J. Ivy

So Monday (which I know is a few days ago) John Hill and I went over to CRC (Chicago Recording Company) and we sang and played on the first track he recorded for his new album. It was really cool hanging out in the studio with amazing musicians and artist and watching the whold production go on. There was a brass section and J's wife sang on the first track (she has an amazing voice). We shot about an hour of video which I'm editing right now. I'll post it once it's ready.

one love.

Hope video

here it is



the song is avaliable on my website.

Super Tuesday

So its been a long while since I've updated. Reason being we moved back in and had some trouble with getting our clothes back from the cleaning company, getting set back up, and just all that stuff you have to deal with. Long story short... I'm back and the lab is back up (albeit the booth isnt quite the same since it got smoked...I can't use it properly so i've worked around it).

I put together a new song and will put up a YouTube video shortly. The song is called "Audacity of Hope" if that sounds familiar to you...it should. Check it out (download at www.relevantbeats.com/media.aspx)

Party

Tonight we're having a CD listening/fundraising party at my parents house (see one of the previous blogs as to why I can't do this in my own place.) We have a lot of people stopping by and it should be a good time. Also, I'm currently working on a song for Vince's mix tape to come out in Feb of 08.

We've been really busy lately which is why I've had a hard time updating. thursday was Funky Buddha again to support Vince P. He put on a great performance and we also met this guy Mer. He rocked the stage with his guitar playing so hopefully we'll find some time do do some collabos. His website is Merplay.com so you can check him out there.

one love
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Bootlegging

So I'm getting my whole family to help me sell my music and the other day my grandma called. I had sent her and my grandpa one of my first CDs. They are uber supportive and my grandma wanted me to buy two more CDs so she can give them to a friend and a local church. Now my grandma is a depression child so she's very frugal and that also in her 80's. She doesn't have a dryer but has a computer where she and my grandpa pretty much only use it for email. Anyways, I was asking her if she wanted some T-shirts too and she said she was going to copy my CD onto the computer and give it to people. I thought to myself... my grandma knows how to bootleg on a computer? My grandma is going to bootleg my CD? I don't think she realized bootlegging was a big issue in the music industry ... I'd claim most Asians are in that boat. Can't help but love my grandma for wanting to bootleg my music to promote it.

You Tube Video

Here is the You Tube video I was talking about. I appologize for the late post since things have been wild since, well, the firemen took down so many houses. I'll post picture of our place once I get those too. Apparently they punched a whole in the roof too and if you know the weather last weekend, it was raining and freezing. Not a good combination.

Uninhabitable

Sorry for the little break in updates, there has been some interesting
turn of events. The last few days I have been working on new beats
(which are hot, my next album/songs will be at a chart topping level).
Yesterday, a huge fire occurred 2 doors down and due to the fear of spreading fire, the firemen forcibly entered our house and did a number on it. Long story short,
the fire Marshall declared our place uninhabitable . So I yanked enough clothes for the night, my cello and went to my folks place. TheComEd guys told me they were turning off the electricity but all I had to do was call in tomorrow and it was a quick plug in to turn it on. I was talking to
them at night and they were really nice about everything. Of course when I called the ComEd line in the morning nothing worked out. 4 operators later (and a lot of time spent freezing outside our boarded up door) they said there is a chance they will send someone (yea right haters). We waited around for a few hours, caught some of the disheartening Army Navy game, then left since ComEd is, and will be, one of the many bad monopolies our wonderfully corrupt Chicago system supports.
Anyways, I upload the original song, All For Nothing by John Hill. This is the
one we're playing at the Funky Buddha Lounge at 1:20 Monday night (or Tuesday Morning).
So right now my I am without my keyboard. I'll post it once it gets fully uploaded.