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Hey AllOne Family,      I hope this finds you well... I don't know if "Notes From The Studio" will be a recurring series but I wanted to do a little more talking about the craft and details/decisions behind what I do because I do put a lot of time and effort and mental energy into my creative process and I do love "talking shop" so much that I had this experience and I thought to write about it and invite you into this little window of my world and perhaps you could get something out of it, either as a creator yourself or just perhaps a nugget of information to satisfy any generous curiosity you might have. A few weeks ago, I tracked a new verse for a guest spot on a song from DRENT and Kleen Kut's next "Illiterate Wordsmiths" project "Edgar Allens Ave" .  The song is about bullying, suicide and loss and each rapper on the song plays a different character and role in the drama.  The incredible Ceschi of Fake Four Inc. is also...

AllOne NovEmbark Tour 2016: 12/2-12/4 Syracuse and Rochester, NY Conclude A Journey My Dearest AllWonderers (AllWanderers), As I write this I am listening to Bad Religion's "The Dissent Of Man" and getting in this last rush of writing before I go to host an open mic night at the incredible House Of Brews in Port Jefferson (the revived and reinvented husk of what used to be Lulu's!)  If you're on Long Island and looking for places to perform, you'll want to visit the VOX POPULI open mic series , run by Mike Perlmutter, genius bassist and former Velvet Lounge open mic host of 3+ years.  The sound system and stage and the overall quality of the venue is unmatched in terms of open mics, plus Port Jeff is a dazzling charming little town to explore before and after!  My friend NOX is the feature and he and I got together to film a cypher which contributed a segment to Episode two of my new series Spontaneous Sundays with AllOne .   Click here to watch Episod...

AllOne NovEmbark Tour 2016: 11/29-12/1 Family Rescue During A Traveler's Crisis (Massachusetts to NYC to Albany) Welcome back AllOne family, I am still catching up with my NovEmbark travelogues and now am jumping between writing these tour stories (stouries?) and editing episode two of my new weekly improv rap series "Spontaneous Sundays with AllOne" which you can check out at my Youtube Page .   Episode 1 features Hi-Q of Kill The Inventors and this second episode I'm editing features Nox . For now, let us return to the road, when last we were on my lone NovEmbark journey, I was leaving the Drent manor of the Lefebvre family on a precipitous night to visit my family in Saugus, MA. 11/29-11/30 Calm conversation in the small grey town of Saugus, MA The night of Tuesday the 11/29th after saying goodbye and thanks to Drent and Libby, post-video-shoot, I drove to Saugus. It took me about an hour and a half through the rain and traffic to get there.  I listened to...

AllOne NovEmbark Tour 2016: 11/27-11/29 Rhode Island with Drent and Kleen Kut Greetings AllOnderers, I hope you are all alive and fulfilled and feeling well!  If you recall last in the misadventures of the AllOne NovEmbark tour, I'd had an invigorating performance and gluttonously celebratory visit home on Long Island and from there I departed Sunday to head on a short jaunt to Rhode Island to visit Drent and Kleen Kut and play some shows in the area for the first time since the Onederlust tour in summer of 2014... A diverse amount of experiences were had and they began with a short drive up.... Sunday 11/27 A Return to the Drent Family and A Satisfying Pawtucket debut The drive up to Rhode Island was rainy but not entirely dangerous, by the time I arrived at the  Drent  residence, I was exhausted and greeted with immense love by Mrs. Lefebvre who flatteringly considers me a third son.  We caught up a while as Owen got ready for the show.  We were set to p...