Connecting The Dots

Things are starting to look up for my project.  Lately I've gained and re-gained musical contacts to help get my project jumping off.  My panel member Three-zo (Tyrone Hill) hooked me up wit his nephew J.Marquis who is a producer and CEO of MarqMillion Productions.  From now on I'll be receiving beats from him and working on separate projects outside of school.  I haven't talked much about it with him, but hopefully I can get in his studio and record a couple songs professionally. I have a studio connect  close to my house that I just started going to this past weekend.  It's a home studio where we recored in a sound proof closet, but he has a better microphone than the one I am using now.

Last and the best of the news, I re-gained contact with my former colleague Bebo.  This guy was like a big brother to me back in the day when I was in middle school.  He put me in the studio and introduced me to the rap game.  We lost contact a little before I came to Chinquapin due to the fact that I left rap alone and got more involved in the streets.  He commented on my last blog post before this one; he left me his phone number and told me to call him.  That only means good news for my project.  It means that I will have a rap mentor/coach, studio time, performances to come, and a CD to be made.  I'm starting to connect my dots and visualize the bigger picture.

Creativity Week Performance

Video provided by my panel member: Three-Zo

Burrs Varsity B-Ball Team Short Video Clip & Soundtrack

Something I did just for fun...  Jeremy Duncan shot this video and uploaded it to you tube; all I did was rap.

The Documentary (Almost Done)

Here's about 90% of the documentary that will be shown at my end of the year presentation for my panel members, family, friends, and overall supporters of my musical movement.  The only footage I need to add is the footage I will take as soon as I get enough money together to record at a professional music studio where they will charge me by the hour.  Once I record that experience, and add it to this video you probably already watched, that will be the final touch to this documentary.

Perseverance

With a week consisting of two tests, a late book report that I had to turn in, and going to the Gala, I must say this week was hectic. I wasn't able to get much work done with my music, but next week is creativity week and I'll get about two official songs,and half of the documentary done. I can't wait!! I'm going to get an early start by checking out the school laptop so that I can compose a couple beats over the weekend and get some lyrics knocked out so that when I get back to school I'll mainly work on recording and presenting to one of my panel members, Mr. Dillworth. He will give me constructive criticism on my songs and from there I will spend the rest of next week working on bettering my tracks. Mr. Dillworth has also offered to help me by filming me for the documentary. Thanks Mr. D!! Fueling off of motivation, I'll face my goals with perseverance; one step at a time moving around obstacles in my way.