Album

Expect a new album this weekend.

The Change

-Michael

Two Weeks

So if you receive little updates in the next few days, don’t worry. Victor’s new album- The Change- is just about finished. I will let my friend borrow my computer for a few days so he can finish up editing the songs, mixing, etc.

The Change will have anywhere between 15-20 songs, all will be available for download and viewing once the album is finished. I expect the album to be released no later than the end of this month so it shouldn’t be too long now. Currently, vocals are still needed to be recorded but the writing process is just about complete. So this is finally the east part, just putting everything together now.

Once completed, we will begin marketing the album out to Central California listeners but obviously everyone else is welcome to listen. This album is not considered a complete work; rather it is a compilation of songs recorded in the past year. Some deal with apathy, others with depression, and none with typical bullshit.

Every lyric has been written for a specific reason, every instrumental has been chosen out of hundreds, and every song has a meaning.

This album is not a commercial attempt at fame, it’s an attempt to express beliefs and experiences through music. While you may not understand some lyrics, it is important to understand why it was written.

I hope that sometime in the next two weeks I will be posting a blog saying the album is finished.

Hopefully Kathy will update you on her life and her adventures in the forest. Be sure to wish her a happy birthday, she's going to be the big 21 soon.

Also, battles with Cozmo and Fluent1 will soon be posted to Youtube.

Until then, here are some links to his old mixtape, Phonetiks. If you want to download the entire mixtape, post a comment with your email address.

Music Player
PT's music page
Youtube Channel



-Michael

Facebook

So as you may have noticed, I have a pretty boring life. Now, it would be tons more interesting if I had applied for a damn internship or something but guess what, I didn’t. And now I sit here and write this dumb shit that only about 10 people read. Well you lucky reader, you have stumbled upon yet another pointless entry. But this pointless summer has taught me to be prepared for the next ones, to apply for internships and all that shiz. It is very nice to be home and have time to relax but I hate how lazy I feel sometimes.

But here are five things I love about Facebook. Why? Because I’m currently on it and I’ve decided to write instead of staring at a facebook screen with ads urging me to play video games…plus I’m hella rockin out to an old Deftones CD, those guys were sick.

1. Notifications. Those are always cool. I mean c’mon, everyone loves logging into a nice big fat red number that says how many notifications you got. It’s like a personal count of how cool you are. “Michael, you’re so fuckin cool you got 8 notifications.” “Thanks Facebook!” OK, maybe it’s just me but I think it’s freakin sweet.

2. Inbox messages. Ooooh messages are nice cuz it’s like “ooh a private message sent solely to me, how intriguing.” That little blue number next to inbox is always cool. Then see that phat blue dot next to the message, it’s like “read me motherfucker!!!” And how can you deny it? Occasionally there are some dumb messages that get your hope up that are about some fuckin group you joined months ago. Others are actually pretty cool, like a long message ranting about something cool.

3. Friend requests. Seeing a little plus sign in green is a nice little addition to your day. It’s best when it’s someone that you know and worst when it’s someone that you don’t. Sometimes it’s mad awkward too because it’s someone you don’t like. “Oh shit, Jon Doe, how’d he find me…we talked like once in the dining hall, wtf.” So yeah, awk.

4. Funny/dramatic facebook status. God I love facebook status drama. Some people just publish all of their drama on their facebook status, it’s pretty hilarious. “Jon Doe hates bitches who lie” or “Jane Plain thinks he can go fuck himself.” Those are the best, just one’s where it’s really not your business but you make it your business because it appears on your facebook feed. Plus, it makes the people posting look like total tools.

5. Photo albums! Photo albums are great, you can upload all kinds of crazy photos of events and whatnot and watch people go crazy commenting and such. It’s cool to comment on pictures, it’s even better to upload them. You know you love it.

So yeah this was a very pointless list. You know it’s all true though, otherwise you wouldn’t have read this. Otherwise you should probably read a book or something, I recommend Fahrenheit 451…sick book.

Michael

Nothing to Report

So there has been a lag in posts recently, mostly because nothing is happening in my life (perhaps Kathy’s too). In case you’ve noticed, I really do love music.

This summer, I really seem to love hip-hop again. Returning back to California and being surrounded by music wherever I go is something that just doesn’t happen at Yale. In Selma, you hear music whether you want to or not. When someone drives by, they’re usually blasting their music as loud as they can, making sure to bump it. Whenever I go to my friend’s house, we listen to old school hip-hop along the drive, jamming to classics.

At Yale, I really don’t have much time to go out and seek music I like. I just happen to absorb whatever music comes my way. Lately, I’ve been listening to Lady Gaga and other pop sensations. In high school, I simply wouldn’t do that. Because most of my time is devoted to kissing Yale’s ass, I simply do not have time to listen to new artists or songs.

It’s really unfortunate because I do love music and hearing a good band for the first time. Now that I’m back, I have that opportunity again. I can listen to old and new songs that I love and spread them around. I know once I return to Yale, I’ll be listening to my same old music or the newest trash put out.

So yeah, this is a pretty pointless post. If anyone would like to talk about hip-hop, music, whatever, talk to me. I’m actually pretty bored right now so yeah.

Classic Eminem from before he fucked up. Real shit.


Michael

Music Videos

So as you may have noticed, PT has made some music videos for his last mixtape "Phonetiks." What you may not know is that I actually made them! God I hate it when people are like "Hey Vic, that was a sick song and cool video too. blah blah blah" meanwhile I'm like "dude, I made that fuckin video."

So yeah, it gets kind of annoying but I guess it happens. A few weeks ago, we decided to record some random footage of Vic going around on his normal day.

Now, these videos I record are not meant to be used in music videos. Most of the actual footage has nothing to do with PT at all but I use them anyways just to throw some random shit in there. The most recent video, "Scents of the City" was actually planned out but very loosely.

For this one, we've decided to basically just record Victor wherever he went. He'd act like he normally would on any day: wake up, eat, hang out, etc. This was to later be used in his song "I Woke Up Today" but we ended up just getting bored and hanging out. I did record some shit but the most of it was garbage.

Now, I really am not talented at video editing. I use a pretty crappy program (Vegas) that I got off of limewire and an even crappier camera (a Sony Cybershot). With these, I make the videos. Total cost? Zero. Actually maybe more for gas but that's about it.

So yeah, look for a video soon. Can't say exactly when it'll be done but check that shit when it is.

This is a video I did, the only one I am slightly proud of. The others are shit.


Michael

Fluid One

Recently Victor and I have been going to this battling league called “Assault and Battling.” I wrote about if before and I don’t feel like writing it again. Basically it’s just battling, cyphers, freestyles, and beatboxing.

Well, a lot of heads usually show up. Around 20-40 people show up on a given event to see local emcees battle and all that. Now Vic joined this only to get his name heard so that people would know him, not to actually win battles.

As luck would have it PT is one of the better battlers in the league. While he’s not amazing at battling, he’s great at freestyling. This allows him to continue a flow for a full minute while his opponent has some prepared writtens. The first battle he won against some fat dude named Cozmo. The second, he battled a guy named Fluid One.

I swear Fluid One was high as a kite when he battled. I don’t really mean to bash on the guy but his rhymes were wack. He was saying ok rhymes and he was fluid but nothing really made sense. Everything he rapped about was either shout-outs to the 559 or his homies in the crowd. So PT came back with some ok flows, they weren’t amazing or anything but they were solid.

At the end, it was pretty close. The whole battle should have gone into overtime but they ended it. No winner or loser, they were supposed to allow people to vote online for the winner but they never posted a poll. So I guess PT is still undefeated although the last battle looked kinda weak.

No worries though, it looks like everyone is excited about the newcomer PT. On the centralcali boards a lot of people are praising his freestlyes and music. So I guess that’s pretty coo. Anyways yeah this was a pretty pointless post but whatever, you wasted your time reading it.

Michael

You can see me in the back awkwardly staring at Serf :)

PT's music page

The Change

I’ve mentioned my good friend Victor a few times before. Well, in order to shamelessly self-promote and publicize him, I will devote some of this blog towards his music. These blogs, not just one, will detail the process of recording his new mixtape, “The Change.” With this, we hope to encourage you guys to listen, enjoy, and spread the music. All music you hear is free to download. Thanks.

So get ready for the next few installments (from me) that will focus on PT, aka Victoriano Ramirez.


-Michael


PT's music page