performance Preparation #14 : Absolute Zero September 14th – September 14, 2015 -Blog 14 – Here is the next installment of my daily blog, leading up the ILoveMakonnen show on the 17th. Look at the previous installments before you start reading this one. Performance preparation blog(s): Absolute Zero Today was mostly an errand day. I had to help one of the people I stay with get to work; she crashed her car the day I got here. Luckily she had scheduled her vacation for this week, so not having a vehicle didn’t hurt her as much. Unfortunately they did plan to spend the week away from home, so the money that they had budgeted towards travel expenses is now going to vehicle repair . So there was that, I cleaned up the area I was staying in a bit. Its always good to be a modest house guest. The hommies were letting me crash on the couch for free, the least I could do was have the place looking nice. I also did some laundry and bought food, the normal human stuff. -(https://instagram.com/p/7osC58QOK7/) -(https://instagram.com/p/7ou1CUQOOx/) That pretty much was the day, plus or minus a few games Read More…
performance Preparation #13 : Absolute Zero September 13th – September 13, 2015 -Blog 13 – Here is the next installment of my daily blog, leading up the ILoveMakonnen show on the 17th. Look at the previous installments before you start reading this one. Performance preparation blog(s): Absolute Zero I had to meet with a friend today. I really can’t speak about it too much because I would like to respect the persons privacy. The rest of DME went to the beach today. So I guess this is all for this entry will have more for you tomorrow its show week. Special Cakes Da Killa Show Media Gallery and Promotion tracks —- Thanks to everyone who supported us through our awareness campaign. We have received thousands of views and its all thanks to you. As thanks we are doing this special so see our gallery from the Cakes Da Killa show. We will be doing another show for ILovemakonnen on the 17th. You can buy tickets here and or show your support by viewing our page, consuming our pictures and leaving a possible comment(we will interact as best as we can). — Thanks to everyone, you helped us out alot in Read More…
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performance Preparation #11 : Absolute Zero September 11th – September 11, 2015 Blog 11 Here is the next installment of my daily blog, leading up the ILoveMakonnen show on the 17th. Look at the previous installments before you start reading this one. Performance preparation blog(s): Absolute Zero It was the day after the show with Cakes The Killa and I was tired as hell. I danced a ton in my set. Cakes encouraged me to dance on stage during Obey City‘s set and I danced with a bunch of girls in the crowd during Cake‘s performance. As you might imagine this left me lethargic as hell the next day( today). That being said there was work to be done, and I had a queue of Personal Preparations to write and sort(Sorry RJ). Sometimes I feel the grind(RJ literally sending me messages any and every way he can to get the work done), but I know it will be worth it when I get on stage for the show next Thursday. Its officially less than a week till the show. Its crunch time for getting ready and promotion. So I spent a few hours putting up street flyers(see picture above). Block Read More…
performance Preparation #10 : Absolute Zero September 10th – September 10, 2015 Blog 10 Here is the next installment of my daily blog, leading up the ILoveMakonnen show on the 17th. Look at the previous installments before you start reading this one. Performance preparation blog(s): Absolute Zero Its show day and I woke up waay too early. I was waking up at 6 AM every day in Miami. The adjustment of trying to not wake up hours before I can do any work is taking some time. As it turns out yesterday we had massive miscommunication. We scheduled a practice time, for the pre-show practice that Network was not going to be available for(personal reasons). I was Network‘s ride so I had to stay with him. By his estimation (time),he would finish what he needed to do by 4:50 PM . We would be able to practice for an hour, before sound check at 6:30 PM. In a cruel twist of fate, we weren’t able to make it out of the house until right before sound check. As someone who has done sound, at shows. I never ever, ever, and I mean ever, miss a sound check. So we Read More…
performance Preparation #9 : Absolute Zero September 9th – September 09, 2015 Blog 9 Here is the next installment of my daily blog, leading up the ILoveMakonnen show on the 17th. Look at the previous installments before you start reading this one. Performance preparation blog(s): Absolute Zero Today is a new day and only two days away from the Cakes show. We only had one practice so far. Show day is coming up and we can’t do a full practice yet(damn). However we will need to take care of our voice for the performance. So that being said, I feel really confident about everything. We were able to fix almost all the kinks, we had in yesterday’s set. We pretty much ran though the set with no problems. Well, except for a few instrumentals that we have to get from Outlaw. We planned to go over there after the practice. Since the practice went flawlessly, we just took the trip over to Outlaw’s place. Outlaw’s studio is sacred ground for DME. Dude is legit, running a small business out of his house. Its super dope because at this point almost everyone who is serious about making quality music, is Read More…
performance Preparation #8 : Absolute Zero September 8th – September 08, 2015 “Blog 8” Here is the next installment of my daily blog, leading up the ILoveMakonnen show on the 17th. Look at the previous installments before you start reading this one. Performance preparation blog(s): Absolute Zero Today I woke up and made a quick trip to Gamescape in Tallahassee, Fl. I had some store credit left on my account. I finally had a moment to spend it and they have a dope setup. They have tables for TCG players like Magic and Yu-Gi-Oh. They added a new comics sections since I left (which looked quite robust). They have PS4s, XBones, Computers, a Duel Terminal, and something that was unexpectedly pleasant… they had Steam Machines. If you don’t know what a Steam Machine is, it is basically a gaming laptop minus a screen and a keyboard(note: this is called a Box, it is for gaming). It’s a third of the size of a XBone and has superior specs despite it. They actually replaced their large Alienware towers with Steam boxes because they saved them space and money, while maintaining performance. I never really thought too much about Steam Machines Read More…
performance Preparation #7 : Absolute Zero September 7th – September 07, 2015 Blog 7 Here is the next installment of my daily blog, leading up the ILoveMakonnen show on the 17th. Look at the previous installments before you start reading this one. Performance preparation blog(s): Absolute Zero So today was perhaps the most awkward day since I started the Personal Preparations. It was the day after rocking the Blind Math show and seeing KRS- ONE. It feels like time is flying cause I just realized we really only have 3 days to practice until the Cakes Da Killa show. We know our material for the most part but there is still a lot to finish. We need to meet so we can finalize the track listing. Also we have to figure out how we are going to DJ the set. We haven’t had time to do any in person promotion for the most part; we still need to track down some equipment to even get practice started. So with all that to do and only three days to do it in, we really couldn’t afford to lose time. Unfortunately the personal emergency practice today, had to be cancelled. Which was Read More…
Just had the pleasure of connecting with and listening to a new track put out by Markus TankBo Woods. I must say I personally believe he is an amazing artist. I when I listened to his music, I was actually shocked. It was more than pleasantly even better than I thought. I mean I knew he was good because he had good company, Black Tarzan and Absolute Zero. Still this track and the others I listened to were bar raisers for other guys making music, honestly. ———————————————————————————