mental health conversations

 Greetings reader. Here is an interview i did with UK based record company owner Martin Wake via email on 5th September 2016. As always, the topic is…..What does good mental health mean for you? Thanks Martin!

No worries, pleasure to be speaking to you.

Its something I have wanted to do for years and once I went into College I started planning it. Then when I went to University they gave me the confidence to start it up and I did that at my last year at University and am still doing it to this day, along side producing which was my qualifcation at University.

Its very important and I believe its more important then physical health as I believe your mental state influences your physical state. But sadly mental health is much harder for other people to understand then physical health, as mental health for the most part it is unseen to everyone. When I have a good mental state I work harder and my productivity goes up.

Its mainly a struggle to get rid of the adrenaline which is stored in the body and when it gets late you worry if your going to get a good nights sleep. One of the best ways to get rid of extra adrenaline at night is Yoga, and it really relaxes your mind and body and that in turn will make you feel more comfortable about getting a good nights sleep.

The passion for it really and the fact I worked so hard for it (and continue to do so), that alone makes it easy to stay motivated and seeing the progress along the way also helps a lot.

Not really if I’m honest as I feel that I prepare myself for worst case scenarios when I have no reason to do so. However I try to keep positive for other people like friends and family and people who I work with on various projects, as I feel that its hard enough for Artists to remain positive these days so anyone who keeps positive with them is a help.

Through 2011-2013 I fell really ill with health and social anxiety problems which got really bad and to the point that I refused to leave the house, and that was worse as I was in the middle of a three year University degree at the time. As far as getting through it, just a lot of patience from family members and a very good friend of mine and a very good doctor that helped me through it. Mental illness is something you can never really keep under control on your own, its so important you have a supportive community of people around you to help you through it.

Its something I have wanted to do for a very long time, along with mixing and producing bands, and being able to do both is really cool. Also its really good to help people get in that first step in their careers and to be involved with creative people.

Yeah I have recently released The Devils Music debut album, which is a metal project founded by Daniel Finch, who also founded Devilment. As regards to the future? I would love to team up with another label, possibly in America as there is strength in numbers and it would make sense to team up with someone who is already doing what I am doing. Also looking into the world of subscriptions and being more active on my YouTube channel.