Meet Chris Adams

We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Chris Adams a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Hi Chris, we’re so appreciative of you taking the time to share your nuggets of wisdom with our community. One of the topics we think is most important for folks looking to level up their lives is building up their self-confidence and self-esteem. Can you share how you developed your confidence?

How did I develop my confidence and self-esteem? Whew, that’s a loaded question. Growing up I wasn’t the most handsome, most intelligent or most outgoing kid in the world. As a matter of fact, I was the fat kid growing up. That was always at the forefront of my self image and esteem. It wasn’t until my folks bought me a mini keyboard with 49 keys that I learned how to really build my confidence. I found my confidence in music.

Funny enough, I would rush home after school and spend between 4-6 hours in my room learning how to program on my Casio keyboard. This was way before software and DIY home studio kits. I would rig my boombox so that I would have a direct output from my keyboard to the tape deck on my boombox and record instrumentals and melodies.

So I guess I found my confidence in my sound and self-esteem in my art.

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?

In a nutshell, I am an award-winning, multi-genre, Billboard-charting producer, programmer and pianist. I’ve spent the greater part of my career crossing over genres for albums, commercials, podcasts, TV shows, films and much more.

I’ve been blessed to produce songs with more than 2,000,000+ streams combined in Gospel, Urban and Pop. Although, I’ve accomplished a lot, I still consider myself an upcoming, multi-platinum producer with catchy melodies, memorable bridges and overall compelling messages who will soon top charts.

Staying hungry and staying humble are the two most important mantras in my professional life. Everyday I wake up, I’m excited to get to work. I am excited to write the next song, produce the next record, to record the next artist. Recently, one of my independent artists crossed over 100K streams for his project “Walk (Expanded Edition).” Achieving that milestone is no small feat to me, because he did without a label backing and really stayed true to having the direct interaction with his fans.

If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?

One of the most important qualities anyone in this game should have is to remain a student!! There will never be a time where you’ve achieved it all, learned it all, got all the merits for it and have nothing left to aspire to. I often tell people, my career is not about a destination but this is a journey.

Another important quality anyone should have is to remain hungry! The moment you stop loving what you do, is the moment you’ve reached the plateau. My old college professor said something that I live by til this day; “if you’re not growing you’re dying.”

The last important quality anyone should have is to surround yourself with winners. People who often win, are the people who often have other people in their lives that are winning. The closest people to you, reflect your mentality and your growth potential. If you’re the smartest one in the group, change groups.

As we end our chat, is there a book you can leave people with that’s been meaningful to you and your development?

The book that has played an important role in my development was honestly Kevin Hart’s “I can’t make this up: Life Lessons.” Not only is he one of the most talented comedians in the world, he is also one of the hardest working in the industry. He said when he was on his come-up he would share his dreams and aspirations with people who often times shoot him down or tell him it was impossible to attain. After a while, he learned from this and said simply “just don’t invite them into the conversation.”

That was something I needed to hear and see in real time. Growing up in a town without a lot of hope and aspirations to do or be more, I often heard that my head was in the clouds. Or people would say “you can’t do music, you need a real job.” I wish I would’ve heard Kevin Hart’s advice back then and not invite certain people into the conversation. Nine times out of ten, most people can’t envision you being any more than where they currently are.

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