HighBreedMusic

What’s not to like about Shaharah?

Whatever that mysterious “it” factor is…she’s got it in abundance. She can sing, she can dance, she can sing and dance at the same time without missing a beat and make the entire audience fall in love with her. Her live shows are crazy hot! So…we’re sharing some of the goodness ;)

Check out www.shaharah.com for more!

Greetings and Salutations :-D

It’s a rainy, rainy day out there but with great music, who cares about the weather?

Today’s music to refresh the soul is…the dopeness of L.A.’s Sid Sriram. Oh, two awesome L.A. artists in a row? Coincidence? I think not.

We first discovered Sid Sriram a couple months ago, via a facebook post of his cover of Frank Ocean’s “We All Try”…and he blew us away! Haven’t heard it yet? Check it out:

Soulful music seems to be a the theme of this Music We Like week, and we’re not surprised. With so much empty music out there, it’s nice to listen and feel something. But don’t write Sid Sriram off as a cover artist. No sir, this singer/songwriter has great original material too, and it feels good! His in studio videos definitely give off a great vibe of creativity, making viewers feel as if they are a part of the process. On his twitter, Sid announced that fans can look forward to another new video on 12/31. Happy New Years!

Take a peak at “2am Prayer” and for more Sid, stop by his website! http://sidsriram.com/

Snow in October and everyone is bugging out. Funny, it was only a couple days that I told Angéle  that I felt that we were going to go straight into winter after an extended summer…and looky, looky, it’s snowing outside. I don’t know if you can really call it snow…it’s a very slushy situation out there. Even Poops wasn’t happy with the weather. Our studio pug does not to go out in the rain. However, today, I discovered that if you put her in one of her jackets, she will happily stroll around Bushwick. Diva, baby.

Mafé had an awesome session today. Even though she wasn’t used to Tariq’s unconventional methods, she was able to deliver some incredible takes. Backed by Jesse Fischer on keys, Alex Busby Smith on bass, and Tariq Khan on drums, the track sounded really great.

We’ll putting together a video to share with you soon. 

What’s going on now? I’m knocking out a bunch of office stuff while Jeff and Tariq are getting The High Breed’s permanent recording gear set up. Tonight…rehearsal. Can’t wait! 

By the way, NUMUBU is the new crackness. If you’re not up on it yet, let me tell you, you really should be.  You can find gigs and collaborators, network with other artists, promote your music…and on and on and on. Do it! :-D 

Click here and it’ll take you to the place you want to be: on top of things! 

Holla :-)

Nikuvu

Mafé woo hoo!! Down for a few days from Montreal to work on her project, the beautiful and talented Mafé is in the studio working with el presidente. She sounds amazing. What a voice!

Check out her page: www.mafemusic.com 

And…drum roll pleeeeeessssse - Here is an exclusive preview of the teaser for her Voodoo Funk project!

I feel the sickness that Nikki has just gotten over creeping up into my veins and seeping into my flesh…and I am quite upset.  Thankfully, Nikki gave me some Echinacea and hopefully it works and I feel spritely tomorrow morning.  Until then, I must feed the sickness with a 2 hour, hot as hell, traffic spree and then 4 more hours of work at my job in Long Island! Welcome to the adult world Patrick.

Yes…welcome.  Picture a welcome mat made out of broken glass.  That’s the kind of welcome a young person has to the “adult” world.  This has been said 2 million times before, but damn, I wish I could be a kid again.  I want the days back where my biggest concern was getting home for dinner on time…or who was going to be my tag-football teammate.  Those were the days, man.  My nephew’s got no idea how lucky he is at age 4 to be entirely clueless.  

But there are still amazing things to be done in the adult world that benefits all ages…and that’s really what you have to strive to do.  Why bother going to a job on a daily basis that you despise…just so you can do what I’m doing right now and complain?  As long as you do something worthwhile for others in your lifetime, then it’s all okay.  High Breed’s one of those special places where adults are doing what they love for a good cause…not sitting in 4x4 cubicles talking shit about their bosses or co workers.  Cha know what I mean?

Anyway, that is my ramble for the day.  Till tomorrow everyone!

Patrick 

Bilkis likes Oreo’s!  Who knew!?  I love how much I learn here at HighBreedMusic about all different cultures and different kinds of people.  French, German, Canadian, Cuban, South Asian, Pakistani, Irish, St. Lucian…so many different people I come into contact with on a daily basis.  It’s freaking awesome…learning how to say certain phrases in certain languages and learning about what each culture enjoys as far as  food, entertainment, music, movies, and the list goes on on.  I will bash every barrier created from childhood that is soaked with ignorance until none remain and I am open to all.  Good day today…we were all busy staring at our computers until our eyes criss-crossed.  Till later/tomorrow everyone!

Patty Nips 

Yes….Nikki did. I witnessed it.  It was quite impressive.  Also…I don’t think she realized she just posted the 200TH text!  That’s what happens….so busy we don’t REALIZE drastic things such as creating a 200TH blog.  That’s 200 thoughts from just a couple of people…that’s pretty sweet my dudes. Anyway, today was a really fun, productive day for real.  We’re all really excited for another(!) session coming up this Monday.  Till then, well be cracking down writing, mixing, and editing videos, songs, and documents.  Good times.  Till later

Papiotruookadoodilydoowop 

Our session with Li’nard’s Many Moods was simply amazing.  A seriously talented group of musicians and singers, their expertise in getting the crowd singing, and even dancing upon the stage, oozed through and was proven by endless smiles and head bobbing/butt shaking.  As a musician myself, I found myself staring at Li’nard’s fingers while he played bass and just wondering how he can possibly make it look so easy.  The same goes for each and every member of the group.  We would like to thank Li’nard’s Many Moods for taking a trip out to Brooklyn and grooving the house down.   As I said a lot last night, their music was almost edible…I could basically taste it…like strawberry shortcake…or perhaps toasted almond ice cream…if you prefer.  Whatever tastes like heaven basically.

Putrookkuu 

A Fishkrackaless morning.

We all hope he made it back to his homeland safely :)

Today the sun is blazing! Wow, what a gorgeous day. 

…time to take control.

mYnIcIsNik

Hey!  Fishkrakkah speaking.  i just finished my last day of work, as far as this sejour at the HighBreedMusic Studio is concerned. Ill miss everyone here for a bit, but Ill be back… probably with a vengeance, but we’ll see.  Until then, Fishkrakkah is Audi 5000.  Peace!

Fishkrakkah here.  I was getting dressed this morning when I realized that, somehow, i’m going to need to raxx the laundry card.  It’s not that I didnt bring enough clothing, but rather that I only own one pair of pants, ever since i accidentally put a wet paint roller in the wash with my jeans.  Logistically, the story is complicated, so i’ll just point out that it was untintentional, and that now i live forever in the valley of pants sudden-death.  Walking the tight-rope.  They’re starting to waft wierd at me, and accumulate a Jackson Pollock-y network of beer and foodstains throughout the crotch-to-knee canvas area.

Beyond that, work is good.  Secrets abound.  Shhhhhh.  Winking emoticon.

I’ll talk to you soon.  

Many words, 

Fishkrakkah.

Hi! This is Bilkis; I’m very glad to be a part of your team for two months! I hope that everything will be okay and that I will be bilingual when I’ll go back to France!  

Howdy Howdy Howdy,

For those of you who don’t know, that introduction is taken from the greatest movie of all time: Toy Story.  It is the scene where Woody wakes up and the shark has his cowboy hat on and, mocking him, says “Look, I’m Woody; Howdy Howdy Howdy!”  Honestly, I could watch Toy Story on a daily basis and never get sick of it…and I’m 22 years old.  Is that childish? There’s just something magical about something that is made for kids but could still crack adults up at the same time.  Which leads me, really, to the point of even mentioning my weird obsession with Toy Story.  Nikki and I were talking about our creation of a children’s album, and the main goal is to create something that kids can learn from and enjoy, but that the parents don’t have to be tortured by at the same time.  Everybody likes a win win situation, and a children’s album is just one of the many projects HighBreedMusic is working on that is for a cause and a purpose.  

Don’t take this as me “tooting my own horn,” or, our horn; I’m just excited for our plans.  In the meantime, HighBreedMusic is still hard at work preparing for the Inword show on Sunday!  It’s going to be spectacular…I feel it under my flesh, rattling my bones.  The Khan’s calender today is filled up to the brim with meetings, Nikki is at her bridal and I miss her guidance, and I am ready to type my fingers off.  Till later, people.

Putrookkuu  

I kept having a dream about this transparency sheet, that had information printed on the top half. The sheet was glowing yellow, and I  could see the print on it, but I couldn’t really read it…just word and lines. Maybe it’s a crazy useful form I can create to do something…who knows. Hopefully it will come back to me. 

Patrick is getting his juices flowing with some brain-food: a free write. To write better you have to write more, practice, practice as he mentioned in an earlier blog. Time for me to get cracking too, plans to lay down, documents to finish, new ones to start…the usual grind. May the words flow just as easily.

Happy Cinco de Mayo!

mYnIcKisNik

Doing some more tom edits on Toni’s “Window” today, once again slightly daunting as the tom work is so rad.  Patrooku also gave us three audio engineering underlings (Buse, Mikinder, and myself) a little grill on just how our studio is different from other studios that we’ve worked in (as we’re all musicians).  The answers ranged quite a bit, as Buse works with a beginning studio of his own, Mikinder has recorded with his band Priestess with RCA, and I’ve only been in ghetto garage-rock basement studios, but in the end what we agreed on is that what makes a studio good is the music that comes out of it; and the people who want to work there.  Thus, we are badass. 

-Scattay