Talking To Myself: 2019!!

Did you set resolutions for the new year? We are almost into February and most people have gone back to their old habits already. The same habits that have held them back from being successful.

If you fail to plan then you plan to fail. A goal without a plan is a wish. Have you he as red both of those sayings before? If not, remember them.

I've noticed bad time management within myself and have been working on it in order to be more efficient and actually achieve my goals and not just talk about them. I've set various alarms on my smartphone to keep me on track with my goals.

Achieving short term goals is how you get to your long term goals. Baby steps. It's still January  it's not too late to turn things around 😉

Happy new year.

MY RESOLUTIONS:
-Direct more
-Get myself on local radio
-Start a pop up restaurant
-Corner office
-Car
-Fix credit
-Write a book
-Go on a speaking tour
-Travel more

Talking To Myself: Live In The Studio

There is a theory that says if you put 10,000 hours into something, you will master it. It's very much true when it comes to making songs.

When it comes to rap, your 100 songs are going to be about the struggle. Making a hit song the first time you go to the studio is almost unheard of. The times you have heard it, the song was a novelty hit and the artist is more than likely not still around.

Once you get past making songs about just your specific life, you will find yourself making songs that sound like "songs". What I mean is, by then you should know how you like to record, how you like your vocals mixed, what type of beats work BEST for you. Your vocabulary will expand, you will write songs faster, you will come up with original song ideas.  The faster you make songs, the less money you spend on studio time. Money that can be better spent on the promotion of the song you just made and plan to release.

Always ask for a radio edit. If you are your own engineer, always make a radio edit. Do it as soon as you are done with the original version before you forget. Also make a PERFORMANCE version. This version usually is just the beat, hook and adlibs. When you do decide to step out the studio to perform your song, a performance version is always better than just performing over the full song. It's better than just performing over the instrumental because the audience can't always hear you clearly and you always want the audience to hear the hook as clear as possible. It also gives you time to catch your breath on the hook

Artist are no longer stuck in the age of waiting for a label to sign them and release their music. With digital distribution easily available, artist now have the freedom to release music on the same platforms as the artist they look up to. Artist that are on a level they hope to attain. Everyone has a favorite app they use to listen to music. With a click of your computer mouse, you can be on all of them. You can put out a song every day if you wanted to. You can put out music until something resonates. Last song didn't pop? Put out another one. Granted, the BEST thing to do is roll out music with a marketing plan but you get my point.

The average music fan today has a very short attention span. They listen to a album when it drops, decide if it's a classic or not and then moves on to the next project. You have to be ready as a music maker to churn out high quality music as rapid pace until you "thing" resonates with the masses.

Mogul In The Making: Entry 7

5:38 a.m. - November 11th. 2014

Laying in bed. I feel restless. Spent a hour or so working on old beats on my macbook and akai mpk49 keyboard and the Ableton program. When I say old, I mean this year last year old. Attempting to build a routine of working on beats so I can get better. I am nowhere near calling myself a producer. Kush in my bong. 

9:30 am

Just got to Starbucks. Took a 2 hour power nap. I had coffee before I left home. I just came here to use their wifi. Any place with a outlet and wifi is a office when you are a entrepreneur. Have to work on all the businesses I'm involved in.

3:30 pm

Just leaving Starbucks. Was updating my website, posting artist ads on Craigslist. Time to head down the street, back to the house so I can take the kids to the park. 

5:24 pm

Leaving the park with the kids. Planned on being here longer but it's cold as fuck today.

November 12th

6 am

Headed to the Los Angeles from Palmdale. I'm in the car but Shenelle is driving. We get up around 4 am, get the kids ready, take them next door to their aunts house. I have to drop 2 kids off at school in L.A.

10:30 am

In Los Angeles, in the Trade Tech area. Just left a dispensary with a smoke lounge. I try to stop in when I'm in LA. It's on my route in and out of LA. I like it because I don't have to smoke on the street, like I usually do and worry about cops pulling up. I'm killing time before a teacher conference in a couple hours.

5pm

Sitting on my laptop working with multiple tabs open. My usual. I'm responding to emails and doing research on this weeks sneaker release.

November 13th

4:00 pm

Pregaming before tonight's event with Too $hort in downtown Los Angeles. Rolling up weed, drinking vodka and in my laptop working. Racking up more money through PayPal. 

10:30 pm

Outside of Belasco. It's packed out here. 18 and over night brings all the young dancing kids out. I'm about to head inside. They stop taking promoter tally at 11.

12ish

In the club pretty sober. Tried smoking a blunt outside on the patio but security was hating. Wack cuz I've seen plenty of people smoking here. Lately I've been working this club sober. It's a different experience being in the middle of the club STUPID SOBER!

2:30 am

It's crazy outside Belasco right now. Fights popping off. Too $hort tore it down with Extindo Gang. Too $hort brings the ratchets out.

4:00 am

I'm down the street from Belasco. I'm across the street from The Staple Center, where the Lakers play. I'm sitting at Pico Station charging my iPhone and killing time. I'm picking up 2 of my kids around 7 am and have nothing else to do. I didn't drive. Rolling up another blunt.

11 am

Riding around with Randy and Harmony (8 and 4 years old) and the homie Gab (Don Royal) with $2k in my pocket looking for Jordans. I set up a new business for sneakers and 9+ people paid me to pre-order Jordans that just dropped. Having trouble finding certain sizes.

November 15th

12:30 pm

I'm in the ES Audio studio. I'm back to engineering. It's been awhile and I miss it. Working with a gospel choir group that will be on a TV show called "Fix My Choir"

November 29th 

Posted with my son at Denny's getting his free birthday pancakes. Haven't been online in a week. He had a party the day before at Dave and Busters.

New drink "Randy Conner"

I call it my version of the "Arnold Palmer" drink, which is half ice tea and half lemonade. Mine is half orange juice and half Hawaiian Punch lol. DOPE!

Enjoy your day
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Mogul In The Making: Entry 6

January 27th, 2012
6:00 am
Just got off work. Headed to the 24 Hour Fitness in downtown LA.

6:30 am
At the gym ready to get it in. Trynna pack some muscle on. Don't want to be a skinny CEO niggas think they can push around lol. HELL NAW!

9:43 am
Just walked out the gym. Vicious work out. I shaved too. Got a lot of new faces to meet today.

11:00 am
On the gold line headed to pasadena. Had to stop in highland park to grab my certificate from the Musicians Institute for a interview.

12:00 pm
At my old high school to set up the "My Father's Son" scholarship.

2:00 pm
Walking out of a interview for a part time job. Takes money to make money.

6:00 pm
Daddy duty with Jade in pasadena.

8:30 pm
Headed to work

10:00 pm
At work, working on the ABZ movie.

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The moment we've all been waiting for!...Or atleast I have lol. BEST COAST ENT & DIPSET WEST PRESENTS: C. VERSY "MY FATHER'S SON". Hosted by Dipset West CEO, Iceman. This is my very first release as an artist. "My Father's Son" captures how I felt last year after first my sister dying and then a few months later my dad dying. This isn't me at my most lyrical but it's me at my most honest. 10 songs of all original music, no mainstream beats. Production provided by Nominz, Scott Styles, Super On The Beat, Frontier and Dviousmindz. Thank you for taking you're time out to listen. This is only the beginning.

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