C4 release day was exceptional. Instead of sending a text to a singular homie ("Happy release day !!") it was A WHOLE SQUAD to celebrate with! The live-stream release partay felt really warm...felt seen and celebrated by the broader community. (I cooked goat-cheese stuffed portobellos over the course of the whole thing too hehe). We minted ~900 blank CDs at the party alone, and to date there's already OVER 1500 minted! (Yes, we've surpassed our goal ! As I knew we would hehe. And its only day 2/7!)
All in all a beautiful experience. Grateful to everyone involved in bringing it together, and especially Matthew for being the master-mind and coordinator behind the whole vision.
In the collage you'll see the chat goin WHILD while our song "I Don't Need You (2 Like Me)" plays :3 You'll also see our BLANK CD at the top of the Zora homepage (my second project 2 be der this week ~ shoutouts Starter Packs x MoneΓ‘!!), and you'll see my lil cooking dish towel over-the-shoulder moment, as captured by CY.
This weekβs mint is a meditation on the intersection of perfectionism x care, consideration, quality, productivity. Where does one end and the next begin?
This week I burned out, and rested. I was doin TOO MUSH. This process guided me to a clear and enlivening focus upon Unconditional Love.
As I get back into the swing of things, glancing at my newly adopted Omnifocus dashboard, Iβm confronted by my inner childβs desire for external validation. Does accomplishing more make them more? No - because we already are and have Unconditional Love. So where does this leave me and my to-do list?
The amount of detail I put into my mix notes, and everything I do, sometimes drives me wild. Perhaps as I come at it more gently and with more Unconditional Love, it will soften my experience.
Coming back to Unconditional Love as the motivation for my efforts feels grounding, sustainable, honest.
The painting on the right will likely be covered by white paint, then a landscape; and it currently says: We birth 5D earth as we see in Unconditional Love.
Week 2 ! The Songcamp squad is fucking with the squeak hella ! These visuals are gonna be epic ! Alvaro wrote a catchy K-Pop-inspired hook; dropped a dope Verse 2 flow ! I tweaked the lyrics, inspired by my recurring dreams of breathing underwater ! Brij sent over a clean af arrangement, with some sneak-attack jazzy chords in the outro ! Josh Eastman + I had our final session at the Helm, wrapping up my year-long grant-supplied studio time with him at The Beaumont ! End of an era, beginning of a new one ! Recorded, tuned, and reference-mixed the vocals in under 3 hours ! Stellar timing, this is flow baby ! We have survived eclipse #1 ! Letβs get this money ! Letβs build this community ! Letβs make this art !!!
Now arriving at Songcampβs πͺ4Μ½Ν writing camp! Myself (Forrest Mortifee), Brij Dalvi (Three Oscillators) + Alvaro Delgado (himself) were selected to be together in βGroup πβ (the great). And folks, we are making a banger.
Between myself in Vancouver, Canada; Brij in Mumbai, India; and Alvaro in Barcelona, Spain; 9am Saturday PST was the most appropriate time for us to have our first session lol which seemed somewhat ungodly to me but it was actually a cute lil vibe. We listened to our inspo playlist, and decided to take a crack at a Kaytra-type-beatβ¦but make it Jersey (!?)
Alvaro sent over a lil sum, I sang a lil sum, and we were off to the races. The audio youβll hear here is my first capture of the melody idea...it came to me while I was cleaning my kitchen.
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Release Dayyyyy
All in all a beautiful experience. Grateful to everyone involved in bringing it together, and especially Matthew for being the master-mind and coordinator behind the whole vision.
In the collage you'll see the chat goin WHILD while our song "I Don't Need You (2 Like Me)" plays :3 You'll also see our BLANK CD at the top of the Zora homepage (my second project 2 be der this week ~ shoutouts Starter Packs x MoneΓ‘!!), and you'll see my lil cooking dish towel over-the-shoulder moment, as captured by CY.
Week 3: Mix + Meditate
This week I burned out, and rested. I was doin TOO MUSH. This process guided me to a clear and enlivening focus upon Unconditional Love.
As I get back into the swing of things, glancing at my newly adopted Omnifocus dashboard, Iβm confronted by my inner childβs desire for external validation. Does accomplishing more make them more? No - because we already are and have Unconditional Love. So where does this leave me and my to-do list?
The amount of detail I put into my mix notes, and everything I do, sometimes drives me wild. Perhaps as I come at it more gently and with more Unconditional Love, it will soften my experience.
Coming back to Unconditional Love as the motivation for my efforts feels grounding, sustainable, honest.
The painting on the right will likely be covered by white paint, then a landscape; and it currently says: We birth 5D earth as we see in Unconditional Love.
Week 2: Refine + Record
Week 1: Demo Time
Between myself in Vancouver, Canada; Brij in Mumbai, India; and Alvaro in Barcelona, Spain; 9am Saturday PST was the most appropriate time for us to have our first session lol which seemed somewhat ungodly to me but it was actually a cute lil vibe. We listened to our inspo playlist, and decided to take a crack at a Kaytra-type-beatβ¦but make it Jersey (!?)
Alvaro sent over a lil sum, I sang a lil sum, and we were off to the races. The audio youβll hear here is my first capture of the melody idea...it came to me while I was cleaning my kitchen.