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Promo!!!

Here it is: the official mixtape promo for GENUINE!



Hope you like it!

I'll be posting more promotional banners/flyers soon, okay? So stay tuned. I don't have much to say except work for The Dream Sequence is coming along beautifully. I love Andres A. Abreu and QuESt...they have been helping me so much. I may need to include them as executive producers! Also, The Dream Sequence will be hosted by DJ G-Wiz, so I know there's gonna be a huge buzz closer to the release date...whenever that may be lol.

Anyway, love you guys and thanks so much for all your support. Don't forget: you can download Genuine NOW!

Breakthrough!

Hellooo all. I am so very happy right now.

Last night I had an amazing breakthrough. As you know, lately I've been very uninspired and I needed a desperate change of pace. I've been so focused on writing for other people that I've let my own music go lack. Thats horrible right? Well last night was the start of something fresh. I'm excited to start on my next project 'The Dream Sequence' which is gonna be all heavy brass and synths.

'N*gga Wit Swagg' is officially on the myspace, which is the first completed track off 'The Dream Sequence'. The sound is so different and space-like, which I love. GENUINE has excited my thoughts for the last three months, and now its time to do something new now that GENUINE is complete. Of course, to top of the wonderful evening of inspiration and motivation with new beats for this project, my partner-in-crime Personal aka Max Moon hopped on the track and capped off the second verse beautifully.

www.myspace.com/valiciamariamusic (peep it nowww!)

That should give everyone a nice taste of what 'The Dream Sequence' is going to be like.

But anyway, how can I start promoting a new project when I haven't let people hear GENUINE in its entirety yet? Well here it is for everyone who's been waiting patiently for the sneak preview I've been promising!

(www.datpiff.com)---> search Valicia Maria!

Hope you guys enjoy. Definitely give me feedback. I have almost two months to make any final edits so I'm definitely looking to you guys to give me the critiques I need to make GENUINE great. Keep in mind the cd is yet to be mastered, so ignore the faulty quality lol.

Love ya, stay tuned.

Inaugural Affairs

This week has been so ridiculously busy! So many people have been in and out of my house for the Inauguration. I lost 10lbs since getting back from Miami which I am very happy about. I got in a fight with my partner-in-crime about absolutely nothing. I'm sensitive, I know...but damn, do you have to be such an asshole?

Anyway, my Obama paraphenelia is growing immensely. I got two new posters that I can't stop staring at. They are hanging beautifully in my room along with my Obama calendar, flyers, and 'Rally For Change' speech invitation.

I can't believe the day is finally here. I feel special living so close to DC, being able to be a part of history. Even though I'm going to be watching the speech and all the events from the comforts of home, people have been staying at my house and riding the metro into DC every day this week to get their own piece of history. Obama's speech kicks off in T-minus 26 minutes! I'm so ridiculously hype LOL.

Also...I'm still amazed that I've finished GENUINE. The cd sounds great and all I have to do is master the final cut and I'm officially finished. The release date seems so far away (03.17.09) but whatever, I'm glad I can make all the changes I want without stressing for time. I thought it would take me up until the last week to be finished but as soon my lazy ass got back from Miami I kicked it into high gear.

I'll put up some bonus tracks soon so you guys can get a taste.

Here are some pix of my lovely Obama shrine lol (hardly):









Like I said on Facebook guys...I'm feeling HISTORIC, EPIC, GRAND! Peace and love, be back sooon.

Inspiration Pt.2

Hey guys! Instead of writing my random thoughts, I thought I'd do a video blog instead. Hope you enjoyed :-)





HTTP://WWW.MYSPACE.COM/VALICIAMARIAMUSIC

Oh, and here's a link to check out Ms. Phatfffat on Youtube: www.youtube.com/dondria
AND here you can check out my boy QuESt:
www.myspace.com/questmusicpage

Inspired

Hello :-) hope all is good. After being home and getting back into my usual routine...I've discovered that this new music of mine is really stemming from a new attitude, based off of an old perspective. I'm changing and it feels wonderful. It's a good thing when a person is able to grow and develop without all the nasty side effects. I'm the same person, but listening through the completed half of my debut cd GENUINE has me like ''whaaa'' lol do I really think like this now? Man, that's maturity!

Anyway. I definitely wanna get started on my video blog. I haven't made an acappella video in a while and I've been inspired by this beautiful vocalist Leah LaBelle (most definitely YouTube her). My cousin Mel sent me one of her videos through AIM and I was almost in tears after seeing all of her emotion come through in her rendition of Ready For Love by Inda.Arie. Man, I need to work on letting my raw emotions shine through in my music. I spend so much time creating lyrics that reflect genuine emotions that sometimes it gets exhausting to do that AND to bring it all in the song. I've been through a lot and I could definitely relate to the pain and true feeling coming from Ms. LaBelle in her videos. She is one to look out for.

Here is one of her inspiring videos, so you can see what I mean:




Beautiful, right? Man, I wanna be like her lol.

But anyway. If anyone has any other inspiring videos from artists such as Leah, definitely send me something because I use inspiration from all around me, including other artists. I want to be knowledgeable in all different styles and technicalities.

Well I am out, not much else to say for now. Be back soon. Mwuah.

Home Sweet Home

I'm sitting in my hotel room (for the last time), somewhere in South Carolina. I'll be home tomorrow. Thank God. I miss my bed, my own bathroom, and other various comforts. Putting all that aside, I'm itching to record. I feel like a fiend who hasn't had a fix in a few days, but for me it's been more like weeks. I have lyrics coming out my ass lol and its all good stuff. New songs on the tip of my tounge, tasting just like candy. I don't have much to say except I'm dying to get home so I can settle in and get straight back to the music.

This is a new year ya'll! I'm ready for all the wonderful things in store...are you?

About me!

Happy New Year everybody :-)

After a late night of partying and enjoying family/friends here in Miami, I'm beyond ready to get HOME! I want my own bed, my own bathroom, and my own kitchen to raid lol. This vacation has been everything I've needed. Now that I've gotten a little r&r I'm ready to get back to VA and get back to work. I need to get back in the studio ASAP, because I haven't written or recorded for three whole weeks. It's crazy!

With GENUINE on the way, I have some serious work to do with promotions and myspace and everything like that. January is definitely gonna be a crazy month for me.

But, on a lighter note: I've been getting a lot of recognition and inquires about my songwriting! Some great unsigned myspace artists have contacted me about doing some work for upcoming projects (YESSS!). It's gonna be a lot of work to balance working with clients and finishing up my own project, but I know I can do it and it's what I love to do so I'm happy.

Anyway. I was told I need to introduce all the fans to the 'real me' outside of my music, so I'm starting with a survey that will tell you a little bit about me...


My Improved Ultimate About Me Survey Answers


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