Hey...
Ive got a new studio session video (for those interested - I know that wont be all of you!!) but before that...
Its official, ive withdrawn the summertime video from the tv stations I sent it to. Alot of politics that wasted valuable time and now summer has gone. Im quite disappointed with it all BUT ive still got my other video (which alot of you seem to like - thanks for the comments on the making of vid) and so I guess I gotta take a step back and come with a new strategy.
In the meantime, the music dont stop though!! I met up with shax last night for a little studio session and we came up with something quite appropriate for this whole blog so heres the studio session. I could only cut so much from the filming so it IS quite long so ive split it into two parts - if you dont want to watch it all - go to the end of part two to hear the final song we made.
Watch all the vid if you cant and Dont forget to leave a comment on this page (you can leave anonymous comments) OR my facebook group wall - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=17991897985
Nice 1
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Part 1
Pt 2
Friday 29 August 2008
Monday 25 August 2008
NEW VIDEO MAKING OF/PREVIEW
So, obviously....
I gotta keep it moving so Ive been working on new material (shout out to TE1!) and got a new video sorted...its in the FINAL FINAL editing stages now...not sure when im gonna release it because I wouldve have wanted it to be closer to my other video, summertime...
Anyhow...here's some behind the scenes footage of it filmed by shax who u can here talking at times - he had backing vocals on it (The song and i guess the making of video!) Its directed by a very talented director - Jamie Cox whos portfolio include Bashys Black boys (original) and kidulthood to adulthood music videos.
Enjoy!
The Songs called "Release" (Ill explain the abstract name another time)
p.s My favourite part is shax willie bouncing!!!
p.p.s - Go back to my facebook group and leave a comment on the wall - let me know SOMEONE is reading!!
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I gotta keep it moving so Ive been working on new material (shout out to TE1!) and got a new video sorted...its in the FINAL FINAL editing stages now...not sure when im gonna release it because I wouldve have wanted it to be closer to my other video, summertime...
Anyhow...here's some behind the scenes footage of it filmed by shax who u can here talking at times - he had backing vocals on it (The song and i guess the making of video!) Its directed by a very talented director - Jamie Cox whos portfolio include Bashys Black boys (original) and kidulthood to adulthood music videos.
Enjoy!
The Songs called "Release" (Ill explain the abstract name another time)
p.s My favourite part is shax willie bouncing!!!
p.p.s - Go back to my facebook group and leave a comment on the wall - let me know SOMEONE is reading!!
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Patience, Virtue...all of that stuff
Well obviously, as you know, its near the end of summer.....but more importantly, although its recieved regular airplay on several major radio stations, the video for summertime has not seen the proverbial light of day on music television stations....so boy....
Even though i shot the video July 2007 and held it back to get my timing right in 2008, circumstances beyond my control may actually mean that I need to fall back...AGAIN. I guess its my punishment for doing a seasonal song in this England (A rain song, of course would work....hmmmm....maybe ill get cracking on a new "Rainytime" song!)
Im very close to pulling the video out of the tv stations that Ive sent it too and falling back for now - this is all about timing and I feel like ive missed the boat again this year.
Patience....virtue....all of that stuff...
Dont cry for my argentina
Ima get there soon..!
Even though i shot the video July 2007 and held it back to get my timing right in 2008, circumstances beyond my control may actually mean that I need to fall back...AGAIN. I guess its my punishment for doing a seasonal song in this England (A rain song, of course would work....hmmmm....maybe ill get cracking on a new "Rainytime" song!)
Im very close to pulling the video out of the tv stations that Ive sent it too and falling back for now - this is all about timing and I feel like ive missed the boat again this year.
Patience....virtue....all of that stuff...
Dont cry for my argentina
Ima get there soon..!
Sunday 10 August 2008
Radio Play
Despite all the madness with the video (Read below!), Radio DJ's have taken well to "Summertime". Ive had reports that its played on several pirate stations, choice fm, but most frequently on 1xtra and Radio 1 (Yes, Radio 1!!) By Ras Kwame who LOVES the tune and has marked it as his "summer anthem" - So special shoutout to Ras Kwame who has reached out and is proper supporting my single...
(The Image above are a few screenshots of his playlist in the past 3 weeks - see if you can find my name)
Saturday 9 August 2008
Summertime (kinda) video
This has been the most tedious process EVER!!!
Here is the video for my debut single - Summertime.
Here's the story behind the video...(VERY LONG READ BUT YOU SHOULD READ TO UNDERSTAND WHATS HAPPENING AND WHY...)
We actually shot it July 2007 but last years summer was a washout (which is why its not a bait summertime video) and we got it back late august anyway so it was long to release it then..so I was patient and decided to release it 08 summer (this year).
Then in january, I decided to do another video to release BEFORE summertime to sorta get my name out there so that when summertime dropped, I was already kinda established so I wouldnt have problems getting it played as soon as I needed it played (summertime songs need to be played in the summertime...its all about timing).
HOWEVER, because of uncontrollable circumstances, I didnt get to shoot this new video until late april and then the editing ran all the way into july (the new video looks HEAVY by the way...just taking long to edit because alot of peops are doing favours)
This forced me though, to double BACK and just release summertime first because I couldnt risk timing it wrong and releasing summertime too late.
HOWEVER, when i sent it to channel u, I sent on a digi beta tape which they dont accept - it took them a couple weeks to email me back and tell me this....
The clock is ticking...
Sooo I had to get it put onto a mini DV.
I asked the people editing the new video to do this for me seeing as they had a copy of summertime in the studios already....
They informed me that my master tapes of the summertime are in NTSC (American) format and there machines cant copy them to PAL (English) format.
A good friend got it sorted a couple days later (summertime clock still ticking) to get converted at some other studios but when i got there (after working a 15 hour day), it was copied from Digi beta tape to the mini dv tape that I needed, only with a big NTSC sticker on it (STILL IN AMERICAN FORMAT!!! AHHHHHHHHH)
Clock still ticking....
Couple days later, another friend gets it to someone else to convert it and also takes it directly to channel U offices for me (Shout out to E!).
Two weeks later and after I return from Ayia napa, the video still isnt playing on air!?!?!
I contact channel U who inform me that when they viewed the tape....it was blank...
(Summertime clock still ticking...past the first week of august now!!)
So I go to the channel U offices, swap the tape with another copy only to find out that the supposed blank tape had the video on it - all they had to do was rewind the tape about 30 seconds!!!!
Which brings us to now....9th august and the summertime video STILL hasnt got airplay - should be on by next week but considering I waited a WHOLE YEAR to get my timing right, u can understand my frustration.
Sorry about the long post - just had to vent!!
'Cisive
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Here is the video for my debut single - Summertime.
Here's the story behind the video...(VERY LONG READ BUT YOU SHOULD READ TO UNDERSTAND WHATS HAPPENING AND WHY...)
We actually shot it July 2007 but last years summer was a washout (which is why its not a bait summertime video) and we got it back late august anyway so it was long to release it then..so I was patient and decided to release it 08 summer (this year).
Then in january, I decided to do another video to release BEFORE summertime to sorta get my name out there so that when summertime dropped, I was already kinda established so I wouldnt have problems getting it played as soon as I needed it played (summertime songs need to be played in the summertime...its all about timing).
HOWEVER, because of uncontrollable circumstances, I didnt get to shoot this new video until late april and then the editing ran all the way into july (the new video looks HEAVY by the way...just taking long to edit because alot of peops are doing favours)
This forced me though, to double BACK and just release summertime first because I couldnt risk timing it wrong and releasing summertime too late.
HOWEVER, when i sent it to channel u, I sent on a digi beta tape which they dont accept - it took them a couple weeks to email me back and tell me this....
The clock is ticking...
Sooo I had to get it put onto a mini DV.
I asked the people editing the new video to do this for me seeing as they had a copy of summertime in the studios already....
They informed me that my master tapes of the summertime are in NTSC (American) format and there machines cant copy them to PAL (English) format.
A good friend got it sorted a couple days later (summertime clock still ticking) to get converted at some other studios but when i got there (after working a 15 hour day), it was copied from Digi beta tape to the mini dv tape that I needed, only with a big NTSC sticker on it (STILL IN AMERICAN FORMAT!!! AHHHHHHHHH)
Clock still ticking....
Couple days later, another friend gets it to someone else to convert it and also takes it directly to channel U offices for me (Shout out to E!).
Two weeks later and after I return from Ayia napa, the video still isnt playing on air!?!?!
I contact channel U who inform me that when they viewed the tape....it was blank...
(Summertime clock still ticking...past the first week of august now!!)
So I go to the channel U offices, swap the tape with another copy only to find out that the supposed blank tape had the video on it - all they had to do was rewind the tape about 30 seconds!!!!
Which brings us to now....9th august and the summertime video STILL hasnt got airplay - should be on by next week but considering I waited a WHOLE YEAR to get my timing right, u can understand my frustration.
Sorry about the long post - just had to vent!!
'Cisive
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Making of Stay Fly
Again, me and shax working together on a new song I produced.
We like to bounce ideas off each other as you will see....I was real pleased with the finished product - this is the road toward it - how the chorus developed etc...This is probably for my SECOND album...(not the one with summertime/release on it) or maybe even third album seeing as im working at two at a time at the moment - one with TE1 and one myself....
anyway....enjoy!!
We like to bounce ideas off each other as you will see....I was real pleased with the finished product - this is the road toward it - how the chorus developed etc...This is probably for my SECOND album...(not the one with summertime/release on it) or maybe even third album seeing as im working at two at a time at the moment - one with TE1 and one myself....
anyway....enjoy!!
Fine By You - Introducing Shax
I work quite alot with a young, VERY talented artist called shax - he's a vocalist and a producer. He done the backing vocals on my second single - release and was in the video - you'll see him in it when you see the vid (soon...soon...i promise!!)
Anyway, far from just a backing vocalist, he's an artist in himself...here's a track that I produced that he turned into a masterpiece if I do say so myself. This is the initial writing session - the final track has got Kadija Kamara on the second verse which is straight mind blowing...here's the writing session...enjoy!
Anyway, far from just a backing vocalist, he's an artist in himself...here's a track that I produced that he turned into a masterpiece if I do say so myself. This is the initial writing session - the final track has got Kadija Kamara on the second verse which is straight mind blowing...here's the writing session...enjoy!
"Release" Performance
Sorry - I know we are playing catchup for now but I got a bit to get through before we get to now.....
Heres a performance I done december 2007. It was just a little showcase put on by my cousin bliz. He's an artist too and now and then he puts on showcases where a few of us get together and perform to each other I guess to update each other on what we are doing - nice little nights.....here's my performance - the song is called release...its actually going to be my second single after summertime....enjoy..
Heres a performance I done december 2007. It was just a little showcase put on by my cousin bliz. He's an artist too and now and then he puts on showcases where a few of us get together and perform to each other I guess to update each other on what we are doing - nice little nights.....here's my performance - the song is called release...its actually going to be my second single after summertime....enjoy..
Beatmaking august 07 sample tune
This, again, is an oldie but a goody. Its a LONG arse video though so i guess you should only watch it if you are really interested in the whole beatmaking process - i go through it step by step - this is a sampled song though - recent events have shown me that samples in this country are LOOOOOOOOOOONGGG.
I guess them americans use them because they got record companies behind them who will deal with clearance etc - I tried getting sample clearance once with a song called come into my life (may post later) - was the longest and most tedious process of my life and I still ended up without clearance because they wanted 100% profits of the single!!! Imagine that....
Anyway...back to the video...enjoy....
I guess them americans use them because they got record companies behind them who will deal with clearance etc - I tried getting sample clearance once with a song called come into my life (may post later) - was the longest and most tedious process of my life and I still ended up without clearance because they wanted 100% profits of the single!!! Imagine that....
Anyway...back to the video...enjoy....
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