One Time for the Love Child...

I would just like to take a second out of the usual and review something quite personal to me. Last night was amazing, to say the least. Friends, family, and loved ones of mine gathered at the famous Nuyorican Poet's Cafe to lay eyes on me and friends, Stephen M. James (SteV Maverick) and Luis Rivera, perform our first creation...our first love child(...pause).

As rapper/singer SteV Maverick stated before the performance "This is a song with no name... from a band.. with no name". One night I was randomly inspired and created a chord progression with a singing melody and sent it to Stephen for a performance idea; something that would involve me singing the hook and Stephen performing a rap/spoken-word poetry over the jazzy guitar. He wrote the first part of the chorus and I wrote the second, he had words already written for the verses, Luis created a poppin-ass bassline, and the rest was history. Love child was made with the thematic intentions of universal love. Meaning, even though life constantly gives you struggle, you must ironically find beauty within the madness and always respond with love.

In the words of Kendrick "My knees gettin weak and my gun might blow but we gon be alright".

Our goal was simply to bring the weekly Friday afternoon jamming sessions to the Nuyorican stage. And that exactly what we did, the soft and intimate vibe of the song mingled with the intimate setting of the Nuyorican as all eyes were locked on the trio.

Due to the 5 minute time frame at the Nuyorican, however, we had to cut some things out. There was a beautiful transition and melodic bridge that complimented the song very well. And not to mention, a great verse by bassist Luis Rivera was also in the works. Although edited out, he still made up for its absence in his solo performance of "Cada dia" right after we took the stage. But even though we performed with the edits, we can always make a studio recorded version. Besides, what says pop hit single more than a 8 minute song "love song".

Without further blabbering, ladies and gents, I present to ya'll...Love Child.

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