Greetings all...
well here we GO>>>>>>
This is the marking of my two-week count-down to my first "official release" of my EP
"Sweet Water Soul". Steppin' into the music game 9/23/08.
I'm excited, nervous, irritated, angry, and a host of
emotions depending on the day/hour and such!
For those who don't know, I've been a local artist for sometime.
Smashing on shows in my hometown (& out of town), lacing up producers, MC's and Dj's
tracks with vocals/lyrics for years...All that experience has made me the artist I am today.
However, now that I am "graduating" to the next level my thoughts are quite
reflective. When i started out (like most artist) I just wanted to sing my song, spit my verse, etc.
Which I did but I never thought that I would be a recording artist staking my claim to fame in the "music biz". Back in the days (as it is now) it was and for me will always be about the CRAFT.
But again, I'm in the "music biz" now and let me tell you it can have a way of choking the shit out of you (if you let it)...most of the bs artist have to deal with ain't got a thang to do with being creative.
So this is just a reminder to myself and other aspiring, dues paid already, ole g' artist...
IT SHOULD REMAIN ABOUT THE CRAFT, YOU KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE PRIZE and
IF YOU KNOW THIS IZ WHAT YOU SUPPOSE TO BE DOIN WIT YOUR TIME & MONEY
"Never give up
Never no way
Never again"

til the next time I got some *hit on my mind~
- femi
(Picture (L) )
(me singing back in days, getting bar-b-que smell all up in my afro - Q's Lounge - Oakland, ca 2000)