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New music coming soon; great time performing in my city's festival last weekend! I got a lot to share with y'all that I'm excited about

Her Word Is Bond, by @psalmone.bsky.social

Thank you!! 🙏

Love this!! So creative!!

Awesome!!

Should You “Do It For Exposure”? Compensation is about more than money. It’s a way to acknowledge the value someone brings to a space, recognize their skills and expertise…

Raise you're hand if you've ever been invited to speak or perform somewhere and they tell you, "We have no budget but the exposure would be great for you."

Is the exposure worth it? I wrote about some things you should think about:

medium.com/@norarahimia...

Time to start being more active on this platform...

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three of my clients were featured on Showoff Radio on Shade 45 on Thursday.

Things you should never pay for as a musician:
- interviews, blog posts, etc
- performance slots
- for A&R to listen to your music
- lists of emails / names
- placements
- being in a writing session

Lots of predators preying on the dreams of young creatives. Don’t get scammed.

Where are the hip hop producers on Bluesky?

The Hippy Hash Hour feat. @jazzylionman.bsky.social & Skip the Kid was a blast! More to come from this trio… 👀

I'm about to get active again.. been too quiet! And looking for art accounts as well

Traditionally, we think of leadership as loud, direct, and aggressive, but that’s rooted in patriarchal, white supremacist, colonialism.

True leadership listens actively, shares power, creates spaces for everyone to participate, is responsive to the needs of the most marginalized. #spiritchat

got a shout out from one of my favorite artists of all-time, and they mentioned how i inspired them to get their website together.

i am thankful for those who see my value and worth.

Trump's tariffs on Canada would be a big challenge for Americans, says ambassador Canada accounts for about 60% of U.S. crude oil imports. If Trump's tariffs end up applying to that oil, that would likely cause gas prices to rise in the U.S., Canada's ambassador warns.

Canada accounts for about 60% of U.S. crude oil imports. If Trump's tariffs end up applying to that oil, that would likely cause gas prices to rise in the U.S., Canada's ambassador warns.

Just got an update about “Celtics City”…

It’s coming soon. There will be a preview screening next month. I get to see how much I’m in it & what got used. All I know is folks who saw it have been like “I’d like to shake your hand, sir” so my people love it but you Boston haters might not. We’ll see.

And we need to be loud about it, collectively speaking

I'm not even sure we're loud enough 🥺

It's happening over here too, sadly

People that live in New England will be here for their whole youth into adulthood and yet still don't know how to dress properly for the winter 🤦🏽‍♂️🤣 be wearing the thinnest clothes and no layers yet they're complaining about the cold.. crazy shit.

Impact over follower count.
Integrity over net worth.
People over AI and algorithms.

Top 10 Extended Plays of 2024 This should go without saying, but please keep in mind that this is a subjective list of my personal favorite 10 extended plays of 2024, meaning not every EP that’s worth listening to from th…

I just published the list of my top 10 EPs of 2024. Check it out!

focushiphop.com/2024/12/31/t...

4 hip-hop shows curated in Fitchburg from November 2023 to December 2024 (tonight), at a location that never had hip-hop events at all before I came around & activated it.. been a great year!

Just got a comment on a recent video where I’m using an MPC saying I’m not actually using the MPC because I’m also using a synthesizer with it.

You literally cannot please people.

People that feel the need to constantly talk about how they have no friends or nobody caring about anything, are very often projecting their shitty mindset that they brought upon themselves & likely are the problematic one.. I'm an introvert too, but not out here making pity posts; that's wack

Last review of the year going up at 10 AM EST!

Yeaa I got time trackers too. Never watch shorts, and I don't ever use the "discover" page on IG... Which some people think is odd, especially as a creative, but I never had a desire to. And honestly, despite my age I never even had a phone til 19, which I think helped me not be so glued to mine now

The artist who painted my album cover w/ Optiks is selling the ORIGINAL PAINTING 🖼️

Serious inquiries only - scoop this up before I grab it myself. Fun fact for true supporters: @lwrt.bsky.social also painted the cover for “Anxious, Nervous and Imperfect” 💕

DM or givemeasafespace@gmail for details

Yeaa I can agree with that sentiment; I do everything I can to not use mine as much. Be tryna only use it for calls/texts as much as possible🤣 still got my social apps obviously but I try to do most of my activities/scrolling while on my PC vs my phone too much.

I think most are pretty addicted at this point. Imo