Old Conversation with DJ Brace

It is very rare that I save chat conversations with people, but it was one of those talks that I knew would resonate with me months after, perhaps even years after we exchanged words in real time. So I copied and pasted it into my notepad and put it aside. I came across it again today, and sure enough. It resonates..

Mike
yo

8:07pmMe
yoyo

8:07pmMike
ca va?

8:07pmMe
bien!

you?

8:08pmMike
ccool

yeah real good

whats new?

8:09pmMe
I had an artshow! and i saw shad and epmd last night and im eating rice and corn and Ive been doing freelance art and have been getting by

and with you?

8:09pmMike
same as it ever was, just a step further

love life

every second

8:09pmMe
goooood!

the way it should be

I want to come back for another visit this year, if not montreal i want to see europe, or just lab out here

8:10pmMike
how was the show?

8:10pmMe
the show was great

mmm made just a little above 3 grand on the opening night

8:11pmMike
nicd

congrants

8:11pmMe
inspired people which is great to hear

8:11pmMike
wooooo

good work

8:11pmMe
feels good, it reassures me that this is what I would like to keep doing

thanks, whats the next big project you got in the works?

8:11pmMike
word now you know the key

never stop.

just released a new record this week, a 45

and almost done my next solo

which comes out this summer

and a shit ton more

but thats a good update

8:14pm Me
! a 45! who does that nowadays? that's awesome

8:13pmMike
http://fatbeats.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=9384

i think im the first winnipegger to get distro from fat beats

to me thats like landing on the moon

8:15pmMe
you make history


this is dope. never stop I need to tatoo that on my forehead

8:15pmMike
i make rain, history makes itself

haha

jokes

nah

just remember

everything else is 2nd

8:16pmMe
mmm how you mean?

8:16pmMike
sounds mean, but its the only way to live for me

8:16pmMe
ahhh

8:16pmMike
music is my obligation to myself

in a passionate way

its like breathing if you dont stop

and then you become prolific

but everything else is second, so you risk relationships, bad health etc

its a sacrifice

mmm hot and sour soup

8:19pmMe
im beginning to learn about this through experience, im in between right now, but curious to know what it will be like to hit an extreme

8:19pmMike
that means its time

think of it nothing more than an acid trip

or a meditation

block out everything and see what you do sans outside inspiration

8:20pmMe
I think i may run into problems trying to function in the so called 'real world'

8:20pmMike
dont think

do

you cant predict

just go with your feelings

and dont analyze

...for a while

thats when you find out some cool shit about you and your art

i cut myself off from the scene in wpg after i got disenchanted with it

and it was hard

i was of null identity

but all the while i worked hard

and i crossed through something i dont think i would of if i stayed close to the wpg hip hop scene

8:22pmMe
mmm yes I have recognized it here

so much scutiny for wanting to color outside the box

8:23pmMike
and i just got a fortune cookie that said 'sunny times are ahead', bonus!

haha

ya i block them out

soul stealers

energy obstructors

8:24pmMe
amen.

8:24pmMike
just ate a bunch of vegy hot and sour soup and some vegie rolles

feel 1000% better

sometimes i work for hours no food and dont realize how hurtin i am

haha

8:25pmMe
good take care of your health, it will help you create more

I should listen to my own advice

and then I should stop shoudlin on myelf

8:25pmMike
i know

ya

its just

i go through phases

take care of self, then mad scientist

then repeat

8:26pmMe
yeaaa!

8:25pmMike
dont analyze

just be in it

right this moment

cause thats future thinking

dont do that

think now

youre not what you were

so the second you second guess yourself, your just giving yourself the new program

dont feel bad just accept your wants in the moment and go on

haha im zen

8:26pmMe
write a book

8:26pmMike
ever since i moved here ive been more in to the zen thing

nah, im more community friends family

i share through my music

my close ones i share my thoughts

its for you and so on

8:27pmMe
el nereo is honoured

8:27pmMike
welnereo

haha

word

man so amped now

gonna smoke a hash joint

and then rip in to this music

8:28pmMe
im going to go splash paint around the studio

thank you

8:28pmMike
expect a twice doper solo album soon

its called synesthasia

shit shoulda got you to do some art, next album

talk soon mighty one

peace

a la prochaine

8:29pmMe
paix!

8:31pmMike is offline