Just in time for your July 4th weekend! Hope this music video gets you in the mood to bbq-it-up with your friends and family this holiday! Directed and edited by Davidian Shaw, we present to you our first music video off the Home:Word album (which is now available on iTunes and Amazon)… SUMMERTIME!!!
TODAY’S THE DAY, FRIENDS AND FAM. It’s been a long road but Theresa, Taiyo, and I are so pleased to present to you our collaborative album, HOME:WORD! Words can’t express our gratitude to each and everyone who has helped us along the way to make this CD what it is today.
For the physical CD album, click here to be taken to our store!!!
For the digital MP3 album, visit our BANDCAMP page!!!
Track Listing
1. I Got My 2.0
2. We Belong
3. Chris Speaks
4. It’ll Work Out
5. Summertime
6. New Love
7. I’m Here
8. Postcards
9. Chuck Speaks
10. Home:Word
For DIGITAL DOWNLOADS, you can purchase the album in MP3 format on our BANDCAMP page. All the songs are stream-ready if you’d like to listen before hand. CDBABY MP3s will be available for purchase tomorrow at 5pm EST. iTunes and Amazon MP3s will be available on 7.6.10.
We also have some other cool merchandise in the store!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!! SPREAD THE WORD!!!
Sup y’all! We know that some of you awesome folks won’t be able to hit up our NYC ALBUM RELEASE PARTY this coming Friday because of the age restriction (bummer I know), but Taiyo, Theresa, and I really want to do something special for y’all too. So together with Hyphen Magazine, Chinatown Youth Initiative, and the Chinatown Ice Cream Factory, we’re holding a Meet ‘n Greet at the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) this Sunday, June 6th.
You can get the album early, there will be a live acoustic performance, and (most importantly) there will be FREE CHINATOWN ICE CREAM FACTORY. Almond cookie (mah favorite)! Ginger (delicious)! Lychee (refreshing)! Black Sesame (my Mom’s favorite)! Red bean (trademark)! Yeah you get the point =). Details below!
Magnetic North & Taiyo Na
Along with Hyphen Magazine
Presents a Release Party Meet & Greet
At MOCA (www.mocanyc.org)
215 Centre St, NY, NY
Sponsored by Chinatown Ice Cream Factory & Chinatown Youth Initiatives
*Live acoustic performance by Magnetic North & Taiyo Na
*Get the new album early and also Hyphen’s Issue #20
*Free Ice Cream for those who come early!
For more information:
www.magnetichiphop.com
www.hyphenmagazine.com
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=125791490781737&ref=ts
Look what arrived in the mail yesterday. =)
Mmm…. cellophane…
10 more days folks!!! 10 more days!!!
P.S. Buy your pre-sale tix for the NYC Release party!
I think they knew I was coming…
How nice of New York City!!! Truly an honor, to have such a warm welcome, moving across coasts from Berkeley, CA to the Empire State, back in January ‘07. Wait, did I say “warm”? Actually no, it was quite the opposite. I don’t think I have ever felt the snot in my nose freeze before. It was ridonkulous. Folks, I was born and raised in Southern Cali. Don’t be fooled by my pale skin. I’m actually quite accustomed to sunny weather. So moving to NYC in the dead of winter was NOT fun. I remember, one of the first shows we had on the East Coast was in Boston, and as soon as I got off the Bolt Bus and out of South Station, I slipped on black ice while walking down the steps on the sidewalk. Luckily, I was able to drop and shatter my Snapple bottle that was in my left hand before hitting the pavement. Also luckily, only a good few dozen people saw me take the spill since one of my friends, who happened to be a professional opera singer, let out a shriek SO LOUD with her well-trained lungs that your unborn children could hear. It was epically dramatic. Our friend, Theresa (a different Theresa), had to rush me to the nearest pharmacy to pick up some bandage wrap because my arms and hands were bleeding profusely. Soon after, we got to M.I.T. for our performance and I went on stage looking like Ryu from Street Fighter. Now THAT’s street cred.
And aside from the obvious changes in weather, moving to NYC was a big culture shock. I moved without lining up a day job first, so money was a bit of an issue. I had to crash in the living room of an apt up in Harlem, on a roller bed (wait for it…), on a slanted floor. What this means… is at night I was next to the wall. In the morning… I was next to the other wall. Okay, that’s a bit of an exaggeration but still… it was crazy. It did lend itself to giving me some fascinating dreams (I recall some Mario Kart scenarios). Perhaps, I will save that for another blog post. ^_^
After living in Harlem for a few months, I moved to Brooklyn, in an area called Bushwick. I lived right next to a street called Myrtle Avenue. I hear back in the day it used to be called Murder Avenue. I was in a good spot though, don’t worry. I lived right across the street from a hospital, and had a ton of friendly rats crawling in my walls to keep me company. Those were the days I tell ya.
And man, I could really write for pages and pages about my New York City experience, but just so y’all don’t get it twisted, I’m not hating on NYC at all. Bottom line, I LOVE IT HERE. And for certain, there is NO OTHER PLACE like it. After getting used to all the new faces, new food, new work, new everything… I’ve really come to love this city. California, you can be sure you’ll see me in your hood again one day. But for right now, I couldn’t be happier living in none other… than NEW YORK CITY.
