Beginnings Disguised As Endings, Thriving Beyond the Major Label — Jared Evan

Jared Evan (IG: @Jaredevan) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and rapper originally from Great Neck, New York. He was signed to Zone 4 (Polow Da Don's label)under Interscope Records. The song "Frozen", which Evan wrote and produced, appeared on the LeBron James documentary soundtrack entitled Music Inspired by More than a Game. Jared also had a song featured prominently on HBO's hit show Entourage. In 2013, his album Boom Bap & Blues with Statik Selektah peaked at No. 8 on the iTunes Soul charts independently. He has been thriving as an independent artist since he left the major record label system and has a newly release project called "Dark Days" about his time in the traditional music industry.EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS //+ Nearly Getting Signed By Diddy + How/Why labels get excited about a new artist but just monitor it and don't make a move+ Getting signed off of a song he made off his laptop+ Meeting all of his musical idols during his come up and signing to Interscope+ Jimmy Iovine wanting Jared to re-shoot his music video with the newly created Beats By Dre headphones+ A new song he wrote, that he wasn't feeling, caught like wild fire within the building, and even though Jared wasn't feeling it, he went with it, Interscope pushed the song and it did not succeed commercially.+ Getting to record with Dr. Dre for his highly anticipated / unreleased Detox album+ A/B ing life as an independent artist vs. major label artist