Hey guys, my name is Antonio Rivera. I’m a junior who just transferred from Queens borough community college. I’m a music management major. Since this assignment has a word count requirement, I’m just gonna say random facts about myself because I don’t know how to structure this.
One of my favorite activities is meeting new people and making new connections.
When I’m not being a scholar at Baruch, I do Audio engineering and I make music. I’ve been writing and rapping my own music since middle school. I started learning audio engineering when I was 16. With the years of practice that I’ve put into audio engineer and recording music, I’ve been able to translate that into a Recording Studio Business. After high school I moved into my own apartment and I built my very own homestudio. I’ve been operating a recoding studio business for about 4 years now and I’ve engineered songs for many many artists.
In my other free time, I enjoy physical activities like running or calisthenics workouts. I also enjoy freestyling with my bros and just being creative. I feel like looks are important and I try to make sure appearance is on point because appearances are everything. But with the cost of living alone and how much inflation is going up, trying to dress your best and follow trends is becoming a challenge.
I like to get my hair braided about twice a month.
I also enjoy playing video games like Super Smash bros. Right now I work in Manhattan as a cashier at a Japanese supermarket.
Growing up My family always told me I had natural entrepreneurial attributes and I’ve always been a good negotiator. My main passion is writing and performing my own music but in an alternate universe I think I would be a top salesman in New York.
My main goal for transferring to baruch is getting a job/ internship in the music industry. Either at a record label or a music distribution company. I got a feeling that Baruch would be a good place to find this because we’re right in the middle of Big Apple. Also Baruch has their own Radio Station, and I’ve been told that multiple alumni from Baruch now work at Warner music and Spotify.
