Daily Inspiration: Meet Wolfgang Damm

Today we’d like to introduce you to Wolfgang Damm.

Hi Wolfgang, thanks for joining us today. We’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
The failure to understand That I had value has been the cornerstone of my evolution. Music, at first, was a refuge. Later, it became a language, a way to make sense of emotions that refused to sit quietly, emotions that crowded him in the dark hours when the world felt impossibly heavy. It was a place where he could speak without speaking, a place where silence and sound collided in a way that made sense to him.

“I wasn’t chasing fame,” Wild Flow responded. “I was chasing air. Music helped me breathe when nothing else could. It gave me a way out of the rooms I couldn’t leave, the thoughts I couldn’t shake, and the feelings I didn’t know how to name.”

He remembers the lonely nights, the nights that stretched endlessly, replaying the same thoughts again and again, what happened, what he could have done differently, what he might have said or left unsaid. “It wasn’t my choice,” Wild Flow explains. “I was made this way. I just tried to make the best of what I had. I just cannot keep beating myself up for being me. It doesn’t help. It only keeps you from moving forward.”

And then there were the outside voices, the whispers and judgments from people who looked at him and saw only the surface. People talking about his family, assuming he had no right to feel hurt, as if he had not already been shaped and scarred by their actions. “As if I hadn’t already felt the weight of it,” he says, shaking his head. The pressure, the misunderstandings, the self-doubt—they all piled up, each layer heavier than the last, until he finally called it what it was, “another breakdown from the same list of things as last time.”

He pauses before recounting another memory, a moment that still lingers in his chest. “I got so close to giving up on my dreams,” he admits. “I was trying so hard just to make it work, failing, then failing again, until I finally started to see some success. And even then, it didn’t feel like the reward. It felt like proof that persistence mattered, that enduring mattered more than the applause or the recognition.”

Even now, he reminds us, success was never the goal. It was never about the fame or the money or the attention. It was about survival, about expansion, about capturing something real and fleeting and holding it long enough to make sense of it. What frustrated him most was not the grind itself, not the long hours or the endless revisions, but the struggle to translate what he felt into words and sounds, to make the music echo the exact way it resonated inside him, to explain an emotion that seemed lost in a sea of memories, a feeling too complicated to name but too important to ignore.

Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
I was bullied really badly in school, have a learning disability, family of addicts, severe PTSD as a kid from drugs and domestic violence. I struggle to understand things to this day. I need you to say something to me and realize i might not process it for 2 weeks before it clicks. It’s frustrating for me when people get mad at me because I don’t understand their point. When they didn’t even do a decent job explaining it. My old producer used to try to teach me something and then get mad i didn’t immediately get his point. It’s not like something is wrong with me, my brain is just different. I have been severely traumatized by several things. I don’t operate as most people do, It takes people a while to just understand how I operate. I have completely different morals and values/ goals and don’t fit in anywhere except music and skateboarding.

Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
At this
juncture I make my album artwork, engineer, my tracks, market my music, write my songs, create promo videos, design media campaigns Co-Produce my songs, and create breathtaking unique music, I wish was already made. My uniqueness lies in my fact I can’t stand the level of effort many people are putting into music. Does it sound good? Yeah, but its hollow inside. I don’t want anything to do with it. I get My releases professionally mixed and mastered. Until they are just right. I spend more time on writing the notes about what’s going to happen to this revision of the mix. Than most people spend on their whole mix and master. Everything is industry pressed like fast food. I’m not kidding when i say that. You can hear it after you start really listing to my music.

Music isn’t a science or an art to me. It’s an expression of Existence. My soul reverberates with music to the tune of the cosmos. What do I want more than anything? To move somebody and help them. I want the listener to feel accepted and loved. To realize all their insecurities… Were lies placed in their heads man.
I don’t care what your album did first week. Did it saves someone’s life or not?

I have a face for radio, It’s perfect.

At any rate there is something to taking a bunch of random scattered bits you care about deeply and making something new from that. I change up stuff constantly. I make big movements on the knobs and try something out. You can’t have an exact recipe. It’s like you put in these elements in these different ways but there is always so much diversity its’s fresh. From song to song minute to minute, Fresh. Never stale or the same. But what if you made a hit following a certain path wouldn’t you try it again? I might if were being honest. But I wouldn’t write it down in a book. That would kill the whole point of making music and being free. Leave the last page of the journey out. I’ll tell you how I got there, What I brought with me and Mistakes I made. But what I wont tell you is the exact step by step recipe. so you can make boring repetitive music out of something that used to be my soul. So we can take something that’s beautiful and a part of me and make it a commodity?

People are like your branded so well. I’ll tell you a secret if you keep it between us. I’m just my authentic self. Authenticity radiates higher than anything else in terms of emotions. It’s even more than love which is crazy. I thought the same thing at first but its true. I’m scared the whole time but that’s part of the journey. See you gotta sift through the people that aint worth it. It’s really a process but eventually you realize you found you’re people. That you are able to effect a community of people going through the same struggles because you integrated your shadow and became your authentic self.

No one really is making what they want. What do i mean by that? I mean that if we looked at music as a whole. What you would make would be closer to a kid messing around on a piano. Than someone writing a hit track with music theory. You want everything intuitive. Idk how to play the piano well but i can play it and make the exact note in my head. That’s what i mean. I know the names of the keys, How to play correctly and the fundamental mistakes beginners make but that’s about it.

In addition to the things that set me apart. Is my belief there isn’t anything as a dissonant chord in music. You cant do anything that completely ruins the song. To the point there isn’t something else you could do to it or after it to keep it viable. That’s what i mean. Herbie Hancock played a wrong chord and Miles Davis looked at them funny and changed the notes he was going to play. There isn’t a wrong note you can play. Don’t give into criticism, The problem lies in many things. One that people are only looking at what you’re doing from their preconceived notions on good and bad. They aren’t looking at this like a breath of fresh air and seeing if it moves them. I find most people cant understand the potential in something. Heck most people cant even tell you if something is good or bad. They can just tell you if it’s popular right now. What matters ? That you like it or at the very least that you enjoyed your time making it. Don’t listen to criticism and don’t give it. Someone will naturally get better over time and eventually get past it. I find people criticize my whole style, flow, content. From one freestyle I do in front of them. Like you should do this, when in reality it’s just not the type of beat for that. No one feels good about putting their heart and soul into something that they did. To be told everything “wrong” with it. Who are these people anyways? What’s your credibility? Your just some guy I know that listens to music. You have never even made music.

What makes me different? For one I sell my songwriting royalties to fans. $10 For 1% of the songwriter Royalties of that song for life. I know a lot of people say that’s stupid. You spend so much time and energy on making a song. You have struggled and suffered for 30 plus years and you now going to drop everything into it. To give it away to someone who gives you some money. Despite the fact You know its going to go places. Why would you sell something so cheap that you know is going to the top and start a movement? It’s the cost of doing business my friend. Do Iwant 100% of nothing or do i want 40-50% of something huge. With dedicated fans behind me. Its so simple. Get the nonsense out of your head everyone deserves to get paid fair. I spend 100% of the money on marketing that song all at once once I have sold the section i plan on selling. $10 For 1% of the songwriter Royalties of that song for life. Minus PRO songwriter’s share of performance royalties. I can’t legally sell that.

One of the things I do that sets me apart is I hide clues in the obvious places. I never say it but its obvious if you really care.
I want to make a movement. I do everything non traditionally and I share my secret gems I find. I don’t really care about all the things others worry about.
I would be insulted to be called the best rapper ever. You mean nobody expanded on what i was doing? We didn’t grow as a culture? Sure I was cool but why isn’t anyone teaching their kids the next step to the formula. Why aren’t my fans better at the things I specialized in? We got people suffering and everyone’s wasting their energy on nonsense and distractions.

I put this much effort into making this. How much effort do you think I put into my music.

Don’t quit is probably the best song to listen to by me to explain my overall style in one song.
I learned a lot of useless things, that’s what sets me apart. If you know what I mean you will appreciate that one. Don’t explain it please.

Be yourself and if someone doesn’t like you good. Because that person isn’t a fit for you. They can see your value in their eyes.
You only get so many days to experience life. So why would you waste it on people that hurt your feelings and harm your potential. People regret not chasing their dreams on their deathbed. While they were living they filled their life with garbage people and distractions.

I rewrote this and my computer shut off and I had to rewrite it. I didn’t let myself get discouraged about it. I’ve had multiple drives of music with friends get destroyed. That they were holding onto as it was their project with me. Every time the same sentiment, I’m going to get so much better. One time they refused to back it up no matter what i did. Guess they’ll feel weird when I’m on Billboard.

I’m not a person pushing a brand or image. This is just me, I make music for people that are depressed. That completely bypasses what my peers are doing in music. I’m focused on my lane and they are doing something else. I can’t stand people trying to sell a product that would be hot if it was true. But its not. Just be you.

What I tried to give was everything I can. I mean that in a different way than most.

Is there anything else you’d like to share with our readers?
You can make more progress by fine tuning what you do. Until the point you find the most effective actions. in a short period of time. Than you can spending all that time mindlessly training without focus.

What should you do?

Ask a master what exercise every student refuses to do on their own.
That’s your answer.

Do that!

Pricing:

• $10 1% of the songs lifetime songwriter royalty share
• $15 Exclusive Unreleased Pack of 30 songs
• $1 4 Song Download Plus 5 ringtones

Contact Info:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wildflowwisdom/
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@WildFlowWisdom

Image Credits
Wild Flow