...to the ongoing saga of hip hop music and culture is the best way for me to describe the new music that is posted on my artist page. My new album Common Nuisance is my second solo CD in a year. Thinking Out Loud is my first effort and it is now reaching international ears, the follow up joint Common Nuisance will be a good reinforcement. I encourage every member of the hip hop community to consume my new music which is a preliminary exhibit of my newly formed group "Small Wonders" with DJ/Producer Definition the Wax Mechanic. Hopefully members of Soundclick will take advantage of the opportunity to listen to and even download free tracks. And appreciate the carrying forth of tradition. Peace

Over the years, hiphop production has changed rapidly due to modern technology. The age of the computer has arrived, music recording and production is dominated by the Mac and PC. This has enabled alot of talented individuals who once could'nt afford means of production a chance to create their own music. It has also spawned a wave of non-talented rappers and beat-makers. Fortunately, there is a demand for good music. And Fans now have an ear for good sound. The most popular production program in hiphop for the last 10 years has been Fruity Loops. FL has allowed people to program loops and use defualt sounds to create full musical arrangements. But the program is seldom used to its fullest potential. There are accomplished producers in the game such as 9th Wonder (Little Brother), who use FL as their main tool of production and maximizes its capabilities. Most individuals use the 808 kit, and a few sounds from the soundfiles, as opposed to cutting down their own sounds and samples (via Cool Edit Pro), and creating their own library of sounds. Or, utilizing all of the various midi controllers and plugins that are available. (Emu X-Board) I know there is a number of innovative digital musicians that use Ableton Live, Reason, and other next level software for midi production and sequencing. I am one of those producers who use FL Studio Like an MPC sampling sounds on cool edit and cuttin them down. Inserting them on FL and using the playlist properly to divide and arrange the tracks. Then exporting each individual track to wav file to load on a recording program for vocalizing. I feel that in the future, traditional hiphop producers will begin using digital solutions for production as well as recording. I also feel that producers who started out with Cakewalk, Fruity Loops, and Cool Edit will eventually graduate to using MPCs and Keyboards, as well as digging in the crates. To Be Continued...

Thinking Out Loud, the debut solo album from your's truly, is on its way to becoming an international, independent, underground, must have, in your collection classic disk. The style of music on this LP has been titled conscious street hiphop. My efforts to carry on tradition are combined with my evolution as an artist and producer, but my overall mentality is still undergound hiphop despite certain criticisms. I released it on August 5th of 2007, and since then have been working on an upgraded version of the original. This new updated disc will be remastered, with added tracks and revised artwork. I will be releasing TOL 2.0 this month, and the modifications made to the project will broaden the range of interested listeners and artists as well. I worked on the album for about 9 months before droppin it,and I was still unsatisfied. That's why I went back to the lab for the upgrade. My tool kit for the project was a combination of past, present and future methods of hiphop production. I used the MPC2000 for most of the drums, and the Korg Triton Rack for most of the synths and pianos. I also had a little of the Roland XP-80 sequencer on a couple of tracks. I did use a little Fruity Loops to loop somw of the samples. I actually ran the Akai MPD midi pad, to trigger some of the sampz. The E-Mu Xboard midi controller was also used in conjunction with Fruity Loops, Cubase, and the Triton Rack. All of my samples came by way of vinyl, and the 2.0 will have live instrumentation, as well as turntablist exhibitions. Thinking Out Loud 2.0 is well worth your time and money. Take some time & check it out.

What is the true definition of a starving artist? I would have to say, the only acceptable and respectable Starving Artists would be "those in poverty, with few means of survival, who are talented and in pursuit of a music career." I've been writing, producing, recording, releasing and promoting my own music since 96, and I still have never been a starving artist. Does it mean starving literally, or starving for success and exposure. I may be an independent, but starving is well exagerrated term for me. Im sure there are musicians that spend every dime on their craft, or maybe dont have the know how to make a living for themselves, and they are only good at music. Or some MFs are just ignorant enough to think the pie in the sky will fall to em if they look long enough. Niether fit my description. I am content with my success and progress thus far. I am blessed to be on the path that im on. God is good. I remember when I was 16, walkin with my group down the street, on my way to the studio, and my grandfather came and picked me up, told me I had a job. I worked that grocery store job for 4 years and then went from there to a department store where I worked for 4 more. During this time I released my first tapes and CDs, done my first shows, including opening for twista in 97, and got a taste of the game. I also established myself, my group, and my town in the regional hiphop circuit. I used the money I made to support my fam, help my friends, and fund the movement. Nowadays it seems like people wanna tell you how to be a man and a musician. I will be 30 this year. I've been on my own since I was 18, and I have never returned home. I have 4 kids, the oldest being 9. I have been the primary caretaker of all of them. I understand responsibility, and accountability. The last thing I need from artists is feedback about how to live. I kniow better than to depend on music on any forum, even If im being booked for $500 a show, twice a week. Though I release a new project every year, and sell enough of them to equal the minimum wage income of half of my peer group, its never been my only option or "hustle". I started at the bottom of the underground and worked my way to where I am now, which is the middle of the underground. The whole internet "hustle" is fairly new to me. Though I had Warheadz.com in 98, i never had an e-commerce site, cause I didnt know how to use frontpage and add a shopping cart. Or it would have costed me $1500 from a webmaster. So MP3.com was the way to get my sound across the world. I believe an Indie artist has to hit all levels of sales and promotion. The street, "out the trunk" method is most common on the underground. Retail sales, distribitng through ma and pa stores (if u can find them), and finally, e-sales. But if u don't have good music, don't bother. The time for wak sh*t is up.

Don't sleep on Soundclick.com, like me. I signed up for this site a year ago. Since then, I have'nt gotten very many hits and plays. But for good reason, I was sleepin on the capabilities of Soundclick. I was hypnotized by MYSPACE. I was spending all of my time on my page trying to establish Myspace.com/goldeneye765. Myself, along with thousands of other independent artists get caught up in the mess of myspace trying to promote our music. But now that the spell of myspace is broken and im ready to catch up with the rest of the artists on Soundclick. I currently have 24 songs on my music page, soon to be 32. I also have the album "Thinking Out Loud" and the compilation "The 765 Collection for sale for 6.99. I wil also have beats for sale soon. If u like the ones on my album, you'll love the new batch. Here on soundclick, you can find producers to lay your tracks, artists to feature, and fans to sell em to. Soundclick beats myspace to death for one reason. Its about the music and the artists. Myspace is not consistent, because 80% of the users are not there to find new underground music. There are users that don't even accept requests from bands. It's a shame that the jaugunaut of the internet that is myspace,is taking away from soundclick, but that will change in the near future.