too many cooks Posted by poolboyjames on May 25, 2010 at 5:24 PM comments (0)one thing i've learned through music is i don't really know how to work with other people
i mean i do know how, but i really only do it under certain circumstances i never like to umm.. like start something from scratch with someone the problem with starting from scratch with someone is u have 2 people with 2 different visions of what the song can, should, or will be to me, this isn't the ideal situation its like when u see a movie.. movies have directors.. u have actors and set designers and camera men and all these other people.. but everything has to be funneled through the eyes of one.. the director everyone has to succumb to what the director wants because he has to be the eyes and ears and he has to oversee how everything gets done he looks at all factors at once and weighs them out in his head against one another.. he is the head visionary of the movie this is how i look at music.. i don't know how to just bounce ideas back and forth until a project is finished ideally in my world, people can work together, but only when two finished products meet and mesh through one vision this is why i barely ever really call people for help on music or anything.. because i don't want their ideas messing up my vision to me its like i can work with people, but i have to have a vision for their input.. like.. for example: i have a song that needs guitar but i can't play guitar but i know the perfect guitarist for the job.... i call that guitarist and i say to them.. LET THAT SH*T RIP or i have an album that is finished but i need it mixed and mastered professionally in an awesome studio.... i call up someone i trust who runs a studio and i say.. "how much will u charge me to mix and master my album?" or say i have a dope song but i realize i need a female singer on the chorus.. i get her to come over and i tell her how i want the melody to sound i understand those scenarios.. under those circumstances the the vision of one is still being completed however when u just start from scratch with someone it is just annoying.. u have someone who thinks something should happen like this and someone else thinks it should happen like that i say take away their choices.. complete your project as much as possible and only allow people a certain window of freedom, choice, and responsibility on your project working this way makes u very decisive.. it puts u as the captain of your ship in a sense, but i feel that is what creates a good leader, or "director" or visionary in music everyone plays an important role in the creation process but the visionary or creator of a project has to have his plans and ideas together before taking on the endeavor.. its like when u get married, u don't want two people who are "under construction" getting together and ideal marriage is created where both parties are whole u don't want one person being mature and one being weak and immature.. u want 2 financially and mentally stable people to come together in order for a marriage to be successful i really wanted to point that out cuz its like the exact same principle as my philosophy for working with other people peaCe
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today Posted by poolboyjames on May 9, 2010 at 7:19 PM comments (0)school is over
it ended yesterday and i wanted to say how happy i was but i couldn't exactly find the words so basically.. its like.. i'm just thankful the semester is over.. i was very worn out toward the end yesterday (actually earlier today) i went to sleep at like 5am and got up at 3pm.. then i got a rotisserie roasted chicken from wal-mart oh MAN those things r good what i'm trying to say is.. i got good sleep and i just ate.. priceless hopefully it is the beginning of: exit school-mode.. enter james-mode ^lol hopefully that made sense --------------------------- today i told my mom how thankful i am to have her as a mom (its mother's day) i don't know.. i am not from a lovey-dovey mushy type of family, so i was just trying to let her know i appreciate all her sacrifices and all of her mature decisions i noticed its difficult to put it into words tho.. its like where do i even start? hindsight is 20/20 and i can see my parents did a lot for my sister and i how is it possible to say "thank you" or "u are appreciated" enough? your apathy is lame Posted by poolboyjames on May 9, 2010 at 3:06 AM comments (0)i have noticed it seems like whenever i mention my passion for music to some people it is met with incredible apathy
like my parents for example, if i say anything about music they never respond, its like they just turn off the problem with this is its like they have no real respect or regard for this thing that i love.. like they treat it with a certain disdain its like they hate the fact that i love music but instead of saying that outloud they just sit quietly hoping i change the subject i think u should build people up instead of meet their greatest passions with apathy like if one of my friends had a goal to be on jeopardy, i would tell them they can do it and encourage them and help them feel like they are able to achieve that goal. i wouldn't tell them that its a stupid goal.. and i wouldn't just leave them hanging.. because at the end of the day.. even if i don't particularly like their goal or plan.. AT LEAST THEY HAVE A POSITIVE GOAL, u know what i'm sayin? i hate the fact that i feel so like.. invalidated.. like i don't havesupport from the people i care about the most sometimes this is one reason why i try to encourage everyone around me.. because i know what its like to just not have support or encouragement for something u enjoy why can't i ever get a "james that's neat that u learned all this stuff about recording" or a "i like this song" or a "i'm happy to see u have a passion" u feel what i'm saying? whatever tho its nothing to be upset over, i have people who DO support me and i try to appreciate them to the fullest.. as for everyone else, i suppose some people are just going to be cynics and skeptics no matter what so its whatever peaCe music people only Posted by poolboyjames on May 9, 2010 at 10:49 PM comments (0)NOTE.. THIS IS ONLY FOR PEOPLE SERIOUSLY INTO MUSIC ANDRECORDING:
i finally found some information on how 'boy in da corner' was recorded if ur interested just peep this link http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/jan04/articles/dizzeerascal.htm dizzee's engineer/manager cage said "we were always trying to create atmosphere, space and feeling in the tracks." to me that statement sums up the album as a whole peaCe cheater chicks Posted by poolboyjames on May 8, 2010 at 2:52 AM comments (0)so i was just watching cheaters and a thing occurred to me while i was watching it
a woman was caught cheating on her husband and when she saw her husband she immediately went into the i'm-sorry mode saying ur sorry when u do something wrong is ok, however its not enough u have to also explain why u are sorry basically if u can't explain urself and why u made a mistake and why u are sorry then there's nothing to reconcile, its just over me personally, i know its easier said than done but if a girl cheated on me i would leave her, period. there wouldn't be any explaining necessary.. it would just be over.. i don't really trust girls at all its like.. people pay hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars to buy homes right? you could stay where u've been living but instead u choose to buy a house.. why? SO YOU CAN HAVE ONE OF YOUR OWN that's what getting married is like its like saying "since i have you, i don't have to share you with anyone else" who wants to get a brand new house and just go and hand out keys to it? ..no one wants a bunch of strangers in their house being in a relationship is just like having a house except instead of it being a financial investment, a relationship is an emotionalinvestment to me personally i am all for forgiveness but let me tell u.. if u are a girl who cheats on me then i will have to forgive u from a distance cuz we will be DONE in general, i do NOT trust women and let me tell u.. one other thing to watch when trying to get to know if u can trust someone is, how do they insult you? even if it doesn't hurt your feelings, trust me that is not something to take lightly for example say u are a man who is secure but ur girl makes fun of your car one day she may say "u should try to get a mercedes" and ur thinking to urself.. "my car is fine how it is, she must really be into cars" but what she is really saying is.. "if i meet a guy who has a mercedes, i will cheat on you with him" girls talk like that.. in little stupid-ass codes that u have to decipher this is why girls are always asking you what u mean when u say something.. because they think we are like them.. WELL WE ARENT men in general don't do that ish.. we say what we mean and mean what we say we don't drop hints and clues about our intentions and deep desires, we just keep it real overall u can trust what a man says but when u talk to women u have to study each aspect of theirbody language whatever tho why can't it be like... Posted by poolboyjames on May 7, 2010 at 5:23 PM comments (0)i was thinking
u know we keep having these natural disasters n junk i was thinking, why can't we have a good natural disaster? why can't it ever be like, "record flooding in the DESERT" or like "an earthquake killed an evil dictator" u guys feel what i'm sayin? just a thought smh Posted by poolboyjames on May 6, 2010 at 6:26 PM comments (0)one thing i hate on facebook is when people get on there and they allude to something but they give no details
i'm gnna make up an example "DAMN, i REALLY hate how SOME people always do CERTAIN things. SMH" under a comment like this one u always see at least one person saying the following: "what's wrong?" "what happened?" and the original poster of the comment never responds to those questions why? because the answers are personal here's a thought IF ITS PERSONAL THEN DONT POST IT ON FACEBOOK YOU STUPID FCK it pisses me off because these people post these vague comments and get everyone curious but they never provide any answers as to what is going on if u are a person who does this then i have something i want you to know YOU ARE A GARBAGE HUMAN BEING. the truth!!!! Posted by poolboyjames on May 3, 2010 at 12:04 AM comments (0)so when Guru passed away, his "colleague" solar put out Guru's "last letter to fans" when i read it i knew inside it wasn't Guru's words.. i felt kinda cheated by solar for taking a crap on Guru's legacy with such ridiculous statements it was basically saying stuff like "i have beef with premier and solar is the greatest producer of all time" that's not what it actually said, but in reading between the lines that's what it said it was ridiculous on all levels and i felt no real closure on Guru because of solar trying to come in and overshadow everything with lies and embellishments i paid the letter no attention and the whole hip hop community (me included) has been saying fck solar ever since (not to mention solar didn't have any good beats in the first place) sooo a friend of Guru who had an inside look at Guru and solar finally released a statement!!! the truth is out!! i feel great about this that things are coming to the light here's the link http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/interviews/id.1535/title.tasha-denham-just-to-get-a-rep also peep out (this is a real link) www.fucksolar.com for more shady business from solar aight thas it again much love to Guru and his legacy with jazzmatazz and gangstarr ca$hville floods!? Posted by poolboyjames on May 3, 2010 at 3:13 PM comments (0)nashville and middle tennessee in general is FLOODED
this is the biggest flood in this region in recorded history it rained like bonkers for 2 days after may 1st and may 2nd it was already the wettest may ever for the region and that was only 2 days of rain the cumberland river is incredibly high since the cumberland runs through a lot of tennessee this is affecting lots of areas houses are ruined, a lot of people don't have power or running water, people have died, cars have floated away and not been seen again.. businesses have been ruined.. u should see the opryland hotel this is straight up bonkers one crazy thing is i drove through the rain so i saw the changes (going to and from nashville to clarksville) firsthand.. but i still didn't know the severity of everything like i had to detour to come home due to huge puddles in the streets, and i saw a lot of accidents, i noticed rivers were higher, and a number of things, but i think the first thing that really hit me and showed me how crazy things are was when i turned on the tv and they showed an 8 car pile-up from RAIN.. not a tornado.. like all the cars floated downstream and hit eachother and there were cars on top of other cars some of this stuff is just insane, like they showed a picture where water was just under a "red-yellow-green" streetlight i can't get across how crazy this is because i've been living here for 10 years now and there has never been ANYTHING like this (i mean there have been tornadoes but never floods) so yeah its insane.. u can peep some of the info online on cnn or whatever, they are trying to get FEMA and everything so yeah... its just bonkers right now i kinda feel ridiculous writing about this because i don't feel like i can possibly explain the severity of this right now.. and no one expected this, its just like totally over the top hyperbole is reality right now for some people out here like people are on the tops of cars as their cars float around n ish.. cats r leaving kmart on boats n ish so yeah thas whats goin on out here! the difference Posted by poolboyjames on May 2, 2010 at 10:32 PM comments (0)u ever think about what separates real talent from an underwhelming performance?
u know u have comedic genius like roseanne barr then u have some lame stand up no-name u have a great rapper like ice cube then u have someone who no one ever takes seriously as an artist what exactly separates these people from eachother? this is something i have thought about.. hopefully i will come up with some answers.. some traits of successful people vs. non successful people i hope to kinda research this topic however right now off the top of my head i have a few ideas here are some things i think talented and successful people have that non successful people don't have 1. successful people repeatedly take honest looks at themselves: to actually be great u have to repeatedly look at yourself and how u are perceived in your field of choice your first attempt at something never defines u.. and successful people seem to know this.. they constantly improve over time as opposed to peaking this allows successful people to have a good balance of confidence with humility confident from the accolades they are likely to eventually collect.. humble because they always seek to do better.. they are not complacent 2. successful people cover all ground i read something one time that said lazy people do not follow-through.. they may have drive and they may have talent.. but they do not follow through follow through is what happens when u are over something.. u are tired and u want to move on from an alotted task but instead of calling it a day, you see it through to the end for example say u did an album that u thought was perfect.. u took it to a label and they said "its ok but u need to re-do 60% of it" some people would be like NO WAY whereas some people would try their best to find ways to improve on their perfection, and come back in 2 months with a much better product.. not only that but they'd also have a music video and the cd cover would be finished the successful person would cover all ground and not just say "i already did my part" i may try to come up with some more scenarios later these are just some thoughts peaCe |
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