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TIRED!

Work was crazy today. Man, I am tired! Mentally and physically! I'm sitting here in the studio sipping on Pinot Grigio. I just turned on all the equipment and plan to produce a couple of tracks. My creative world has been bursting at the seams lately, and that makes me proud, plus I definitely love every minute of it. There's nothing much else going on, other than my fingertips to this keyboard as I type this post. Y'all have a lovely evening.

~Lady aka always the Gumbo Gurl

Spoken

Last night (late), it came to me. It took me 10 minutes, 15 minutes tops to write it and track it. I NEVER have any idea where I'm going with my music pieces or my poetry. I just go where my head leads me. I was working on both at the same time, when after the track was complete, which was a simple joint filled with about 6 types of instruments like one of them head-banging poetry-set joints – I laced the prose. My pen started writing faster than my brain could keep up. It was magic. I ended up with this spoken word piece:

My Seed

I look up at the night skies and see the moon glow… I look down at my belly, as the wound grows. The cipher of sacred honor of a seed, my seed; the creed of life – birth awaits and rises from the dirt and rib of no flesh, from whence God made such beauty manifested in the labor of moments of love.

But Shhhhh – Listen loudly as it grows and forms a future with no direction, but a conception of its place and time and moment to shine light – like the light that shines when it arrives. So bright to sleepy eyes like sunshine. My seed, indeed is my light beaming in my wound formulating destiny.

Shhhh it grows. I feel something – A being so human it places water in the wells of my eyes. Excitement in my wound as it rattles its presence making Mommy know – I'm here. I'm attached and I aint never letting go.

Month's progress as the full-grown mid-range gets out of tone, but still in sync with the essence of soul. The union of love and life and the connection so pure it's heavenly.

It is heavenly bonded – Shhhh it grows and knocks at the doors of freedom to come see Mommy.

No pain is as good as the push and poking, sit-ups and breathe versions as I release my seed who's hesitant to enter, yet eager to exit and touch cheeks and fingertips with Mommy from a beautiful bondage into direct interaction with life and love.

Come little one, Come

Ooooh, I hear crying lungs while tiny eyes are closed tight, but heart is pumping FAST and GOOD and HEALTHY and REAL and LIFE.

My life conjoined and formed what is before me. We did it. 'Baby', we did it.

10 little fingers and 10 little toes. My exhausted love is undying because he's worthy of any INCH of energy left.

My seed! – is now my Son!

Of course you know how it is with Spoken Word, it's how you recite it that makes it more meaningful. I'm not sure why it came to light, especially with the fact I don't have any children, but I assume it was meant to be, 'cause I'm most definitely feeling it when I recite it. I guess it's just a natural woman's intuition. Other than that, everything is everything. Getting sleepy now and I've got work at 7am. So a sistah's gotta go. Love ya like a stack of pancakes dripping with butter and syrup. Holla my folk. Holla!

55 Things about Lady Tha ProducHer

1. Birth Sign? Leo
2. Ethnicity? Black American
3. Wine of Beer? Wine
4. 7Up cake or Sock-it-to-Me? Sock-it-to-me
5. Broke or Ballin'? Depends on how broke is broke and definitely not ballin'
6. Sleep in Shorts & Tees or Gowns? Shorts and Tees
7. Gettn' Some or Lonesome? NOYB
8. Why Lady Tha ProducHer? Catchy name for a female producer
9. Ever been out of the country? Yes
10. Ever had a pet? Yes some fishes…(*grin)
11. Favorite pastime? Cooking and socializing with friends and family.
12. Favorite alone time? Writing next to a window pane of tapping rain drops.
13. Best friends with Oprah or Gayle? Oprah
14. If you could turn back the years, what would you do differently? Utilize the stamina and drive I have now. Perhaps as a producer, I'd be someone you'd read about now on the cover of Essence.
15. Affectionate or I don't touch; just get straight to it? Most definitely affectionate.
16. Best friend's initials? CJ &CJ
17. Coke or Pepsi? Neither
18. Do you believe in Karma? Yes
19. Ever intentionally wrote a bad check? Yes (1) when I was about 16.
20. Did it bounce or did you make it – Yes, it bounced right on over to the DA's office, 'cause I'd forgotten about it. (It was $3.oo and somethin' LOL! Long long long time ago!)
21. Ever flown in a helicopter? No
22. Ever driven a BMW? Yes, I used to own one.
23. Explain the ideal homemade burger – seasoned and cooked well, sandwiched between two sesame-seed buns with huge chunks of white onions and mayo, mustard and jalapenos
24. My boyfriend or my ole' man? Boy…? How 'bout my friend. Too old for boyfriends and too young for ole men. LOL
25. Ever forgot to put on deodorant? Yes
26. Luther or Barry? Luther
27. O'Jays or the Isley's? Whew that's hard! Isley's
28. He loves me or he still loves me? He still loves me.
29. Ever danced in the mirror alone? Yes
30. Ever sung in the shower? No
31. Does lightening frighten you? Yes
32. Most embarrassing moment? When I was a teenager, my oversized pantyhose fell to the floor while I was directing a choir at a visiting church. LOL!
33. Ever ate a bug? No
34. Ever been in the Rocky Mountains? I've been in the Rocky, Smoky, Ozark and Appalachian Mountains.
35. Ever peed in your car?  Shhhhhhhhshhhhh long long time ago, long time ago. It was an accident!
36. Ever ate something you didn't like at a friend's house and didn't tell? Yes
37. Remain single or eventually get married? hmm dunno, these days? More likely remain single.
38. Kiss and make up or don't ever call my house again? Kiss and make up one more time for the road, then don't ever call my house again! LOL
39. 1 Lobster or 2lbs of crawfish? 2lbs of crawfish if they are cooked right!
40. Do you believe in dreams? Yes
41. Do you believe in faith and fate? Yes
42. Can you write with both hands? Yes, although I hate writing with my hands.
43. Ever dated a person from prison? No
44. Do most people like you? Yes
45. Favorite word? Intelligence
46. iPod or MP3 Player? iPod
47. Something he will never forget? Ask him!
48. Nappy or Perm? I'm currently nappy! (the pix above is perm of course)
49. What are you doing right now besides typing this post? Thinking about pouring another glass of Chardonnay
50. If today, you decided to practice abstinence, could you? Absolutely
51. Who will read this post? You!
52. How many computers do you own? Two
53. Preferably candles and solitude or loud music and a crowd? Candles and Solitude
54. Can you eat with chop sticks? Yes
55. Do you keep hand sanitizer in your purse? Yes

     

COMPLAINERS!!!

I know y'all know somebody somewhere who fits this description. You know the kind that always want to be heard but too chicken enough to take it up with the person they are complaining about? You know the kind that always sees the wrong in any situation.

We had a meeting at work just after lunch today and it covered several things including how some management were taking it too far in talking about each other to the point it was causing hostility. Our boss asked for any suggestions on how to remedy this and if there wasn't a resolution -- that all issues/complaints would be handled by upper management. I sat there still, but couldn't resist intervening and voicing my opinion as I said, "Why don't the person having the problem or complaint about another just go that person and tell them about it, instead of going behind their backs and telling it to another co-worker?" My boss agreed.

Personally, I don't have a problem with my co-workers where it would warrant complaining behind their backs. (Plus I'm not so much of a complainer!) I'm consistent at confronting a situation or a person.

There's this one woman (a co-worker) who complains about everything. She seems like she's mad at herself and the world. She's very negative and NEVER smiles. She's definitely the type of person I like to fool with in a sense; because every time she would say something relatively negative, I'd come behind her with something positive. During the meeting, no one else would entertain her, they'd just listen. And the way I handled her was with discussion, not argumentative. So, when she tried to go there… I took her to another place. Y'all feeling me right?

As the meeting concluded while ending on a good note, everyone was cheerful and smiling while she rushed out of the room with a frown on her face. She was ignored, and I think everyone knows she's the problem. Talk about people with issues…

Life is too short…

Get ‘Er Done!

I'm feeling a bit better than earlier today. I'm in the studio as I type this. I'm kinda hyped 'cause I've got some projects to finish between tonight and Friday. I have my boy T. who runs an entertainment company coming through tomorrow night (Thursday) for the first time. He's bringing his execs through so we can talk about me doing some production work for their company. I've got my girl Lex, (rapper) who needs to come through again soon and record some joints. So tonight is the night that I need to complete my pending projects so I can focus on my folks when they come through.

One of my long time friends and singer I used to produce back in the day, who now resides in New York, sent me an email yesterday indicating that she wants some music. Y'all this girl can SAANG! I haven't hit her back yet, but she told me to just name a price. Of course, she's going to get the hook up just for keeping a girl on the roster. She's hanging with big timers, but has always liked my music production on the R&B tip. So Keish, my girl, I got you. I'll hit you up soon.

As I'm not feeling 100%, I just turned on the equipment and am ready to dive in. I'm excited with how this part of my life has resurfaced. You know what they say, if given a chance to make it a second time around, it's definitely a shot you must take and go all the way.

Well that's a wrap for me.

Ya girl

Tummy Hurts

What's good everyone? I'm not feeling well today. I think it's an ulcer issue. It burns bad. It's been a while since I've had a flare up.  It started around 5ish this morning. I may go into work later, 'cause they are short-handed with management, but then I may and probably need to just lie here in bed and rest. Besides, the day is almost over anyway.

I hope you're having a wonderful adventurous day.

It's Ya gurl…

Cubase Studio 4 – Good Stuff

The more I use this stuff, the more I am in love. I've had it for quite some time now, but had to extend its props. I exclusively do tracking through the software, and do my final mix externally through my Mackie and outboard processors. Being an ole school girl in the music tracking/mixing realm, I have a bit of reservations in using the software's virtual processors. I occasionally use a few of the internal effects, but for the finals, it's got to be on the outside for me. I can tweak better, and it leaves my external gear not just sitting there collecting dust.

I've had my eye on ProTools for some time, but uhm, I think I'm going to stick it out with Cubase. It's worked flawlessly with my setup.

Being off today, I've been posted up in the lab, doing what I do. I've not done any creating, but have prepared some pieces for a vocalist who's shooting through later on.

I've got another ad/radio spot to complete as well. Maybe sometime, I'll post some of them so y'all can get a feel of what I do regarding commercial spots.

I hope all of you are blessed with a beautiful day.

~Holla

Notadamnthinggoingon!

That's for real as nothing tops the spot tonight. I'm sipping on some Pennsylvania Dutch (finally Wal-mart got it in!). Y'all if you don't know, it's the best eggnog ever. Of course it's spiked with rum, brandy and whisky! And it's good to the last drop. I like it chilled and served in a wine glass. It's made with real cream also. It's GOOD! Oh, I said that already…

Otherwise, everything is everything. I haven't turned on one piece of equipment tonight. I've been here writing and sort of browsing the net.

Them people say it's really cold outside…y'all it's in the near 50's…THAT AINT COLD! I've learned to respect the power of COLD from where y'all Northerners reside. I can NOW say I've been there and I know WHAT cold is! This here is barBQ weather.

I think I'm headed for bed now. So that's a run. It's been one of them days. I've been on chill.

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Lost Comments

After re-designing my blog and reading my older posts, I've realized that I've lost my earlier comments (Nov 2005- Jan 2006) it seems there may be other lost comments throughout the archives. I haven't checked my actual files within Ty.pep.ad to see if they are there, but they are definitely not visible through the blog from this end.

If I didn't get a comment in the first place -- that's cool, but to have and lose them due to a technical glitch while making monthly payments on an account leaves me a bit disturbed. I've gotta get to bed. Been at it a while today.

I'll research it more later.

Met a Poet!

Today earlier at work, I dropped a line about my music business and it turned out the lady I was talking with has a daughter who's a poet, and she's seeking a producer. (Hopefully she has met her ProducHer) We haven't met face to face, but she did call during my lunch break and we shared good initial conversation. She's a spoken word artist who's working on putting together her first album project. As we've only talked once, I do look forward to hearing her style of delivery. She seems to be on the same vibe as I as for the tracks she's interested in to underlay her vocals. I gave her Mom my business card as well and it has a link to this blog… so she may be reading this now… If so, "what's up girl? We gon' do this."

Tonight I produced a track and HATED IT! I listened to it about 15 times and immediately turned off the keyboard! I did leave the track in the system, 'cause on another day, I'll bring it up and re-flip it to sound like something I can work with.

I'm hungry right about now as I've only eaten once earlier today. I'm all broken out with seafood rashes…oooh I've got to leave that stuff alone y'all. I'm glad it doesn't affect my face because if so, a sistah would be jacked up for sure.

As you can see, the page change HAS arrived! Y'all check out my About Page too. So whatcha think?!

That's it.

Holla