Snow Day :(
March 2, 2009
We woke up this morning to find Philly covered in snow 6 – 10 inches deep, and absolutely freezing!!! Today we were supposed to have a studio session with Rich Medina but he got caught in San Francisco as all airports on the East Coast were closed. We were also supposed to meet with King Britt and Monie Love but due to bad weather it didn’t happen. I didnt’ want the snow to get to me so I hit the mall to find a coat and some clothes but didn’t have much luck. I was surprised as everything was if not the same but similar to what’s in Birmingham. I found a bright purple body warmer and a bright phone case for my Black Berry and then I went back to the hotel and had a hardcore writing session. I wrote quite a few bars which was good because I haven’t had time to write since I got here.
Later that night we met Ethel Cee at King Britt’s night and had a good time, although it wasn’t packed due to the bad weather. King Britt was there and he came over and sat with me for a while. I got star struck again for a while then started asking him questions and for words of advice. He was really nice and seemed really eager for me to meet and work with different artists he knows.
I also met other artists in there and took details so that when I get back home I can go through all of them a start collaborating or writing with people. Amongst the people we met a name stood out was Deniro who is a singer/song writer/ poet/ singer / rapper – basically he does everything! He works in London a lot and hasd performed at places like Cargo. He also knows Charlie Dark (everyone out here seems to know Charlie!!) who is also a veteran in the game (he was part of a group called Attica Blues) and I’m fortunate to have worked with him and am still in contact. He actually arranged the hook up with King Britt.
We didn’t have a late night and were back home for 2am. We received a call from Tracy who is Rich Medina’s wife and manager and she confirmed that Rich had managed to get a flight and would be back for tomorrow morning. Jumping at the chance to get in the studio with him Cynthia arranged a quick session between 10am and 1pm as we had to be in New York for meeting and we had to make our flight back home!
We decided to split up and I would go to Rich Medina’s and work on some music and Cynthia would head back to New York earlier to make the meetings. Going to Rich’s house was the highlight of the trip for me but before hand I got nervous(again) about being in the studio where Rich has worked with some of music’s best e.g. Lauren Hill, Q- tip etc. so I wrote some more bars the went to bed as we had an early start.
