THE MAKING OF THIS GROOVE (Studio Video)

I managed to rustle through the archives and find ORIGINAL studio footage of Myself, Shakka, and producer TE1 on the DAY we made my upcoming single, THIS GROOVE. Enjoy....

Video Diary Episode 4 Part Two

Video first, explanation after :

14th September : In Studio with TE1 recording my album
20th September : Back in studio with TE1 recording my album
26th September : In Home Studio with Yasmin Baker....recording my album
PLEASE FOLLOW ME ON MY JOURNEY AND WATCH IT ALL!! THANKS!
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So,

As I explained in my LoNG last text post, ive during september (and still this month) I stopped almost everything to complete the album. Its about 75% complete now id say - Ive recorded ALL of my verses but ive got one more feature to record then mixing and mastering to go throught which I guess would be the other 25%.

So this video diary is nothing but studio sessions - I hope you still enjoy/enjoyed it and see what time and effort goes into a 3:30 song or even an album that you may or may not like...hopefully you like mine.

Nice one

'Cisive

P.S I HAVE GOT A SPECIAL VIDEO DIARY FOR YOU NEXT TIME!!

Video Diary Episode 4 Part One

At the moment, ive almost completely stopped all live performances to record my album so this diary is mainly in the studio, during the recording process of my new album. However, we are still entertained by the likes of the lovely Lynikke and Sefa - presenters from the award winning Bang Radio when they interviewed me...so enjoy!!!

See if you can beat me on the competition they made me do!!!

I hope you find the time to watch the whole video and see the creative process I go through - this is quite focused on the studio session - but hopefully you'll see why - Episode 4 part 1 goes as follows :

3rd september : Bang radio interview
13th September (video says july but its september) : In the studio..making magic..(well tryin)
Then conclusion of the bang radio interview

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P.s - if this is the first video Diary you've seen - go back in the archives - watch my favourite - at the Donaeo Party Hard video shoot and more - HERE

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...

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PART 1 of 2

PART 2 of 2

Sewuese, Incisive, Te1 Studio session

Even though Ive been doing quite a few shows recently and have just put up the mixtape for free download, Ive still got to keep on keepin on (pun intended). So here is me back in the Studio with the VERY talented Sewuese - doing a "non hiphop song" that i am LOVING right now and cant wait to finish....



Sewuese is also a My-ish (The management/development team I am with ) artist, along with myself, Donaeo, Danso, and Eaproz.

Amongst alot other things, you may have heard Sewuese on Sways song ft Lemar "Saturday night hustle" singin "its Sway Dasafo from Dcyphaaaaaaaaa..." But below is her in her own stride singing an original song for a tv station....please watch it - the song is amazing!!

I never wanna rap again! (Studio Video)

NOT REALLY!!! Course I still wanna rap....

But its the name of the new song I recorded last sunday (17th May 09). Shout out to Kadija Kamara who kindly provided the AMAZING backing vocals for this song.

I think I explain most of it in the video so please watch and enjoy.... (Right click the video for full screen - and PLEASE COMMENT!)

PPS - YES THAT IS ME IN THE FITTED CAP...(I NEVER WEAR CAPS BUT...AS I SAID - ALL IS EXPLAINED!!)





PPS SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE FOR MORE INFO ON MY SHOW ON THE 6TH JUNE

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...

"InCiSive" Studio Vid!

'S Happening people!

Quick update on whats happening and a studio video at the bottom! : Im still working on the two mixtapes which are both one or two tracks from completion - and the album...

In more immediate news, I am starting to service (fancy word for "sending out to djays") my song "Release" on the buildup to the video release in January!!! (The song is on my myspace! Http://www.myspace.com/incisive1 ) so if you remember me when listening to radio, txt the dj and request Release by Incisive!

Ive been slippin with the blog posts I know but I dont like writing things without any content to post...maybe I should start though - its hard to keep up...

Anyway, here is a studio video of Myself, Shax and TE1 in the studio on the day I recorded a song called "InCiSive" produced by TE1...I warn u though - the video is 10 minutes!!!
I "cut" it to this length so (those who are interested...) can see what its like in the studio completely. So its mostly us just jammin, talking, bussin joke but all about our music with some EXCLUSIVE PREVIEWS in between.

If you are not really into the whole "studio video" thing - fwd to 7 minutes in to see the actual "Incisive" song recording... I just realised this is the FIRST video I have posted where you can see me actually laying down a verse...so yea...7 minutes in if anything...enjoy!


TE1 "InCiSive!" session from Incisive on Vimeo.