you say to other artists out there?

Was it hard in the beginning?

I think it's a bunch of questions at the same time.

Yeah.

Well, first off, you know, growing up in a small town, I really didn't get as many opportunities, right?

So that means I couldn't just walk down the street and go get a bagel for my nearest shop, right?

I didn't have opportunities where I could go out and sing for people, right?

So, in school, I was bullied a lot, and I had, you know, situations that kind of attributed to,

you know, where I couldn't go to the studios I wanted to, or I couldn't do this and that, because we were about, I'd say, eight, nine miles away from the nearest school.

Wow.

So, you know, just down my gravel road was two miles.

And how did, okay, so you decided you wanted to do music, you decided you love to sing, you also

write music, right?

You compo, you, you're a composer.

How did you get out of Iowa?

How did you end up here?

How did Henry find you?

Well, when I was really young, I used to put videos on YouTube.

And from that point on, I was, you know, scouted with a talent scout.

Wow.

Went out, you know, came out and did my first music video in LA.

We did it up in Granada Hills.

Long story short, a few years pass on and I moved on to other ventures.

And then my dad actually was dealing with stage three cancer which turned to stage four.

Oh my god I'm sorry to hear that.

It is okay.

You know I believe struggle builds character.

That is true.

So taking all that in from what happened then, my dad passed away two days before my 17th birthday.

Oh my god, I'm so sorry to hear that.

It's all good.

And the same year we moved to LA.

So he passed February 2nd.

My birthday is February 4th.

We moved to LA July 23rd, 2014.

You moved with who, your mom?

My mother, yes.

So your mom was, are you a single child?

Yes, I am.

Wow, so your mom was like, let's go for it.

And she supported and you guys ended up in LA?

Well,

my family was very supportive of my dream, but when I mentioned to my mom, hey, like,

let's go out to LA because I believe like my energy, like it feels like that's where I belong.

Yeah.

And my mom was like, I'll go wherever you go.

Wow, I love that.

So it's one of those real dream stories that come true.

And then how did you find him, Hanji?

Well, I met him when I went to record a video of mine in a recording studio with some guys that's on the radio station on 92.3.

They were working with Big Boy, you know, Big Boy's Radio, and then Daniel was like a diamond in the rough because he was the only

guy that was singing the white cat.

Everybody was Latinos and black.

But I mean, he had vocals and everything.

And then years after the fact, after that,

M Dot, my artist, M.

Dot Taylor, bumped into them.

They happened to live in the same building downtown.

So, since then till now, he was working with social media because he's also a computer geek.

He knows how to make it happen on the computer.

And he's a musician as well.

He knows how to play various instruments.

So I've seen all that talent and then felt his vibe and said, yo, we need to see what we can make happen.

And then here we are with Cats on the Loose.

With Cat on the Loose.

And it's an honor because I'm a million percent sure his career, his star is rising fast like a rocket.

I have this feeling, I have this vibe that please don't forget your poor friends when you're like more famous than Justin Bieber, okay?

I don't want to, you know, ever side.

That's one comparison that he usually has, Justin Bieber.

Yeah.

How do you feel about that, man?

Good question.

I've always been, you know,

I've always been a fan of Justin.

I mean, from the beginning of my career, career, to be honest, I feel like that's what ignited the spark aside from my father playing, you know, various instruments and being in church.

So, you know, being around that was cool.

But when Justin came out, it was my first concert I ever went to.

Oh, really?

Yeah.

So,

one of the things that hasn't really been discussed is the fact that for my first concert, me and my parents were walking off the side,

you know,

and these 15, at least 15 to 20 girls, go over and just push this cardboard cutout of Justin Bieber over.

And they run to my parents, hey, can we get a picture with your son?

I had the, you know, nice little purple, you know, jacket, the hat, you know, I was ready to go.

And it was like, can he sing?

I was like, you know, you love me, and dar you care.

And then, you know, Justin Bieber, you know, I was like, okay.

By the end of the concert, I'd signed like 3,000 posters in my little signature.

Oh, my God.

Justin Bieber posters.

Hey, like, you're going to tag Justin Bieber.

You gotta do some music with this guy because I'm telling you, he's crazy, crazy talented.

I am madly in love with your music.

The little bit I found you, I was literally like going on Spotify, you know, I'm always trying to find like new talent, new music, because obviously I'm an artist myself and I love new music.

And I came across you and I'm like, oh my god, I love it.

You're awesome.

Thank you, Sam.

And I'm 100% sure, like I said, your career is like, woo!

So, going back to that, you were obviously very brave at a young age, and it is scary.

Like, LA, let's go for it.

Were you a little bit scared?

Like, oh my god, what if it doesn't work out?

What am I going to do?

Or you just jumped right on and you said, no,

that's my dream.

That's what I'm going to do.

Well, a lot of the people, you know, have a very strong mindset when they come to LA, right?

So my will to just be great and do what I felt in my soul was...

My purpose was to sing, was to,

you know, aspire, to inspire people.

So from that point on, like I knew I belonged in LA.

Even from a young age, I had this energy like, yo, I'm supposed to be here.

Lovely.

Why?

And once that spark happened with the concert, it made me realize it's not even about the money or

the support that you're getting, all the fame.

It's really making a difference, making a change.

Totally.

Like speaking something into existence.

And you have the rhyme mentality because, yeah, LA stuff.

And some people say, oh my God, everybody in the world wants to be a singer.

Every

waiter in LA wants to be an actor.

But it's like you said, you need to believe in your mind, right?

It's all about like believing in yourself instead of like looking at whoever is your competition, right?

Right, right.

You know,

being aware of, you know, your surroundings and always building, you know, on your craft is what's always going to make you better.

Yeah, so you were here with your mom and you put your videos on YouTube and then hand your phone.

How long have have you guys been working together?

Who wants to answer that?

What, Daniel, like three, two years?

Wow.

Two and a half, three years?

Like two and a half, three years.

It seems like

a month because we've been putting so much work in every day.

If you don't put the work in,

you won't reap the reward.

That's what I'm doing.

I'm glad you're saying that because I tell people, everybody looks at our jobs in the entertainment industry and they think, oh, it's so easy, right?

And they have no idea how many hours we put into our projects behind the scenes, right?

So it's like 100% dedication.

They say, you know, it takes 10,000 hours to, you know, master craft, but even then, after them 10,000 hours, you know, somebody knows something you don't.

So totally, yeah.

There's another thing also like if you have no relationships, there's doors that you're going to have problems entering.

So it's good to go with somebody kind of like with this generation and yesterday's generation that makes sense, that understands what's going on today.

That's how you win.

Oh, yeah.

Obviously, you were very lucky, Daniel, because you fell into fabulous hands.

I didn't even tell you guys, Henji Garcia is one of the founders of first-level music, correct?

Final level, I'm sorry.

Final level.

I knew I was going to say something wrong.

You are the first.

Yeah,

and I love the name.

Final level music with Iced T.

Yeah, we actually, my brother's Iced T's DJ.

My name is Henji.

Those that know six in the morning, the record goes, my humble Henji.

put me up on the track, said Ease Rolling Villain got the sack.

But we're the forefathers of this hip-hop West Coast gangster rap, and we're just making a difference.

I talked to Ice-T today.

He'll be around in May on vacation from Law and Order, and we're going to get down on this rap stuff.

He has different things that he does.

Maybe we can get him on Cat on the Lose with Daniel and you, everybody together.

I mean, we could do whatever we could do.

You know, Cat's on the lose, so we got to represent.

You guys are the best.

But the point is, he was lucky because there are a lot of dishonest people in this industry, a lot of horrible people that lie they're do good management for you and they just want to steal your money right how ironic i mean we just said was talking about that coming up the hill to see you honestly we were just talking about it because some of us aren't mourning people and i was talking to my guy daniel and letting him know like you guys could see his face he's like yeah i'm not i'm not but here i am talking about discipline here i said you got to be a little hollywood in his sugar you know what i mean in order for him to survive and float through every door like a little Hollywood.

I like that.

You can't really express yourself and say how you feel when you're upset because it can bite you in the butt.

Because people are really emotional, especially those on a higher levels.

They feel that they're perfect.

So if you check them a little bit, they're going to look at you like you just like, you know, kind of like check them and they're going to feel offended.

Totally.

Egos.

A lot of egos around here.

Oh, yeah.

So, first of all, thank you for waking up early to look at on the moon.

I did this for you because I don't know.

For the record, it's not that early.

It's 10:30 in the morning.

No, it's not when you go to sleep at like almost near 10:30.

Listen, you need a a dog.

Hey, hey, Daniel, you need a dog.

I'm going to lend you my dog, Phoenix.

He's a two-year-old Labrador.

He's going to wake you up at 6.30 in the morning, make you take him for a run.

I'm going to get along with my cats, though.

He gets along with everybody.

Phoenix is fabulous.

Phoenix is a two-year-old Labrador, and he thinks he's a person.

Yeah, he's so cute, but he likes the early morning runs.

That's what keeps me in check and waking up early and in shape.

We have a dog at the headquarters called Duke.

Duke is famous.

He's a chihuahua.

He's been to every studio.

He lets us know who's coming in before they even get out of their car.

I'll bring Phoenix and introduce Phoenix to Duke.

So, but okay, here we are.

By the way, guys, if you listen to a little bit of noise, everybody knows my podcast is so real, so freaking organic.

We're literally sitting at a coffee bean tea and leaf on Sunset Boulevard

because we had other plans, and for other reasons that I'll tell you guys later, our plans got screwed.

And so we're like, let's just freaking rock and roll and do this, right?

So it's like organic los angeles sunset boulevard noise yes yes a little windy today but all good yeah a little windy which will bring good luck to your career because we were just saying sunset boulevard is filled with these great iconic music places right these music people like it's sunset sunset boulevard we are like a few blocks from um from everything yeah from everything from uh

chateau marmont or a few blocks from whiskey go go i'm trying to remember all the names all the places that chenchens we used to hang out at at Chen Chin's over there back in the Chinese.

Yeah, so it's a super cool place.

We're gonna do a few videos for your guy.

Now, look at his face, he's like getting scared.

I'm not scared.

Are you awake yet?

I am.

No, he is.

His beautiful blue, greenish eyes are awake.

This is a podcast about sex, dating, and relationships.

So I have to ask you because I think overnight when I said I was going to interview, I got like over 100 messages, of course, from your fans.

How is dating in this industry?

Do you think it's harder because you're an artist, like girls come after you for the wrong reasons?

Or you think that's baloney or you don't want to date?

Like, I'm asking you like a million questions.

Can you talk a little bit about that?

Well, in today's, like, day and age, it's called social conditioning.

You know, we're made to believe and to act a certain way.

So, you know, with dating in LA,

I just feel like everybody is trying to be something, you know, of course.

And a lot of the time, it doesn't really correspond to who they are as a person.

Like, they put themselves in, you know, someone else's shoes or they try to be someone else to, you know, appear a certain way to people.

So, you know, I've seen people try to get my attention, you know, just by being like, oh, I'm a model or, you know, I do this and that and whatever.

But if you're a genuinely like...

good person, like you got a good heart, you got good intentions, I'm genuinely gonna like care to be around you because you know the energy that you keep is kind of the energy that you become, you know?

Love that.

That's a really nice answer.

On top of being so talented, you're obviously super intelligent.

But

how do you not let fame go up to your head?

Because a lot of people do.

Like when you start listening to your songs on the radio, you know, you have management, you have more and more fans.

How do you control that?

Do you think it's your upbringing?

Or do you get a little like, oh my god, you know, I'm this the last Coca-Cola desert with ice on the desert, I'm so freaking hot.

No, I've had um I've had a humbling situation when I was young.

So, you know, when I was when I was around 12, 13 years old, from that little fan base I built from you know, believers, the

Believer fans,

basically, I started building my own foundation.

I started going live, whatever, and

the

people that

I'd say that I was around at the time,

They kind of

brought me to the next level because I was thinking that if I'm going to succeed in this industry I'm going to need to really tap into who I am and I lost that with myself and the way I did was because I was like, oh, this person's jealous or oh, this person's naive, da-da-da-da-da, you know, and at the end of the day, you don't feel fire with fire, right?

Yeah.

You smile, you wave, you know, it's their opinion.

You have to respect that because free speech is a real thing.

Like, that's, you know, that's what we practice every day, you know.

And censorship is a real thing, but we need to be able to actually speak our minds.

Of course.

So, yeah, that's super deep.

That's very nice.

I mean, you seem crazy, like, centered and mature.

I'm not going to say for your age, because I know you're young, but like for the industry and everything that you've been going through, hi, Angie.

I mean, we told him well, okay.

Yeah, you sure did, and I'm sure your mom must be like amazing, because I think a lot of what he's saying comes from his upbringing.

Yes, it does actually.

You know, because I see so many, I mean I grew up in LA.

I've been here almost all my life and I see so many people that show up here and the most arrogant people are like the nobodies, you know, and they show up here like in one.

And they act they act like, oh, like they've already been given a position in Hollywood, but they haven't worked up to it.

Exactly.

You just nailed it and they're like, oh my god, kiss my ass.

No, no, they treat everybody like shit.

And I can't stand that.

Like, I don't care who you are.

Like, if you treat treat people like shit, I'm so out of there, it's not even funny, you know?

But you seem like you really know what you're doing.

Now, have you been on like long-term relationships?

Have you had like a long-term girlfriend, or you don't want to deal with that right now at all because of your career?

So, realistically, I'm definitely looking to,

you know, just push my craft, me as an artist.

I recommend to anybody that you look into being financially and mentally stable before getting into a relationship because because nowadays people expect so much, right?

Yes.

And you can't be someone that can't give someone, you know, let's say flowers just as a gift or, you know, these little things that, you know, women appreciate and they're deserved, you know, for all the love that they give us.

But if we're here and, you know, we're the ones like not being providing, like we're not providing for them, they're going to go find another Daniel or they're going to find someone else.

In your case, I think it complicates things like, let's say you got a girlfriend, somebody that you really like.

It would have to be somebody that is really secure of herself, that's going to understand your career and not be crazy jealous, right, when you start doing this huge concerts.

It must be tough, right?

I mean, honestly, I wouldn't want to date an artist.

Well,

it goes down to, you know, within relationships, is trust and communication, right?

So if you have those two things, that's like a really strong foundation to keep your relationship going.

But the thing is, if you're always moving around and doing this and that, you know, how do you put time in

for someone else when you have to really allocate this time for yourself?

Yeah, exactly.

And like you guys were saying in the beginning, it's not freaking easy building a career from scratch, no matter how talented you are.

I love that you said that because a lot of people have this illusion.

I'm going to show up.

I have a fabulous voice.

I cannot believe I'm not like the next Beyoncé.

It's not just just about having the fabulous voice.

You have to have the package and the dedication, right?

Right, like, you know, press kit, kind of like something that will teach people who you are.

Not only as an artist, but as a person, you know, to be able to see the personality behind the artist.

So that's like one of the biggest things, you know, within the industry.

Because, you know, you want to see what they do in their daily life.

Yep, a little bit behind the scenes, yeah.

So this guy signed you up.

They're obviously on top of their musical careers.

Do they keep you like in line with the schedule?

Are they tough on you?

How is that part?

I mean,

she's here, like, with a little smile.

If we start in the morning, you know, you know, I'm not a morning person, but you know,

Penn will call, you know, like three, four times, like, Daniel, you know, I've already gone to the gym at 6, 7 a.m.

Like, you know, it's.

You was on a text this morning.

We were on a text and then you were like, Daniel, you wake up

so what time do you go to sleep I mean it it depends I mean I really try to keep it I keep it I keep it around like 12 but okay so give us an insight in your life are you are you working until that late writing music or are you like partying

checking out the LA scene honestly I haven't partied like on my own I haven't gone out to clubs in five years why because so what are you doing working writing music

Just working on my craft, you know, to be better.

Then he has an excuse, Henry, to sleep, right?

I mean, if he's writing music until 12, one o'clock in the morning, that's a fair excuse, no?

I mean,

he has a social media company as well, so that's another excuse.

You do?

Yeah, it's a lot of work.

A little bit of the same thing, I do too.

We got a cross-reference work because I'm sure I can learn a lot from you.

That's pretty awesome.

Well, soon you're not going to have time for that.

That's why, you know,

you got people on the side, you know to yeah you know get that going for you that's awesome do you still live with your mom i do i do and i i wouldn't have it any other way before i was i was like kind of like like nine you should have brought her back because well she

she would have uh you know taken over the combo i love it

with all with all good stories but um you know uh what repeat the question again sorry the question it was if you live with your mom

oh yeah so the reason why i live with my mom is because you love her.

Yeah, I think it's a great idea.

I love her.

I mean, she brought you here.

She's your mom.

She keeps you grounded.

There's no, no, you know, people are prejudiced about people living with their moms.

I think it's the sweetest thing in the world.

Yeah, you could have been an abortion.

Oh, wow.

Oh, my lord.

Here comes your birthday.

You could have been aborted.

I mean, here comes your birthday.

That's how I talk to people when they really give answers about their parents.

Love them unconditionally.

Amen.

Amen.

That you said that.

Love them no matter what.

You know, you lost your your dad.

I lost my mom a few years ago, and I tell you,

yeah, I never get used to it, never get used to it.

It's been five years, and everybody that tells me, like, I love my mom, I live with my mom, I'm like, you know what, more power to you, because I agree.

If I could live with my mom, I would live with my mom until I die.

And whatever person I date would have to put up with it.

Well, it's also, you know, not only just...

My mom's, you know, like love and support that keeps her around me like that, It's the fact that I do want to support her myself.

Like my mother is the only thing I have in LA, like my own bloodline.

My own family, yeah.

Right?

So that's always the most important thing to me to make sure that, you know, she's smiling.

What's her name?

Brenda.

Next time, bring Mama Brenda.

I want to meet her because I'm sure she's fantastic.

She can make cookies and bread, some good cookies and some good bread, sweet bread, and good cookies.

How do you stay so thin with mommy breaking cookies and bread?

You're in great shape.

I mean, i uh

tell the fans tell the fans high metabolism

high metabolism high metabolism do you go to the gym we don't have to say which so your fans don't camp out in front i don't go to the gym so you don't like do anything for workouts

periodically occasionally so it's just singing and being young and and yeah god i've been trying to take him to the gym for a long time i'm just saying

I've been trying to tell him to walk for a long time because when that happens 7 a.m.

I'm like, I'm not up.

LA weather happens, it's going to be tank top, and you're an artist.

Last weekend, the weather was totally tanky.

It was hot.

It was hot.

It's going to be burning up, so you got to get ready to go.

Let's cool that.

Stay ready, so you have to get ready.

But for the record, and everybody's going to look at the videos on my Instagram, and he's easy.

Of course, he's skinny and he's super handsome.

A lot more handsome than Justin Bieber.

Blessings.

Bieber, don't kill me.

No, I'm telling you, he's going to listen to the podcast.

He's going to see it.

We're going to tag him on social media.

He's gonna call you.

Hey, yeah, let's create some music together.

Let's do some duet or something.

That'd be nice.

Right, right.

Are you ready for your career to just like explode?

I'm ready to make a difference.

Yeah.

Like, that's what I'm here for.

But that's the goal: like, have your music heard.

That's usually what somebody that does music wants.

Like, you just want the whole world to listen to your music.

Of course.

An opportunity for them to give their opinion.

Yeah, we're going to take a two-minute break, and when we come back, I want to ask about your music because, like I said, I listen to to it, I listen to Downfall.

It's such a catchy, fun

song.

I want to ask if you wrote it, who helped.

I want to ask Anja some questions for people that want to break into this industry.

Are you guys game for another half of Cat on the Loose?

If you let Daniel sing the book on game, please,

please, sing a little chunk.

Sing a little chunk.

These head is plotting on my downfall, but they don't know.

They don't know.

But they don't know.

They don't know.

No, they don't know.

These headers plotting on my downfall, but they don't know

that I'm sitting talking

with all these headers plotting on my downfall.

Whoa,

six easy.

Look at that voice.

You don't like mornings, but you know what?

You're sharp.

I appreciate you.

Tell me where to find a record at that.

We'll be back in two minutes with the super, super talents live from Sunset Boulevard.

100% organic, never added.

It's easy, right?

Not on the lose, it's easy.

We'll be right back.

Okay, we're back with Daniel, the next better Justin Bieber, Henry Garcia.

You're his manager.

Yes, I'm his mentor, manager.

You know, I feel like his older brother, because you know, I got to get this guy out of bed early in the morning.

He's very talented.

His mind just keeps working on and on and on.

That's what he did.

I love it.

I know a lot of artists are like that.

I'm kind of like that too, but except that my dog doesn't let me sleep late, it doesn't matter what time I go to bed.

Now, let's talk a little bit about your music, okay?

Downfall is your latest single, right?

Correct.

The one that you just sang a little chunk.

I'm hooked.

I love it.

Did you write it?

I did.

I wrote it along with, you know, Henji Garcia.

Oh, wow, really?

Yes.

And Sick Seasi, who is also one of our artists from Final Level Music.

Uh-huh.

So you guys did the whole, you wrote the song, the lyrics?

I did the majority, him and Sick.

He did the music.

Sick wrote his verse.

He wrote his verse.

And I was just telling them the elements of hip-hop to throw in there, like the scratches and stuff.

So, is that your favorite kind of music, hip-hop?

Well, I specialize in more like pop RB.

And like, that's where my soul is, where I feel.

But I know that that hip-hop scene is just crossing over to another lane, which can get you more.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

But you do a little bit of everything.

Yeah, definitely.

And as his manager, do you make suggestions like regarding which rhythm he should write music?

or what is your opinion?

I mean, yeah, I give my opinions when he

does the songs.

Some of them he does himself and he forwards it to me to check it out, some of them we do together, and he gets the majority of the credit because he's doing the majority of the song.

So that's how we do it.

And we just, you know, it's like ear candy, what we like to hear, and we like you ladies to hear, and the fellas to have a good time or think about

life or something, an experience that Daniel has had.

He just expresses it in his music.

Love it.

So, how many songs have you dropped that people can find on at Spotify and other platforms?

Do you know?

I would say I have an EP out.

I have a good 10 other records along with that.

Oh, wow.

Features from AD, Sean Brown from Kidd Inks Label, Glasses Malone for Young California.

We got a lot of stuff out from previous artists that

was up and coming and popping in that time.

But now we have artists from the roster of final level level music like Fetty DeMarco Ice T's protege

Six Easy Mdat Taylor you know just working with great

you know amazing people Namek like you know just being around great talented people oh my god yeah you're doing like some amazing collabs

yeah we are definitely yeah so do you have any

I know people can listen to your music any shows anything planned have you done any concerts at all definitely we actually just got done a few weeks ago rocking the stage with iced tea for the art of rap.

Awesome.

Where was that?

At the Morongo Casino.

Oh, wow, how cool.

Do you have videos of that somewhere that people can go see YouTube?

Definitely.

It's actually on my Instagram, on my videos, real.

Okay, so his Instagram is IamDanielPeters, and I'm going to tag Peter.

I am Daniel Peter.

I'm going to tag.

So you guys can go check that out, you know.

Definitely a lot of amazing songs and a lot of amazing people that we're working with right now so you know make sure to stay tuned and go check that out how was it being on stage with iced tea were you a little bit intimidated or like no i love this the thing is when i get on stage i really don't get nervous because i've always like been able to just sing you know out of place anywhere right

But Iced T is a legend in the scene, you know, growing up around, you know, Henji Garcia, you know, the people that started it, you know, West Coast Gangster Rap.

So it was definitely a blessing to see, you know, Ice in his zone because he's such a

perfectionist.

Perfectionist.

Yeah.

His sound checks are crazy.

You got to do the sound checks short and sweet.

And my brother's the DJ.

And when he's late, it's like the whole city knows.

Ice, like, where's evil at?

There's a lot going on.

And we've been doing that, actually, literally, for like 25 to 30 years.

It's supposed to be late.

I know.

That's a good rule.

I agree.

I don't like to be part late.

You know, it's fun, though.

It's all in good fun.

You know, we got, we, fortunately, ICE put together a good body of people.

Some of them kind of expanded in the industry.

There's Tim Story.

He used to rap back in the days.

He's a big movie director.

There's Dub C, he's actually showing gangsters in these gangster movies how to have that element of gangbanging.

He's Ice Cube's right at man, so IceCube gave him that job, which he started in Boys in the Hood.

Actually, I think,

rest in peace, John Singleton.

So, you know, there's a lot of people from our umbrella that kind of blew up.

House of Pain, Everlast, Want to Go Jump Around.

You know, we did songs with him early, Cypress Hill.

They came out of our umbrella before their name was Cypress Hill.

Now we have Daniel Peter.

So let's rewind the tape a little bit because I think it's every young artist's dream to be able to work with these guys.

You guys found him, right?

Well, we kind of seen him in his element.

Yeah, actually.

So you approached him and you said, we want to work with you?

Well him and MDOT were working together on social media and then why not have Daniel on a hook here and there and then after that we formed a relationship, a family.

Okay, yeah, so this is my question to both of you because a lot of people ask that question overnight.

Obviously you have a fantastic voice and you're handsome, you look great, which obviously help big time in this industry.

To both of you, but he's the artist.

Okay, it's for Daniel.

Daniel.

To Daniel, yeah.

He's easy on the ice, and he has a phenomenal voice.

And you play all these instruments, you're like an all-around artist.

But a lot of people come here, Charlie, like they can sing, they can dance,

but no record label thinks they have it.

You know, the it, what it takes.

Yeah, what was it something that you saw in him that you're like, you know what?

He's gonna be a star.

I wanna work with him.

What is the difference?

Like, that makes you pick him and not me.

Daniel was hungry and had results online.

I love that.

He had a lot of followers.

He was just like, you know, you got to calm him down actually when you meet him.

He, you know, he's so animated and so just excited about his art.

That's makes other people excited.

And he had relationships and he was just a young kid just wanting it really, really bad.

So it's a few things he had to learn here and there, you know, and now he's here.

So he's learning.

We learn every day.

I've been doing this for a while and I don't know everything.

Still learning myself.

So, but Daniel.

I think we all learn every single day.

The person that tells you they don't need to learn anything else,

guess what?

You know, big prospects.

Exactly, because I think it's music, art, whatever you're doing, it's ever-evolving, right?

Yeah, so I think I answered it kind of long, but to me,

oh, well, we met Daniel, he was really, really hungry.

So when we reconnected, we were excited that we reconnected and started working together.

I love that you said that because that's what he said in the beginning.

He's like, I knew I want to go to la and i believe in me and you know seriously people out there listening this is what it takes you and i keep pounding that on people's heads on my instagram you need to believe you can do it and stop comparing yourself to somebody else

you know people ask me like oh who the fuck do you think you are that you're doing this podcast every celebrity i said i don't give a fuck i do my own thing you know i do my own work i believe in it i do my own style i don't compare myself to and i think that's what what works about my work.

And it's the same thing they said, just believe in what you're going to do, you know?

Yeah, if you don't, then people will tell that you don't believe in yourself.

What are they going to do?

Push you to believe in yourself?

Yeah, nobody.

No, no, no, no, no.

If it's not, you know, realistic to them, if they can't put themselves in your shoes and feel like, let's say, the pain that's coming from the song, or, you know, in general, you say you...

you want to do something but your actions prove something else they're they're just gonna be like okay you know

probably never see you again.

Exactly.

If you're like insecure and uncertain,

guess what?

Very likely the label manager is gonna say the same thing, right?

Right, you gotta be like Kat, you know, it's like organic.

Because if you're not organic, people are gonna try to, you know, pull things out of you, what have you.

There's no time for that today.

There's a million of you out there, so you have to be different than everyone else.

And don't go out there trying to be like anyone else, just like Kat said, because it's not gonna work.

Every time there's a hit artist, you hear 20 other ones trying to recite and do the same kind of vibe to catch the attention of radio or executives.

That's not hot.

Black Eye Peas was just one Black Eye Peas.

They were hot, hot in the beginning with the three guys.

Then all of a sudden came Fergie, the girl, and they got hotter.

You know, they added on to their legacy.

And all of them are mega stars now.

So, you know, don't be like everybody else.

Just keep growing.

Be yourself.

Be OG.

Be yourself.

Be yourself.

And I noticed that, Daniel, the minute I met you, like you walked in, I'm like, you know what?

You have like this vibe that you show on your videos on your Instagram that you're really secure about yourself about your music your videos are awesome thank you guys please check it out I mean like again I keep saying downfall downfall because I'm in love with the song the visual representation of an artist is basically everything you know it's it's your it's your introduction to who you are yep so

we're definitely you know pushing as as many visuals as we can and to be as realistic with the visuals as possible.

Yeah, 1 million percent.

Well, you know, the video concept was my idea.

I freaking love the video.

I'm going to tell you guys guys.

It's so rare that I watch a music video.

I don't know, I don't have time.

Most of them are boring, but this one I was like, no, I'm telling you the truth.

And it's not because you're here, because I don't lie.

Like, if I didn't like it, I would be polite, but I would say, oh, you know, it's okay.

You put the Hollywood twist on it.

I don't freaking lie.

Everybody knows that about me.

I get like my ass chewed because of the podcast, but I tell it like it is.

But that's the thing.

It is better.

People are, you know, so close-minded, you know, you kind of need someone to like open you up and be like, hey, just so you know, like

you're not that.

You know, just chill and humble yourself.

I can't tell many artists that because they think that they're, you know, I'm saying they think that they're it, the it factor, probably because a couple of followers they have online.

You know, it's a new generation.

It's so, so crazy, you know, some people sit in front of a Bentley that's not theirs and they stawing money.

I mean, probably the EDD money or something.

I don't know.

It's a lot going on.

It's crazy.

I'm just trying to keep a smile as I say this, so not feeling as if I'm bitter or offending it.

It's true.

No, we're not.

Let's be real here.

I love it.

And you have this thing about you.

You're real.

But as Dave Chappelle said, like I was telling Daniel when I got here, keep it real goes wrong sometimes.

That's true.

You know, it goes wrong sometimes.

Of course it does.

It can backfire.

Exactly.

So that's why, like, you know, you got to learn how to control your reel.

Are we talking about the the Will Smith reel here a little bit?

I mean, Will, they kind of shut Will down, and Will's a good guy, so Hollywood is really whack.

Everybody makes mistakes.

Yeah, exactly.

He made one, and they're trying to shut his whole situation down.

Like, wow.

I agree.

That's a really tough one for me because I was watching it at an Oscar party.

And I agree with you.

I've been in this industry my whole life on and off.

And when I saw that, I was like, please don't do this.

That was a really bad move, but I agree.

Listen, we all have a bad day.

We all make a freaking mistake, you know.

Make an example out of him in Hollywood to be like, oh, people lose their temper.

This is what you get.

Yeah.

Yeah, he's a monster, too.

Will's one of the big whales, man.

If it would have been me and Daniel smacked him, we would have been in the back of a performance.

We would have been in

me too.

Can you imagine if I got up and smacked them?

Yeah, they would totally arrest me.

Oh, yeah, no question.

You know, news at 11.

So no slapping anybody, aren't they?

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,

no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, but you look like you have your head really well on your shoulders, you look like so freaking I'm gonna use the word stable because there are a lot of unstable, crazy people in this industry, but you look like you're so freaking focused, you know what you want, and that's it.

I have good people around me, and I'm very thankful for that.

Yeah, obviously, you're not gonna let anything disrupt that, not even like some hot girl that wants to date you.

I mean, realistically,

watch that one.

Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on.

Realistically,

I want to focus on my music.

I want to focus on becoming financially stable.

Make sure my mom's in a house.

Make sure that we have our situations under control.

Amen.

That we're stable.

Because there is no way you're so crazy talented.

I see this rocket going up and up and up.

Like I said, please, let's sign a paper, write in blood that you're not going to forget your poor friends when you're like in your multi-million dollar Bieber mansion, okay?

I'm connected.

I'm Cat.

We won't forget you.

I'll make sure.

If it does, we're going to have that release party.

We're going to come back to Cat on the Loose.

Yeah, of course.

Like, Cat, remember?

I'm coming back.

You get your gold microphone, Cat.

We got a couple of people.

Gold microphone.

We're going for the gold.

We're going for the gold.

Yeah.

And I'm just going to put it out there in the world.

If you need like a dancer, a singer, like a hot blonde for your next music video, okay?

I'm going to leave my number with Hengie.

I'm completely available.

He does need that, though.

I have to put that into into the universe, right?

I mean, I have to put that into the universe.

We do videos, Cat.

We do videos.

I mean, I love this guy.

Yeah, we like videos, but people in the videos that we know, we don't want no rent-a-chick.

See, there you go.

The chicks that are going to be around, then you have to pass by like a lot of barriers, right, before they can get to the bottom.

Check IDs at the door, first off.

Yeah, check your IDs at the door.

Yeah, you heard about that, bro.

Your resume,

backup, background check.

They have to pass through mama, brand.

You can't bring no fake card, man.

Exactly.

Nobody's gonna disrupt this career.

Exactly.

So now I have a question for you, Henry, before I see how fast time goes by, it's crazy.

A lot of people, when I said I was gonna interview you and that you're the manager and you guys have this super cool record label, you work with a lot of talent.

People say, how do, come on, please, give me a chance, give me a chance.

What do I have to do to have the chance to work with somebody like you?

Quality over quantity.

You do not need a million songs.

Just four bangers and four different ones.

If you have four different

lyrical content songs with different lyrical content, like one could be about something in your heart, you know, emotional.

One could be like riding in the car with your homie or your homegirl.

One could be about your family.

And one could be about tearing the club up, you know.

So like just four different types.

Or you could do one.

It depends on where your heart is, but they all sound different, organic.

Make sure they mix right, and you know, just spend.

I mean, it's relationships sometimes because it doesn't take as much money as it took when we were back in the days.

Because back in the days, we had big-ass studios.

Today, you can do it off your laptops,

right now.

You can do it off your laptop, it has all the sounds.

So, there's no reason.

And just like Puffy said, there's 24 hours in one day, so don't tell me shit.

You can do the same thing that they do, what we do.

There's only 24, we have the same 24 hours, so stop complaining.

Get the working.

I freaking, I'm gonna like put my equipment down and I'm gonna clap.

You know why?

I'm not freaking kidding.

This is the best advice.

I hope you people out there listen.

Hard work and discipline because everybody thinks like it's just walk at the door.

I'm cute.

Here I am.

This is the best freaking free advice you ever gave anybody out there in Hollywood.

Thank you.

If you use your sexuality, people are gonna be part of that.

They're not gonna want to be part of your music.

Maybe, like you said, maybe for like a 15-second background on the music video, and that's it.

I'm willing to use that if you let me participate.

I mean, you know, if you look good, you look good.

You know what I mean?

You know, do your thing.

We down.

We support it.

You know, it's all in a respectful fashion because Hollywood can get you confused.

You can be lost.

Oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah.

Real easy.

You have to have people with morals, you know what I mean?

People that are grounded.

If you run around every day with somebody that party, you're going to look burnt out.

You know what I mean?

You're going to look older than you are.

And nobody's going to want to really work with you.

Amen.

I love that.

Daniel.

So you write your songs.

Is there anything?

So he said write good songs, different songs.

Is there anything specifically that inspires you that you can explain?

Or things just come to you, whatever, out of the blue.

Is there like a method to writing your songs?

Yeah, so my method to writing songs is if the way that I'm feeling, like in that particular moment,

corresponds to a way that I can write it out in song,

let's say a breakup for instance, I'll be like, okay, I really feel like this so what are these scenes what are the situations that are in this song you know what's the story behind it okay I said something da da da oh I'm sorry

and then something like that it'll be like a melody and then you create the story on top of you know that hook which would be the fallback so you'd be like okay I'm sorry I messed up right yeah and then the whole song will be building on okay how did you mess up okay I met you da da da it was a good time okay by the end climax I lost you because I said some stupid stuff.

Look at him creating that quickly just to answer the question.

That's amazing.

That's a true story.

Yeah, that's good.

And you play a bunch of instruments too, so you are a musician.

Thank you.

Yeah, yeah, I can do it.

What do you play?

I play guitar, piano, drums, and I did used to play trumpet

in band.

That has been a while, though.

But I did also do harmonica, recorder, because my father taught me.

Wow.

What a legacy your dad left you.

He dined with Queen back in the day, Freddie Mercury.

He was a sound engineer.

He had his own band, Willie and the Rockets.

So

he knew exactly what he was doing and he

passed the torch.

Super awesome.

So do you agree?

Do you think

some guy out there, a girl, is a great singer?

It's always huge help if they're a musician, right?

If they play an instrument, they know their music.

I mean, that's the best ever.

There's a lot of artists

that are out there.

It's basically just vocals or whatever, but more multi-talented.

You know, I DJ.

You know, I used to be one of the hottest DJs back in my era.

Then I decided to do rapping because I could do it, but you can't do everything.

Then I had a Latin fro, a group, Latino, Africano, Latin Fros.

We did that genre.

I went through different travels, but right now I gathered all those experiences to help other people that listen.

You know, that have great energy too.

I don't want to work with a jerk.

Oh, no, I know.

For me, the number one is the person has to have great energy.

and like you said, believe in yourself, but have a good vibe.

If I don't care how much money it is, if somebody is negative, you know, treats people like shit, I'm so out of there, it's not even funny.

Right.

But it's amazing that you play all these instruments.

And I tell people, I used to play the piano when I was little, and I grew up playing the piano, and

I stopped and I forgot almost all my music, and it's a shame.

So I tell everybody out there,

if you grew up playing instruments, just practice because it really helps.

Yeah, you'll lose it.

It helps your art big time, right?

Right, right.

Another thing I will mention for artists that are getting out there, build yourself your value before you go to any labels, before you

go to any executive.

Because,

let's say, an example, Russ, right?

So he released a song a week for a year and a half, right?

A few years later, he's able to negotiate his deal with Columbia Records because he wrote all these records.

He produced all these records, he had this catalog that he built for himself.

It wasn't the label being like, hey, we're gonna write this for you, da-da-da-da, we got a whole 12-track album for you.

He put his value in and he created the package that he wanted, he gave it to them, and then you have the option to negotiate your deal.

Okay, we'll give you 60% because you did most of it, whatever.

We'll take care of the promotions, just do this and that.

Makes a lot of sense.

Build your craft, build your art.

Like you said, it's more quality as opposed to quantity, right?

Exactly.

Do a freaking great job.

And you are a perfect example.

Again, guys, go to Spotify, go to his Instagram, you click on one song and you fall in love with that song.

Of course, you're going to want to go and say, oh my God, I want to listen to the rest of his body of work.

That's what happened to me.

That's how you caught my eye.

Right.

And I appreciate that wholeheartedly.

Awesome.

So do you have any more concerts, anything else planned out that people can actually go and find you and see you?

Yeah, so we got a few things coming up right now.

Henji can, you know, discuss the potential events that we got going on right now.

And you know, just stay tuned because on finallevel.com, you will be able to see exactly where we will be performing next.

So you guys put all the link for there.

Is there anything coming up?

Somebody just stoked them on Nikes right now.

We have music coming out.

Daniel has a few singles he's selecting from.

There's a few features that he has.

He has some that he's going to put out by himself.

And he already has quite a few of those songs done.

Now we're focusing on the video.

So I'm glad he's healthy.

So when he goes in there, he'll look healthy and good on the video.

So we're just putting our heads together.

And we can't say taking our time because we got a kick-ass summer's right around the corner.

We're at the top of the second quarter, if you know what I'm saying.

So the second quarter, each quarter in this year, it's very important to, you know,

to balance your life like that.

First quarter you come in, everybody's getting cleared from December from Christmas.

But we work during Christmas, what have you, whatever, so the first quarter comes in clean so we can have the conversations and letting the executives listen to it as soon as they get the fourth quarter dirt off their desk.

So and now here it is, the top of the second.

So we got music, getting ready to kick ass.

We teasing them a little bit.

That's why we're here with you, Cad.

You heard one of Daniel's.

Thank you.

What an honor.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

So, thank you very much for having us.

We really deeply appreciate it.

We'll never forget you.

Oh, I will never forget you guys.

I am already a huge fan.

Thank you with all my heart.

I am a million percent sure your career is skyrocketing because you're a talent and you're adorable and you have great energy and you're talented and so are you because like I said, it's like a partnership made in music heaven.

It's so important for artists.

It is because again, it's important to be in good hands.

people do your due diligence before you like believe oh you know a lot of crooks out in la you know do your due diligence before you fall in the wrong hands right hangie perfect example is my friend i did a song with called one day at a time named tupac you guys probably have heard of him before

he was doing um a lot you know i'm saying it's basically to impress the others but he's really a great guy and when he was ready to check out unfortunately he passed yeah god bless his soul what a talent yeah he was talented but then he woke up and said yo i gotta make my own situation.

I've been done, that did that.

And unfortunately, you know, he's not here.

But he

was in the transition of transitioning at the time.

Like, you know, he woke up, said, yo, I'm kind of paying my debts to Shug.

And don't send us a bad move.

In other words, just stay focused, man.

Don't be around too much party people.

Parties is cool, sounds good, make you feel real sexy, right, ladies?

Make the guys feel really cool looking at the ladies with the nice cologne and the shoes and all that.

But at the end of the day, you got to put the work in so you can appreciate it.

Amen.

Put the work in, people.

Let's work.

If you ain't got a reason to go to the club or the parties, like, you know, you shouldn't be going.

Unless you're actually going to connect with people, you're trying to meet the DJ.

If you're an artist, hey, this is my record, da-da-da-make to always ask for opinions in other people.

You freaking nailed it.

We were talking about before the podcast.

I said, I'm going to bring you guys to the soul house because it's for artists like us.

It's not like a party scene, like, oh, let's drink, let's fuck, let's do drinks.

Yeah, it's literally like for people that want to make connections that want to bring their career forward

Exactly.

It's a talent house and that's the whole difference like don't go out like wasting your freaking life and on alcohol drugs all this bullshit cuz this is like fleeting put the work in put the freaking work in and and yeah, you reach for the stars.

So some people want to go party because they probably in the armed forces and stuff.

Don't get this confused now.

That's no problem.

Yeah, but you know, they'll pay the price to go meet somebody.

Like some people, it's different.

Like it's different strokes for different folks.

And Hollywood is the entertainment business.

But you can go in the hood or on the outskirts of LA.

They look at it differently.

Some people are nurses and doctors and go out to meet somebody.

Let's not get it confused.

But in Hollywood, the industry,

the industry is

for your freaking work.

I have two minutes left.

Can you sing a teeny bit of whatever other song that you like

or anything if you want to sing downfall again?

Go for it.

Whatever you like.

I got you.

These head is plotting on my downfall.

But they don't know.

No, they don't know.

No, they don't know.

These head is plotting on my downfall.

But they don't know that I'm sending talk.

Even through widow.

Never fuck with me when I was broke.

Now you always wanna know where I began.

You saved me doing

better

without you.

Yeah, I'm doing good without you.

He satisfied nobody down far.

Woohoo!

Thank you.

I am Daniel Peter, and you can find me at Hengie Garcia.

You can find both of us at Cats on the Loose.

Well, I'm gonna put their obviously their videos, their Instagram, the website, everything, because you guys are amazing.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

I am so honored.

This was like, I'm not gonna hurt my other guests, but this was one of my top, top, top favorite cat-on-the-lose ever.

Thank you, you're amazing.

I wish you all the success in this world, and you too, Henry.

Thanks for watching.

I'm never gonna forget, guys.

I hope you come back when you're rich and famous.

It's recorded, so we don't get an invitation.

You know, we will just rewind.

You have an open invitation to anything.

I do love you guys.

Thank you.

No problem.

Thank you.

And you survived the morning.

You did good.

Oh,

I didn't even realize.

See?

You laughed.

Yeah.

That guy right there is funny.

That guy was looking at us like something

like this.

I said to my dad, like this.

Yeah, well, people are looking at us because we're beautiful and we're becoming more and more famous.

So, hey, hit us up our chip.

Bye, guys.

This is a great catalogue.

Once again,

if you guys want to see and stay tuned with what we got going on, make sure to head to www.finallevelmusic.com.

Hot.

Woo!

This is Kat on the Luz.

See you guys soon.