first..let me start by apologizing for my lack of entries these past few weeks.  i have been enthralled in tax madness.  new accountant for my new life.  anyhow…things are getting in order.  cleaning up my life in every way.

i have been keenly aware for these days when i’ve been quiet in my apartment with my bank statements, just how much music means to me.  not just when i think of how much of whatever income i have goes right back into my love for music - a new stand, guitar strings, studio equipment, a trip to nyc to meet my lawyer, cds, concert tickets.  it’s some sort of a financial obsession.  but while i was organizing and stapling and filling out forms, i had my music playlist going.  and i began to think of all the sense memories that music can inspire.

like, certain hindi film songs actually bring up the smell of frying onions because my mom used to listen to that song when she cooked.  or outkaste’s ms. jackson reminds me of the first time i went to the grammys because the woman in the row behind us was a teacher who had brought her students and her name was ms. jackson and outkaste was performing that night.  she said that when her kids were late to class, they sing the song, "i’m sorry ms. jackson…" and the other kids in the class would respond in "ooohhhh."  that’s funny!  we all have these stories.  music is our sonic time capsule.

so now i’m thinking of the next album and in the process of putting together my new studio.  i’ve decided to do the preproduction myself this time.  god willing, i’ll be up and running after july 8, which is the date of my dance show.  hoping to get two new produced songs by the end of the summer to shop for a new deal here in the states.  and thinking of my next time capsule.  summer fun. 

in the meantime, i’m loading up some new photos of me in the summer fun of vegas.  finally…a picture of me and sammy…

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