Posts Tagged ‘m-studio’

Back from vacay… and I’m sorry!

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

Yea yea yea, it’s been awhile since I blogged up in here; something I was constantly reminded about the past few weeks from everyone with the random texts and e-mails.. “UPDATE YOUR SITE ALREADY!!!” “YOU SAID YOU’D UPDATE IT YESTERDAY” etc.

My bad. I have no excuse.

So I’ll leave it at that haha

But back to the music tip… I’ve done a few gigs the past couple of weeks, most notably “Bringing It Back” and “Fresh Kicks.” “Bringing It Back” at Cusina Lounge was a special one to me, in the sense that it was my first time performing at Bathurst & Wilson, a predominantly Filipino community of Toronto that I often neglect since I am from the East (Scartown stand up!)… But yea, it was all love, my peoples came down, and I know my brother/roommate UGN Son was definitely happy with the turnout that night. “Fresh Kicks” was dope also since, I dunno how, but, I managed to perform with a sore throat and I killed it. To my fellow artists out there, you know those nights where you’re just on stage and hitting every cue, feeling cocky as fuck because you’ve never heard yourself sound better? Yup, that was it at “Fresh Kicks.” Big ups to MPz (Vinsane & Brandnew) for putting me on that night and big ups to Famous, KDB, Krhyme Syndicate, A-Status, and all the other artists in the house that night.

As far as my album… As I mentioned above, I’ve had a sore throat that just won’t go away. I can’t record in this state so the album has been pushed back. But my loss is your gain since I’ve been taking this opportunity to just keep writing and writing.. meaning, the album keeps getting new tracks and tracks.

I also spent the past month on vacation in Las Vegas!!! I left my heart there (Tim and Jervy knows where!!!) and I’m just in love with the West Coast now. The palm trees, the cloudless skies, the friendly people, the atmosphere. Damn, it’s enough to make me go back on the reg… Actually, hell yea, I’m going back in November. Maybe I can win back all the money I lost from playing craps and roulette.

Regarding the updates of this website… I know I said I’d be updating with a feature every Sunday, but I’ve found that there’s so much prep work I have to do with my album that I can’t find the time to go interview the people I wanted, write the music reviews, etc. So as of now, all Sunday features will be postponed until my album is released. Sorry, but that’s how it goes.

Anyway, here’s the flyers to the two shows I didn’t get to put up:

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Also, here’s a pic of me with UGN Son and D-Pryde on TV after I performed at the Mabuhay festival:

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Anyway, I’ll be updating more regularly, but not the Sunday features… just me writing the realest shit I ever wrote!

PEACE

FenaxiZ Promo pic samples!

Friday, July 17th, 2009

A few days ago I had a photoshoot with my homie Pierson from Phlip Pinas t-shirts. He sent me some samples so I thought I’d bless y’all with a preview:

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And those are just samples! I’m getting the full set soon for my EPK (Electronic Press Kit) I’ve been working on. Big ups to Pierson and please check out his site here:

http://phlipparel.com

He takes crazy pics and makes even crazier t-shirts so support his movement aiiite?

Also, after the photoshoot, I drove to M-Studio and just chilled with the good ppl there as they set up a basketball court. You can see the footage here:

That’s all folks! I got a pretty busy week coming up. I gotta link up with all the producers for my upcoming album and sequence the tracks then finally start recording the remaining songs! Soooo thanks for dropping by,

PEACE,

FEN

Recaps: Jump Off II & Rock The Bells

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009
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photo courtesy of Phlip Pinas

I just wanna congratulate UGN Son, AJM, and the staff at M-Studio for pulling off a crazy smooth show last Saturday. From the logistics, rehearsals, soundchecks, performances, etc. EVERYTHING was crisp.

The night started out with Vibrasonic Sessions, a live hip-hop band who set things off properly. Aside from the crazy instrumentation, there were b-boys, beatboxers, english AND tagalog MCs and impromptu freestyling sessions. TRULY, HIP-HOP WAS IN THE BUILDING THAT NIGHT AND IT JUST HAPPENED TO BE FILIPINO. Big ups to Pinoyz At Work, Natural Noyze/Karisma, D-Pryde, S Dot, and the list goes on and on and on and on. Give y’allselves a pat on the back ’cause history was made that night.

And here’s a lil’ pre-show footage outside M-Studio:

The show went laaaate into the night (what you expect with 25 artists!??!) and I gotta send out an apology to some of my ppls who didn’t know it would be that long. Next show though, I got y’all, believe it.

With that said, I was dead tiiiiiiiiiiiired the next day for Rock The Bells. We got there around 2pm, had some eats on a patio grill by Molson Amphitheater, and went in around the time Slum Village was leaving the stage. M.O.P came and managed to wake me up with “4 Alarm Blaze,” “Downtown Swingas,” “How About Some Hardcore?,” and “Ante Up.” After their set I went to buy a t-shirt and holy shit I got robbed. Not literally, of course, but… they were selling Slaughterhouse t-shirts for $40!!! I ended up getting one, but still. Argh.

So ya, SLAUGHTERHOUSE was next (click for bigger pic):

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L-R: Budden, Crooked, Ortiz, Royce

Not much else to say except they KILLED it.

After, Tech N9ne graced the stage and was met with mixed reactions. K’Naan and his band were next and actually got love from the Screwface hometown. Reflection Eternal did pretty good though I’ve seen Talib do better. RZA came in and went through all his different eras from the Gravediggaz right up to Bobby Digital. After Prince Rakeem was EPMD as they ran through some classics. Big Boi followed and was a highlight of the night as he went through most of the Outkast catalog. Mos Def came through with an alright set, which was redeemed by a Black Star reunion as they went through “Definition,” “RE:Definition,” and “Respiration.” Finally, Nas and Damien Marley finished off the night with seperate solo sets until joining together to preview some tracks off their upcoming “Distant Relatives” album and end it off with “Road To Zion” of course. Between sets, KRS-ONE and Supernatural held it down on the freestyle tip with Pete Rock on the wax.

All in all a great day to celebrate hip-hop and I was just happy to get home and SLEEP that night.

I’ll end off the post with a pic from the BBQ on Sat:

Alcohol does = poison

Alcohol does = poison

PEACE,

FENAXIZ

Pre-Jump Off 2 and Loungin’ around the past few days

Saturday, July 4th, 2009

Whatttttup everyone? It’s July 04, 2009, as in, the day history will be made at JUMP OFF II. Honestly, me, AJM, and UGN Son have gathered the ILLEST, FRESHEST, and FINEST of the Filipino hip-hop community here in the T.O to gather at M-Studio tonight in a show of unity and support for eachother’s movements.

So, only question is, why aren’t you going?

For now, I’m just about to leave my crib and pick the homie R. Scribe up. We gonna hit up my homegirl Ashley’s BBQ first, but after we gotta head out to Sauga for rehearsals, soundcheck, and set up. Hope to see y’all there! (at Jump Off 2 haha, not the BBQ, unless Ash doesn’t mind the extra guests!!!)

Also, just thought I’d share some more behind the scenes clips of what I’m up to outside the music. Thursday night I linked up with my old Scarborough crew and brought along the Jamestown boys too as we hit up DJ Mensa’s regularly scheduled Thursday night at Octapus Lounge. Cheeeck it out:

damn right open 'til forever

damn right open 'til forever

Also a vid of us just walkin around from Jamestown to College st:

I don’t know about them, but I had a good night! (despite me getting a parking ticket.)

Also linked with the FSA crew on Friday and we hit up the Michael Jackson tribute at Parkdale Drink. We really wanted to reach since we missed out on the ManifesTO MJ tribute at Dundas Square last week, and I gotta say, Big Jacks and Royale did not disappoint. “Rock With You,” “Billie Jean,” “ABC,” etc. Sheeeeit. I can go on and on.

Here’s me playing with Tim’s cookie monster hat while we waited for the MJ tunes:

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Anyway, let me get serious for a minute. As I said the purpose of this blog was to document the process of making my third album. So I got in touch with the homie August Rigo yesterday and we had a really brief talk, but all in all, I’m gonna start pushing the first single “Queen feat. August Rigo” hella hard over the next few weeks. So, if you haven’t heard the track yet, check it out below:

This week I gotta create the promo flyers, design the logo in Adobe Illustrator and apply it to some shirts and business cards. I got an upcoming photoshoot for the album jacket pics and I gotta start working on an Electronic Press Kit. All in due time… As far as the album itself, all songs are written, but I’m missing some session files so I gotta holla @ the homie producer Tyme One and DJ Incise for those, plus I gotta get my home studio gear set up. Just bought an Mbox 2 Pro so I think I’m good?

Anyways… peace and blessings as usual,

FENAXIZ

The Jump Off II

Saturday, June 27th, 2009

Mstudio considered the “place to be” for up coming Filipino artists in the GTA is proud to present the 2nd installment of the FILIPINO HIP HOP FESTIVAL.

Making its debut on the “maytwofour” long weekend, the much anticipated 2nd installment comes with heavy hitters from the elements of hip hop in the Filipino Community:

Artists Include:

D-PRYDE
AJM
R. SCRIBEZ
F.SCOOP feat. MIISZY D
FENAXIZ feat. K FLIGHT
S.DOT
P.A.W.
KARIZMA
SPITTZ
W.B.
SEAN CRISTI
A.JOSE
RAEDELZ

FEATURING SWANKY AND THE VIBRASONIC SESSIONS (live hip hop band)

Octavio Santos a.k.a. Swanky :: rhymes/vocals/vocal fx/trumpet
Dason Johnson a.k.a. DMaj of Johnny Major :: keyboards
Damon Pfaff a.k.a. Nomad :: guitar
Vam Gangam a.k.a. DJ Adverb :: turntables
Jan Paul Manzana a.k.a. Jap :: bass
Darrell Gonzales a.k.a. Sir Hits-a-lot :: drums
Shaine Crosbie-Cameron a.k.a. DJ Lefty :: drums
CJ Garcia a.k.a. Dexter :: percussion

HOSTED BY UGN & MUSIC PROVIDED BY DJ ADVERB

http://phlipparel.com will be on hand selling the flyest clothing designs for you pinoy/pinay urban wear.

Cee Loo will be on hand to take pix soo check him out-
http://photographyceelo.blogspot.com/

Entrance is $10
DRESS CODE IN EFFECT SO DRESS TO IMPRESS LADIES AND GENTS

“ARRIVE EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENTS CAUSE THIS PARTY WILL BE JAM PACKED”