Why I Keep My Earlier Music on Spotify

My catalogue is not just a collection of songs. For me, it is a timeline — a way of hearing the practice, mistakes, experiments and small breakthroughs that helped shape the artist I am today.

Something I have always wanted my Spotify catalogue to show is growth. If you listen from some of my earliest songs through to what I am creating today, you will hear differences in my vocals, writing, production, mixing and even my confidence.

And I am proud of that.

I could hide some of the older music because I know I can do things better now. But if I did that, you would only hear the destination — not the journey that got me there.

“The artist I am today came from the artist I was willing to be yesterday.”

Nobody starts at their best. You practise. You make mistakes. You experiment. You learn. You try things that work and things that do not. Over time, those experiences begin to shape your own sound.

That is why progression matters to me more than pretending everything was perfect from the beginning. Every older song represents what I knew at that moment. Every newer song carries something I learned from the one before it.

When I listen back, I can hear where my vocal control changed, where I became more confident with production, where my mixes became cleaner and where I started making creative decisions with more purpose. Those changes did not happen overnight. They came from time and practice.

So when you listen through my catalogue, do not just listen for perfection. Listen for the progression.

I am still learning. Still experimenting. Still evolving. And hopefully, a year from now, I will listen to what I am making today and hear even more growth.