Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Da House!!






I decided to roll by Morehouse's campus today and low and behold it was freshman orientation day. This is the day all of the freshman move on to campus for the first time and move into their dorm rooms. It was a trip, I walked on campus and it smelled the same as I remember it. There were loads of new buildings, the campus seemed totally rearranged, and the freshman guides had on these weird outfits with straw hats and Morehouse polos; but amazingly enough, the vibe was exactly the same. I heard kids arguing about how the hoods where they came from are worse than those in Atlanta and you can see how proud the parents were while seeing their sons off. It was amazing!!! Made me remember how much my college experience influenced the man that I am, Morehouse is it's own, almost unexplainable experience and all of us who have experienced it...know it without words. There's a smell to the place; an old ethereal charge in the air. Dear Old Morehouse!

ATLANTIS!!





So here I am, exhausted after 2 weeks of recording in Atlanta, Georgia with Martin Luther. This has been one marathon process of 14 hour days; exhausted musicians and triumphant music. It is coming down to crunch time and I am a little nervous about getting everything done before we have to get out of here. We had some remarkable musicians in the studio with us including Nikki Glaspie and Deantoni Parks on drums, Steve Wyreman on guitar, Kev Choice on keys and programming, Andre Bowman and Aaron Bellamy on bass, and Pascael Arceneaux on production and editing. We are also working with producer/engineer Don McCollister for the first time and that has been an awesome experience so far. These are the times that we have to step up big and make it happen. I am faithful that everything will turn out beautifully, but I must have gained 5 pounds since I've been here from stress eating everything that I could grab. Well, I miss New York; I miss the sunshine, I've been inside this cave too long. I think I'm going to go check out the Morehouse campus today and reminisce.