Everything other than music
The other night, I was about to retire for the evening, when I read a friend’s Facebook status – one of my favorite movies of all time, The Imitation of Life, was on. I have seen this movie fifty-leven times, but I had to stay up and watch it. Just to be clear, I am…
So I’m just fresh off the AudioMo Challenge, where I posted daily audio clips during the month of July. And just when I had decided to take a few weeks off before I start posting my regular companion podcast to TTWC (Oh yeah, I didn’t tell y’all about that, did I?), here comes another challenge.…
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A few days ago, I learned of a 30-day audio challenge sponsored by AudioMo. Two of my friends, Mr. Fresh and Ray Garraud mentioned it and are participating, so I thought I’d try my hand at it. A few months ago, I toyed with the idea of doing periodic podcasts, since sometimes it’s quicker for…
Today’s AudioMo topic is Celebrate! Today we celebrated our church musician’s 60th birthday with a beautiful soirée after church – and he planned it all! Sometimes you have to be good to YOURSELF. Happy birthday Bro. Gibbs!! Listen in…Background music is I:Cube’s Adore.
Here’s Day 6 of the AudioMo Challenge – After seeing “Despicable Me 2” today with the family, I thought about how healthy it is to release your inner child and take time to laugh with your children. This summer, make sure you let your inner child out to play – just make sure you have…
Day 5: I scheduled time off today to take some “me” time. While out and about, I took time to record this message, Pause. Remember to take time out for yourself!
I have been waiting a LONG time to make this announcement. Finally, AfterSix Productions (A6P) will be blessing us with the long-awaited release What Love Is, a collection of smooth grooves and tight vocals centered around love and relationships. I first introduced you to What Love Is back in March 2012 (Read Mr. Fresh and…
This is a reprint of an original article from my June 12, 2011 column on MortarNBrique. Years ago, my sister, my best friend and I were in the car with my parents, on our way to dinner on Mother’s Day. R&B favorite “I’ll Always Love My Mama” by The Intruders was playing on the radio.…
Earlier this week, I participated in a wonderful TweetChat entitled, “Soundtrack of Life,” (Twitter #chatwithjua) the latest installment in a series of TweetChats hosted by friend to This and That With Calandra and vocalist extraordinaire, Jua Howard. Here’s how Jua described the pending conversation: Like myself, I am sure each of you have signature songs…
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