Today I Will . . .

I was just thinking back to the time when I was being held hostage by someone else’s taste in radio stations. I was in their car and still 15 minutes or so away from our destination, so I quietly accepted the music which I would never hear in my own car. We covered all of [...]

Your Career Success Depends on Your Willingness to Go Down With the Ship

Ask yourself this question out loud, please; “Am I willing to go down with the ship?” Did you ask the question out loud? If by chance you didn’t, you may be missing the impact of the words. So please, say it out loud. You’re not doing it for me, this is for you; “Am I willing to go down with the ship?”

We Are All Responsible For Our Own Lives

OK, don’t get me wrong here; I know we are all responsible for our own lives. No matter what we face in our time here on the planet, we individually must navigate life. Even when it appears that someone else has made a decision for us, we have still made the decision to allow ourselves to be governed by another’s choice. If, by chance, you can’t agree with what I just said, sit with it a while.

Take Action Now

We all desire to be successful and live lives full of that which we deem valuable. However, the frequency with which we hear others and, sometimes ourselves, say things like, “Someday I will…” or “At some point I will get around to it…” implies that at best some external event will make a thing possible, or at worst, says the fulfillment of a wish is your best chance for success.

Missed Opportunities of the Past are Learning Opportunities in the Present

Many years ago I rapped with Ice T in a club called The Workshop in Los Angeles, California. I blew off an opportunity to do some work with Lil Jon back in 1998 during Freaknic in Atlanta, Georgia before he blew up because I was doing my own thing and he didn’t seem very important to me.

Natasha’s Album Project – Day five

Day 5. Again we had a 3 PM start with prayer and then she went right into the vocal booth to drop the last two pieces plus the intro’s to each piece. This took maybe an hour total. One day ahead of the established schedule we are done with the album foundation and all of her vocals.

The Six Stages of Album Recording – Part 3

After all of the tracks have been recorded, it’s time for mixing. Mixing is the process of taking all of the parts that make up your song and combining them into a stereo (two channel) or surround (five channel) mix. For years the standard type of mix has been the stereo mix; taking every part of a song and placing them somewhere in what has been called the stereo field.

Natasha’s Album Project – Day Four

Day 4. Today we got our start around 3 pm again. As I type this I am listening to the “Tashe Theme” song created after the recording day was finished and I was just free-styling with an acoustic guitar sound on my keyboard. No accidents!

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