Welcome to the Mindful Business Renegades Podcast, where Mindfulness and Business connect! Today’s guest is Sir Cappriccieo M. Scates. “Capp” is currently President/CEO of Mytrell Records, and an adjunct professor at SAE Institute in Atlanta. As President/CEO of Mytrell, his day-to-day responsibilities cover a broad range of label duties and functions that include contract negotiations, product placement, distribution, marketing, artist relations, label services, and more. Along his journey he also became a Knight and a UN ambassador.

Let’s get right into Capp’s story and hear how a man so passionate about people and music learned the importance of commitment to sustain it all. 

[00:01 - 12:50 ] Opening Segment

• Welcome back, me and Joe get into some ‘real talk’ about our current situations
  • Joe talks about the weirdness of getting back out into work during Covid
  
  
  
  • I talk about my session with our last guest Gina Kegel 
    • Bringing up creative insecurities 
    
    
    
    • I am loving the different modalities 
    
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  • Joe shares his concerns with people in his travels not taking the pandemic seriously
  
  
  
  • I share a story meeting my friend in a park 
  
  
  
  
  



• Joe shares about his time in different cities 
  • Joe: “I want to design life, moving forward”
  
  
  
  • Infusing down time and mindfulness into his travels 
  
  
  
  
  



• Our guest, Sir Cappriccieo Scates, comes into the call 

[12:51 - 18:19 ] Capp’s Start in Music

• Capp talks about his start into music
  • Capp: “Started in the womb”
  
  
  
  • Musician since 5 years old 
  
  
  
  
  



• We talk about what’s in our cups today
  • Joe: lemon water
  
  
  
  • I got my coffee with MCT oil  
  
  
  
  
  



• Capp gets back into his story
  • Named after a musical term, you name your children what they aspire to be
  
  
  
  
  

[18:20 - 25:36 ] It’s Not Getting. It’s Maintaining

•  Capp talks about how he focuses on growth in such a competitive industry
  • God, Family and Work balance 
  
  
  
  • More outlets to reach the consumer today
  
  
  
  
  



• Capp shares a story about his children
  • “I made it but I made it alone” 
  
  
  
  • Realized later in life that he missed some precious moments with his children 
  
  
  
  • Reconnected and learned to maintain it 
  
  
  
  
  



• Capp shares some stories about clients in his consultancy 
  • People trying to reach the top and losing things along the way 
  
  
  
  • It’s not getting it’s maintaining, don’t forget about life
  
  
  
  • How do you sustain yourself when you get what you want?
  
  
  
  
  

[25:37 - 34:24 ] The Importance of Pairing Commitment with Passion 

• Capp talks about officiating his own daughter’s wedding 



• Capp’s journey as becoming a UN ambassador and knight
  • Accepted to go to Vienna 
  
  
  
  • NGO Ambassador - given diplomatic courtesy 
  
  
  
  • Consulting for the entertaining sector for the UN
  
  
  
  • Met a king along the way and was knighted 
  
  
  
  
  



• Keep moving forward
  • Even at a low point you can walk and find a peak 
  
  
  
  
  



• The importance of Follow Through 
  • Passion and Commitment 
  
  
  
  • Capp: “If passion were a substitute for commitment there would not be so many fatherless children” 
  
  
  
  
  



• K.S.E.
  • Knowledge, Skillset, Execute 
  
  
  
  • Effort is not result, it needs to be quantifiable 
  
  
  
  
  

[34:25 - 44:31 ] Tips For the Music Industry 

• Capp talks about how he began his professorship 



• How Mytrell came to be
  • Combination of family names 
  
  
  
  • Given an opportunity based on deliverables 
  
  
  
  • Distributing artists since 2015 and deals since 2013
  
  
  
  
  



• Responsible for impacting 100,000,000 artists 
  • Write your name in concrete not sand
  
  
  
  
  



• What’s important in the business
  • Who owns the copyrights and masters?  
  
  
  
  • Owner of the content is in control
  
  
  
  
  



• Capp talks a bit about spotify’s impact 
  • It’s what you monetize 
  
  
  
  • The business isn’t seen but it’s the most important part of sustaining yourself
  
  
  
  
  



• Joe talks about different platforms you can license out in the future



• Build something that outlives you 

[44:32 - 30:45 ] Closing Segment

• What’s next for the Capp
  • Capp: “I placed it in the hands of God”
  
  
  
  • Being a good steward of what’s given 
  
  
  
  
  



• Key takeaways for knowing what’s for you 
  • Law of reciprocity - what you take in is what you give out 
  
  
  
  • Tune in to the internal 
  
  
  
  
  



• How to connect with Capp
  • Links below 
  
  
  
  
  

Tweetable Quotes:

"I made it, but I made it by myself. Somewhere, you know, I was chasing those awards, and tryna win grammys, I lost the connection.” - Cappriccieo Scates 

“Inside of the music there’s families, there’s wives, there’s husband’s, there’s dogs, cats. Like, I thought it was about winning Grammys and having fun, but there’s also this everyday life thing that takes place as it relates to music as well.” - Cappriccieo Scates

“If you find yourself at the low point in the valley, there’s two peaks. There’s a peak behind you and a peak in front of you, so all you have to do is keep walking forward and you’ll eventually hit the next peak; so I just keep moving forward” - Cappriccieo Scates 

Resources Mentioned:

• MCT oil



• Mytrell Records

You can connect with Capp on Instagram, and Twitter. Visit his website https://cappriccieo.com/ or to learn more about Mytrell Records go to http://mytrell.com/. 

You can connect with me on LinkedIn and Instagram. You can also connect with my co-host Joe Lemon on LinkedIn and Twitter or visit our podcast page on Spotify and leave some comments. We’d love to hear from you!

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