Meet Adam Martin

We were lucky to catch up with Adam Martin recently and have shared our conversation below.

Hi Adam, appreciate you sitting with us today to share your wisdom with our readers. So, let’s start with resilience – where do you get your resilience from?

Growing up in the 219 area, I’d say it comes from purpose and pattern — the ability to keep learning, adapting, and turning pressure into precision.
In people, it’s often a mix of experience, perspective, and reason.

• Experience: The things you’ve survived teach you you can survive. I lost many close friends growing up due to violence, suicide, drugs, and mass incarceration.
• Perspective: Knowing that every setback is temporary gives you strength to stand back up. I lost it all at one point. It showed me that I can humble myself, put my ego aside, and rebuild even with my back against the wall.
• Reason: Having a “why” behind what you’re doing — something worth the grind — keeps your energy from fading. My why is my family and my close friends that believe in what I’m building.

Let’s take a small detour – maybe you can share a bit about yourself before we dive back into some of the other questions we had for you?

I go by Streetz Productions. I grew up in NW Indiana from Gary to Michigan City, so definitely shoutout to the crib! Currently I live in Dallas, TX. I lead a family of 5 with my gorgeous wife, our two year old twin toddler boys and our 12 year old daughter. Music really came to me. For as far as I can remember, I always was beat boxing, making beats on the tables at lunch, and then I joined band by middle school. I played the snare for a while and eventually starting playing the piano by ear. Around 8th grade I stopped band and became my own band. I came across a program called FL Studio, and I began to explore my creativity with Sound. In the beginning, it was my homie Wallace and I creating beats in the basement. We both grew with music as the years continued and still collaborate till this day. I came up with Streetz Productions because some of my homies growing up called me Streetz. When I felt more confident to start sharing music, I knew I wanted a Producer tag, but I needed a name to stamp the beats. I recorded myself and just said “Streetz Productions”. It resonated from there and I eventually got a professional producer tag from a vocal artist I found online. In. high school I started repping my brand and sharing my beats with local artists and boom, I sold my first beat. I still was not confident enough as their was some competition but I new my work ethic would out work anyone. In college, shoutout to Purdue, I became more serious about my craft and business side of it. I started selling more beats ranging from $50 leases to $250 at the time. The more I sold, the more I thought about just becoming my own artist. Many would say, that’s a dope hook you wrote, you should jump on the song. I never wanted to be an Artist, I just loved the craft of creating the beat from nothing. Fast Forward to 2017 I was living in Dallas. I collaborated with a producer by the name of Jaykid. Jaykid heard my potential as we were just coming up with hooks for the beats to name them. He offered me to record my first song. It was terrible but also therapeutic. I took a break from it but by 2018, I wrote my next song. 2020 I released my first EP. I had subconsciously because my own artist at this point. The biggest difference with my brand is consistency and authenticity. I’ve lived many experiences and watched many that were close to me go through different experiences. Even losing some close friends/family growing up to death at a young age or imprisonment. Music was my outlet to channel the pain. Today I use that formula and create when it calls me to channel different energies through music. Music is my art with sound.

Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?

1. Adaptability — The ability to evolve without losing your essence

Why it matters:
Everything shifts — sound trends, business models, algorithms, people. The ones who last aren’t just talented; they’re adaptable. They know when to pivot, when to pause, and when to double down.

2. Discipline & Consistency — Showing up even when motivation isn’t there

Why it matters:
Talent opens the door — consistency keeps you inside the room. The grind gets lonely, but steady motion compounds. Whether in production, fitness, or leadership, consistency turns small actions into mastery.

3. Emotional Intelligence (EQ) — Understanding people and yourself

Why it matters:
It’s what lets you manage pressure, lead teams, build partnerships, and connect authentically with listeners or colleagues. EQ turns technical skill into influence.

Awesome, really appreciate you opening up with us today and before we close maybe you can share a book recommendation with us. Has there been a book that’s been impactful in your growth and development?

The Bible and 48 Laws of power. Having a life guide and strategic guide helps slow time down whenever my thoughts want to take over. It balances the mental and allows me to keep going.

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