Quiet Entertainer
Exploring Hip Hop and Electronic Music While Helping To Make Your DJ Dreams a Reality
Using Your Music Scene to Change the Culture of Your City
As I’ve tried to branch out from Nashville, I’ve ended up playing a lot of shows at The Coup in Clarksville, TN. People are always asking me why I keep going back out to Clarksville to do shows. It’s because I’ve met a lot of great people there, including Zach Lerman. He’s one of the
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Sam & Tre x Nacho Picasso w/ Blue Sky Black Death – I’m a Stoner
Alright! Here’s a new track. It’s part remix, part mashup, part blend. I took my favorite track from Sam and Tre, “I’m a Stoner,” and put the vocals over with a piece of the original Sam and Tre beat plus a track “Numbnuts” from Nacho Picasso & Blue Sky Black Death. This is the result!
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Ducko McFli Defines Hustle and the Artist Lifestyle
It seems like I always see Ducko McFli’s name when I’m taking a look at who’s doing something in the Nashville Hip Hop scene. I felt like I could learn a lot from him to help me get my work done and to hustle. Then I realized that we could all learn something. So I
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Five Things To Consider Before Launching Your Kickstarter Campaign
When I wrote my blog post awhile back about quitting my job too early and how I now need to work even harder and more hours, a lot of people on my email list wrote me and suggested I launch a Kickstarter campaign. I’ve seen some artists get well known for their success on Kickstarter.
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Thoughts From a Music Critic: Interview with Sean Maloney
In Nashville, those of us in the hip hop and electronic music scene get our info on what’s good in a few different places. Eventually, we all take our cues from Sean Maloney. Writing for the Nashville Scene, he’s established himself as the voice of hip hop music and electronic music in Nashville. This gives
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How to Make Moves and Pay Dues in the Hip Hop Scene
Ross Norton is relatively new to the Nashville Hip Hop scene. Yet, he’s already got his hands in more things locally than a lot of people; myself included. He emcees as Kid Dead. Also, he’s been performing as part of Last of the Horsemen along with some other projects. He’s also been booking a lot
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Why I Use Reverb Store For Selling Merch
I was talking to Ugly Lovely the other day. He has some new hoodies and t-shirts printed up. He was asking me what I was using to sell my own merch. So I wanted to put this out there. I am currently using Reverb Store through Reverbnation. I do this simply because they allow me
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9 Favorite Shows From 2011
The year is almost over! New Year’s Eve is a busy time of year for DJs. I’ve got two big shows coming up this weekend. I’m grateful for every opportunity to do what I enjoy. Meanwhile, I want to look back at some of my favorite shows of the year. Here they are in no
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The Real Reasons That No One Wants To Book You
Today I have a guest post from Celeste AKA GalaxCgirl. Celeste performs as GalaxCgirl in Asheville, NC and the surrounding area where she combines her DJ set with live visuals. Celeste was actually sent to my post about booking your own live shows after she made a similar rant on her facebook page. (Thanks J-Mo!)
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Six Albums You Should Have Listened To In 2011
One of my email subscribers, Sandy, asked me recently, “What are your biggest influences? What are you currently listening to?” I hate to just give short answers to music related questions as personal as this one! Furthermore as I was looking at what I was listening to and matching it up with some of my
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Gummy Soul Builds a New Hip Hop Empire
Nashville really is the perfect Music City. It’s full of surprises. When I first moved here, the surprise was that this is not just a country music city. There is a pretty nice hip hop scene in Nashville as well as an electronic scene. So as I was trying to carve my special place in
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How I Quit My Day Job Too Early and Wasn’t Ready For The Next Step
I was Bamboozled! Hoodwinked! Led Astray! However, it’s really my fault. I don’t think I was sold a lie. But I believed a lie. But let’s start with the truth. The truth is that I want to be a musician and DJ. I want to make great music and perform that music all across the
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