Playing Catch Up, But Still Working Hard On New Goals And The Same Dream!

Being a Saturday, tonight was my only day off for the week. Unfortunately, I spent the day catching up on all the sleep I lost during the week, and did not achieve my goals of productivity for the day, which included; recording some tracks, finishing an set of interview questions for an important artists, and actually going out and having some FUN!

What I did accomplish today was, getting my rest, finishing chores around the house like dishes, laundry, and actually cooking up a great set of meals for right now/all week for work. I also cleaned out some junk in the garage, sorted all the recyclables, emptied the garbage and washed, folded and put awat all my laundry.

But when I look back at that, it really doesn't seem like I did much, more or less seems like I am always catching up.

My biggest achievement of the day was writing a pretty dope verse to a really amazing beat. I have a good feeling about this new track that I have started working on.

On a wicked side note, Sinna called today and is going to come by next weekend to work on new tracks as well, so I feel like that is a new step in the right direction, after a friendship establishes it's own re-connection. So I need not stress-shit 'cuz I can already see success in whatever I conceive or believe - I WILL get it.

Word to Ice Cube Because Today Was A Good Day!

I mean so what if I had to actually work hard...put in a full 10 hours at my day job, after waking up early to put in a good hour of rehearsing tracks that I am preparing to record, only to come home and get right back at it.

This is what I have been missing! More alone time, to just get it in. Str8 up. To be honest, right now I'm feeling like I am finally getting back on track to the direction I am going. Reminds me of the old days, going out and blazing with the boys then coming back home and putting hours into just sitting in front of the computer writing rhymes that the beats make me feel I need to say.

I know that doesn't make sense to you, but it makes perfect sense to me, so I'm all good. Word to Ice Cube babe-eh 'cuz today was a good day!

New Track In The Works To An Instrumental From Anno Domini Beats

So yesterday was my first full day back to work since about 5 weeks ago when I accidentally hurt my self at home. Needless to say I turned a bad situation into a positive one, spending most of my time writing new lyrics, re-working old tracks and ideas and of course blogging throughout.

Before I left for work yesterday, I set aside some time to write. I tried the same thing today, but didn't feel it as much I guess. Any how, yesterday I wrote a new 16 bar verse from start to finish.

Here is a small snippet of that 16:

mercy's never been
one of my traits - seems you made a mistake
tryna play me, but ended up dealing out your own fate/
and the cards were not in your favour,
i've never killed a man, but still believe it's in my nature/
after all im a human being, so deceiving
i could tell you the truth in a lie, so you wouldn't seek it./

While that is by no means a big accomplishment, I felt really good about getting that "amount of work" done before I even got my day started at my full time job. The key for me is to remain on the productive tip, getting as much done as I was while I was off work with an injury now that I am back to work.

Tito Lopez Introduces Himself To Dr. Dre [Video]

Dude just goes off! Straight up, at first I figured whatever, but I put this shit on replay and listened close and Tito Lopez straight killed this, no questions.

Good Food Is Essential To A Good Life

You wanna ball? Then you got to learn how to cook it all. Trust me, the ladies will love you for it too ;) Nothing is more gangsta then a bad boy who can whip up a good meal from scratch to suit his girl's taste and hunger.

Tonight I made a large bowl chicken pasta with a jar of roast portobello mushroom sauce and graded cheeses added on top. I just enjoyed a hefty plate of the dish, and now my room-mate Chris and I both have more then enough left over for lunch at work tomorrow.

Spending the extra little time cooking tonight, will save Chris and I loads of time tomorrow. Just being able to wake up knowing you do not have to cook or even worry about what you're going to take the work for lunch saves you so much time and stress.

Not to mention that fast food is just terrible for you, even though sometime it tastes delicious. I just think having good food on your side makes it a lot easier to go through life, do you agree?

Back to Work at The Day Job...For Now!

Don't get me wrong, I earn good money at the company I work for, but I will never be able to live a happy and fulfilling life if I don't go out there and see what I can accomplish on my own as a young entrepreneur with a focus on the music business.

Although, to be honest it is about time that I get back to work because I really need to start bringing in an income again. For the last 5 weeks I have been living off of money that I had saved on my own for a rainy day, and believe me when it rains it pours!

Five weeks ago I fractured my right foot at home one night after work. It was a stupid accident. Lenox, my room mate's dog left his huge dog bone/toy at the bottom of the basement stairs. At 2 am I got home and a friend from work was calling my house phone for some reason, so I scrambled to find it.

Hearing it in the basement I ran down to grab it, jumping from two stairs up from the bottom and landing directly on the dog's toy. Four weeks into being off work and at home, I got sick with a stomach virus which made life hell for a good couple of days.

But, everything happens for a reason. I managed to stay positive and use a lot of that free time off of work to write up a whole bunch of interviews with indie hip hop/rap artists, wrote a whole bunch of new verses and started new tracks to record and I got to re-focus on my goals and what I really want out of life.

Good things may come in small doses, but they are powerfully potent doses which lead us back in the right direction. For now, I'm just going to focus on earning money and saving, saving, saving.

When Opportunity Knocks, Answer The Door!

What up world? Today, I was browsing around on Hip Hop Canada, one of my favourite hip hop sites, when I stumbled upon a new writing/blogging opportunity. I'm definitely going to apply and send a cover e-mail expressing my interest in seizing this opportunity.

What is it? Well, now that you ask it is a change to join a team of bloggers on a new bog for Grammy Award Winning Producer Boi-1da. Not only do I admire the great sound and production work of Boi-1da but I am also a big fan of his music, who isn't with big hits like: "Best I Ever Had", "Forever" and "Not Afraid" just to name a few. So I think that is just an extra layer of icing on this opportunity cake.

Now I just need to get me a slice! I'm going to go spend an hour or two writing some new material in the studio and when I'm done I will come back to the mac book and type up my application. I'm excited at the prospect of writing for Boi-1da, I think that would just be a great experience.

Productive Day of Networking, Now It's Time to Write Again!

I believe it was a successful day of networking. I sent out a whole array of e-mails to music bloggers, I added my new blog and the F.O.R.M. blog to new music blog directories, and I also did a whole lot of mundane tasks around the house which helped me to feel refreshed.

These little tasks were as simple as vacuuming my entire master bedroom/studio area, sorting through the pile of clutter that accumulated on the studio desk and even sprayed some air freshener to keep the room smelling good for the ladies ;)

So now, I'm in the middle of a music listening/marijuana smoking session where I'm getting my self amped up to write some new material. I think that is how I will spend and enjoy the rest of my night. I will probably take a break to make a snack of some sort, I bought mussels at the grocery store today, maybe I will treat my self if I write a classy enough song! I'll definitely let everybody know how it went.

Til then, I love you like I love my self. So stay wise and keep your mind on your wealth.

Keeping My Self Busy & Staying On The Productive Path

Today, for some reason I woke up feeling down on my self, until I realized that was definitely no way to be spending my sunday. SO instead of lazily laying around all un-productive like, I decided to blaze up and put my self to work. Last night I spent a good hour tweaking old material that will soon be new recordings, as well as another hour on working on a new track to this beat I found in the stash.

So far today I have spent most the day networking, and most likely will continue to network with new people throughout the night. I've been adding various music and/or music business minded people to both of my social network pages on Facebook and Twitter.

Right now, I'm going to take some much needed time out to cook up a really good chicken pasta from scratch. Some healthy nutrition is exactly what I need right now, coming off an illness. Keep y'all posted soon!

Day One: The Rebirth of RTiculate

What's good? it's all good babe-eh!

It's all a dream, I write for blogs and rarely read magazines. haha

Nah for real though, this blog will be my own personal blog to document the process, or the journey if you will. I know that I have it in me to reach true success in the music business, and while I'm still trying to figure it all out I'm mostly just going to enjoy the whole process of getting to where I want to be.

So here's to you! The people whom I will meet, love, laugh, share my insights with and learn from along the way. To the people who may consider themselves "fans" of my music, or my writing, or my personality in general. I'm just some young man from Toronto who aspires to reach people in some way.

Welcome to Day One: The Rebirth of RTiculate!