7 posts tagged “give”
I've finally unwound as much as I possibly could from yesterday's awesome adventures enough to blog it all up, so here I am.
Last night was the 2009 International Secret Agent concert, a showcasing of Asian American talent that featured artists from all over the place, including Jin the MC, Passion, Paul Dateh, Jessi Malay, Far East Movement, and more. The event was produced by Wong Fu Productions. If you haven't heard of them, they have a habit of putting out good stuff quite often.
It was an awesome night, thanks to the AZN Style Vid Network, a new online media outlet for Asian American musical talent. Jimmy, the founder of ASVN, gave me a call, asked me to co-host the show's coverage of the event, and as Jin says, The Rest is History.
One of my definite highlights was definitely getting to meet Jin. Upon greeting him, one of the first things I said before the interview was "we hit the MOTHERLODE!" And Jin just cracked up and later on in the interview, he goes "This is just a quick announcement, an EXCLUSIVE for you guys. Andy, you inspired the title of my next album. I've never been called the motherlode, and that's what I'ma call the album, 'The Motherlode.' You heard it here first!!" We'll wait for that to drop. As the first Asian American rapper to get signed to a major label, Jin's definitely gonna do us proud.
Later on, of course, I gave Jin one of my mix-CDs, and hopefully he likes what he hears. Here's a pic we took, as he put it, for "proof that I got yo CD!"
I'm exhausted. It's actually 9:03AM, and with less than 3 hours of sleep under my belt, I need to run out for another shoot in a few. Stay beautiful y'all, and stay tuned for the in-depth scoop on my latest tracks at myspace.com/GiveMeAndy.
-ND
The photoshoot on Thursday...
...went great.
Dennis was a great guy to shoot with, and the weather that day was a cozy 65-70 degrees out.
Progress on the "Give Me Andy" identity branding is coming along smoothly. However, at the moment, I'm more concerned with HypnotiTech branding. One of the biggest problems I run into with selling clients on HypnotiTech is that people seem to think that hypnosis, the driving component of HTech, is trickery, dangerous, or fake.
There are many, many misconceptions, so I've set up a blog at RealHypnosisFacts.wordpress.com that will eventually explain every last detail on the hypnotic process and the mind, as well as debunk all the myths surrounding it as a result of misinformation and Hollywood glitz.
Also, a Q&A section will serve to answer any additional inquiries you may have regarding anything about the mind, whether it be NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming), mind reading, cold reading, suggestion, subliminal messaging, and more. If I don't know about it, chances are I know someone that does.
This post took far too long to write. It's currently 2AM. Off to more pressing tasks.
Love,
Andy
Sullivenom shared the above image with me a few days ago, much to my amusement and dismay. I think there's something about viewing that image that cursed my eyes, because since then I've had all kinds of "dumb" moments-- talking to college grads that don't know what the word "condescending" means, to a cute college student that didn't know what a piranha was until I told her.
Now I don't mind stupidity-- I merely pity those that lack knowledge. But I despise those that choose to remain willfully ignorant.
I don't profess to be an endless source of information. But with Wikipedia and Google at the tips of your fingers, if you don't know or understand something, make the effort at least to look it up than ask me. People I chat with that respond to every other sentence with "wat iz dat" don't last long with me.
This sealed the deal for me today. I'm really fed up with it all:
Onward, to things of importance.
Things have been picking up with the "Give Me Andy" remarketing campaign. Things are switching over smoothly. This week alone, I've set up more than 17 different social networks, including Twitter, Plurk, BrightKite, YouAre, Utterli, Rejaw, imeem, and more, all under username "GiveMeAndy". Find me, add me. <3
My goal within the next few weeks is to dominate the Google search results for "Give Me Andy," which is pretty much up for grabs at the moment. As for the search results for "GiveMeAndy," I couldn't be happier at the moment.
Marketing for my hypnosis service, HypnotiTech, will begin next week. www.HypnotiTech.com itself was launched about a week ago, and one of the interesting things I found was that it was hard to direct people to my site because, well, the name HypnotiTech takes some getting used to.
So, to remedy that, I've also purchased the domain at www.HypnoticVictory.com, which will forward you to the main HTech site.
There seems to be a lot of mythology and negative connotation surrounding hypnosis, NLP, speed inductions, and the like. My next Vox post will most likely address these and debunk them. However, feel free to get on the HTech site and read through the FAQ section. It's all good stuff, and there's something for everyone in HypnotiTech.
Finally, I'm gonna leave off this post with a song from my cousin. It's a cover of the song "Try Again," and he sounds AWESOME on it. Check it out, he's madddd talented:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/video/video.php?v=1086505968286&oid=61807928222
Keep them chins up.
Love,
Andy
...during...
That particular night, I rocked my blue L.E.D. marquee belt that read "Club for a Cure." It was hot:
...on the New York transit line. If my train goes off the track, pick it up, pick it up, pick it up!"
Amongst my guests that night were DJ Ill Will, DJ Thunder Monkey, and DJ Ludon, who are also going to be DJing at my event-- Club for a Cure.
For those of you that don't know yet, at this point, all cover charges have been ELIMINATED. All I ask is that you show up on thursday, and make a donation at the door.
Had a great night, stayed out till 3AM just living it up (lost my voice too).
Speaking of which... over the last 3 days, my health has rapidly declined.
Wanna know the secret to losing five pounds in just two weeks? Plan a benefit event.
Aside from losing weight, my appetite really hasn't been that good, nor has my sleeping schedule (I used to average about 6 hours, now it's been reduced to about 4-5 if I'm lucky). With only a little more than half a week left to get everything in place, I've been scrambling about trying to get everything squared away.
At this point, the only things I haven't given to pull off C4aC are sexual favors and blood sacrifices.
Money, time, energy, I'm really drained, and I'll be glad when this is over. Had a quick bite with Vivian (one of my gogo girls, check out the exclusive interview with her HERE.) and enjoyed a brief chat with her.
Tomorrow's another day, gotta hustle. I'm probably gonna hit up City College and SF State to promote for a bit at each venue.
BUT, before you go, here's a badass new collaboration I did with Magnetic North's very own Derek Kan, aka Direct. I'm on the second verse, at a (slightly slower than my usual style) speed of 6.54 syllables per second. Enjoy:
Until next time,
Andy
I've been journaling in my moleskines for the last few days, but I think it's high time I wrote a public update as to the going-ons of my life.
As of today, www.MagicbyAndrew.com has gone down and been replaced by a placeholder for www.GiveMeAndy.com in preparation for the full Andrew-to-aNDy rerelease.
Over the last few days, a few more elements regarding my benefit event/birthday party have been finalized and steps are being taken to-get this thing off the ground. A venue has at last been found-- Mike of MistSF (formerly Loft11) has graciously agreed to host the event, and a few wrinkles are being ironed out, of which I'll know about in a few hours. Also, confirmed another gogo dancer, bringing me up to my goal of four dancers for the evening!
I'm looking for sponsors now-- I've put together a PDF you can download at:
http://givemeandy.com/C4aC%20Sponsorship%20Info.pdf
I've been listening to a lot of E40 lately-- I really like his new song, Give Her the Keys feat. Tpain, off his newest '08 album, "The Ball Street Journal." Check it:
-aNDy
