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Wednesday, May 4th, 2005
1:52 am	Back from NYC It's been a minute huh? NY was fantastic as usual. Great meetings. I just got over the cold I caught out there though. I performed at UC Berkeley Sunday for the first time in a minute... I was surprised how confident I was... great crowd, great response... Hmmm I am too busy for this journal, and I am updating my casamena blog more regularly, so I may have to consolidate, but do enjoy reading some of my friends entries ... hmmm http://casamena.blogspot.com (Comment on this)
Saturday, March 26th, 2005
4:29 pm	Winter Music Conference Wow. warm weather, the beautiful people, DJ's from all over the world, waaaayy too many parties.. at the airport, so ready to go home after a week of it. Big shouts to Diesel for throwing the dope rooftop party complete with live sex acts across the street!! Met so many kewl people and reconnected with many others. I was happy to see folks from the Bay also. I am quite sleepy, but also very excited about getting back home and getting back to work on the projects I have on the table. A 30 min phone conversation with Vinia Mojica, while I was stuck in downtown Miami traffic, made my day, and week. I think I like house music again. Carlos (Comment on this)
Sunday, March 20th, 2005
1:04 am	Common "Corners" CASAMENA Remix here's another remix, enjoy. http://www.casamena.com/the-corner-casamena-remix-final.mp3 So, I got a Powerbook... if you don't know the CASAMENA recording studio has been on Windows based technology for the last 5 years... I wanted to have a reliable portable recording studio, so here I am running Logic on a Powerbook, yikes!! I have to admit OS X rules, everthing is so simple.... wow! Still learning but, but I gotta say this is soooo cool, so far! Peace, Carlos Current Mood: busy Current Music: Rob Blake - Tom Blake (Yoruba Soul Remix) (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, March 9th, 2005
4:46 pm	John Legend - Ordinary People I don't know why I did this, I don't really have the time, but here is a CASAMENA remix: http://www.casamena.com/ordinary-people-remix-final.mp3 (Comment on this)
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2005
12:27 pm	two secs What a couple of weeks. So the biggest name in House and remixes asked me to remix some work for him!! That's crazy. Well got one done (sounds pretty hot, and wrote and spit a poem for a release on Ubiquity later this year, in Spanish at that!! Hadn't written anything in months, and to write it in Spanish, what a rush. I have a couple of more tracks to remix for Osunlade and Yoruba Records. As for the new record Michael Spiro and I are exec producing you can still go to the blog page for updates on that --> http://casamena.blogspot.com Let's see look I'll be going to the WMC in Miami in March, I've also been asked to return to Japan!!! Yippee, and I may be in Bahia, Brazil in May to record and hang. Interesting developments shaping up for the CASAMENA label... more on that later... Current Mood: cheerful Current Music: Tracy Chapman - New Beginnings (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Sunday, February 6th, 2005
7:08 am	Japan pics Here are some pics courtesy of Kevvy Kev... more to follow... most of these were taken in Osaka. http://www.kevvykev.com/japanimages.html (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, January 31st, 2005
11:58 am	Home What a trip. Japan was amazing. Osaka was the first stop and after running through Narita(Tokyo airport) to make our connection to Osaka.. we had a team of 6 Japanese escorts, carrying our bags and pointing the way, They parted security forces, rushed us through baggage checks, to make a flight that should have taken off five minutes earlier... WOW!! That definitely would have never happened here. We made it on to the plane, covered in sweat for the 1 hour flight. No need for the video game/movie/audio entertainment console on this flight... anyway I'd already seen all the movies twice, on the 12hour flight from NY. We found food (delicious noodles w/chicken, $5.), and internet cafes ($2.5 for 1/2 hr) that first nite... met some of the folks in Zapp and P-Funk that nite, though they didn't warm up to us till day 2. Turns out most of them were very cool, and willing to give advice. Imagine sitting in a bus with members of Zapp and P-Funk and an incredible gospel song session breaks out, just before we get to a small private club for an amazing after party, were the DJ has original pressings of of every significant hip-hop, funk, and jazz record. I almost fainted. Imagine being on stage with P-Funk singing "Flashlight!!!!" Imagine japanese clubs like you see in the movies, ultra-chic, and very hip. Imagine hip-hop clubs filled with japanese kids, where if you let your eyes deceive you, you'd swear you were in NYC at the Tunnel. Tokyo blew me away, I really enjoyed going to Shibuya (area in Tokyo), it reminded me of the village in NY. We found a very cool, underground teahouse with free wireless internet access... it's definitely a place I would be found at on the daily if I lived in the area. There is mo much to tell, but as you know I am not much for posting many details here, in fact this may be my longest post ever... I'll just say that I made friends, music connects, and definitely want to go back soon. It's nice to be back. I'll have pictures online somewhere soon. Current Mood: rejuvenated Current Music: DJ Sake One - Vintage Sessions (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, January 27th, 2005
8:56 am	Zapp,　P-Funk　and yours truly this one is short...two words Zapp Ridiculous... more later off to the bullet train. so if I jump up and down while we are moving, wht happens??? Conichiwa bitches!!!!!!!!!! (c) Dave Chapelle (Comment on this)
Tuesday, January 25th, 2005
11:27 pm	Hello from Osaka I`m in Osaka, just had my first Kirin, and Noodle bowl!! Yum... Left the bay area on Sunday afternoon, got here on Tuesday evening. Long story. Folks are very polite. really have to run, more to follow. Carlos (Comment on this)
Saturday, January 22nd, 2005
10:26 am	Mr. Roboto!! OOOOpppss!! I almost forgot, I am leaving to Japan tomorrow afternoon!! What was I thinking.. I gotta start packing! I'll be performing at the Zepp in Tokyo and Osaka, three shows. I think it's pretty cold there right now, so ski caps and sweatshirts it is. I'll try to update lv from there. Current Mood: excited Current Music: computer fan noise (Comment on this)
Friday, January 21st, 2005
11:04 pm	Friday nite Yeah I've kinda been busy with http://casamena.blogspot.com but I'll be back here soon. Current Mood: happy Current Music: Darryl Reeves, Dela, and Osunlade (Comment on this)
Thursday, January 13th, 2005
11:11 pm	3rd graders are cool! They are still innocent enough and unafraid of being silly!! I'm having a blast working with them. I received some offical paper from the Japanese government, saying it's OK for me to enter the country, that I now take to the Japanse consulate in the morning to get my visa, yeah!! Our TV died today... I don't seem to mind at all... Current Mood: cheerful Current Music: bata loops (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, January 10th, 2005
10:52 am	moldin' young minds So I'm off to teach poetry classes this week and next. Nice little gig, it pays well, and it's third graders... oddly enough I am not a fan of the english language, but at least I am familiar with it enough to explain figurative language to third graders.. actually the lesson plans I wrote are dealing with imagination, ... never mind... I gotta eat and get outta here... I hear I am leaving on the 24th to Japan, and that tix, cash, and contract are being fed-ex'd... we'll see. Carlos (Comment on this)
Saturday, January 8th, 2005
12:24 pm	A cold? I guess all the anya work left my immune system vulnerable to an attack. Teas and soups for me hooray!!Oh well, playoff Saturday in bed. Evelyn is out walking Max in my stead. Did I just say "in my stead"? yuck! I think I may make more of an effort to use my writing skills on this journal, we'll see. Although my energy is more focused on my current musical project http://casamena.blogspot.com, I think I feel a writing spurt coming on, look out!... no wait, ... sorry, just gas. Current Mood: calm Current Music: Buenos Aires Cafe - Tangos (Comment on this)
Monday, January 3rd, 2005
9:04 pm	Happy New Year Gave an anya for my iyatobi... for those of you who don't know what that is... just know it was mad work for several weeks. On the flipside it was also a great celebration honoring Elegba so we can start the year off on the "good foot". Just now recovering... ...back to work on this new record... I am keeping a separate journal ( http://casamena.blogspot.com ) to document the entire process from beginning to end... there will also be DVD, yikes! Blessings, Carlos Current Mood: productive Current Music: Game joint with hi-tek on the production (Comment on this)
Thursday, December 30th, 2004
12:15 am	Berkeley Slam the berkeley slam was fun... tried out some chicken scratch from my notebook... and a haiku for Charles: modern day wordsmiths sharp tongues carve verse, splinters fly Berkeley Slam kills Tim Barsky rocks...Karen has a beautiful smile... accented beauty(German I think) complimented my charisma, presence, words and connection with the crowd, I could only gaze into her beautiful eyes...and say thank you... and I'm out. Current Mood: numb (Comment on this)
Tuesday, December 28th, 2004
8:34 pm	Tsunami relief fund options go to the top of http://www.casamena.com... I've listed four options there. Current Mood: numb (Comment on this)
Friday, December 24th, 2004
11:09 am	Happy Holidays to you all I wish my live journal friends health and happiness in 2005!! Many Blessings, Carlos (Comment on this)
Thursday, December 16th, 2004
10:22 am	Where is my Coldplay CD?? I can't find it, and I just realized it's not loaded in my mp3 player, oh well I guess it's Orisha songs for the morning.. Aya is coming to the studio today, yipppee!! She makes me laugh, I like adults. Meeting with my friend Jean (sreen writer) tomorrow, screen play in motion.. finally!! I think I want to go back on the road to perform in the spring after the East coast thaws out... it's true Cali makes you soft. My favorite three tracks out of the casamena studio for 2004: http://www.casamena.com/radio.blog/radioblog.swf All for now, Carlos Current Mood: artistic Current Music: Chango Laye (Comment on this)
Saturday, December 4th, 2004
1:17 am	still here, just biiiiiizzzy It's been a minute since I've posted but you all know how i feel about this thing "journal" although I do enjoy reading yours, and appreciate being kept abreast of travels, etc... OK so I am no longer in white everyday, yippee!! ok I miss it a little...let's see, starting pre-production on a new record... very exciting!!! If you dont have my first, shame on you... go get it...http://www.casamena.com (end of commercial) Question: There is a chef in Dallas reads poetry, and was kind enough to host Mike McGee, Naz, D, Stegasausus, Dani, and myself about a year ago,... I can't remember his name, arggg and also, how can I contact him... I lost his card!!! Thank you in advance... All for now, Carlos Current Mood: refreshed Current Music: Best of Eddie Palmierie (4 Comments |Comment on this)