Getting Back Into The Groove

So it's March. Got two doc appointments this month. I'm getting tired of the doctor visits but I have to do what I have to, I suppose. The only meds' I'm on are Vicodin's and medical 4:20...of course. Getting back into my music rotation as of late. I have a lot to catch up on.

I had plan to been have the "Music Colored Red" project done. I was going to add-on to the project...like some new solo-tracks from me but I'm going to keep it all Justin far as lyricist w/ an appearance here and there verse wise. Mixing and production is all me though.

Reason that I didn't want to add some solo-tracks to the project is...well...
1.) It was originally a "Justin Allen" project anyway.
2.) I don't feel right by adding myself w/out the physical presence of the homie Justin. Granted, he said for me to do me but nah....it doesn't feel right.
3.) The songs I've been working on fit my "Medicated" project that I want finish 4 days before 4:20

Speaking of the "Medicated" project...I hope for the people who felt the "Don't Say I Didn't Warn U" project was a dark project don't get the "Medicated" project confused for the same thing. "Medicated" sounds nothing like "Don't Say I Didn't Warn U"...production, mixing, content or flow wise. It's a smoker project....a southern smoker project. I think I will make my home-state proud.(Louisiana)

I believe that was actually my biggest mistake w/ "Don't Say I Didn't Warn U"....I purposely made it an anti-southern sound. Why? I wanted that underground aggression. I forced a direction. I won't make that mistake. Granted, "DSIDWU" isn't a horrible project...but admittedly the only time I listen to it is on accident and then I be like "...this doesn't sound as bad as I remember it". I want to finish something that will give me that excitement upon finishing it.

My blog has been flat-line lately. I'll explain why in the next post. Any visitors that want to drop me a link to their blogs, feel free to. I only visit about 6 blogs these days because people have been disappearing....like myself.

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Back To The Music...

Gearing up the "Music Colored Red" project. It's close to being completed.
I got to knock out my add-on tracks and do the final mixing, then it's ready. Mid March is looking to be the release time. Here's a preview...



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....the next leak will more than likely be one of my tracks.

After the release of "Music Colored Red"..."Medicated" will be in the works and released in time for 4:20...my favorite holiday.

Holla at me y'all and feel free to spread the word.
Peace
-Gam

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Music Colored Red

The Story
The Beginning ...I met Justin when I was about 17 or 18...he being 15 or 16 at the time while I was in the process of moving back and forth to Virginia from Louisiana. We had a few friends in common and I would always see the dude in the mall either working or walking around pushing out his CD's he was recording back then (I still have one of the original discs some where). So we never really got the time to kick it and hang out but we always had that "hustler's respect" for each other on the times we did meet. Back then I wasn't into beats, I was into doing my chopped & screwed mixes so we didn't have a common ground with music yet. 5 + years later after I moved and then he also moved back to New York, we finally met again thru another mutual friend. At that time I was just getting my beats to sound the way I wanted them to and a week later Justin became the 1st artist to record over one of my beats. His ears heard what I wasn't able to because I hadn't did anything serious yet...so in a way I owe him for that. Some of my production appeared on past projects of his after that day...then the idea of an EP came up.

A year later ...after a few unrelated things happen we got to talking about having Justin come out from NY to VA at my crib to start working on a project completely produced by me. Shit...like a month later the guy shows up one night and we got started. 3 weeks was the recording period and then he shot back out to NY. Justin and I kind of had different ways of looking at the project far as the finishing touch. Finally we decided he would release his version and I would release mine. Instead, my version(Reflections:Cajun Soul Version) sat in the vault because I wasn't sure of it and Justin just used a few songs for a promo disc he was running.

Recently ... while knocking out my "Don't Say I Didn't Warn U" project I've went back to the vault. The project with Justin sounds...better. I've had this happen with certain beats...it's as if they need to mature before being release to the public. A long with that I had finally got an idea good enough for the project that it was worth going in with.....



Music Colored Red
...Justin and I dig the same color...which is red. We agreed that the color red stands out and it says so much...passion, anger, love, aggression, attitude, etc...so does the music in this project.
Spoke w/ Justin a week ago...he's excited about it. The way I'm mixing it will be different but it may be the way I will continue to go. Nothing over board or too major...just stepping my level up. Going to flood the net with it before the end of the month. Previews coming soon :)

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