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beyondgold: As many of you probably know, music is our full time job and this here magazine is just an extension of that creative passion, but behind the scenes we’ve got another venture operating under the guise of Beyond Gold in the form of a publishing imprint of the same name signed with…

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luv this tune. Gorillaz with Daley - Doncamatic...

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Directed by Austin Peters. Look out for the official video for I Heart NY this week.

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Los Angeles, Final Days: Jean Baptiste & Greg...

So our wonderful LA adventure is coming to a close. Yesterday B-Roc and I spent 12 hours straight workng at the studio with Jean Baptiste and his partners. We managed to write 2 really awesome songs and wanted to get even more done, but we had to get up super early for a session with Greg Wells. Although it was a short session we laid some cool groundwork for a great song idea. Tomorrow night we...

Mar 17th

Los Angeles, Day 6/7: Matt Squire & Jesse Rogg

Sorry for missing last nights post, B-Roc and I were exhausted and managed to sleep for a solid 11 hours. Yesterday we got to work with Matt Squire at an awesome studio, The Lair, and start a song from scratch that has some awesome potential. Today, we get to write with Jesse Rogg, the dude who wrote Sam Sparro’s single, Black & Gold. While we’re out here we’ve been eating...

Mar 14th

Los Angeles, Day 5: The Matrix

SUP FOOLS! B-Rizzla and I are still out here in LA working hard, and today we got the opportunity to work with The Matrix, an incredibly talented trio of producers who’ve worked with everyone from Avril Lavigne to Jason Mraz to Korn. I had started writing a song last night and they liked it so much that we all decided to go in on it full throttle. It came out awesome and we had a blast, the...

Mar 13th

Los Angeles, Day 4: Columbia, CAA, and Dr. Luke

Whew! Today was a long but incredible day of meetings. Bright and early, B-Roc and I went to the west coast Columbia office at their brand new location on Santa Monica. We got to meet some awesome people and brainstorm about the future. They have a beautiful 2-story Roy Lichtenstein in the main lobby. After the office tour, we grabbed a bite to eat at Roni’s before heading over to Creative...

Mar 12th

Los Angeles, Day 3: Sony & Greg Wells

Hey all you beautiful New Yorkers! If you’re just tuning in, B-Roc and I are out in sunny Los Angeles, getting our work on with a couple producers and writers, and taking meetings as they come. Last night, after the Rumspringa show at The Viper Room, we met up with a couple friends and rolled through to a laid back house party in Laurel Canyon where we (we meaning me, because B-Roc has to...

Mar 11th

Los Angeles, Day 2: Beverly Hills and Dre & Vidal

Today was an awesome day out in sunny California. B-Roc and I got up early, a little confused about the time change, but ready to go nonetheless. We started the morning off right with a greasy breakfast and proceeded to drive through Beverly Hills and sight see for a while before our meeting with legendary production duo Dre & Vidal. The meeting went well and now we’re getting amped for...

Mar 10th

Los Angeles, Day 1: Blue Cruisers & Guest Houses

Greetings from the Left Coast! B-Roc and I made it here in one piece, despite some typical airport hiccups. We rented a PT Cruiser. Enough said. California is beautiful and we feel right at home in Echo Park staying with producer Ariel Rechtshaid in his guest house. We have a long 10 days ahead of us and have already dug in and started to make some tunes and begin to get inspired. I’ll keep...

Mar 9th

Recently, I got the awesome opportunity to do a...

Feb 24th

Neon Gold Shout Out

Thanks to everyone over at Neon Gold for the killer shout out to me, my boys The Knocks, and my label mates Passion Pit! Speaking of The Knocks, dudes run HeavyRoc studios in Chinatown, where they’ve spent the last year readying NYC pop sensation Samuel for the big time. Having successfully produced and managed the young pop star-in-waiting to a contract with newly-revived Columbia imprint...

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The good doctor can fix anything GOOD up on MYSPACE now Love, Samuel

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NEW YEAR NEW SONG

Like anything else, times change and I must change with them! So, after a long time and much deliberation, I’ve decided to take down a couple songs and put up a brand new one. It’s a song of a different tone and caliber, but still me. It’s not as upbeat and hopeful as Say Goodbye, and not nearly as kitschy as the cover of Shorty is the Shit, but it is a song we’ve worked...

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SAMUEL - SAY GOODBYE (516 SESSION 1.6.09)

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Share my rehearsal space

We’ve been sharing our practice space with our good buddies The Postelles, but as they are off doing their thing, hustling hard, we find we need another group/band/yodeller/sitarist/etc to share our lovely space on west 25th street with. The rent is $800 a month and includes 24/7 access and privacy, heat, and bathroom. There is an in-house PA system and speakers but you’d probably have...

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