ok so heres the deal we will no longer be having STM parties at Callahans
because; The sound guy refuses to opperate the PA (sound system... for the young bucks out there) my only option is to buy a PA and we can continue to throw parties... i'm not buying a damn PA
Callahans is a blues bar not a night club... if we blow the speakers that ruins business for their functions that support the bar and keep their doors open... compared to the two nights a month we were having parties there
so heres the deal... at first it wasn't an issue... i made it very clear we were to respect the sound guy if we wanted to keep hip-hop in the hearts of a bar that supported us and never had a bad thing to say about our functions.
some people did not take my advice (cause what do I know right? right...) the past two functions, and i won't name any names, but people vocally in front of the crowd on the mic demanded things like, Bass to be turned up... or ordering the sound guy around to skip through their tracks.
lesson 1: CD-R's cost like 30 cents buy a couple and organize your tracks in the order you want your set list... the sound guy's job is not to be your DJ ... you wanna get fresh with it go to your studio you record at and track your set list as one track thats what i do when i get booked for a gig!!!... just a smart idea so you have no one to blame but yourself .... i know for a fact Royalty is up on that TIP!!!
lesson 2: it is disrespectful to tell the sound guy (and i keep saying sound guy because this is a universal lesson but learn his name atleast in this instance it's PJ or Pete) how to do his job while your infront of a bar full of people... "hey man turn the bass up" or "i can't hear myself turn the mic up" ... i noticed alot of people havn't learned mic presence ...you need to put that mic right on your mouth don't worry none of the other emcee's got the plauge ... we can't do sound checks for every MC
so look... Callahans is not Joe Louis Arena or the Fox or St. Andrews your not going to get everything you want out of a sound system created for traveling Blues acts or "Blues Travelers" LOL personally i thought it was a great venue we had quality stage lights and the sound was "good enough" and by good enough let me tell a story about my first few years as a performer
my first concert was some house party with one of those bootleg home stereo's with turn tables and a mic... as i progressed it got a little better
i played the back of some bookstore with like one speaker working on the PA
i played a coffee shop with like a 200 watt PA (thats not good at all LOL...speakers were cardboard)
i've played dive bars from hamtramck to flint ... none of these places even had monitors
and none of them were as well outfitted as Callahans
in these times we need to be thankful for the love we are shown... i personally have to take major issue with this after i kept reminded EVERYONE to respect the sound guy ... not only did you screw me out of a couple bucks i was making to organize this party (which i need since my hours at work are dwindling) ... you screwed yourselves out of opportunities to perform at Auburn Hills only hip-hop night .... you screwed Hip-Hop... thats right i said it you fucked over hip-hop music
ask anyone whos been doing this long enough WE (the hip-hop community) don't have enough venues out here supporting us.... If i could i'd throw Rock n' Roll shows... then i wouldn't have to deal with the ego's of people who have a fraction of the stage experience I have (remind you my first concert was 8 years ago... ) BUT i don't throw rock n' roll shows (if i was smart i would thats where the real money is) i do it cause i love hip-hop and i love all the young artists (no-homo) out there... doing this for the love of music... cause thats what it's all about not being a tough guy on stage or acting cool MAN it's about Saving the 'goddamn" Music
I hope this is a lesson learned... and i'm not salty about it cause in my opinion you win some you lose some. If you can learn from this that is more rewarding than any money or fame that could have come of this party. So read listen and learn
until my next party endevour lets all do our parts to Save the Music
so main moral to take away: be very mindful and humble with the people who work at the places you perform you might never know what kinds of negative or positive effects your actions may bring
peace,
Robo
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Monday, March 2, 2009
PHX to DTW
this title will make more sense if you continue reading!
if you havn't heard from me in a while it's because i'm addicted to micro blogging if you havn't heard you should hear it's enjoyable get into the future (twitter.com/roborobb)
I just got back from AZ, it was dope, i stayed with Moonchild and Black Roq. I grubbed real hard.... i made it a point to eat swell!!! (you can ask Black Roq about that... LOL) We made a mini documentary (big ups to Louis...funny note* that used to be D. Allie's boss hahah), recorded a song ..."hey big gurl", and did a quick photoshoot (shout out to kelly). I got to ride the valley metro transit line all the way throughout phoenix and tempe... interesting people... and really friendly. hit up some radio stations trying to try my luck with an actual career in radio!!! I visited Frank Lloyd Wrights winter home "Taliesin West" i walked like 4 miles through the desert to get there... i might be crazy but it was an experience. shouts to everyone i met in phoenix who was nice enough to show me a good time and give me some insight into their city.
schools back once again to kill my brain...so if you don't hear from my shoot me a message ask me whats up!!! my myspace says i need to download a new flash player to listen to music i tried but.... my damn operating system is too old???? WTF and the same thing on facebook to watch videos......FML i guess you can't have everything in a recession so i'm cutting back... what are somethings your cutting back on?
me; i roll my own ciggarettes,
i don't cruise around in my car anymore point A to point B thats it,
no new shoes untill 2010 LOL (please reebok don't go outta business),
go to meijers and buy food instead of fastfood after a long night out,
no more starbucks... i know they are fair to their employees but it's too much $
no concerts that cost more than 5 bucks (got it all you promoters out there :)
thats all i can remember right there but theres simple little things i'm doing to save a bunch of money and pay off debt... fuck consumerism don't be fooled... i was.... i'm trying to break the habbit...
on a final note i don't know if i said this but don't believe the hype the media is all tied in or miss interpreting the facts
fact: most people in america don't make a living wage.
fact: 1% of the nations population owns 40% of the wealth
fact: the news tells stories everyday about people graciously taking pay cuts to keep their jobs
conclusion: don't believe the hype all the major media is owned by one of those people who are amongst the %1... CNN infers that YOU should be thankful for the little your making keepings class hostilities under wrap... when in fact.... there is enough money there to give people the baisic nessecsities ... people act right what do you need with a billion dollars if your not going to do good with it you can't take that shit with you!!!
peace i'll talk to you sooon
stay tuned for the video "Footwork" of me and Moonchilds album Save the Music currently being filmed :)
if you havn't heard from me in a while it's because i'm addicted to micro blogging if you havn't heard you should hear it's enjoyable get into the future (twitter.com/roborobb)
I just got back from AZ, it was dope, i stayed with Moonchild and Black Roq. I grubbed real hard.... i made it a point to eat swell!!! (you can ask Black Roq about that... LOL) We made a mini documentary (big ups to Louis...funny note* that used to be D. Allie's boss hahah), recorded a song ..."hey big gurl", and did a quick photoshoot (shout out to kelly). I got to ride the valley metro transit line all the way throughout phoenix and tempe... interesting people... and really friendly. hit up some radio stations trying to try my luck with an actual career in radio!!! I visited Frank Lloyd Wrights winter home "Taliesin West" i walked like 4 miles through the desert to get there... i might be crazy but it was an experience. shouts to everyone i met in phoenix who was nice enough to show me a good time and give me some insight into their city.
schools back once again to kill my brain...so if you don't hear from my shoot me a message ask me whats up!!! my myspace says i need to download a new flash player to listen to music i tried but.... my damn operating system is too old???? WTF and the same thing on facebook to watch videos......FML i guess you can't have everything in a recession so i'm cutting back... what are somethings your cutting back on?
me; i roll my own ciggarettes,
i don't cruise around in my car anymore point A to point B thats it,
no new shoes untill 2010 LOL (please reebok don't go outta business),
go to meijers and buy food instead of fastfood after a long night out,
no more starbucks... i know they are fair to their employees but it's too much $
no concerts that cost more than 5 bucks (got it all you promoters out there :)
thats all i can remember right there but theres simple little things i'm doing to save a bunch of money and pay off debt... fuck consumerism don't be fooled... i was.... i'm trying to break the habbit...
on a final note i don't know if i said this but don't believe the hype the media is all tied in or miss interpreting the facts
fact: most people in america don't make a living wage.
fact: 1% of the nations population owns 40% of the wealth
fact: the news tells stories everyday about people graciously taking pay cuts to keep their jobs
conclusion: don't believe the hype all the major media is owned by one of those people who are amongst the %1... CNN infers that YOU should be thankful for the little your making keepings class hostilities under wrap... when in fact.... there is enough money there to give people the baisic nessecsities ... people act right what do you need with a billion dollars if your not going to do good with it you can't take that shit with you!!!
peace i'll talk to you sooon
stay tuned for the video "Footwork" of me and Moonchilds album Save the Music currently being filmed :)
Sunday, January 11, 2009
GOODBYE 2008
wow so it's 2009... i guess this is kinda late but i just am now getting a moment to reflect. i guess you take the good with the bad. it's wierd but i have had some of my most triumphant and happy moments in 2008 along with some of my saddest. to bring in the 2008 year I was at Pato's (the kid is about to be a giant dont anyone sleep on it). I left Pato's and it was a blizzard (if you were in michigan last NYE i'm sure you remember) and i went to bed thinking "This is your year Robo... big things!!!"
ok just a list of somethings that happened in 2008
-my mom starts her early retirement after being "downsized"
-quit my job @ Penn Station
-got a job at Chicago Bros. Pizza (the first place i was ever employed back in H.S. i make far less money but i am much happier)
-get an iPhone
- my grandpa died :( R.I.P. he saved my life... foreal there would be no robo without him
-KR and J. Fin join Robo-Robb Radio permenantly
-I experienced love for the first time :(
-Me and Moonchild finish our first studio project; Save the Music!!!
-go on my first vacation in 6 years (DC, NYC, Montreal)
-get a write up on KevinNottingham.com
-made URB's Next 1000 list !!!!
-my grandma died :(...but she got to spend xmas with my grandpa
this year was amazing for me and i cannot wait to see what next years list looks like. but on NYE at some local bar i experienced a couple things that gave me purpose
1. run into some dude, violent dude, i used to know from way back talking about how much trouble he was in... please leave me alone... we all need to stop acting so hard... fuck you... kids in Sri Lanka make you all look like wimps
2. some rich kid i went to school with upset his dads gotta pay a lil more taxes, using the N-bomb... motherfucker you are ignorant*... stop listening to the ying yang twins if you got so much hatred in your soul ... spoiled ass
i feel i now have major steps to take to help these morons cause someone needs to save their souls... they are seriously a bad look for our community
note*
that rich kid who is upset his dad will pay more in taxes must understand... the goverment and media use words like recession to get YOU (non-rich people) feeling gratefull to be employed. If you do not make a living wage fuck your circumstance. when the media portrays union workers as greedy for making 30 bucks an hour (even proposing they give up a dime in wages).... they are fucking stupid... you as a human being have a right to be paid enough to survive... but many people in many industries do not.
so back to my point... this country has been dominated by the employer not the worker for too long... businesses have taken advantage of your hard work because like the media and goverment says "you should be gratefull to have that job in these hard times" ... well fuck that! these businesses should be gratefull to have your brainwashed ass thinking 7.50 per hour is all they can afford to pay you... if you work at a place that is closing down i am really sorry... there are too many businesses that serve no purpose and... well some of them really need to shut down... if all you sell is snow globes close your doors and save yourself some overhead put that stuff on ebay... and as for the business owner who pays you 7.50 an hour... my friend that is the mofuckers father who got me to write this in the first place.... do a good job and take care of your employees and the people wouldn't have voted for obama
goodnight and happy 2009
oh yeh @MOONCHILD!!!! LETS GET IT!!!
follow me on twitter (twitter.com/roborobb) don lemon of CNN is!!!
ok just a list of somethings that happened in 2008
-my mom starts her early retirement after being "downsized"
-quit my job @ Penn Station
-got a job at Chicago Bros. Pizza (the first place i was ever employed back in H.S. i make far less money but i am much happier)
-get an iPhone
- my grandpa died :( R.I.P. he saved my life... foreal there would be no robo without him
-KR and J. Fin join Robo-Robb Radio permenantly
-I experienced love for the first time :(
-Me and Moonchild finish our first studio project; Save the Music!!!
-go on my first vacation in 6 years (DC, NYC, Montreal)
-get a write up on KevinNottingham.com
-made URB's Next 1000 list !!!!
-my grandma died :(...but she got to spend xmas with my grandpa
this year was amazing for me and i cannot wait to see what next years list looks like. but on NYE at some local bar i experienced a couple things that gave me purpose
1. run into some dude, violent dude, i used to know from way back talking about how much trouble he was in... please leave me alone... we all need to stop acting so hard... fuck you... kids in Sri Lanka make you all look like wimps
2. some rich kid i went to school with upset his dads gotta pay a lil more taxes, using the N-bomb... motherfucker you are ignorant*... stop listening to the ying yang twins if you got so much hatred in your soul ... spoiled ass
i feel i now have major steps to take to help these morons cause someone needs to save their souls... they are seriously a bad look for our community
note*
that rich kid who is upset his dad will pay more in taxes must understand... the goverment and media use words like recession to get YOU (non-rich people) feeling gratefull to be employed. If you do not make a living wage fuck your circumstance. when the media portrays union workers as greedy for making 30 bucks an hour (even proposing they give up a dime in wages).... they are fucking stupid... you as a human being have a right to be paid enough to survive... but many people in many industries do not.
so back to my point... this country has been dominated by the employer not the worker for too long... businesses have taken advantage of your hard work because like the media and goverment says "you should be gratefull to have that job in these hard times" ... well fuck that! these businesses should be gratefull to have your brainwashed ass thinking 7.50 per hour is all they can afford to pay you... if you work at a place that is closing down i am really sorry... there are too many businesses that serve no purpose and... well some of them really need to shut down... if all you sell is snow globes close your doors and save yourself some overhead put that stuff on ebay... and as for the business owner who pays you 7.50 an hour... my friend that is the mofuckers father who got me to write this in the first place.... do a good job and take care of your employees and the people wouldn't have voted for obama
goodnight and happy 2009
oh yeh @MOONCHILD!!!! LETS GET IT!!!
follow me on twitter (twitter.com/roborobb) don lemon of CNN is!!!
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Christmakuh
was pretty good i had a lovley dinner with my family and aunt and uncle... i'm glad we didn't spend it alone like we did on thanksgiving.
we toasted to my grandmothers death (she passed yesterday.)... not that she died but that she got her wish (to die and be over with the pain) ..... and that she was able to spend xmas with grandpa and not in a stinky nursing home
i got a digital voice recorder from my parents so i can do interviews on the go and be a real live radio DJ :)
and a bunch of housewares socks and underwear ... ok i get the fucking point i'm a broke ass and i need to move out of the house!!!! i'll be gone soon don't you worry
what i really love about the holidays is giving tho... i got my sister a clock and trivot for her apt. i got my ma a paper shreder and the new john legend cd and i got my dad a lil' feat CD and a book by thomas friedman... i love to give people things thats why i'm broke!!!!!!
i love my family and my grandmas death didn't stop us from remembering them and laughing about the great times we had in their lives.
santa didn't bring me a girl who has shoe game, hustle game, and positive energy but i guess thats asking for too much... i'll probally die alone and i deserve that i'm a jerk... and i asked for things that probally don't exist (or are already in relationships)
so goodnight
i'm tired and i have been drinking alot to numb the pain latley i promise after the newyear i'm going to be sober again no more booze. goodnight never never land!
we toasted to my grandmothers death (she passed yesterday.)... not that she died but that she got her wish (to die and be over with the pain) ..... and that she was able to spend xmas with grandpa and not in a stinky nursing home
i got a digital voice recorder from my parents so i can do interviews on the go and be a real live radio DJ :)
and a bunch of housewares socks and underwear ... ok i get the fucking point i'm a broke ass and i need to move out of the house!!!! i'll be gone soon don't you worry
what i really love about the holidays is giving tho... i got my sister a clock and trivot for her apt. i got my ma a paper shreder and the new john legend cd and i got my dad a lil' feat CD and a book by thomas friedman... i love to give people things thats why i'm broke!!!!!!
i love my family and my grandmas death didn't stop us from remembering them and laughing about the great times we had in their lives.
santa didn't bring me a girl who has shoe game, hustle game, and positive energy but i guess thats asking for too much... i'll probally die alone and i deserve that i'm a jerk... and i asked for things that probally don't exist (or are already in relationships)
so goodnight
i'm tired and i have been drinking alot to numb the pain latley i promise after the newyear i'm going to be sober again no more booze. goodnight never never land!
Thursday, November 27, 2008
my thanksgiving prayer
i guess me and my sister have to quick go and create families so we don't spend thanksgiving with 4 people LOL
.. i'm moving back to jersey asap so i can actually spend the holidays with a larger family than 4 people this is the most boring thing ever
michigan fucking sucks but i'm stuck here till i can afford to take another vacation so i guess christmas will just be 4 people too.. it's almost like i don't have family in michigan just people who share common ansestory (families spend holidays together and don't let one another spend them on their own if they don't have to)
it's amazing how one man can unite so many people of various opinions and that 8 or so people can't do this on our own???? everyone quit being selfish i know someone who would be very very very disapointed in all of us right now....
RIP grandpa
.. i'm moving back to jersey asap so i can actually spend the holidays with a larger family than 4 people this is the most boring thing ever
michigan fucking sucks but i'm stuck here till i can afford to take another vacation so i guess christmas will just be 4 people too.. it's almost like i don't have family in michigan just people who share common ansestory (families spend holidays together and don't let one another spend them on their own if they don't have to)
it's amazing how one man can unite so many people of various opinions and that 8 or so people can't do this on our own???? everyone quit being selfish i know someone who would be very very very disapointed in all of us right now....
RIP grandpa
Friday, November 14, 2008
35,000
So I decided to start regularly waking up early again. I got up today
and had coffee with my mom. Well I had lots of orange juice and coffee!
It will probally help her get better adjusted to her retirement (yeh
that's right my ma is mysteriously ageless she has that youthful
Transylvanian blood). I got dressed and wet to kinkos and proofed a print
order. Then picked up my ma some soup containers so she can get busy this
year making some tastey ol' world soups and goulashes :-@ (that's my
licking my lips emoticon). Then I putzed around and got a call the print
order was ready... Wow kinkos was fast! I picked that up and went to art
history class... America advanced some photagraphy! I learned all
about dugerratypes, ambrotypes, and tin types LOL. My teacher is like a
crazy photography historian she gave all the students a tin type.. I own
something from the 1800s crazy!!!!! I never owned any thing that old,
thanks to prof shimmelman :). There's some dope
girls in that class! So ok I get home and start getting creative and
make these great button packages for me and moonchilds press kits.. They
look dope! Then I went to work and laughed and had a good time... I'm
having a good feeling ...I'm getting creative... Moonchilds a great
business man... I'm glad I can finally unlock my marketing and communication
skills, Hi Hill is that team ... Save the music is just the start!!!
Let's get it!
RIP Laslo Zvekan (a great guy, father, and hungarian-american)
and had coffee with my mom. Well I had lots of orange juice and coffee!
It will probally help her get better adjusted to her retirement (yeh
that's right my ma is mysteriously ageless she has that youthful
Transylvanian blood). I got dressed and wet to kinkos and proofed a print
order. Then picked up my ma some soup containers so she can get busy this
year making some tastey ol' world soups and goulashes :-@ (that's my
licking my lips emoticon). Then I putzed around and got a call the print
order was ready... Wow kinkos was fast! I picked that up and went to art
history class... America advanced some photagraphy! I learned all
about dugerratypes, ambrotypes, and tin types LOL. My teacher is like a
crazy photography historian she gave all the students a tin type.. I own
something from the 1800s crazy!!!!! I never owned any thing that old,
thanks to prof shimmelman :). There's some dope
girls in that class! So ok I get home and start getting creative and
make these great button packages for me and moonchilds press kits.. They
look dope! Then I went to work and laughed and had a good time... I'm
having a good feeling ...I'm getting creative... Moonchilds a great
business man... I'm glad I can finally unlock my marketing and communication
skills, Hi Hill is that team ... Save the music is just the start!!!
Let's get it!
RIP Laslo Zvekan (a great guy, father, and hungarian-american)
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
FML...j/p
rich kids all around me move in and out of their houses... where does this money come from? i've never left home... i'm the biggest looser who still has bunk beds and my room is one wall between my parents room.
i never meet any girls worthwhile for a serious relationship and when i do... they arn't with it... most the girls i meet have some fucked up motives... kill me now
i don't have one dollar of excess at the end of the month so saturday night what do i do? i sit at home... i actually watch SNL again like i was 12
i'm 24 i'm still in college... everyone i meet is like 18-20 ... pleeeeaase kill me now
and to top this all off i meet a different person everyday who tells me "Robo i can't wait to see you on TV" or "Robo your going to be huge on radio one day i'm going to turn on the radio and you'll be talking" or "dude you music is the new new shit this is about to blow up"
now fucking alright... when you hear this kinda shit day in and day out... people praising you and talking good about you .... wheres mine? seriously... i've worked my ass off and what do i get? a pat on the back, hand rolled ciggarettes, a bunk bed in my parents house, enough money to pay the bills an thats it, and no queen... even stank bum evil young republican individualistic mofuckas get their girl ... i thought that was like an american "given"
honestly ... i'm not gonna lie i wake up every morning happy... and like the beatles say "it's getting better all the time"
since i quit my job in rochester and make like 50% less but i enjoy going to work... i love the people i work with and my boss is the man!!! (not the MAN like who i used to work for but the mannnn!!!)
my president is black!!!!
i'm still in school but i've never had more school spirit in my life than i do right now... in highschool i hated all you fuckers screaming go GREEN hehe... now i'm that dude i hated... go figure (a lil adivse for kids in highschool who are like how i used to be... suck it up and go to a float party, a pep rally, even a dance ... i bet you meet some chubby cheeks!!!)
and i don't have money but atleast i get to sleep in late now and don't cuss the all encompassing "rich kids" every morning when i wake up... the only thing that i wish to improve is the racist attitude i'm confronted with from many people i encounter now where i presently work... but i know one day my persistance with pay off
me and moonchild have like the hottest album most mofo's havn't heard yet!!! i suggest you check it out
and finally... as for the girl situation... i'll probally die at a young age before i meet the right one... but atleast my contributions to humanity will make them wish they had me when i was alive :-p
peace,
Robo
i never meet any girls worthwhile for a serious relationship and when i do... they arn't with it... most the girls i meet have some fucked up motives... kill me now
i don't have one dollar of excess at the end of the month so saturday night what do i do? i sit at home... i actually watch SNL again like i was 12
i'm 24 i'm still in college... everyone i meet is like 18-20 ... pleeeeaase kill me now
and to top this all off i meet a different person everyday who tells me "Robo i can't wait to see you on TV" or "Robo your going to be huge on radio one day i'm going to turn on the radio and you'll be talking" or "dude you music is the new new shit this is about to blow up"
now fucking alright... when you hear this kinda shit day in and day out... people praising you and talking good about you .... wheres mine? seriously... i've worked my ass off and what do i get? a pat on the back, hand rolled ciggarettes, a bunk bed in my parents house, enough money to pay the bills an thats it, and no queen... even stank bum evil young republican individualistic mofuckas get their girl ... i thought that was like an american "given"
honestly ... i'm not gonna lie i wake up every morning happy... and like the beatles say "it's getting better all the time"
since i quit my job in rochester and make like 50% less but i enjoy going to work... i love the people i work with and my boss is the man!!! (not the MAN like who i used to work for but the mannnn!!!)
my president is black!!!!
i'm still in school but i've never had more school spirit in my life than i do right now... in highschool i hated all you fuckers screaming go GREEN hehe... now i'm that dude i hated... go figure (a lil adivse for kids in highschool who are like how i used to be... suck it up and go to a float party, a pep rally, even a dance ... i bet you meet some chubby cheeks!!!)
and i don't have money but atleast i get to sleep in late now and don't cuss the all encompassing "rich kids" every morning when i wake up... the only thing that i wish to improve is the racist attitude i'm confronted with from many people i encounter now where i presently work... but i know one day my persistance with pay off
me and moonchild have like the hottest album most mofo's havn't heard yet!!! i suggest you check it out
and finally... as for the girl situation... i'll probally die at a young age before i meet the right one... but atleast my contributions to humanity will make them wish they had me when i was alive :-p
peace,
Robo
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