How This 22 Year Old Landed A Billion Dollar Client (it’s easy)

How This 22 Year Old Landed A Billion Dollar Client (it’s easy)

From Chew the Fat by Kinso

May 28, 2026 · 59 min · Season 1

About this episode

Bailey Pickles shares his journey of achieving success in music composition at a young age and the strategies he used to connect with major clients.

Bailey Pickles is 22 and has already been asked by Apple to compose the music for their 50th Anniversary, Mr. Beast to compose the music for Beast Games S2 and Vivid to light up the city with his music for Sydney's biggest light show.He built an audience of 1.6M+ by posting videos of him playing piano on TikTok and Instagram. He would hear a song for the first time and immediately be able to recreate it on the keys. But it wasn't luck - it was 10,000 hours of mastery, doing what he loves, with a family that gave him the confidence to become a star.In this podcast, Bailey explains how he achieves what he wants by writing it over and over, putting it out into the world, and letting the algorithm connect him with the biggest composers, artists and business owners across the world.

People in this episode

Host: Kinso

Guest: Bailey Pickles

Topics covered

  • music composition
  • social media success
  • personal branding
  • creativity
  • business strategy

Keywords

  • music
  • Apple
  • Mr. Beast
  • TikTok
  • Instagram
  • creativity
  • business

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Apple, Mr. Beast, Vivid

Places: Sydney

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