London Bridge is......
Hello again. Been back in London since Thursday morning. Rome, Itlay was just unbelievably amazing. Right after i finished my last blog post, from an internet cafe in Rome, i went and had dinner at an outdoor restaurant right in front of the Pantheon, not fifty yards away from its columns. The Pantheon is definitely one of Rome's gems, and was built in 25AD and rebuilt in 125AD. That makes the rebuilt version 1,880 YEARS OLD!!!!!!! Thats REALLY old. Dinner was a bit surrealistic, italian food, in Italy, so i guess it was just food, italian wine, a perfect night, and the Pantheon. I'll never forget it.
Thursday was low key, got some good work done in the studio on Edro's album, then around Midnight we went clubbing at China White in London. I actually remember leaving the club this time. We all had a ton of fun. 3 hours of sleep and i was wide awake, kind of, and on a train into London to record a string section. Rob Mathes flew over from the States to arrange and conduct. He's brilliant. The string section sounded so beautiful. 5 violins, 2 violas, 2 cello. We cut strings to 4 of Edro's songs, then Rob put down some mean piano on a few songs. A very productive and musical day. Edro's album had so many flavors, all solidified by his voice and lyric writing. He's gifted and we're making an album i think will really connect. There are powerfully sad moment, poignant political statements, straight up club partying songs, and plenty of streetlife. I'm very happy to be a part of it.
Edro's camp is coming over to the states in October to hopefully wrap recording and mixing. I've got alot of other projects in the works as well. Never a dull moment for me, i've perpetually got too many irons in the fire, I've decided i just cant help it, but I'm trying. 2006 needs to be a slightly less overwhelming year. I've had too many in a row. Dont get me wrong, 2006 will be a big big year for me and I'll be working hard, but I'm trying to focus harder on fewer things. Just you wait and see.
Today, I'm sorting thru all the string and piano tracks for each of Edro's songs. He has a song called "Cry" that might make grown men do just that. Its powerful and emotional, thats all I'll say. Not your typically hip hop song and one of the rare times in my career where i can say with utter confidence, "this could be a big single". Not the first single, its not a first single type song. We've got another song for that, mum's the word on that song. Back to work for me. gotta get a ton of work done today so we can go out late tonight and have fun. See, i'm really trying to have a bit more of a social life.
- Ken
Thursday was low key, got some good work done in the studio on Edro's album, then around Midnight we went clubbing at China White in London. I actually remember leaving the club this time. We all had a ton of fun. 3 hours of sleep and i was wide awake, kind of, and on a train into London to record a string section. Rob Mathes flew over from the States to arrange and conduct. He's brilliant. The string section sounded so beautiful. 5 violins, 2 violas, 2 cello. We cut strings to 4 of Edro's songs, then Rob put down some mean piano on a few songs. A very productive and musical day. Edro's album had so many flavors, all solidified by his voice and lyric writing. He's gifted and we're making an album i think will really connect. There are powerfully sad moment, poignant political statements, straight up club partying songs, and plenty of streetlife. I'm very happy to be a part of it.
Edro's camp is coming over to the states in October to hopefully wrap recording and mixing. I've got alot of other projects in the works as well. Never a dull moment for me, i've perpetually got too many irons in the fire, I've decided i just cant help it, but I'm trying. 2006 needs to be a slightly less overwhelming year. I've had too many in a row. Dont get me wrong, 2006 will be a big big year for me and I'll be working hard, but I'm trying to focus harder on fewer things. Just you wait and see.
Today, I'm sorting thru all the string and piano tracks for each of Edro's songs. He has a song called "Cry" that might make grown men do just that. Its powerful and emotional, thats all I'll say. Not your typically hip hop song and one of the rare times in my career where i can say with utter confidence, "this could be a big single". Not the first single, its not a first single type song. We've got another song for that, mum's the word on that song. Back to work for me. gotta get a ton of work done today so we can go out late tonight and have fun. See, i'm really trying to have a bit more of a social life.
- Ken
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