2 Recordings at 2am from my Car Studio

I just bought a recording mic!!!

Enjoy these free MP3s!!

∞Beginning Blessings.zip (3.1mb)
   § 01_Just Beginning (prod. by DJ Premier)
   § 02_What A Blessing (prod. by DJ Premier)

Download ^that while you read this, it's only 2 song files.

I grab the microphoneme, hold it tight.

I recently got a mic to record higher quality audios for my audience. Though not a typical sound booth, it turns out that a CAR, while in park, has naturally good acoustics. The vibes are contained without dissipation, that's why music sounds great in the car.

Not my car, but the scene set-up looked something like this, but at 2am.

The beats are not mine, they are instrumentals from the 2012 album KOLEXXXION by Bumpy Knuckles and DJ Premier, so I'm not gonna charge money for Premo's production.

The first track is an opening verse, my first real audio release to the world, so it's just the beginning! The verse is legit though (no bias), starting with the first 2-4 bars til the end... PEEP, DON'T SLEEP.

And the 2nd recording... It really inspired this whole thing. After I got home from session on Monday, I had this rhyme come to my head, went like this:

I miss that old feeling of having a first kiss.

Thinking back to moments of bliss, I reminisce

About girls once really cool with... now we're through with.

We vibed together like music and our love was deep-rooted.

I cared for them all...

I wrote the whole thing, then recorded it immediately, along with a few other tracks Monday night. Finished my recording session in the early AM hours.

Disclaimer though, I haven't had that many girlfriends (I count 3 real ones), but that's from the heart! I'm not with them now, but when I was, I really cared a lot for them. They were my world, joy and inspiration at the time. I hope I was a decent bf; if I had yelp reviews, I think they'd be mainly positive. And the last 6-7 bars are for my current gf, Mi Amore. I made her a song about 9 months into our relationship, and she still inspires me to write. Peace love.


Now that you've downloaded the songs, I recommend you listen to it in the car, or on headphones, because this music isn't meant to be played on a laptop/computer or while multi-tasking. At least don't judge it til you give it a good listen.


 This is the journal entry I wrote right after writing "What a Blessing":

2/23/15
I just made one of the best verse I ever made. Brand new from pure inspiration. What a blessing. And it's almost a letter to my exes, but in a positive way, not a usual misogynistic hip hop way, which turns off a lot of people. I make a note to refer to all the women as queens and nothing less. I will share in the mp3 shortly.

Enjoy!

Every moment of weakness is also a test of strength

The title of this post is something I realized yesterday, at a local Open Mic.
I got irked! I got bumped!
And almost did something regrettable (in the form of online retaliation).

But thankfully, I did not!
Instead, I'm turning it into a story/thoughtspit about the lesson I learned from my moment of weakness.

And since some people seem to think that I'm happy all the time, or I got it made or something, this is just a reminder that I sometimes feel down about myself too. But it's a good thing I avoided retaliating against a group of honest, hardworking volunteer organizers. I was foolish to even consider the thought.

But hey, this is what a look like when I talk:

Just let that play.
Part 2 can be watched here.

So at the moment, I'm currently dealing with a few inconveniences, primarily my thumb being injured, leaving me still unable to get down and break, and unable to give a proper right-handed high-5.

Since a lot of people know me as "the dancing guy," you can imagine the difficulty I now have, not being able to dance. It's just another test. For me, it means I have to start doing more of what I'm less comfortable doing. Things like blogging, rapping, studying high-level math, and making the video above.

Because SOME people were put-off by my picture of Sharon Tay in the previous post,
I figure this awkwardly proportioned, water-balloon-looking man
would even things out (while staying in line with the "test of strength" theme)

Blogging's not easy, neither is rapping, neither is performing in front of audiences, and I can't say I'm the best, but I can definitely say I'm getting better. Compare my raps now to the ones a year ago. Deliberate practice yields improvement!

Anyhow,

Peace INSIDE, to all the spiritual warriors,
Who see life beyond its physical borders.