My report: what can I say, another good Asian fighting film. I like the martial arts and the women in these films. Always elegant and graceful. I consider myself so ignorant of the Asian culture that it is something I admire very much. Many things are different about that other Orient, and I like paying attention to the details in the movies. Things like the clothes the people are wearing, the way they look and salute each other, the music, etc.

Rating:

About it: A Wuxia adventure out of South Korea, The Legend of the Shadowless Sword is a handsome martial arts epic by Kim Yung-jun (Flying Warriors). The film’s simple story allows for exceptionally creative action sequences about every three to four minutes, while simultaneously building a noble tale full of faith, love, and sacrifice. A beautiful female warrior named Yeonsoha (Yoon So-yi) goes in search of the last, living prince of the Balhae dynasty and its kingdom, overrun years before by the Geordan empire. The prince, Jeong Hyeon (Seo Jin Lee), has been in hiding 14 years as a black market trader, concerned primarily for his own safety and deeply cynical about any thought of going back to retrieve his family’s throne. Yeonsoha, however, proves persuasive, especially in light of the many attempts on Jeong’s life by a gang of assassins. The shady killers are led by a vengeance-seeking Kun (Hyeong Jun-Shin) and his assistant, (Ki-Yong Lee), another sword-wielding babe who gets into plenty of wild skirmishes with Yeonsoha.

The story essentially follows Jeong and Yeonsoha’s efforts to get back to a waiting army of Balhae exiles awaiting a king’s leadership. As the hours and days pass, Jeong gets in touch with the man he once was, a fearless warrior whose exploits on the battlefield are well-known to Yeonsoha, whose connection to the prince seems mysteriously personal. The film’s numerous fight scenes are never redundant, employing all manner of props and ideas for exciting fights. But it’s the performances that really hold everything together, the deep if understated emotions and the excitement of watching two mismatched lead characters slowly realize how important they are to one another. –Tom Keogh

A lot of Salsa, Merengue, Reggae… that was mostly it. I didn’t get into Hip Hop really until I immigrated to the U.S., but I do remember listening to Snoop Dogg’s album, “Doggystyle.” It was so fresh! I couldn’t even understand everything the dude was saying, but I memorized the words he was rapping. His rapping style together with Dre’s production made for a great team on that album. It’s exactly what the world wants to hear again: brand new shit coming from the left side. I think too many artists today are worried about making a quick buck that they are too worried to be unique. That and also the corporate pressure that’s been put on them.

Sound On Sound Magazine Review

Sound On Sound (SOS) is a music-recording magazine targeted to music industry professionals such as music studio producers, deejays and mix engineers, as well as hobby enthusiasts around the world. SOS mission is to be the “world’s premier music recording technology magazine” and it pursues this goal by publishing monthly articles that are related to music production, vocal recording and sound mixing. The magazine also includes reviews on new and existing recording equipment as well as interviews with music industry professionals. SOS was established in 1985 and is currently based in Cambridge, England where it remains independently owned.

Using the December 2007 issue as an example, the magazine starts with an article titled “The Ears Have It” from the Editor in Chief, Paul White, in which he argues that the way music is heard is the most important element in making good recordings. The magazine has three main sections: “Techniques”, “Product Tests” and “Features.” In these sections there are articles such as “Home Studio Acoustics”, an article devoted to helping beginners make the most out of their home studios. Another example of the magazine’s educational articles is “Integrating External Hardware With Logic”, a tutorial geared at helping its readers synchronize software with hardware. “Product Tests”, the second section of the magazine, includes several reviews from products such as microphones and acoustic accessories. While the “Product Tests” and “Techniques” sections have articles that remain specific to a product, the “Features” section focuses on the professionals using these products. As part of the “Features” section, the magazine has a subsection entitled “Inside Track”, which is targeted at readers with an interest in sound mixing. The “Inside Track” for the December 2007 issue, “Secrets Of The Mix Engineers: Manny Marroquin,” was written by Paul Tingen, a well known professional guitarist and author of “Miles Beyond.” In the article, four-time Grammy award winner and mix engineer, Manny Marroquin, discusses the mixing of the Hip Hop hit song “Stronger” by Kanye West, one of today’s top selling rappers in the Hip Hop industry. As the article explains, before Marroquin had his chance at mixing the now popular song, the same task was assigned to eleven other mix engineers. It took Marroquin and West a total of five sessions and over twenty-four hours of mixing in studios in California and New York to end up with the final product as it is heard on the radio. The article goes into great detail to explain the different techniques Marroquin used to mix the drums, keyboards and vocals of the song with Digidesign ProTools®, an industry standard software for recording and mixing. The article also includes several screenshots of Marronquin’s work as a way to ease the explanation since the understanding of it required a great deal of technical information.

Sound On Sound’s ethos is one of educating its audience by providing detailed information on the how to’s and don’ts of the recording industry. All the articles are designed to provide step-by-step instructions and explanations to its audience. New words and phrases the authors feel the audience might not be familiar with are explained. Such is the case with the term “re-amping” used in the “Guitar Technology” article, which is defined as a “process that allows the user to choose guitar sounds at mix down rather than at the recording state.” Music store owner and producer, Steve Guerra, says “SOS is a great source of information for anyone who wants to take [music] production seriously. It’s important for me to know what’s new out there.”

Works Cited

Tingen, Paul. “Secrets Of The Mix Engineers: Manny Marroquin” Sound On Sound. Dec. 2007.
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Guerra, Steve. Personal Interview. 3 June 2008.

I had a strange dream yesterday. In the dream I was talking to Tupac and Biggie, all of a sudden I hear a hard clap and I wake up. I felt my bed was moving and there was no way I could have done that myself. It was just too real. So the first thing I did when I woke up was to check the room to see if there was anyone else in there. It was just weird, you know? And that clap, the sound was so real…

Today I had this dream that I was talking to Jay-Z while we were watching a football game. Again, I can’t remember the details of the conversation…

I think I just figured out why I’ve been having these dreams… I always go to sleep with my Ipod on. My brother Alex, who’s a doctor, tells me that there are two different types of sleep: non Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep and Rapid Eye Movement Sleep. Our dreams mostly happen during REM sleep and our senses do remain active during certain stages of sleep. So it is possible that my brain is assimilating the last bits of information coming through my senses, like the music on the Ipod. Three out of the last five songs I was “listening” to while sleeping before I woke up from my dream and turned off my Ipod were from Jay-Z. The night before I turned off the Ipod on Biggie’s “Playa Hater” song. I must have been listening to Tupac right before that.

I think it’s very possible that this is all true. I know that when I was working, studying and doing everything in between I wasn’t dreaming ’cause I wasn’t sleeping enough. Not only that, but it was very hard to remember things. It’s funny that sometimes when we think we’re doing a lot of good, we’re actually killing ourselves. It’s like trying to knock down a door standing just a couple inches from it: we can hit it with everything we’ve got but we’ll end up doing more damage to ourselves than the door, even if it eventually comes down. It’s better to step back a few feet, regain our strength and kick that door hard, one time!

I spent most of my day running around the college campus trying to get my classes for the summer registered. Got it done though and I start May 28th. It feels good to know that I’m that much closer to finishing. At the same time I also recognize the necessity to act more. I’ve been wanting to learn as much as possible about many things. Recently my biggest infatuation has been music. I called it an infatuation because usually once I learn something well I tend to jump into doing something else, something I don’t know yet. But music feels different. It is as dynamic as computers yet it has a larger connection with people, and that’s the reason why I believe music will become a life affair and not just a short term passion.

I want to believe that my biggest problem has always been self discipline just so I can prescribe myself something that will take me to where I want to be, but the truth is that I’m disciplined in my own way. Nobody has ever had to tell me to keep pushing. I do that myself. Nobody has said “write every day so you can become better at it.” I prescribed myself that medicine and I’m following it. No… my biggest problem, which I also believe believe is a great strength, is my need to have everything be perfect. I can’t put shit out there that is not right to me. The same way I can’t be that guy wearing fake jewelry. There’s people for that and I’m not one of them. Things like that just don’t set right in my mind. Either I have/do/am the real thing or I’m working on it, if I want it that is… So does that mean that time is really my problem then? That motherfucker just keep running up on me. Ticking when I would like it to stop or at least slow down for a… second??? How could I ever have time stop for a second? Imagine that… asking time to stop for a second, so time stops and measures a second… then keeps going. As if a second wasn’t time itself still running…

Hmmm, since time is always going to be moving what I need to do is make everyone else’s time less precious. And I only know how to do that by increasing the speed by which I take advantage of time. Practice, practice, practice, practice, practice… until what I do is so much better than what my neighbors do and I can do it that much faster. Some people say quality over quantity. I like to say quality in quantity.

I just finished watching the first season of the reality show “The Apprentice.” It’s a T.V. show about 16 candidates competing for an apprentice position with Donald Trump, one of the most successful Realtors in the United States.

Several times Donald asked the apprentices if they thought they had the genes for becoming a leader. I’ve always dismissed that thought, but now I’m wondering. Could it be possible that certain people are born with gifts that go beyond physical abilities? Like the way certain people process thoughts, the reason why babies know to hold their breath underwater and to suck on a nipple, and being able to learn sciences at faster rates than most?

I know what my gift is: I have a great mind when it comes to imagination and creation. This is something I know I can use well in business, where the true rule of the game is to make a profit by solving problems. I also know that my gift alone is not enough to be a good businessman. I still have/had to figure out how to persuade people, learn accounting, use a computer, etc. In other words, I still have to learn how to use the tools that would make me the greatest businessman of all times. It’s the same with being an artist. I still have to learn how to play instruments and write music.

I am lucky to have discovered my gift. Something tells me a lot of people don’t get to do that. The question is: do all of us have gifts we are born with? And are these gifts genetic? I guess the answer to the second question in many ways is the opposite answer to the question “do you believe in God?” Many would say our gifts come from above and not others.

I realize I am leaving a lot of questions unanswered and I do want to know the answers for these questions. I found a good article that explains why parents don’t have total control over how their children will turn out. I still need to research more, but if this is true, maybe it will help me understand why I’ve never liked going to church. Even though my parents forced me to go every week. My brothers never complained and many people even if forced, after 21 years of going to church every Sunday they end up with something. I moved to the U.S. and never stepped foot on a church again. It never became a habit, but maybe some day I will go if I want to.

Is being a businessman coded in the genes of Donald Trump or is simply from watching his father when he was a kid? I don’t care, but I do want to know more about my genetics. Figuring out won’t really do anything in terms of where I’m going, but it does help in answering where I came from.

The Gene Responsibility

Why you don't have total control over how your kid turns out. By: Annie Murphy Paul

Yesterday I was telling a friend how I really want to start making big money, so I told her I wanted to be a rapper. She said to me that I was a little late on that one because most artists start young and it’s not so much what they sing, but who they know in the business. She says that’s why some songs that should never be on the radio, make it there.

I never really thought about the need to know people in the music industry that much. But it makes sense. I woke up this morning and the first thing that came to mind was that and ever since she said that I’ve been having this feeling that I need to make things happen now. I feel confident about my business skills, but I have no product that I can sell right now. I want to sell my music, but I feel I’m not at the quality I need to be yet. I’m working on it.

My dad called. He calls pretty often these days. He wanted to see how everything was going and let me know that he’s sending money for me and my brother. I could hear music in the background and he was repeating everything I was saying so I could tell there was someone else in the room. It was my mom. After years of not talking, they recently started talking again and they both seem happier. I’m happy for them and whatever they decided as far as wanting them getting together… to me is like whatever. They will always be my parents and that’s what’s important. Like I said, whatever makes them happy.

When I was growing up there were times I wanted my parents to get a divorce. It would have made things a lot easier for me. I would have only had to deal with one instead of two every time I did something wrong. Sometimes I would get separate punishments from them. How is that fair?

I talked to my mom and she sounds good. I don’t talk to her as often as I do with my dad. If they don’t call, I don’t talk. I don’t know why, but I feel responsible for every woman in my life. Like I got to take care of them. As time keeps moving, I’m also starting to feel more responsible for my dad; and my brother now that he’s here living with me. I try to advise him without sounding bossy and I give him all the freedom he deserves. I just don’t want him to have to go through some of the bullshit I’ve had to go through the almost six years that I’ve been here in the U.S.

I like what Will says starting on 4:43 when Charlie asked Will how he decided to do the roll of Muhammad Ali. Will says he had doubts at first because he couldn’t see the road from doing the T.V. show “Fresh Prince of Belair” to becoming a legendary and world renowned boxing champion on the big screen. That was until he was given the blueprint, or the step-by-step guide to how he was going to reach that goal.

Having a plan is very important. To me, there’s nothing great about going from point A to point B if you can’t do it again and again. If that happens, it means there’s a great amount of luck involved, and how many times can one person get lucky?

I’ve been thinking about the “wall” metaphor Will uses to answer the question on 22:25. He says his parents thought him not to build a wall, but instead to concentrate on laying out one brick at a time the best way possible. Soon enough there will be a wall. I learned about concentrating on the small picture a while ago, but I still think it’s important to know where I’m going. I like to dream first and then lay the first brick. I feel that without well-thought goals there might be a problem later on in terms of self-motivation. Suddenly we lose interest in something or we just stop because we don’t know how far we actually want to go. My problem, as I see it right now, is getting into the habit of following my plan without interruptions. I’m always working, but I’m always dreaming too. It’s hard for me to continue working on something all the way to the end because I get excited about new ideas and I can’t wait to start working on those too.

Right now, for example, I’m reading the scriptures of John from The Bible, Malcolm X, Pablo Neruda Poems, I’m working on the design of antoniobullen.com, I write poetry and music, I am trying to market geecho.com and I write about all these things. I want to do every single one of them and I also have the responsibility of going to my classes and soon I will be working again. I do spend most of my days on my music so that’s a good thing.

To me dreaming is important because that’s how I have set the standards to be not just number one, but also the first to do something never done before.

Will says something really good around 30:04 when he says that he hates the feeling of fearing something. The fear to pitch an idea or meeting with someone for the first time; and that he didn’t want to even take that meeting because of that fear. So he developed an attitude of attacking things that he was scared of. I admire him for that and I wish I had that at my age. I realize that’s a problem in my life and I’m working on it. In my case I feel like I will only attack things when there is no other route to take. In Spanish there is a phrase: “entre la espada y la pared,” it translates to “between the sword and the wall,” and that’s when I usually start pushing back.

I got this from the T.V. series House. I think it’s a great speech.

I got one thing… same as you.

I know the empty ring finger and that obsessive nature of yours, that’s a big secret. You don’t risk jail and your career to save somebody who doesn’t want to be saved unless you got something, anything… one thing

The reason normal people got wives and kids and hobbies, whatever… that’s because they ain’t got that one thing that hits them that hard and that true…

I got music, you got this… the thing you think about all the time. The thing that keeps you south and normal. Yeah, it makes us great. It makes us the best.

All we miss out on is everything else. No woman waiting at home after work with the drink and a kiss. That ain’t gonna happen for us…

And when it’s over… it’s over.

It’s been a while since I have written anything about my music. Basically, through a lot of practice and forward thinking I’ve figured out how to compose beats much faster. Being able to get my thoughts into notes faster is good, but it’s not the most important thing. The most important thing is the quality, and I do think I’m preserving that level of quality I expect.

Writing is still a problem, but not as big. I have decided that I shouldn’t be thinking things too much. Instead just let my thoughts be, the same way as I’m writing right now and I’m not over thinking anything, I’m just writing.

My biggest problem though is performing. I can’t speak very fast in English and I attribute that to my few years of experience speaking the language. Keeping the pace is very important when rapping, I would say that a good definition of rapping is talking in rhymes over a steady pace. I have to train myself to speak faster so that I can rap better. It won’t happen over regular conversations because I’m already doing the necessary tempo required to speak normally. The only solution is to keep practicing over the beats. Just keep working on it until it sounds natural and is to my standards.

I keep thinking things are coming together though, and I can’t force the speed, all I can do is make good use of my time. That’s why I stop when I don’t feel like practicing. There’s no point in doing something when my mind is not in it, that’s called a waste of time. Besides, anything I decide to do, I know is going to be a learning experience and that’s important ’cause I can use that in my music later on.

What I like: her skin, her eyes, her hair. She and her friends have the word “bootylicious” in the dictionary, which I think she represents very well. I like her southern accent and the way she dresses and carries herself. She also seems to have good parents, the kind you can easily get along with and learn something new. I like her smile a lot, although sometimes it looks forced, as if somebody had always whispered in her ears: “you got to smile when you’re in public.” I like that she does more than just music. She’s got the clothing company, perfume, did her own cell phone and I imagine she’s got other things too. Oh yes, she knows how to keep her personal life away from the media.

What I don’t like: it seems she can easily put some extra weight on her legs. They don’t stay toned and skinny. I think she’s not one of those women who stays thin no matter what, and most women don’t so it’s OK. I heard she just got married to Jay-Z after six years of dating… I thought I would meet her before she would do that, but if she’s happy then good. Six years dating someone is a long time. It’s a little worrying that the relationship started when she was about 20, that doesn’t leave space for dating some more and getting to discover herself. You could have had me Beyoncé… Oh well.

I only hope that she’s doing what she wants to do. I’m happy to see her succeed, but I get the feeling that she does things to satisfy others and I hope I’m wrong. She seems a good woman, in and out, and deserves good people to be around her.

I keep trying to motivate myself, but it’s days like today when I wonder what the hell I’m doing. I’m trying to be a rapper, but there’s so much I have to learn. I mean, I’m looking at people like Jay-Z, Biggie and Tupac, all of them spoke English growing up. I think that makes it a lot easier. I’m trying to communicate something in a language I don’t dominate and I’m realizing how important it is to be able to do so. I can’t rhyme spontaneously ’cause it takes me forever to think about rhymes. It’s hard because my vocabulary is not that strong yet. I don’t know a lot of slang and I don’t think that helps me when I’m writing either.

I need to find a way to be me and make it hot. I know I have my own way of doing things, I just need to find it when I’m doing my music. Maybe what I should do is stop looking at other peoples videos. No more learning from them or their lyrics. Just do me and keep practicing my rhyming.

Since the last time I reported on the “One Night Stand” song, I’ve added a bunch of stuff to the track and taken some things out also. It’s starting to sound more and more like a hit. I’m taking my time all the way to the end until I get everything right. It’s a learning process.

I’m tired, but not enough to go to bed yet. I’ve been working on my music pretty much all day so maybe I’ll give it a rest for a couple of hours and watch a movie. See if I can come up with new ideas I can use later … who knows.

Antoniobullen.com is coming together nicely too, I did that research I wanted to do today also. It’s top secret… and I also came up with a billion dollar idea. I’m going to put it in paper for now and that’s it. I want to stay focused on my music for now.

That’s what’s up.

I’m at a point in my music right now where it’s not fun to do what I’m trying to do. It will take time and determination to take it to the next level or I can leave things right where they are and it will not be anything new and special. I remember being at a similar point before. When I was doing a lot of computer programming for example, I remember there was a time when everything was hard and partly unnecessary. I didn’t really had to do the things I was trying to do in order to get to my final goals. I could have borrowed a program from someone else. But I had decided I wanted to learn it all and not take anything from anyone.

It’s a constant push, that’s all it is. It requires a discipline that I’m not applying right now. Today I’ve spent most of my day sleeping and doing my Microeconomics homework. I woke up around 4:00 a.m. because I went to bed early last night and I worked on my homework for about 7 hours then went back to bed. Woke up again 4 hours later and worked on my homework for another 30 minutes, got it done and started working on my music. I must have worked on it for about 30 minutes and then decided I was going back to bed. Now it’s 11:00 p.m. and I just woke up again…

I’m realizing that I will have to rewrite “One Night Stand” yet one more time. While I was recording it I feel it’s not sounding the way I want it to sound and at the moment I’m not a 100% sure why that is. I guess that if this shit was easy everybody would be able to do it right all time. Right?

Maybe I need to make some sort of step-by-step program that will help me get to the finish. I’ve done that before and it works.

Yesterday I went to bed around 4:00 a.m. and woke up around 3:00 p.m. I was working on the second verse for “One Night Stand” and got half of it done. I got this new idea for the other half of the verse plus the third that I’m going to start working on. When I’m done with this song it will be really good.

I’ve been working on antoniobullen.com ever since I got home from my class. I got some work done on the page layouts and then I started posting all of the entries from my trip to Europe in 2004 that I was missing. I have them in a journal and I needed to get that on my website so now it is.

I’m not tired so I’m going to work on my music now.

Check out this video, this dude is just sick. The way he connects with his instrument and makes the art come out of them. He looks like he’s in a trance when he’s playing. Like his up in the clouds somewhere and he’s pulling me in ya’ll. I swear to god this guy is sick.

This is the level that I want for myself. A point where I’m not thinking about lyrics, what I’m saying or if I’m riding to the beat. It all just happens and I’m way up in the clouds, taking it all in and pulling the crowd towards me.

Every time I look at this video and end up looking at it at least twice and then searching for more of his videos. I need to work with this guy one day.

I got a lot of good things done today. That flow is coming along. I just finished practicing some more and I can tell that it’s starting to mix with the beat. Subconsciously I need to not think about the words and just be saying it. It’s really like learning how to speak English fluently again. As long as I’m thinking about the next word, it’s just not going to sound smooth. It just has to come out. And when I did that with English it took a lot of practice. And I’m still not a hundred percent. But the good thing is that I know what I have to do.

I also worked on a little program for antoniobullen.com. Right now on the homepage I have a section called “My Philosophy” that is displaying a bunch of my own philosophies one after the other. What the program is going to do is basically make the page just display one at a time and randomly if I want it to. It sounds easier than it is to do it. It’s not the most complicated program either, but it’s not a piece a cake. It never really is.

Later on I’m going to be posting the program online and sharing it with the blogging community for anyone else that is also interested in having it. It can be used for many things besides random philosophies actually: jokes, quotes, tip of the day, news, small comments from other users, you name it. Hopefully it won’t take more than a couple of weeks. I’m just going to work on it whenever I want to give music a rest. Like right now…

Alright…. so I’m recording my music right now and even though I can understand what I’m saying, I feel like the verses are too packed with words and the flow is very old school. Very cut and dry if you know what I mean.

Tomorrow I’m going to try taking words out, spacing the words within the bars to see how that sounds and then work on the way the words are flowing. I still like the beat and it is definitely the right beat for the song. I think this song is going to help me a lot because it’s complicated. I mean, it’s got a story to it and it needs to be told right ’cause it’s all about the lyrics. It’s not a dancing song. The whole thing is four verses. I know where I want to go with it, I just got to figure out how to take it there.

Also I need to learn how to EQ my voice. I read an article about the mixing of “Stronger” by Kanye West and the Mix Engineer, Manny Marroquin, was talking about the different plug-ins he used on Kanye’s vocals. I learned a lot about using Pro Tools and mixing in general with that article actually. He sounds like a smart dude too and he’s from Guatemala. One day I’ll work with him.

In a few hours I have to go back to work. Damn I wish I never had to do something I don’t want to.

I spent the whole weekend working on my music and antoniobullen.com. I’m working on the homepage and linking the life gallery, life book, and whatever else I end up putting in, together. It’s looking pretty good so far. I like it. I’ll keep working on it when I have time. Right now I need to do my homework.

I’m also thinking about changing my International Business program a little bit. Instead of going for a triple degree program, I’m thinking dual degree but I’ll be going to a better university. I talked to my dad about it and he likes the idea. It will still take the same amount of time to finish but I’d rather have a degree from the best university in Latin American and another from one of the best International Programs in the USA than two other mediocre degrees.

About my music: I’m starting to feel the flow. Like it’s just coming. The more I practice it just keeps getting better. Now I’m able to put in print my ideas a little faster and with the microphone I’m recording myself and figuring out the areas in my speech where I need improvement. It’s all elemental.

I have to make some important changes in my life. Mostly regarding work. I’m deciding between taking a full time job closer to home or work part time and dedicate more time to my music. What I want to do is not to have to work and dedicate all my time to music and college. But realistically I have to work, so right now I’m thinking part time so I can still spend a good amount of time on my music. The only problem with that is that I have keep a tight grip on my wallet. But I’ll look for grants or scholarships also. Yeah, that’s what I’m going to do.

I don’t know if I mentioned this before, but I got the cable for my mic and got it all to work. I sound pretty good, I think. I mean, the voice is good, but I need to practice my intonation and accent. Some of the words are not coming out right. I’ll start posting sound clips just to record my progress.

My good headphones blew up too, I’m not sure how it happened. But now I’m working with my little in-the-ear headphones. It’s hard to really judge on the quality when I’m using those.

Classes are good so far… it’s the end of the third week of classes and still maintaining. Not feeling really tired yet and that’s a good thing.

Tonight is the first time I actually get to live in a place that is completely mine and not shared with anyone else. No family, dorm, roommate, nothing… Just me and nobody else. And it’s nice.

It’s nice coming home and knowing you have the whole place for yourself and you can get as comfortable as you want. No sharing nothing or waiting for someone to finish using anything.

The new Mac is a work of art. It’s the perfect system for making my music, I think. All I got to do now is finish setting everything up and start creating.

There’s a few songs out there that I listen to on the radio all the time that make no sense. I get what they’re saying, it’s just not deep in meaning. Mostly just a good beat dressing bad lyrics.

I started thinking about new things I can do to try to make some money, and I’m thinking maybe I should give music a try. Whether it’s just making beats or writing the songs as well. The more I look into it, the more some songs are starting to make sense. But there’s still some bad ones out there.

I’m getting really excited about this, and with my knowledge in computers and as technical as my mind can be I don’t think I will have any problems making beats and being creative. Apparently I will have to make a little investment, but the last thing I want to do right now is start on another project, not finish it and move on after spending money on it. So for now I’m going to stick to what I can do without spending any money on it. If I really think it’s worth it in about a month then I’ll do it.

I’m reading right now about the history of hip hop and the techniques of rhyming. I didn’t even know there was actually a science to it. I just thought rappers did it without even thinking about it too much. And who knows… maybe they do.