Recreate Yourself with upcoming $Billion Dollar Artist ~ Savage Saint

Special Guest: Martin Bravo aka Savage Saint!

Bio: Born Martin Bravo Jr. and raised his entire life near the farm town known as Delhi, California, teenage Martin would discover his true passion for music in 2012 when he wrote his first rhymes to an instrumental. Speaking on the streets & gang lifestyle going on within the neighborhoods he lived in, Martin escaped by expressing himself through writing rhymes. He adopted the nickname Savage Saint as an alter-ego to release his music under. During that time, Saint was assigned by his now-deceased cousin, Leonardo Torres Jr., to be the one that breaks their “family curses” by pursuing his passion as a career. With high levels of determination & the raw relation with his cousin who rapped, Savage is on a mission to accomplish this duty. Throughout his teen years he was writing, composing, producing, recording, engineering & releasing singles and mixtapes on the internet. Today, he is the distinct rapper, entertainer, performer, singer, and songwriter that you feel his heart on every track.

Chapters

• 17:05 Behind the scenes of 1 Billion (single)
• 25:23 Bite more than you can chew!
• 50:40 Describe the 1 Billion Mindset

Transcript

Marysol: Hello and welcome to Un Billón Mindset. I am Marysol Uribe, your host, aka Enfermera Marysol, and today I have someone very special on the show. His name is Martin Bravo. His stage name is Savage Saint, and he is actually the producer of my song “Un Billón.” 

So I’ll have you introduce yourself. Welcome.

Martin: Thank you, Marysol. I love being here. This is awesome, what you got going on - first and foremost, I wanted to get that out of the way. It’s my pleasure to be here finally. *laughter* Right?

Marysol: It’s overdue. 

Martin: Yeah it’s overdue. Just to reintroduce myself, I’m the producer behind the “Un Billón'' song, and it was a beautiful piece of art in the works when it came about. I’m actually really impressed - not impressed - really grateful and proud, with no ego behind the word proud. Overall, it was awesome being a part of it and the way things just came about and how you made it into a podcast, named it. You got the shirt on, rocking the “Un Billón.” Everything is awesome. Everything is coming together.

I do go by Savage Saint - that’s my stage name since I was young. It has just stuck. I never changed it. I always used it in everything that I did.

Marysol: How did that come about? When did that name begin and through what circumstance? What inspired that name, Savage Saint? I love it.

Martin: Oh, that’s a good question.The best way I can put it, I adopted it, honestly. I didn’t come up with it, but it just fit me so well, at least I believe so. I think I was playing a video game when I was really young, and I just saw someone who had that name. I looked it up, and I couldn’t find it anywhere. It was almost like they invented it or something. I Googled it, and nobody had that name. Nobody was really doing anything with that name, but it kind of had a ring to it, the contradiction - it’s called an oxymoron in English, when something contradicts itself. It really intrigued me because I was like, “Well, I think I’m like that because my zodiac sign is a gemini.”  Geminis are known to - I’m going to bash myself here - we have multiple personalities, so I was like, “Okay, I can be nice to people and I can also be, not mean, but the opposite direction.”  

Marysol: Yeah, like flip the switch. 

Martin: Yeah, exactly. That’s just how I started using it. As time passed, I kept adopting it in more ways. I was like, “You know what? This really defines who I am as a person.” People started calling me that name when I was really young in school. It was just always my nickname.

Marysol: “Hey, Savage!” “Savage this, Savage that.” “Hey, you can do that - you’re a savage.” 

Martin: *laughter* Yeah, it’s come a long way. I’m really grateful that I was able to use that. It’s never copying in this world - I think it’s just being inspired by others. The person that I adopted it from has no idea, but little do they know it pretty much shaped my entire life and career with just a name.

Marysol: And that beginning, what you explained about how you looked it up, you made sure it wasn't in use for other projects, you did your due diligence with that. You did your due diligence there. It's amazing how it became your inspiration and I know you have faith and a religious background, so can you tell me more about that and how also you feel comfortable even using the word “saint” in your name to begin with.

Martin: Oh yeah, absolutely. I'm going to be fully transparent - I was not always, even today I don't call myself necessarily religious. I like to say that I have a relationship with God. When I first used that name, I didn’t think much of the whole “saint” part. It was just more of like, “Oh, well a saint is a person who is nice.” 

Marysol: Followed God.

Martin: Right, exactly. But as I got older I was like, “You know what? This really does make sense in that way.” Because I can be a saint as far as being nice to people, following God like you said. Then I heard the story of Saint Lazarus. I don’t know if you’re familiar with that one. 

Marysol: Yes, I am actually Catholic, so I think we’re all called to be saints in our own way. Go ahead, tell me more about Lazarus.

Martin: Oh yeah, so that’s one of the stories that really caught me. I think I was in church and they just said the Lazarus story, and believe it or not, it was the first time I had heard it. 

Marysol: Oh! About how he rose from the grave?

Martin: Yeah, exactly. God called upon him, like “Wake up!” 

Marysol: And there he went - up! 

Martin: Yeah, this really connects with me because I've had some situations in my life where I really believed God was there for me and was able to you know quote-unquote do that for me. Like I said, the name aged well because it just kept connecting with me in a deeper way. Now I truly believe, I think the name really does fit me as a person but like anything, it just starts small and then you just keep adding to the fire. 

Marysol: Right, and I like what you said earlier about how you don't necessarily consider yourself a religious person but more so someone who's choosing to have a relationship with God. I feel like there's so many examples, so many people that persay model a certain faith but that doesn't necessarily have to be you, right? There's no one-size-fits-all for anybody and everyone. So if you're listening to this, just take what resonates with you and what doesn't, just respectfully leave it or listen on. We love everybody here - no judgment. So what I want to get into next is - you're the producer of the “Un Billón” song, so I want to get into just that whole day, how we did it, because to be honest, it was like it was a miracle day. I wouldn't have made it back home if I didn't stop at the emergency department first, like that's how eventful it was. 

I've told this story before, how you live up north - that's where your studio is - and I’m further south than you here in Southern California. I had to leave my house at 4 a.m. to get to you by 10 - was their appointment time. Sure enough, I arrived, I told Martin what happened. I’m like “Hey, I hardly drank or ate anything. I just wasn't feeling it. It was way too early.” And then on the commute I stopped at this Taco Bell or Del Taco, and I never eat there, for one, and secondly, I'm like, “Okay, let me just get a breakfast burrito,” and that wasn't well perceived, but anyway, I got to you and Martin is so sweet guys. He hooked it up with some coconut and water, which is what I could handle at that point. I’m like, “Wow, okay, this is perfect .” 

If you guys listen to Jesse Itzler or know his work at all, he talks about how he eats fruit until noon, like that’s his breakfast and that's how he breaks his fast, right? After all those hours of you sleeping, you’re not eating - you're fasting. So that's a good tip right there from a health perspective. If you want to break your fast in a healthy way, you can absorb fruit very quickly and get that absorbed and digested into energy fairly quickly more so then if you mix food fruit with a carb. My nursing tip of the day right there. 

But anyway, so we got there, we start hearing some beasts and then we start making our lyrics. Tell me more about what you remember.

Martin: Okay, so just before it leaves my mind, I think it's hilarious that you mentioned the fruit part because every time that I've ever had people at my studio I always have fruit for them. I don't know why - it's like, “Here's some pineapple,” and they’re just writing music or something.

Marysol: It works! It got our digestive juices going and our mental cognition with clarity, so that worked!

Martin: Yeah, absolutely. It was, not deja vu, but it was just awesome that it happened again. I always have fruit! But anyways, what I do remember from that day - I want to trace back a little bit just so I can mention something.

Marysol: Sure. 

Martin: Marysol amazingly surprised me that day in the way that she really put her actions to speak louder than her words. The most important thing from that day was that you made it. That was the most surprising, not surprising, but it was just so mind-boggling for me because I was like, “Wow, from 5 hours North.” Don't get me wrong - I always travel down there and I know I have traveled down there in the past as well. It's just awesome for you to have done it and 4 a.m. - that sounds about right because that's around the time that there's no traffic from LA, right?

Marysol: Yeah, and you know what, too? I think it's surprising if you have a history of people that cancel on you or want to postpone - because we actually set the meeting quite quickly. It was about the day before, perhaps two days' notice, and I just committed to my word. I remember at the time I lived with my mom and my brother. I didn't even tell anyone at home. I just said I think it's one of those things where if you share, it'll be looked down upon or they might talk me out of it. Because again, my mom would have been concerned about the commute time and the location. “Oh, all the way up there, mija?” “I would like to go with you.” Maybe she would have offered to come with me, and at that point, you know when it's more than one person in the car, you can't just think of yourself. You have to have other considerations, like if they're hungry or they want to use the restroom. I just thought, “Let’s limit the obstacles, the excuses. I’m going to commit to my word, and I’m going to make that happen.” So, that’s kind of what was on my mind. Thank you for acknowledging me, but I think we need more of that in the world. We need more responsible people to stay accountable to their word, be early to their appointments, and be punctual. Punctuality, I find to be a strong suit because it speaks volumes. That lets me know you’re serious, and so, go on.

Martin: Absolutely, I definitely agree with all those points. Most importantly, like I said, showing up - you did it, and that’s what really got the show started. As soon as you got here, you had this fire in your eyes that kind of transferred over to me. First of all, I knew how far you came, so I was already prepared for the energy. But even when we got together in the studio and started working, I had asked you, “Have you ever made music before?” and you were like, “No.” *laughter*
The thing about that was - I was asking that so I could know in what direction to guide the session, because as a producer, it’s very important to understand your co-partner in the making, which is the artist, and know what they’re planning.   

Marysol: Right.

Martin: And that’s just how things become smoother and whatnot. I think it was awesome how it became. First thing we did, like you said, we played beats. I love that part because it kind of gets things into the groove, like “Okay, this is what we want.”  

Marysol: Yeah, it helps with the quick inspiration, and also I want to mention - that question, “Hey, is it your first time? Are you experienced?” It’s such a normal question for you to ask because you’re right, if I had said yes, you would’ve known, “Okay, she’s not a beginner. Let me ask her maybe if she wants to start with the beats or with the lyrics.” Because there are different ways to go about it. Me saying no gave you the permission or the “okay” to school me from the beginning, which I really appreciated. You could tell me anything there is to know about production, and I would’ve loved to hear it because again, it’s like a kindergartener, right? You want to be a sponge. You don’t want to act like an eighth grader when over here you’re barely starting to walk, so I appreciate your guidance with that. 
Martin: Absolutely, and shouts-out to you as well for admitting and willingly being able to remain a student because I think the most important thing is to always remain a student. That’s something that’s very important, even if you- I’m going to go ahead and say it - even if you’re experienced, I think it’s very important in all areas of life for us to remain students. 

Marysol: That’s true.

Martin: And you did such a good job handling that because, like you said, as soon as you did say that it was your first time, I was like, “Okay, I think that we’re going to go in this direction. We’re going to try this, we’re going to do that.”  But first and foremost, it was the way that you were able to think and act right then and there. It was like, I think we were messing with the lyrics, right?

Marysol: We were, yeah. We were initially writing them down. You gave me a couple minutes. I said, “Hey, let me eat my fruit real quick. Give me a couple minutes.” I wrote down what was on my mind. I just did a brain dump. It took me back to when I would be about to take a test in nursing school and I would just take a random piece of paper and write everything that I would remember. Then I would take the test and pass. So I thought, “I have all these ideas. I already know my bio by heart. First-person, I’m the one that’s lived the stuff.” My parents came to mind because I knew that they did the hardest part, coming here in the first place, immigrating to the United States. I’m not the only one with the story, so I might as well share it. And we kind of went from there.

Martin: Yeah, exactly, and that’s something that really connected with me as well. It's crazy how you were saying that we're not the only ones. I'm going to go ahead and include myself there because [it’s] part of my story. I think talking about a story - I think we have had this conversation before, way before we made the song - about how important it is to have a story in our lives. 

Marysol: Yes.

Martin: Because what really changed me is - maybe the right term here is “first impression.”   For making a first impression, what you want to do is you want to have something that is meaningful, like purposeful, and in the song, you did just that. Literally, the song describes exactly who you are, what you're about, and what you're doing.  

Marysol: Love it, yeah.

Martin: Yeah, and like you said, it was a “brain dump,” which is exactly how it should have been. I like right before that, you had asked me, “What do I write? Can you help me with the lyrics?”

Marysol: Yeah.

Martin: And I was like, “Well, what do you want to talk about?” I forgot how I asked you, but you pretty much said everything and I was like-

Marysol: “Bet!” *laughter*

Martin:  “Here’s a pen, and here’s a paper.”

Marysol: Yes! That simple! And then I just wrote it down. But it really helped to just talk it out initially. It was probably like two minutes of sharing and then I’m like, “Okay, yeah, let me just write it down now.” Genius. [Martin is] very good at guiding you on how to write a song, if you’re listening to this, and you’re close to his location. Where are you based right now?

Martin: I’m in Delhi, California, just south of Turlock, California, if anyone’s familiar with the Central Valley in California. 

Marysol: So as soon as I knew that you were open to collaborating and making a song, I dropped what I was doing and I made sure to make this appointment with you. Everyone that's listening now, if you want to make a song too, Martin has a very busy schedule, but I think if you tell him that you're a listener of the “Un Billón Podcast,” he might squeeze you in. This is such a great opportunity because a song is like a book, like a podcast, something that you published once and you can have out there forever. It's just so beautiful and I'm grateful to have met you to even have this opportunity to begin with, so thanks for that, Martin.

Martin: You’re welcome. Let’s talk about that real quick. Where did we meet again?

Marysol: We met at the “Driven” event. Speaking of “Driven,” that is by the founder Albert Preciado, who is an entrepreneur of multiple businesses based in Bel Air, California - Los Angeles, the hub of all the stars, celebs, A-lists. That’s where we met. 

Martin: Absolutely, yes, and we met at a seminar. At a networking event. 

Marysol: That’s right.

Martin: It was a big deal, not only because I got to meet amazing individuals like yourself, but that was the whole point, right? Who knows? Only God, only the universe can tell if we would have ever come about meeting and creating this song, if we wouldn’t have both been in the same room. I know specifically you and I were part of the more exclusive group, if I could say, out of 500+ people there, right?

Marysol: Yes, but depending on the ticket that you get, is how close you sit to the stage. I believe we both had Founder tickets or CEO tickets - the top tickets. So, investing in yourself, let’s talk about that, how important it is, like you said in the beginning, remain a student, seek knowledge, and not be the smartest person in the room. Because it’s only then that you will get more tools to live your life as best you can.  
Martin: Oh yeah, absolutely. I definitely haven’t shared this with just anybody yet- I’ve shared it with very few, selected people- but I’m definitely going to be releasing my own type of video on Instagram or something about this. I’m going to go ahead and say it here first. In the last twelve months in my life, I’ve scaled the most and the fastest ever. The reason being is because I pretty much invested the highest amount in self-improvement, self-development, personal growth, that I have ever done in my life. To be specific, I am going to go ahead and say the number. I think if I were to add all the tabs, I'm thinking over forty-grand in the last twelve months and some people-

Marysol: I am with you. Oh my goodness.

Martin: Right?

Marysol: Yeah. I know what you mean. 

Martin: Some people say- I’ve had several people tell me, “Oh, where’s all that money going?” and stuff like that. I don’t think people understand that the most important thing about investing in yourself - let's agree on something before we disagree on anything - the biggest investment that you'll ever make in your life is not real estate, it's not a nice car-

Marysol: Stocks.

Martin: Or stocks. It's yourself. 

Marysol: That's right.

Martin: So when I speak about investing in yourself and going to the seminars, reading all these books, getting all these courses, and trainings - as we know, knowledge is power. With knowledge, essentially you can create wealth. You can do more, you can serve more, help others more, you could even teach more.That's what really shifted my mindset from being someone that was like, “Oh, I'll just spend my money here and there on bills and regular life.”

Marysol: And what it did is it stretched you, right? It pulled you beyond proportion. It’s like, a former guest that I just interviewed who I will be releasing next week, he told me how he came across a book and it said “Bite more than you can chew.” Go ahead and bite more than you can chew! Forget about what people have said in the past, to not do that; I’m telling you to do that. It really forces you to grow to that next level - that’s what we look for anyway in the first place, when we come to these events.

Martin: Yeah, and I really like that quote, “Bite more than you can chew.” 

Marysol: Yeah!

Martin: I’m going to have to start saying that because, growing up, and I’m sure somebody listening to this right now can relate, but growing up, we were told, “Don’t bite more than you can chew.” Right? Why? “It’s because you’ll choke.”

Marysol: It messed us up. 

Martin: It’s that fear. They’re implementing that fear. Take a look at the people - try to remember if you’ve ever been told that. Take a look at the people  that have said that to you. Are they in a position where you want to be? Would you switch shoes with them? If you could switch lives with them, would you do it? 

Marysol. No…

Martin: And if the answer is no, then don’t listen to those people. Now, if you bite more than you can chew, yes, you will choke, but you won’t die. Right? 

Marysol: Yeah. *laughter*

Martin: You’ll be forced to get a bigger mouth, if you’re still metaphorically speaking. What it really comes down to is that you’re going to expand. That’s what I say in Marysol is I see her investing - I think you just came back from Florida less than two months ago, right?

Marysol: That’s right. I went to visit Tony Robbins. He had an in-studio appearance limited to about a thousand people. I stretched myself at the time. You look at your bank account, you look at your credit card, and you’re like, “Okay, let’s make this work.” Not many people would probably be brave enough to pull that trigger, but you come to a point where you have to convince yourself that the return on investment will be ten-times greater than whatever it is that you’re spending now, when it comes to self-improvement. 

Martin: Yeah, exactly! Sometimes you have to- I know it’s going to sound crazy, and this is coming from a risk-taker- but you have to go in blindly sometimes. And not “blindly,” exactly, but just have enough information to where you’re like, “This is something that will maybe get me to that next step.” 

Marysol: I think it’s more so a leap of faith too. As another guest of mine said, as entrepreneurs, business owners, people starting off on something that you can’t really see the end of. You don’t see the final destination, the finish line of whatever it is that you’re embarking on. But you’ve got to believe - it’s that faith in the unseen.  It could be not only toward a religion, a faith in God - you can’t see that. But also apply it to your business. You can’t see the end result, but you’ve got to believe it, in here in your mind and in your heart first.

Martin: Absolutely. That actually reminds me. If you remember, I think I told you a few times, when I first met you at that event, keep in mind I didn’t pay anything out of my pocket. I had to put that event on a credit card because I had no money. I was dead broke. I was going through a shift of employment, and what happened was my mind was, “You know what? I’m going to force myself to grow.” And that’s exactly what I did. I didn’t know what was going to happen after that event, but I don’t know if it’s luck, there’s a good quote out there that says, “the harder you work, the luckier you get.” The more you surround yourself-

Marysol: Yeah, you create your own luck.

Martin: Yeah, you create your own luck! I was looking for a new career at the time. Somebody that I met at that event was able to essentially recruit me.

Marysol: Point you into the direction, right? Martin, he loves music. That’s his passion. That’s what he wants to do night and day, but at the same time, maybe you listening also you would like another stream of income besides that to then have some more cushion and propel that dream of yours. So that’s exactly what Martin has done. Keep going.

Martin:  Oh yeah, absolutely. First and foremost, my music is number one. As crazy as that sounds, I know you asked me right before we started, I think you asked me to talk about how I have been able to stay in this.

Marysol: Yes.

Martin: It’s just one of those things where I believe so hard, right? I see the vision already before it’s happened, and it’s crazy because everything I have ever foreseen-

Marysol: Has come true?

Martin: Has come true at one point or another.  

Marysol: That’s so awesome. 

Martin: Yeah, I’m going to shout-out Albert Preciado here.

Marysol: Woo!!

Martin: I hope he’s watching this or listening to this. I’m just going to put an example with him. There was a time two years ago where I just saw him on stage for the first time. I was just one out of hundreds of people that he never knew. I was just in the back row to myself, but the more I showed up, the more I pursued this idea of one day- all I wanted to do was one day meet him, shake his hand, and take a photo. Like a celebrity type of thing. At one point, I was like, “Wait a minute. This is not really it. I want to meet the guy for real.” So I literally started plotting in my head. I was like, “You know what? What if I make him a song?” 

Marysol: Thinking outside the box. 

Martin: Yeah! I started saying, “What if I serve? What if instead of saying ‘meet me.’” Like who am I? There’s one thing that always works to get people’s attention - you have to show up and give. I got really close to his closest circle. We all became mutual friends. Some of them are very humble and wealthy and very intelligent individuals that I have on my cell phone. I can literally call them up right now and they will answer.  

Marysol: I agree.

Martin: The amazing thing about that is that they guided me towards the direction of making my dream come true. I started being told - people were telling me like, “Oh, you should make a song for [Albert].” And I was like, “What? That’s crazy that I already have that idea.”

Marysol: Said and done! Beautiful, beautiful. And then let’s get into when you actually debuted that song. 

Martin: Yeah! Long story short, I actually was able to get his attention. Marysol helped me a lot as well. Thank you, Marysol. 

Marysol: I got you, Martin. 

Martin: You sent his assistant - you spammed her with the song. She sent it to [Albert] as well and so did I, and I sent it to all our mutual friends which are essentially his top producers for his company.

Marysol: And they’re such great people, you guys. If you’re listening to this, drivenevent.com, so you know what we mean. 

Martin: Yeah, absolutely. All individuals there are inspiring people to look up to, honestly. Amazing, amazing people. Without them, this is what it comes down to, I wouldn’t have been able to make this happen. I think it was probably less than two months ago that he had a birthday bash. 

Marysol: Yeah, it was in August, I believe. He had a nice event with very good speakers and that song was the highlight of the day.

Martin: Yeah, absolutely. It was honestly a dream come true, tying back to what I was saying earlier, you guys. The most important thing is to go in blindly and have the vision. I know that kind of sounds like opposites, but when you have the vision, you can technically still go in without seeing that everything is for sure. Eventually, it’ll happen, when you persist so hard, right?

Marysol: Yeah, I see what you mean there. You’re reminding the listener, “Hey, you don’t have to have all your ducks in a row. You don’t have to wait until the perfect time.” There’s no perfect time. 
Martin: Oh, no.

Marysol: You just create the atmosphere, the environment of receptivity and just go for it.

Martin: Yeah, absolutely. I’m blessed and grateful to have had that happen. I truly believe it was a work of God. I don’t even want to blame myself in this position because yes, I did things that probably aligned me to make it happen, but I truly want to say deep down inside something bigger than something in my power, in my hands, was able to grant me that opportunity. At that event where he had those great speakers, as soon as it was over, I think I was just scoping out the area. I was like, “Okay, all the speakers are done for the day.” Great speakers, by the way. I took a lot of notes that day. 

Marysol: Oh yeah, me too.

Martin: I had a goal that day. I think I drove five hours and booked a hotel and everything. I even missed a day of work, I believe, for this. It was just so important for me. I was like, “This is going to happen because I’ve already set all the dominos in line. All I have to do is just knock them, right?”

Marysol: That first one. Have the courage, the bravery, you’ve already gone through the preparation, so all you needed to do was a gentle tap on that first domino.

Martin: Yeah, absolutely. I think I went downstairs - because it was a two or three-story mansion,  to where the event was and the DJ was there with the dance floor empty. Everybody was just socializing and then I see Marysol and she’s like, “Go get it!”

Marysol: “Play your song! Now’s the time!”

Martin: That was what I came for. Essentially, two years of getting to know Albert Preciado, showing up to the same rooms where he is every time I get the chance, and going as far as having the opportunity to create a song for him and have him listen to it. 

Marysol: Songs are so meaningful. They tell a story. They can honor a person. How beautiful it is that you made the song in reverence of Alberto Preciado while he’s still alive? He was able to listen to it. It wasn’t a tribute, like Michael Jackson, people do songs for him right now. Poor Michael, he can’t listen to it. I didn’t mean to interrupt, but it just goes back to the creator. If you want to create something with Martin, please please contact him because this is a forever project that can stay published for generations to come. 

Martin: Yeah, absolutely, and that’s the beauty of art. Music. Even touching on Michael Jackson, he’s gone for now, but he will forever live.

Marysol: Legend.

Martin: Because of the music he left behind. It’s the same thing in this case, I admired Albert’s work ethic and the life that he’s created so much that I was like, “You know what? I think what will fit him best is if I make a song that is technically his story.” I’ve learned his story over and over again. I did my research, my hours of watching and listening to videos that I would repeat, all the events that I’ve gone to where he speaks, he tells his story. I knew it like the back of my hand, but even then, I went out of the way.

Marysol: You did more research, right? Because you spoke with his top producers, his inner circle, and you got more data.

Martin: Yeah, and shout-out to, if John Delgado is listening to this-

Marysol: Yeah, thanks John!

Martin: He said, “Dude, if you’re going to write him a song, make him an EDM song. That’s what he likes.”

Marysol: Perfect! He laid it down.

Martin: I never made an EDM song, so it was one of those things where, again, preparation meets opportunity. 

Marysol: And a leap of faith.

Martin: Right, and a leap of faith. I wasn't really prepared to make an EDM song, but the opportunity was there. I was prepared to make him a song at all costs.

Marysol: Yes!

Martin: So as soon as I got those puzzle pieces together, I got to work. I'm going to go ahead and share, Marysol if you don’t mind, how I worked that one because we spoke about how we created yours.

Marysol: Yeah!

Martin: So this is how it went down, guys. At the same event where I met Marysol, back in February of 2022, I got Albert Preciado to speak with me. I think I pulled him to the side- or no, Anthony, his videographer - shout-out to Anthony Corona, if you’re listening to this, bro. You changed my life with this. I think we were in line to get food, and he turns around and he’s like, “Hey dude, you’re the rapper!” and I'm like, “Yeah!” He's like, “Oh, I have this video of you rapping,” and I was like, “Oh, nice!” And he’s like, “Send me your email, I’ll send it to you.” I'm like, “Alright, I'll send you my email, dude, but I want to share with you that I want to make Albert Preciado a song and a music video.” He didn’t even say anything. He just grabbed me, kind of guided me by the shoulder, and just took me to Albert. I’m right here standing in front of Albert and I see him looking at me, like straight face, ready for me to speak.

Marysol: *laughter* Yeah! 

Martin: I had to pour everything out, like all those two years of work trying to get that conversation.

Marysol: That initial encounter.

Martin: Yeah, that initial encounter for me to even present it. So I'm telling him, I'm like, “Albert, bro, I want to tell you I want to make you a song. We're going to blow it up, we're going to make a bad music video (bad as in good) and we're just going to explode it. It's going to help you grow, your brand and everything.

Marysol: It goes both ways.

Martin: He looks at me, *shocked expression* and then he looks at Anthony. Then he grabs my lanyard. I think I have the lanyard right there on the wall. He grabs my lanyard and he's like, “I'm only paying attention to him because he puts his money where his mouth is.”

Marysol: Yes!

Martin: Anthony’s like, “Okay,” and then he looks back at me and Albert’s like, “Impress me, and I’m all in.”As soon as he said that, my mind kind of went fast forward. It was like, “Woah!” Everything came together at that moment. That same week, I stayed in that city. I think it was Huntington Beach. I stayed in that city, guys, for another seven days. You'll never believe how this song came about. What I did was I said, “You know what? I'm going to drive to Bel Air.” I'm going to do two things: first of all- oh and then Anthony had told me to name the song “El Principe de Bel-Air,” The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in Spanish. 

Marysol: Perfect title, by the way. 

Martin: Because that’s what Albert likes to call himself, and he is. He's earned that title respectfully. I was like, “You know what? I’m going to do this for two reasons.” First and foremost, I want to know why he moved to Bel Air. Let’s go to this city and try to get some inspiration. Second of all, the whole drive there - I think it was a two hour drive - I’m playing the Fresh Prince of Bel Air theme song by Will Smith. I’m playing it over and over again, trying to get the lyrics. Why was this song the intro of every episode of that show? This song was so meaningful to Will Smith that it was the introduction to every episode to that show, if anybody’s watched the Will Smith “Fresh Prince of Bel Air” show. I’m listening to the song on the way there, I get to Bel Air, and I’m driving, and I see these huge ten, twenty, thirty, fifty million dollar mansions everywhere. And I’m like, “Wow, this is a little bit different from the hood, from where I come from.” 
Marysol: Oh yeah, night and day.

Martin: Right? I was inspired, to say the least. So I go to work, I start driving around again. I start driving around Huntington Beach, and I start playing beats while I drive. I'm like “I need to find a beat, an EDM beat that everybody will like.”

Marysol: So you were going in circles and circles at this point, just driving around, thinking, thinking. 

Martin: Yeah, pretty much. That was my work space, if I could say. 

Marysol: Yes.

Martin: I was like, “Okay, I have full focus on what I'm doing, so I'm just going to drive around and do this.” I didn't have a studio in Huntington Beach to just stop by.

Marysol: Right. Did you take your equipment?

Martin: I did, but I don’t think I needed it that time because it was more so just creating the song at first, like laying down the foundation, which was fighting the beat and creating the lyrics. As soon as I found the beat, I started driving around and then I was like, “Okay, you know what? I'm going to go back to Huntington Beach to that same hotel where Albert pretty much allowed me to pursue this, to make the song.” I literally snuck into the hotel, to the exact same floor, the exact same room where Anthony, [Albert], and I were there. I was like, “This is where I’m going to make it.” I was alone in there. I started playing the beat and I took out my notepad and I started writing the lyrics.

Marysol: Wow. I want you guys to notice this. Take note. How he positioned himself back to the initial point where that consent, in other words, was given. He just put his head down, he did a brain dump and just started brainstorming. Then one thing leads to the other and leads to the other and you did it! Applause, applause.

Martin: Thank you. Honestly, it's a huge deal for me because it’s one of those things. I’ve created a lot of songs in my life, but this one was very special, not only because it was very selfless of me, it was for someone else instead of creating something for myself, but most importantly, the way it came about. I think people always say that the journey is more important than the end result.

Marysol: The destination. 

Martin: Exactly, the destination. It was one of those things where the journey was way better than the destination for this point. I was just excited to present it to him. I was able to and I sang it in person in front of him in August and he loved it. He pulled me to the side and he was like, “Hey, I want to talk to you.” And this guy is super busy. Albert, you're really busy, man. And it's awesome. 

Marysol: We appreciate the one on one time with you. I know it's very scarce but it's very quality.

Martin: Oh yeah absolutely. I remember he pulled me to the side and I was right there and people kept bombarding him and I kept letting them speak to him. I was like, “Alright, I’ll let them go first.”  They were just bombarding him and then ten minutes later finally I'm right there with him and he's like, “Hey, man I love the song,” and I'm like, “Thank you, man.” I shared with him how I made it and he was like, “That's awesome.” I actually got to speak with Kyle Draper, an awesome man as well. He's a real estate genius right there in the LA area.

Marysol: With a background in music.

Martin: A background in music. That really intrigued me when he spoke about his music background because I presented the idea to him. It was one of those things again where you position yourself accordingly and things will happen. I think I had pulled Kyle to the side that day and I asked him like, “Hey, dude. If you don't mind me asking, what advice can you give me for me to present this to Albert?” And he was like, “Oh, dude, you guys got to make a bad music video,” excuse my language, but badass. It was just awesome to hear from someone that had a background in music and is super close to Albert himself. That's exactly what I did, so next thing is the music video with Albert and hopefully Anthony is able to help me out with that.

Marysol: Oh yeah. That’ll happen by default. Next thing you know, guys, position yourself to have opportunities. He built his own luck has an example and things will just continue. His work will keep speaking volumes and his presentation, at the end of the day, the delivery, that is what will be very memorable. 

So to wrap up, since we’re almost nearing one hour. Our listeners, myself included, when I’m listening to other shows, we’ve got other things to do, short attention spans, what have you. 

But what does one billion, un billón mindset mean to you?

Martin: To me, un billón means the impact you can make in life. I think as human beings, I like to believe because I'm like this myself, but I like to believe that we're here on Earth to help others, to help each other, most importantly. It took me a lot of time and hard lessons to learn that, but whether it's a billion dollars that you want, essentially you can help more people, you could probably donate a million to charity and it won't even hurt you if you have a billion, right? Or if it’s one billion things that you want in life - it doesn't have to always be money. It could be a billion fans or a billion plays in your music. It's very possible for anything to happen as long as you have a mission, a purpose, and to me most importantly, I'm coming for that one billion. 

Marysol: That’s right! 

Martin: It’s not just the finances. It's not just the money. It's not about the money; it's the fact that money as we have accepted it is a tool. When you can do certain things - look at the current billionaires. They're able to make a bit of an impact on society and we always see that, one way or another there. Their finances are able to make it happen 

Marysol: And impact is here to stay. How can our listeners contact you?

Martin: The best way to contact me is on Instagram @savagesaintftw
That's Savage Saint FTW.

Marysol: For the win, everybody! Definitely follow him and keep following us at Un Billón Mindset and we will see you on the next show! Thank you all for your time.

Thank you, Marysol. Thank you, everybody!