Underdog

he music industry is built on underdogs. As fans, we want to see the little guy succeed and we’re compelled to support someone whose rise to stardom has been an uphill battle. However, for Derek Smith, known to the world as Mod Sun, finding the confidence to pursue his passions has been a journey years in the making. “I always wanted to be a singer, but I was told for the majority of my life that I wasn’t a singer,” Mod says. “I was in bands surrounded by incredibly trained musicians with perfect pitch who told me that I wasn’t a singer and that killed a lot of my confidence. But there was a burn inside of me that I always wanted to sing.” Against the odds, Mod Sun is an artist who’s thriving in multiple disciplines right now, debuting his crossover album “Internet Killed the Rockstar” with