So, Wretch 32 is one of the few UK rappers in the mainstream that I honestly respect fully. His break through song was "Traktor". I, like everyone else, loved the song, but what grabbed me was the bridge. The production almost completely changed, and to be honest, it felt like a whole different song to me - a good song.
So I decided to take the instrumental of the bridge of the song, and recreate it with my Co-D, Shakka. Here is the web video and you can download the song from here - enjoy...
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Sunday, 20 November 2011
Wednesday, 1 September 2010
I luv live : Nothing Compares
The second song from my performance at I luv live on 26th July - the beat sounds low because the engineer turned down the band on the mics.....still sounds alright i think.....enjoy....
Tuesday, 17 August 2010
Footage : In-ci-sive @ Iluvlive
As you may or may not know, I performed at Iluvlive a few weeks ago. I wasnt able to use the band I normally perform with, HOWEVER, I couldnt complain about the alternative - Dynamiks band. They are Donaeo's band and they have performed with a whole bag of huge UK artists. I did manage to get in Revolutionary Zuri on the sax from the normal band - and obviously, the talented Shakka on backing vocals.
The show went well, I think...got a few more supporters....here's footage the opening song - more to follow soon.
The show went well, I think...got a few more supporters....here's footage the opening song - more to follow soon.
Sunday, 9 May 2010
The Rehersal Show Part 2
Following from the post below...heres part 2
P.s If it takes long to load or is stuttering, change the 720P option on the bottom right of the video to 480
Thursday, 6 May 2010
The Rehersal Show Part 1
As you know, I performed a 20 minute set at 93 feet east on bricklane last week. Unfortunately (and very unlike me) I forgot my video camera!!! Fortunately, the lovely and very talented Nadine Charles not only came out to support me that night, but she also managed to film some of the show so check that out on her blog - http://www.nadinemcharles.blogspot.com/ .
ALSO - I did happen to film (Well left the camera on) at the rehersal the night before the show...so you get to see a full dry run of the set....as this is a rehersal, there may be mistakes etc but its all toward making good, real music...you can see shakkas back through most of it who assists with BVs, Me (obviously), Nicolas blackman on the bass and David on drums - Duncan "Street Focus" James is out of the picture on the right on lead guitar, so is "Revolutionary" Zuri on Sax and the lovely Yasmin Baker on keys...enjoy part 1...
P.p.s IF YOU HAVENT DONE SO, PLEASE VOTE FOR ME IN THE POST BELOW!!
ALSO - I did happen to film (Well left the camera on) at the rehersal the night before the show...so you get to see a full dry run of the set....as this is a rehersal, there may be mistakes etc but its all toward making good, real music...you can see shakkas back through most of it who assists with BVs, Me (obviously), Nicolas blackman on the bass and David on drums - Duncan "Street Focus" James is out of the picture on the right on lead guitar, so is "Revolutionary" Zuri on Sax and the lovely Yasmin Baker on keys...enjoy part 1...
P.s If it takes long to load or is stuttering, change the 720P option on the bottom right of the video to 480
P.p.s IF YOU HAVENT DONE SO, PLEASE VOTE FOR ME IN THE POST BELOW!!
Monday, 1 February 2010
Wednesday, 5 August 2009
Video Diary Episode 2 PART 2
This is part TWO of the the second episode of my video diary so if you have not seen part one, please scroll down to the next blog post just below this one. This episode follows me round during the second half of july - the 15th to the 30th. It goes something like this...
22nd July - I went to see Kadija Kamara in the Finals of "Soho got Talent"
25th July - Donaeo Video shoot for Party Hard
26th July - Me performing at "The Flea Pit"
Again this is the Second Half of an episode so please please watch part 1 (directly below) first if you havent (Part 1 was the one with I Luv Live open mic if you cant remember!!).
IF YOU GET THE "SORRY THIS VIDEO CANNOT BE PLAYED" MESSAGE, CLICK THE VIDEO TO GOTO ANOTHER PAGE TO WATCH IT
22nd July - I went to see Kadija Kamara in the Finals of "Soho got Talent"
25th July - Donaeo Video shoot for Party Hard
26th July - Me performing at "The Flea Pit"
Again this is the Second Half of an episode so please please watch part 1 (directly below) first if you havent (Part 1 was the one with I Luv Live open mic if you cant remember!!).
IF YOU GET THE "SORRY THIS VIDEO CANNOT BE PLAYED" MESSAGE, CLICK THE VIDEO TO GOTO ANOTHER PAGE TO WATCH IT
Saturday, 1 August 2009
Video Diary EPISODE 2 Pt1
Again, ive tried to squeeze all ive been doing in the last fornight of July in a video diary. This time though, i found it hard to chop all the footgae up so ive split it into part 1 (Below) and part 2 which I will post later this week. A breakdown of this part is as follows :
19th July : In studio with Shakka mixing the last bits of his EP
20th July : Supporting Shakka at I Luv Live
22nd July : Supporting Kadija Kamara at Soho's got talent
Again, you may not see me in the videos that much because I am the actual cameraman and its meant to be through my eyes...hope you enjoy it...its me...this is my life episode 2 - part 1!!
Use the button on the bottom right of the video next to the "speaker button" for full screen
19th July : In studio with Shakka mixing the last bits of his EP
20th July : Supporting Shakka at I Luv Live
22nd July : Supporting Kadija Kamara at Soho's got talent
Again, you may not see me in the videos that much because I am the actual cameraman and its meant to be through my eyes...hope you enjoy it...its me...this is my life episode 2 - part 1!!
Use the button on the bottom right of the video next to the "speaker button" for full screen
Thursday, 30 July 2009
Car Show : In Car Performance/Rehersal
Sup people,
As you may or may not know, I performed at a night called Limelight in June, supported by Artists Kadija Kamara and Shakka. As part of rehersals, we had a runthrough of the songs in my car. We managed to get it on tape somehow it turned into a show itself - alot have been requesting it from the clips I used in the Limelight show footage so here it is..enjoy three songs
Use the button on the bottom right of the video next to the "speaker button" for full screen:
The Car Show : Nothing Compares
The Car Show : Release
The Car Show : Stay Fly
As you may or may not know, I performed at a night called Limelight in June, supported by Artists Kadija Kamara and Shakka. As part of rehersals, we had a runthrough of the songs in my car. We managed to get it on tape somehow it turned into a show itself - alot have been requesting it from the clips I used in the Limelight show footage so here it is..enjoy three songs
Use the button on the bottom right of the video next to the "speaker button" for full screen:
The Car Show : Nothing Compares
The Car Show : Release
The Car Show : Stay Fly
Shax EP FREE DOWNLOAD!!
The very talented artist I work closely with (Shakka) has JUST finished his first product - a free 6 track EP called "Foolishness Vol.1" Please click the cd and download it - very good music. Well done shax!!!
Friday, 17 July 2009
Video Diary: 2 Weeks with Incisive
I been away from my blog for a while...but that doesnt mean I havent been working so lemme update you - This is how the first couple weeks of my July has gone :
5th July : With Shax in Uprock Studios to record and then to Myish Studios to mix one of his songs
6th July : Went to a Live music night called Wired in Shoreditch House
8th July: In Myish Studios with Te1 working on new songs for my upcoming album
11th july: In uprock studios with Te1 and Sewuese finishing off a song
12th July: In Myish studios with Shax finishing off mixing songs for his upcoming Ep and recording a song for my album
13th July: My general press Pictures Photoshoot
14th July: In Nutty P's Studio, working on a song for my album
...I think that covers the two weeks...but instead of typing about it...I thought Id ACTUALLY show you so...enjoy... - Its TWO WEEKS of my life so it ive split it into two parts as its about 12 minutes total...enjoy a look through my eyes...
PART 1 of 2
PART 2 of 2
5th July : With Shax in Uprock Studios to record and then to Myish Studios to mix one of his songs
6th July : Went to a Live music night called Wired in Shoreditch House
8th July: In Myish Studios with Te1 working on new songs for my upcoming album
11th july: In uprock studios with Te1 and Sewuese finishing off a song
12th July: In Myish studios with Shax finishing off mixing songs for his upcoming Ep and recording a song for my album
13th July: My general press Pictures Photoshoot
14th July: In Nutty P's Studio, working on a song for my album
...I think that covers the two weeks...but instead of typing about it...I thought Id ACTUALLY show you so...enjoy... - Its TWO WEEKS of my life so it ive split it into two parts as its about 12 minutes total...enjoy a look through my eyes...
Right click the video for full screen
PART 1 of 2
PART 2 of 2
Friday, 12 June 2009
Limelight 6th June Performance : Edited Video
I performed at a night called Limelight on 6th June - this time hosted by Babyblue.
Below is an edited video of the performance and parts of the day before the performance. A FULL unedited video of the performance will be available in the next week.
A BIG THANKYOU to the very talented artists who are Kadija Kamara (http://www.myspace.com/kadijakamara ) Shax ( http://myspace.com/shaxmusic ) who assisted me with vocals that night.
I would also like to thank EVERYONE who was able to come down and support me. I REALLY appreciate it. Watch, Enjoy, Leave a Comment.
Right click for FULL SCREEN
Below is an edited video of the performance and parts of the day before the performance. A FULL unedited video of the performance will be available in the next week.
A BIG THANKYOU to the very talented artists who are Kadija Kamara (http://www.myspace.com/kadijakamara ) Shax ( http://myspace.com/shaxmusic ) who assisted me with vocals that night.
I would also like to thank EVERYONE who was able to come down and support me. I REALLY appreciate it. Watch, Enjoy, Leave a Comment.
Right click for FULL SCREEN
Saturday, 6 June 2009
Shax & Incisive History and "Talk To Me" Acoustic
(Yes theres a video - just read then watch!)
So doing shows, you get to show off your music and (Hopefully) make an impression on people for them to buy your music, follow your campaign, or for other musicians to want to work with you.
After my favourite performance EVER at Shoreditch House (Watch Here), Myself and Shax who I performed with were approached by a tall, slim friendly faced white dude who introduced himself as "Ed". He told us he played guitar, and "Really really enjoyed the performance, loved our sound, our message, and the whole vibe we brought and would love to work with us". So we took his number down with the aim to meet up with him at some point. Its funny when you do that because you have NO idea what level or how talented the person is - if its an artist, you can go home and check they myspace or something, but a guitarist normally hasnt got anything like that - For some reason though, we had a feeling about "Ed"- sometimes you just get that feeling without even hearing the person sing/play, that they are gonna be good - which was backed by the people he mentioned he played giggs with. Down to clashing schedules though, we didnt link up for THREE MONTHS. Here's a bit of what happened when we finally did though.....
A bit of Incisive/Shax History
As you regular readers probably know by now, I work quite closely with a talented vocalist/producer by the name of "Shax". We produce quite alot of music together, feature on each others songs, and do shows together, and throughout this blog, he pops up ALOT to the point where people ask if we are a duo group. No...the answer is no, we are not a duo, we just understand each other musically and inspire, and push each other - I guess you need people around you that do that.
Shax is actually a few years younger than me so I actually know him through his big brother, Justin who I went to college with, and university with - we were housemates for two years even but all this time, I never really worked with Shax.
I remember Justin always telling me about his little brother who could make music, who sang, who went to music school on the weekends etc but I never really listened - I mean, everyones got a little brother, or little cousin that they tell me about, hoping id take them under my wing (That sounds big headed - i mean more for me to "help them out and get started") - not all of who are the most talented! So im not gonna lie, I ignored justin for a minute! Im talking like four years during uni!
When I got back from uni though, I went back to my regular music making in London, and also teaching a studio engineering course in a local youth centre. It was at this youth centre (that Shax happened to goto sometimes) that Shax done a performance for some showcase one day.
So he came to me in the studio, in the youth centre to help mix his song for the performance. When this hyperactive, always singing to himself and moving around, teenager played me the song, I was BLOWN AWAY. This 16 year old (16 at the time), that I had ignored for these years actually had some FIRE - the song was called talk to me. It was VERY rough around the edges in terms of the mix and I think he had like two other songs fully recorded down to his lack of focus and sheer madness at that age but the talent couldnt hide itself. He performed the song and I decided to work with the dude. I wanted to hear more but he was very unfocused with batches of unfinished, half recorded songs or ideas just recorded on his phone, or unfinished beats.
Since then, we link up at my house to record sometimes backing on my tracks, but also and mainly tracks for his project, and the talent in shax has increased tenfold. I refuse to take any credit for his talent - I just saw the talent, couldnt let it be wasted so tried to focus it to get songs recorded.
I like to think Shax was like some musical BEAST in some huge forest with tall trees all around - I had nothing to do with creation of the beast, all im doing for him is cutting down some trees, making his path a little clearer.
Yea...
IM SURE SHAX WILL FILL IN THE GAPS WHEN HE READS THIS!!
More soon...
Random P.s I KEEP getting stopped by police - used to happen to me alot and I complained then they stopped - seems to be happening again - ima write a written complaint to superintendents, Local mps, local papers - if it happens to you or someone you know - dont let it slide - real talk..
So doing shows, you get to show off your music and (Hopefully) make an impression on people for them to buy your music, follow your campaign, or for other musicians to want to work with you.
After my favourite performance EVER at Shoreditch House (Watch Here), Myself and Shax who I performed with were approached by a tall, slim friendly faced white dude who introduced himself as "Ed". He told us he played guitar, and "Really really enjoyed the performance, loved our sound, our message, and the whole vibe we brought and would love to work with us". So we took his number down with the aim to meet up with him at some point. Its funny when you do that because you have NO idea what level or how talented the person is - if its an artist, you can go home and check they myspace or something, but a guitarist normally hasnt got anything like that - For some reason though, we had a feeling about "Ed"- sometimes you just get that feeling without even hearing the person sing/play, that they are gonna be good - which was backed by the people he mentioned he played giggs with. Down to clashing schedules though, we didnt link up for THREE MONTHS. Here's a bit of what happened when we finally did though.....
(Shax cussed me out for taking a video from one of his posts on HIS blog so click the pic to see the original post - the videos are at the bottom - im talking about the "Talk to me" video - both are entertaining, as is his post - please click read and watch)
A bit of Incisive/Shax History
As you regular readers probably know by now, I work quite closely with a talented vocalist/producer by the name of "Shax". We produce quite alot of music together, feature on each others songs, and do shows together, and throughout this blog, he pops up ALOT to the point where people ask if we are a duo group. No...the answer is no, we are not a duo, we just understand each other musically and inspire, and push each other - I guess you need people around you that do that.
Shax is actually a few years younger than me so I actually know him through his big brother, Justin who I went to college with, and university with - we were housemates for two years even but all this time, I never really worked with Shax.
I remember Justin always telling me about his little brother who could make music, who sang, who went to music school on the weekends etc but I never really listened - I mean, everyones got a little brother, or little cousin that they tell me about, hoping id take them under my wing (That sounds big headed - i mean more for me to "help them out and get started") - not all of who are the most talented! So im not gonna lie, I ignored justin for a minute! Im talking like four years during uni!
When I got back from uni though, I went back to my regular music making in London, and also teaching a studio engineering course in a local youth centre. It was at this youth centre (that Shax happened to goto sometimes) that Shax done a performance for some showcase one day.
So he came to me in the studio, in the youth centre to help mix his song for the performance. When this hyperactive, always singing to himself and moving around, teenager played me the song, I was BLOWN AWAY. This 16 year old (16 at the time), that I had ignored for these years actually had some FIRE - the song was called talk to me. It was VERY rough around the edges in terms of the mix and I think he had like two other songs fully recorded down to his lack of focus and sheer madness at that age but the talent couldnt hide itself. He performed the song and I decided to work with the dude. I wanted to hear more but he was very unfocused with batches of unfinished, half recorded songs or ideas just recorded on his phone, or unfinished beats.
Since then, we link up at my house to record sometimes backing on my tracks, but also and mainly tracks for his project, and the talent in shax has increased tenfold. I refuse to take any credit for his talent - I just saw the talent, couldnt let it be wasted so tried to focus it to get songs recorded.
I like to think Shax was like some musical BEAST in some huge forest with tall trees all around - I had nothing to do with creation of the beast, all im doing for him is cutting down some trees, making his path a little clearer.
Yea...
IM SURE SHAX WILL FILL IN THE GAPS WHEN HE READS THIS!!
More soon...
Random P.s I KEEP getting stopped by police - used to happen to me alot and I complained then they stopped - seems to be happening again - ima write a written complaint to superintendents, Local mps, local papers - if it happens to you or someone you know - dont let it slide - real talk..
Monday, 25 May 2009
Incisive VS Shax Acoustic Clash!!
In most of my studio videos/sessions, as you may have seen, theres always bit we go off track and catch some joke - this was so funny to me, I thought it should be a video by itself.
Leave a comment on who you think won.
Sunday, 17 May 2009
H20 Album Launch Performance Footage
Quickie!!
I know it was about 6 weeks now but heres the little footage I managed to get together from my boy H20's "The Balance" Album Launch ( http://www.myspace.com/h20thefire )at Portobello Inn On the Green. Obviously was with the all talented shax - Im loving his backing vocals on both tracks!! Have a listen...
Enjoy and REMEMBER 6th JUNE MY NEXT SHOW!!!
I know it was about 6 weeks now but heres the little footage I managed to get together from my boy H20's "The Balance" Album Launch ( http://www.myspace.com/h20thefire )at Portobello Inn On the Green. Obviously was with the all talented shax - Im loving his backing vocals on both tracks!! Have a listen...
Enjoy and REMEMBER 6th JUNE MY NEXT SHOW!!!
Wednesday, 4 March 2009
Shoreditch House Perfomance video : Encore!
If you dont wanna read, the vid of the performance is at the bottom of this post!!!
This week has and still is a real exciting week for me. On monday night I performed with Shax and his band at Shoreditch House at a night called "Wired". Its a night of performances from all genres in a nice intimate environment with a good crowd.
We were meant to be on at 10pm but things were out of sync so we didnt get on till about 23:30 as the LAST act of the night. Just before us was some dude called Rhys Morgan singing with an acoustic band (guitar and piano) some VERY slow songs - I personally think he was VERY VERY good though - hollared at him on myspace after and all sorts...but it was the end of the night and he sorta brought the mood down with the vibe of his good, but downtempo songs - we had alot to do to catch up on...shax came out first and jumped in straight with his tunes and captured the audience IMMEDIATELY - I sat on the side in awe - after his first song, was my time to get up and perform release with him - I was soooo soo happy with the performance - we woke up and captured the crowd so much we got a standing ovation AND encore....below is the encore we did luckily someone recorded it - our camera died after shax's third song - ima put up the video of the whole performance later but for now...enjoy....
THIS I THINK IS MY FAVOURITE PERFORMANCE EVER!!! I wish you could see the whole crowd through the whole thing - the vibe was crazy!! WATCH TO THE END - THATS THE BEST PART!!
Right click on the play button for full screen!!
Oh yea - at the START of the performance, where the band comes in wrong, thats down to a "game" we play on stage - Basically, I give them a half a bar intro (two counts - "one, two") and they come in there - the problem is, on every performance, the count comes at ANY time and its in the form of "one, two, uh" - normal bands start songs with a full bar count like "one, two, three, four" so its much harder for my band to catch it especially when I say it at any given time!! - in this peformance, the first time i say it, they miss it!! I was being sly with the count anyway!!! I think it adds to the vibe though - they catch it on the next one!!!
This week has and still is a real exciting week for me. On monday night I performed with Shax and his band at Shoreditch House at a night called "Wired". Its a night of performances from all genres in a nice intimate environment with a good crowd.
We were meant to be on at 10pm but things were out of sync so we didnt get on till about 23:30 as the LAST act of the night. Just before us was some dude called Rhys Morgan singing with an acoustic band (guitar and piano) some VERY slow songs - I personally think he was VERY VERY good though - hollared at him on myspace after and all sorts...but it was the end of the night and he sorta brought the mood down with the vibe of his good, but downtempo songs - we had alot to do to catch up on...shax came out first and jumped in straight with his tunes and captured the audience IMMEDIATELY - I sat on the side in awe - after his first song, was my time to get up and perform release with him - I was soooo soo happy with the performance - we woke up and captured the crowd so much we got a standing ovation AND encore....below is the encore we did luckily someone recorded it - our camera died after shax's third song - ima put up the video of the whole performance later but for now...enjoy....
THIS I THINK IS MY FAVOURITE PERFORMANCE EVER!!! I wish you could see the whole crowd through the whole thing - the vibe was crazy!! WATCH TO THE END - THATS THE BEST PART!!
Right click on the play button for full screen!!
Oh yea - at the START of the performance, where the band comes in wrong, thats down to a "game" we play on stage - Basically, I give them a half a bar intro (two counts - "one, two") and they come in there - the problem is, on every performance, the count comes at ANY time and its in the form of "one, two, uh" - normal bands start songs with a full bar count like "one, two, three, four" so its much harder for my band to catch it especially when I say it at any given time!! - in this peformance, the first time i say it, they miss it!! I was being sly with the count anyway!!! I think it adds to the vibe though - they catch it on the next one!!!
Wednesday, 11 February 2009
Practice Makes...Acoustic?
Havent posted for a while - i been busy maaan! :-)
(Quite a bit to Read...but if you aren't in the mood - ive got a live performance video below - scroll down!!!)
So I been launching this single (feels like I been doing this one tune forever)...but yea man - still going - the video has been sent out and so we are waiting for the initial response - its in fates hands now...
Im still picking up radio play - Release has been on Dj 279s show for the past 3 weeks...Ive also got a couple shows lined up too....one in the indigo 02 on the 3rd march and one on 27th march "Inn on the green" in portobello road....but ill update you about those closer to the time...
Those that know me, know that I dont really do shows and there are two main reasons (many musicians may argue but hey...MY BLOG!!..
1. Is that i stand and watch AmAZING people perform all the time but I believe that if you havent got anything to follow through with - i mean, an IMMEDIATE way of people going HOME and purchasing your product - its pointless almost - i mean, they recognise you are good, nod they heads even - and you will expand your fanbase...but your new fanbase will go away and will forget about you until you have a product they can reach...at which point, they WILL remember you...but they wouldve purchased your stuff if they liked it without seeing your performance - which brings my point to performing to promote an attainable product.
2. Audiences are sooo soo hard to frickin please when they dont know your song!!!! (yes yes - i know - good practice...if you can perform as an unknown artist, it makes you stronger as a known one...) yea bla bla!! - i KNOW...and you are right...BUT....when you perform a song someone has heard before, it is sooo much easier and enjoyable - if you got a no1 single - you could play your song and just nodd your head on stage and people would love it - which brings my point again to performing mainly to promote an attainable product that is out or will be out in the near future....
I DO believe in performing to practice as well so that when you have your product together and you DO have to perform - you can be on point - but I would personally limit "practice performances"...
Lets not forget though, the love of performing which im not going to knock - it IS the best feeling in the world and so on second thoughts - even though I still believe in my logic stated above - I cant knock anyone for performing randomly - but at the same time, I wouldnt anyone for performing randomly (myself)!!!
ANYWAY...enough talking....
Myself and shax have got a show coming up (well shax has a show he wants me to do a tune on) so I joined him and his band to reherse our and his song...here is the FIRST full performance - obviously needs work...but we had fun with it...
ENJOY!!
P.S - this is like an extended version of the song...me, shax and the band got a little carried away..lol!!
P.P.S - More rehersal footage soon come - I may re-edit this - just couldnt wait to upload it!!!
ppps - RIGHT CLICK THE FOUR ARROWS ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT OF THE VID FOR FULL SCREEN!
(Quite a bit to Read...but if you aren't in the mood - ive got a live performance video below - scroll down!!!)
So I been launching this single (feels like I been doing this one tune forever)...but yea man - still going - the video has been sent out and so we are waiting for the initial response - its in fates hands now...
Im still picking up radio play - Release has been on Dj 279s show for the past 3 weeks...Ive also got a couple shows lined up too....one in the indigo 02 on the 3rd march and one on 27th march "Inn on the green" in portobello road....but ill update you about those closer to the time...
Those that know me, know that I dont really do shows and there are two main reasons (many musicians may argue but hey...MY BLOG!!..
1. Is that i stand and watch AmAZING people perform all the time but I believe that if you havent got anything to follow through with - i mean, an IMMEDIATE way of people going HOME and purchasing your product - its pointless almost - i mean, they recognise you are good, nod they heads even - and you will expand your fanbase...but your new fanbase will go away and will forget about you until you have a product they can reach...at which point, they WILL remember you...but they wouldve purchased your stuff if they liked it without seeing your performance - which brings my point to performing to promote an attainable product.
2. Audiences are sooo soo hard to frickin please when they dont know your song!!!! (yes yes - i know - good practice...if you can perform as an unknown artist, it makes you stronger as a known one...) yea bla bla!! - i KNOW...and you are right...BUT....when you perform a song someone has heard before, it is sooo much easier and enjoyable - if you got a no1 single - you could play your song and just nodd your head on stage and people would love it - which brings my point again to performing mainly to promote an attainable product that is out or will be out in the near future....
I DO believe in performing to practice as well so that when you have your product together and you DO have to perform - you can be on point - but I would personally limit "practice performances"...
Lets not forget though, the love of performing which im not going to knock - it IS the best feeling in the world and so on second thoughts - even though I still believe in my logic stated above - I cant knock anyone for performing randomly - but at the same time, I wouldnt anyone for performing randomly (myself)!!!
ANYWAY...enough talking....
Myself and shax have got a show coming up (well shax has a show he wants me to do a tune on) so I joined him and his band to reherse our and his song...here is the FIRST full performance - obviously needs work...but we had fun with it...
ENJOY!!
P.S - this is like an extended version of the song...me, shax and the band got a little carried away..lol!!
P.P.S - More rehersal footage soon come - I may re-edit this - just couldnt wait to upload it!!!
ppps - RIGHT CLICK THE FOUR ARROWS ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT OF THE VID FOR FULL SCREEN!
Tuesday, 13 January 2009
"Release" Video Shoot photos
We Actually Shot this in April 2008...this industry is all about patience and planning...well I think it is anyway...I want longevity - not just one hit...
Finally though, the vid (God willing) will be out Feb 09 as the lead single for my upcoming mixtape...the song is already available on Itunes and all other good online vendors enjoy the photos for now...
Sunday, 4 January 2009
The Time (to collab) is now...
Ok...so Happy New Year and All that Malarchy...(Studio Video at the end if you dont want to read....but please read..)
Its a new year, so I guess its time to do New things....I dunno about resolutions most of the time because people dont really stick to them but Ive got one that I think Im going to try and stick to...
Looking at myself from the Outside in, ive come to realise that musically, im quite a "snob".
What I mean by that is that I dont really collaborate with other artists (outside my immediate camp of Shax and now TE1) to the point where I can honestly say that if I worked with you in 2008 (or at anytime in the past for that matter), I have either seen something in you that I thought was EXTREMELY special (not just special...EXTREMELY)...OR...you bugged the hell outta me!! ...and thats real...
Quite snobbish right??...well actually, the reasoning behind this isnt so bad.
Coming up musically, I learnt that relying on people is LONG because everyone is prone or able to let you down at some point...you can let yourself down...but then thats your own doing and no one elses...this is why I taught myself how to play piano, guitar, produce, bought equipment for my house so that I could record, engineer, master and be a self contained unit - no one to rely on...no one to slow me down...no one to blame....
I guess this mentality, plus a ridiculously busy schedule rubbed off on my outlook of collaborating with artists - I havent got time to open myself up to relying on something that could possibly let me down in anyway...etc...
ALSO...a couple artists who have reached out have been in a better position in the industry than I am and I hate to think that after ALL my hard work of doing everything myself and building myself up as an artist, im going to be introduced to the mainstream on the back of another artists career and for this reason, I even (foolishly) shy away from collaborating with bigger, more known artists...
THERE ARE a few artists that I wanted to work with last year but just HONESTLY didnt have the schedule to do it...Its no excuse because I shouldve MADE the time...im just highlighting the fact that there are ONE OR TWO people I DID want to work with last year but just didnt make enough effort...so dont automatically be offended if i didnt/havent worked with u...
In 2007/8 though, I reached out to shax
because I saw something EXTREMELY special in him as an artist but he was slightly unfocused at times so I brought him into my space so that he was able to record more regularly, and learn whatever I could teach in terms of engineering...and the technical side of making music...since then...we've been musical co dee's, Ive learnt alot from him creatively, and we've made REAL good music together..seperately (Including a song with Kadija Kamara 
that I produced)...and collaborating on songs like release - my upcoming single...Last summer...I randomly drove past a guy a producer I new from college who I was always meant to work with. I knew he was talented ages ago and fate would have it that I was just stuntin in the sun with the roof back with no where particular I pulled over and let him catch up...
I exchanged numbers with TE1
to record a track, which we did the following week but again, the chemistry was there and so we ended up doing a WHOLE mixtape together of songs entirely produced by him (which is in its final stages). We made some REAL good music on that as well with songs like "Nothing Compares" (somewhere in a previous post) and he stretched my musical boundaries to another place...What Im saying is that collabs are actually a good thing and I collaborated with one or two other artists/producers who reached out to me that year as well...all with positive results (Shout out to Origimoz
, Leslie Lewis Walker
, Crey Mey
, Chocolate Blonde 
Raw Smilez 
and Cappuchino
).Realising that now in retrospect...ima try and MAKE time, and reach out to people and stop being a "Musical Snob"...im on collaborating with ANY and EVERYone (that makes GOOD music)..thats my resolution...
Heres the studio video of a collab I done on the TE1 project with Kyza Smirfnoff...
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