Music

Titled plainly enough, i just thought i'd ramble on about music for a paragraph or two. As i've been on the road for the last month or so i've kind of been off of my musical grind. Actually i've been completely off. I havent called any of my contacts, i havent come up with many melodies or hooks. I have more or less retired from it, for a lack of better words. I think i needed it because when i moved out of the old apartment, i was wild frustrated son! I hated the thought of dealing with the crap for another day, so i just said "im out!" But as usual, i've gotten the itch back to come up with something and i really cant wait to get in the lab. When i take a break from it i usually come back better than when i left. Hopefully the same thing happens again.
Why when i tell most people i know that i like Maroon 5, Kenna, Paramore and other artists that are lesser known to the typical black person am i looked at with a bit of disgust and confusion? I mean cant i like something other than rap? I try to listen to everything and i try to get inspiration from anybody anywhere, and it really helps me with ideas when hearing other genres. Basically i've noticed my taste in music is nothing like the mainstreams tatse in music. Its a bit of a problem when trying to go mainstream with my own work. It IS somewhat possible that i can use my very discriminating ear to my advantage when im in creative mode. Not that im trying to puff my chest out but people who dont make music wont truly understand it even though they may nod their head in agreement.

"The Olympics is Just Another Track Meet"

Every now and then you hear something that you just cant believe and it would take a personal experience to either confirm or deny. The other day me and an olympic athlete were having a discussion about competition abroad and traveling and a whole lot of other track related stuff. Somewhere along the way he pauses and says "dre, honestly, the olympics is just another track meet." I was almost offended. He offered his reasons why, stating that television makes it look all big and glamorous and the most prestigious thing you could ever be a part of. He says its all of the same athletes as any other track meet he goes to; a lot of the people hes competing against are people he lives with, trains with, knew from college etc. Initially it sounded crazy but as im in more and more meets with olympians and world champions and their ilk, it does start becoming the same and i can imagine how it just doesnt have as much luster as you'd expect. So with that said, i need to find out for myself.

Yall Be Good Now Hear?!

Im gonna keep this short and sweet becuase i dont want this post to be morbid or depressing, but monday morning my grandma florine passed away after a bout with cancer. I love you grandma. Rest in Peace

PHX & BEYOND!!!

Jacksonville to Atlanta to Phoenix to Los Angeles to Atlanta to Jacksonville...Got it? Remember that...Thats the general travel itinerary for the next 10 days. Im goin out to the PHX for the arizona state sun angel invitational/classic or whatever its called and im sort of amped! I've never actually been to phoenix and dont know who or what is out there except the Suns and the hot; not to mention i was giving the gainesville folk the business in the starts yesterday. I think im going to run something pretty good out there. I'm guessing i'll stay out there in phoenix for a week before we go to Mt. SAC relays where it seems like EVERYBODY and their sister is going to. I cant wait!!!
Aight, so yo, i didnt really want to drive up to jacksonville, i'd prefer to just leave gainesville the night earlier and fly out of atlanta to catch the connector straight out to phoenix. Mainly I dont want to leave my car at some extended economy parking lot for 10 days and pay like 10 bux a day. But they aint havin that. Even though the connector is out of atlanta, its gonna cost me an extra 320 bux just to leave straight out of atlanta and skip the jacksonville part. It doesnt make sense, and it seems rather ridiculous. Anything to get their stinkin money.

UGH YOUNG!

gainesville: florida relays: the 100...its about time i ran a real race. Ive been down here since early tuesday morning and have felt pretty tired since. truth be told i didnt know what to expect as far as times go and maybe i shouldnt be too upset that i ran what i did. Its always funny to me how i practice a few block starts on race day and feel like a beast and i think im gonna run a 9.something and it turns out to be some trash. Then the days where i feel like theres an ape on my back before i the gun goes off and i'll hit something tolerable. OH, i ran a 10.43 with a +2.5 on the wind, thats where the "ugh young" comes in to play. Pretty damn terrible but not as bad as that 1st race of last season.
Yesterday i was doing block starts with rashaad and bernard and on start number two i felt a click in my neck. Oh Gawd, i know what that means. IT means im gonna be walking around with my head turned to the side for the next 3 days. Some people call it having a crook in their neck. I was able to pull of a couple more starts before the actual pain kicked in and i was running pretty well, although i felt like i was workng really hard just to get rolling. i packed it up and rolled back to the palace that is the exteneded stay of gainesville where the pain kicked in. Lets just say i didnt enjoy the rest of the night...
Anyway, there was nothing really to speak of about the actual race other than it seemed long and it was the opener. Doyle says hes pleased with where i am at the moment and the times will come. Its hard to take because the times at the moment suck! But hey, maybe i'll take another sixty six hundredths of a second off of this 10.43 and take tysons job...

Precarious Living

I make beats...Usually not for the fun of it, at least not anymore. And really the fun has been sucked out of it by the powers that be, so all im trying to do these days is get paid for my services. Not to mention i need the money...So check this out, a guy i gave some tracks to (we'll call him "yung rapper") owes me about 3 stacks. (three thousand dollars for those that dont know) He put my music on his mixtape and myspace page and blah blah blah. Well, come to find out young rapper died this weekend...

What am i supposed to do now?

Words of advice from the people would be greatly appreciated

Workin On Some Things

'Yeah im tryna get in pocket, im gettin some things together...I'm just really makin sure everything is everything.' Its been a rough stretch the last 2 weeks or so. The finances aint financing. And in turn the computer aint puting, and the internet aint nettin, and so on and so forth. In a couple of days i'll be saying goodbye to GA and hello to FLOrida. Im actually looking forward to gotdamn getting out of "the A" and getting around more, dare i say, conservative people...if you know what I mean. Training has been going okay. My back is probably just gonna be on and off for the rest of the season so i'll just have to deal with it.
Making music is hit and miss as usual, but there are some big things in the works if we decide to not fumble at the goal line. If you havent noticed im not speaking in specifics for the sake of diplomacy, also for the sake of overly sensitive people. For a business thats so fickle and based on other peoples opinion im really surprised there are so many hypersensitive ego-maniacs in it. I dont like it, and I hope i never become one of them. You really cant get to big for your britches cuz in urban music you're lucky to get a 18 month shelf life before you become radioactive. But pray for me, its probably only gonna get worse before it becomes great. And for all those people who complain about me not updating my blog regularly but then dont post a comment, you can step off...