Category Archives: Alicia Keys

Alicia & Jay-ZGetting out while Getting out is Still Good

 

The New York Dream is not meant for New Yorkers, sorry Alicia and Jay-Z, you’ll are the exceptions and show pieces.

 

Maybe I got old too fast, people say I do not look my age but younger and I do not feel old.  But they say wisdom comes with age and I see something happening in New York City that is ill reversible.  There are trends taking place here in the big apple and it is creating two main classes.  Mayor Bloomberg says this is a city for the middle class, but that is not true.  It is setting up to become a city of extremes, being the rich and the poor.

 

This is not the New York City I was raised in; it is like a foreign planet.  A place whereby going to a sports arena is like a dream for most.  There is no work for the working class, all the manufacturing plants a far gone, and everything is service oriented or setup for cheap labor.  Bloomberg ignores Federal Law.  He tells the illegal incomers to jump the fence and come to New York City where you have everything waiting for you free medical, dental and education, because we want your cheap labor, so the rich can thrive.  It is a sad day.

 

But as the illegal immigrants come up north, people like I know my welcome is up and it is time to return to the south. I was raised in New York City, but this is not my city anymore.  I see the south as an opportunity and a new beginning, a place full of resources in need of ideas.  So as the cheap labor comes to the north a lot of real New Yorkers are leaving the city while the getting out is still possible.

 

I noticed most of my old friends left New York City already to the south, as the south has a reputation of racism, I know New York City is not what it claims to be, and the people here are not real New Yorkers anymore. 

 

Network & CoalitionNational Community Network & Coalition of Highlands, INC Headquarters

 

I am hoping people like Janet, Alicia and the Michael Jackson Trust support this much needed cause, which will be self sustaining.  And will help children curb from criminal activities.  I will provide the space from the sponsorship. 

 

Sound Isolation Booth at Guitar Center:

 

I want to put the recording studio on the second floor; I need a sound isolation booth and a better sound system.  I do not plan to borrow money against any property my uncle leaves us.  I plan to get 501 (c) 3 Status, making my charitable contributions collected tax deductible next year.  I think I need about $5G to start ASAP and about $50G once I am deductible.  I want a professional look and give these kids something to do; I will charge about what it cost to run the operation and keep it up to date as we are non profit.

 

Value of Building:

Market Value: 126,936
Class Value: 2,175
Just Value: 126,936
Assessed Value: 126,936
Exemption Value: 126,936

 

 

We are in the process or officially transferring the property to this non profit organization, however in the interim I think I will place my home studio in the HQ’s once I settle in at Highlands County, Florida.  And purchase the isolation booth on my own to get things on the roll.  But I plan to place this studio at my home and put another studio in the Headquarters’ on the second floor and use the first floor as office space, run all operations including fund raising.  These kids have nothing to do in Avon Park other than school related activities as they often commit crimes out of boredom and go to jail and get criminal records for petty crimes, like selling drugs to make $100 a day twice a week.

 

Frank Paul Gambino The National Community Network & Coalition of Highlands, INC

 

First of all, let me pay my bills Janet Jackson Greatest Hits will drop on 17 November 2009.  Her new studio project will be released in 2010 as well and the movie “Why did I get married too,” directed by Tyler Perry will be released in 2010.  She is currently in the studios working on new material for her new studio album.  There so much going on with Janet, but I stopped following her because she pissed me off.  But in any case she hired new dancers and she is very active.

 

Alicia Keys has a new video/song called, “Doesn’t’ mean a thing,” and I understand she might drop something real soon, a new album that is.  Alicia Keys is very hot and Janet is on the comeback trail and I wish them luck in their future endeavors.

 

John Gotti:  I made provocative statements about the trial of John A. Gotti Junior; it is vendetta.  As I continue this article you will see the relevance of what I am talking about.  First of all his father was my friend, I only saw John  Junior one time in my life, he may have been a thug but never the Don, so the whole trail is a misrepresentation of organized crime.  It is not about drugs and killing innocent people or headlines in the newspapers, often in fact when people disappear they receive a new identity and is said to be dead and the government knows this.  That is all I have to say on the subject.  John is not RICO by any means and the government should be ashamed of themselves for holding him for ransom, because we all know I am the problem they have.

 

Frank Paul Gambino:  I know I am under investigation now and am being watch, for speaking up for John Gotti and other reasons.  But everything is known by the FBI and Secret Service which tells me it might be local in nature.  However unlike my father (Carlo Gambino) I talk to cops, I was involve in covert operations for the government for many years, anything you want to know just ask, because the bottom-line you need me more than I need you and you need me much more than to carry out this charade and travesty of justice against John and if you take him down my price doubles and we all know what I am talking about.

 

I am incorporated in Florida and have my EIN and will in the near future gain 501 (C) 3 status after I meet with my directors again and pass the by-laws officially and the minutes will be documented at this meeting, then we will conduct our business which is of a charitable nature addressing community needs in Highlands County with hopes of expanding throughout the Heartland and other states. 

 

There are a lot of things going on with this and if the government wants to watch me develop my corporation by all means feels free to do so.  But I said what I said and did not bite my tongue about John.  My main focus is to help the youth and the elderly, but those in the middle are a key element of carrying this out, for it takes a village to raise a child and you must honor the elderly.  So those of my generation and below it have to step up and that is what I am doing in a nutshell.  So now you have no questions right?  Back off!

The G UmbrellaBe my Joneses

 

It was said that it is not so much important as to what goes into your mouth but what comes out of it, which is a maker of your character.  A very good word historically used as a negative connotation is Joneses meaning basically neighbor.  It is a saying to “keep up with the Joneses.”  Suggesting that you be in competition with your next door neighbor, sort of like they by a fence and you buy a more expensive fence, they buy a car and you buy a better car.

 

But in actuality the term Joneses is a friendly and non competitive term.  I call on the Hip Hop community to replace the terms “Nigger” and “bitch” with “Joneses.”  I call on them to say in there songs “be my Joneses.”  Because like Rev. AL Sharpton said, you are what you say you are.

 

Let us bring back a community to raise a child mentality and be truly neighbors and not allow ourselves to just simply be victims on the system.  A change in mentality is in our grasp, we can determine our destiny, by changing how we speak and therefore changing how we think.

 

It is like the new Mafia is a non profit organization for the betterment of our communities and not a self destructives movement of surviving by any means, because we are packed in the projects like sardines.  We have to address our circumstances and the situations we are facing such as the expansion of prisons, wars around the world and the AIDS pandemic; single parenthood, illiteracy and the symbolically castrated Blackman?

 

As simple as it may seem, a major step in the right direction as a new greeting of camaraderie (Friendship) is to stop calling your brothers or sisters Niggers and bitches and say “that is my Joneses.”  I call on major Hip Hop community to introduce this concept into their culture.  Personally I really like some Hip Hop and Rap music, but I am embarrassed by it; I think the term Joneses will sell more records and allow the music to reach more homes.  At least consider it. And most importantly it would create a safer community and brotherly and sisterly love among our youth.

Frank Paul GambinoJanet and Jermaine Dupri!  Who Cares?

 

I have to admit I was really concerned about Janet, but at some point you get tired of dumb stuff.  I would have loved to love Janet and I thought we had two children being Alicia and Renee.  I thought I did something really un-cool to Janet and maybe I still think so, but she denied it so is it.  I thought I owed her everything but my life that belongs to God, but it turns out I actually owe her very little other than an apology. 

 

Like I said, I thought the whole thing was a publicity stunt to begin with to include the alleged relationship with JD.  But fake or real it is doing me no good.  I am not getting anything out of this but on and off stress.  I get an occasional e-mail and no phone calls or visitation rights and every time I go to see her she is not home, so even if this is all an act is much more than I get out the deal.  Does Jermaine pay for pictures or like they said Janet screws for tracks?

 

So I have to go to Florida this weekend to see about my uncle and a lot of things in my not too distant future depend on this trip.  I am not going into details, but I have the responsibility to take care of a lot of family business.  My uncle is old and very sick now, so even if Janet was playing games it is not funny anymore.  Sure she just lost her brother, but I have a very sick uncle just lost a close cousin and have a very sick aunt and sister.  So I do not have time for childish games.

 

Even with all the adversities as I also felt for Michael like most Americans, I put together a CD of trial and error and a screenplay, but more importantly is I now have the capability to do this over and over again and it took years to get to this point.   My music and screenwriting will only get better now that I have the equipment.

 

Most importantly is I have a very important mission before me.  It is not just talk but I am going start a new religion as a way to address the state of the Blackman in America today and not in the 1960’s.  Where, when and how this will be done depends on people I know I can confide in.  So I am sorry if I did not entertain you this time but it needs be understood that I am not dumb and never was sprung, I was just doing what I had to do.

 

Ps 37:11 But the meek will inherit the land and enjoy great peace.

 

Ps 37:12 The wicked plot against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them;

Ps 37:13 but the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he knows their day is coming.

 

Capstone Zulu

 

 

AIDS Ribbon Red and BlackPaul Puts Janet, Madonna & Alicia on Blast

 

It has been a busy few months, I do not recall how many.  But I finished my third screenplay and second album.  The screenplay is “Everybody has Demons,” and the album is the soundtrack to my second screenplay “The Apostle,” named the “The Apostle the Album.”  All my work is mixed with fact and fiction; however they are very real regardless.

 

I have three songs I want recorded into another version and/or by selected artist.  Though I am the author and sole artist on my tracks, I have a special song that I think should be re-recorded by Janet Jackson, Madonna and Alicia Keys.  Alicia has long been a frontrunner on the eradiation of AIDS and Janet has taken on the battle and Madonna I heard was interested in working with Janet for a good cause and what cause is better.

 

The song is the first track on my CD called “FindCureCureAIDS.”   I think it deserves to be considered as an anthem and a sacred song to pay tribute to the world’s continued need for a commitment to battle AIDS and eradicate this dreadful disease.  It is the simplest song I wrote that is the most profound in message as it sends a signal to the heavens by man.  I do not want to say too much, but Janet has the song and I call on them to perform it.

 

If they choose to accept this mission, I will agree that each of us donate at least 50% of the proceeds from this song to organizations and foundations that are a part of the battle to fight against AIDS be it the frontline of treatment and housing or the rear for strategic approaches in the battle and the actual cure of AIDS.

MJJ and JDJJJanet Jackson to perform the MTV VMA 2009

 

This year’s VMA will be held at Radio City Music Hall in New York City at 9 pm, and Janet Jackson will help open the show with a tribute to her brother Michael Jackson who passed away 25 June 2009.  I am not clear as to what will be her role in the opening act but it sounds star studded.

 

People complained that BET was a rush job, but word is that Janet is working overtime to assure this act is as perfect as possible, however I know she has to be nervous.  The festivities is supposed to start on Thursday, so for those who hangout in the City make sure the batteries are charged in the digital cameras, because there will be a lot of spotting of Celebrities in the Big Apple this week.

 

Janet is working on a new album, a new book and filmed a movie all to be released in 2010, but this one is for Michael  It should be an emotional evening and hopefully other members of the family will show support in what is promised to be a star studded audience.  Wouldn’t it be a great day to also see Whitney, Alicia, hell even Mariah as well, I do not hate just because she is.  Obsessed?

 

Good Luck Janet and I hope you do well, but most importantly I hope you can be strong but if not it is still all good.  You are loved and that is something I know!

Janet and Michael JacksonJanet Jackson Still Rocks

 

The loss of Michael Jackson was a tragic ending and unexpected.  Still it is not clear what happened to the man and to the best of my knowledge no arrests have been made yet.  I am still baffled but I am sure Janet knows more than I do on the subject.  But the breakup with Jermaine Dupri come on get real I mean this has to be great news to her.  I mean all he did was damage her career and image.  However change is hard on everyone and if you get use to someone and lose that the emptiness has to be filled.

 

Janet has responded as dignified and diligently as anyone possibly can, I mean she has taken control over her career unlike any period in her career in the past (Black Doll).  I mean what more can you ask of someone, she filmed a movie and is working on an album with the old successful and proven team of Jam and Lewis and is in the process of writing a book.  2010 seems to be a very busy year to come for Janet Jackson.

 

Meanwhile I hear all this poor Janet talk and Jermaine Dupri prowess.  But Jermaine is focused on the now while Janet is building a new future.  With Jermaine it is the same old thing to find someone to exploit on Living the Life, turning his life into an ongoing drama, while Janet is doing things of substance and she will shine after 2009.

 

Finally there is word that Janet got a hold to some copyrighted material by Michael Jackson and Jam and Lewis is producing a duet with Janet and Michael for the upcoming album.  Then there is the Pleasure Principle clothing line, which has been underexposed.  There are the new songwriters being considered and Alicia Keys possibilities as songwriter, the sound designers, the new technologies and the possibilities of bonus SACD tracks.  I just cannot understand how Janet became the sleeper, but we have to wakeup at some point why not now?  Janet still Rocks!

Frank Paul GambinoThe Mythology of Frank Paul Gambino

 

The reason I named it the mythology and not biography of Frank Paul Gambino is because I realize most people will not believe it.  However we plan on developing a new religion based on Paul Castellano being the Apostle Paul AKA the Son of the made man Carlo Gambino his illegitimate son and it is believed that his mother Blond Eva Austin Jones was of the seed of Shaka Zulu, making him King of Kings.

 

These stories are as real as the mythology of Prince Hall the mulatto and even more so, which was the foundation to Prince Hall Freemasonry.  This organization is an occult and is a secret society at this point and their presence is a valid as the Illuminati as they believe they must duplicate or be eliminated.  The main difference between the Illuminati and the Church of the Apostle Paul is the difference between night and day or God and Satan.  The Apostle possesses the spirit of God.

 

The reality is the Paul Castellano the Apostle is the living Son of God Jesus Christ and is in the process of  fulfilling the prophesy of the Holy Bible.  People called Jesus crazy these are historical facts and so they do not believe me so I settled for mythology instead the history.  Being it is a mythology it can not be edited by third parties, but what others believe can be added on.

 

The Church is real my sister is an ordained minister and the church is being founded based on my story.  President Obama, Bush, Clinton and every president in my life span knows who I am and so does the Mafia and nobody messes with me because they know for the most part it is true.

 

As for significance as Minister Farrakhan said in some marching orders to the Nation of Islam I am the most important person.  I am Jesus Christ and if that is not significant what is on planet earth.  So the issue is not significance but believability.  But it is a mythology so believing it should not be a part of the decision for quick deletion. I do not care if the masses believe me; my only concern is to my followers who have a code of secrecy.  By time people heed to the knowledge being shared, we will be tight.  To be honest we do not want outsiders and interlopers among us, so call it crazy and stay away.

SSL 9000k consoleRecord Product Description by Propellerhead

 

Recording music is all about seizing the moment. Capturing a perfect performance – or even nailing that idea before it goes away – requires tools that are ready when you are. Record is always ready. Created with musicians in mind, Record lets you create record ready channels in an instant, minimizing the steps between idea and actual recording. The result equals more music – and less dialog boxes. Simply plug in, breathe out and you’re ready to go.

Line 6 in the mix
For guitar and bass players, Record comes installed with separate guitar and bass POD(R) units from amp and cab simulation experts Line 6 Inc. With bass and guitar amplifiers available for every single track in your Record project, you are never short of interesting tones and timbres. As the Line 6 amplifiers are insert effects and don’t affect the original instrument signal, you are free to change your amplifier and cabinet settings at any point in time – even after laying down your track.

The Record rack
All the instruments, processors and effect units used in a song are housed inside Record’s customizable rack. Any device created is automatically and logically patched into the rack, but if you’re feeling adventurous or need to do some routing of your own, just flip your entire Record rack over and all the cables are all yours!

ID8
To help you complement your recorded material, Record also comes with multi instrument ID8 – a songwriter’s toolbox. ID8 ships with a wide palette of sounds useful for building a steady foundation for your tracks, like pianos, drums, bass, strings and more.

Arrange
To help you arrange your tracks in a smooth, effortless way, Record comes with a fast and flexible sequencer. Immediate and intuitive, Record’s sequencer puts you in control of your arrangements, letting you move and edit parts as you go along.

Comp editor
As a perfect performance may be less than perfect from scratch, Record features a swift and easy to use comp editor. Building the ultimate vocal track is as simple as selecting the parts that work and muting the ones that don’t. Exit the comp editor and listen to the results; a perfect take containing only the good parts.

Time stretch
Record has a unique twist on the concept of time and tempo. Record’s real-time timestretch lets you play now and pick the tempo later; change the song tempo and all your audio tracks will follow right along without any need for pre-processing of any kind. Need to slow your song down to nail a tricky passage? No problem. Just reduce the tempo, record your performance and bring the tempo back up. The audio quality? Amazing.

MIDI sequencer
With its fully featured sequencer, Record also takes care of your MIDI performances, for use with the build in ID-8 instrument or for controlling Reason instrument and devices when Record is paired with Reason.

The MIDI sequencer also handles all the automation in Record. Every thinkable knob, button or fader can be automated with ease, and then edited and fine tuned in the sequencer.

Mix
All your sounds will end up in Record’s main mixer. This mixing console’s sound and signal processing was faithfully modelled after* the legendary SSL 9000k analog mixing desk. Flexible routing, full dynamics, EQ, advanced effects handling, full automation and a 64-bit mix bus gives you that big studio sound right out of your computer. And yes, you do get that master-bus compression.

The Record Effects
Your Record rack can be stacked with an infinite number of reverbs, distortion units, delays, dynamic processors, mastering EQs – everything you need to shape and color your sounds. Click and drag effects straight to the rack, or load any of the expertly crafted patches.
EQ Section

The mixing console features a warm sounding EQ section with high and low pass filters, high and low shelving filters as well as parametric midrange filters. This is where you can add some extra polish to your recordings, and the sound is just fabulous.

Channel Dynamics
Every channel has its own fully featured dynamics section with compressor, gate and expander functions.

Effect Sends
The console has eight dedicated effect sends and each channel’s sends can be set to work pre or post fader. Adding a send effect to the mixer is a two mouseclick affair. Simply right-click in the mixer’s master section and select what effect you want to use. Simple!

Insert effects
Record’s mixer features a clever way to handle insert effects. As explained on the Record page, each track in Record is made up of three components: a sequencer track, a rack device (audio track or mix device) and a mixer channel. In the rack device, you can put all the insert effects you want on your sound, and you can also map controls on the insert effects to the insert section in the mixer. These setups can then be saved as patches for instant recall. Record ships with a large library of ready-made insert patches for a wide array of applications. Reason users will recognize this method from Reason’s combinator, so in essence this is like having a dedicated combinator per mixer channel.

Fader Section
Here’s the control you will find yourself using more than anything else in the mixer. As the name and the picture implies, this is where the faders are and this is also where you set the pan, handle solo and mute. Stereo channels also have a stereo width control.

Master Compressor
The Master compressor is what gives your music that final touch. The legendary dynamics processor it was modeled after is in use in studios all over the world.

Integrate – Record and Reason
Shaped like a classic studio rack packed with all the gear you could possibly need: Samplers, Analog synths, Graintable synth, Vocoder, Step time drum machine, Arpeggiator, Compressors, EQs, Effects and more, Reason is the perfect expansion to your Record system.

Together, Reason and Record form a self-contained creative environment for musicians and producers alike.

Reason not included.

Two Become One
If you have Reason registered and installed on your computer, all your favorite Reason devices will automatically be available within Record’s ever-expandable, multiple racks. No setting up. No ReWire. It just works.

Continue where you left off
When using Record and Reason together, your Reason song files can be opened from within Record, letting you continue on your creations where you left off. When you save your work as a Record project, the Reason devices become part of the Record document.

Sound Libraries
When using Record and Reason together, Record becomes fully ReFill compatible – use patches from any ReFill sound library directly in Record.

Bounce Mixer Channels
Bringing your masterpiece to a friend or a studio not using Record? Record label wanting stems? Record’s Bounce Mixer Channels screen gives you a plethora of options, letting you export all your mixer channels as stems for use with any recording software, including exporting your tempo track!

ReWire with Third Party Hosts
ReWire is a system for transferring audio data between two computer applications in real time. Basically, you could view ReWire as an “invisible cable” that streams audio and MIDI from one computer program into another.

Record is a ReWire slave application, allowing for up to 64 simultaneous audio output channels to a host application, as well as controlling Record through MIDI from a host.

Remote
All parts of Record fully support Propellerhead Remote, letting you effortlessly control any part of the software from a MIDI keyboard or control surface.

If you use a Remote-supported control surface with Record, all you need to do is connect the control surface and set it up once, typically by selecting a single factory preset. After that, the control surface is ready for use. All knobs and sliders will automatically and dynamically be mapped to sensible parameters in Record, and for control surfaces supporting two-way communication, Record supports motor faders, dynamic displays and LED indicators.

Record comes with premade setups for many of the most popular control surfaces and keyboards on the market. However, if you want to be in full control you can also choose to override these mappings for individual parameters, to tailor your setup for the project or situation.

Multi-core
Record makes use of extremely efficient multi-core audio rendering, making the software very lightweight, even with large projects.

Record’s dynamic multi-core audio rendering improves performance without introducing any latency. It is future proof, making use of as many processors or processor cores as your operating system can handle.

Plenty of ins and outs
More ins and outs than you can shake a wand, baton or even a cane at. Got a multi-channel audio interface? With Record you can use up to 64 input channels simultaneously – and up to 64 simultaneous output channels. Should you ever feel the need.

Works with any audio interface
Record’s rock solid audio implementation will support any audio card with Core Audio drivers on Mac OS X or ASIO drivers on Windows.

Big Meter
Big Meter sits at the top of Record’s leftmost rack and gives you a detailed view of your input and output levels with plenty of different options for visualizing your performance, or for guidance when mastering your finished song.

64-bit mix bus
Record’s mixing console uses a 64-bit mix bus, resulting in high precision channel summing for highest possible audio quality.

Reason integration
If you have Reason registered and installed on your computer, all your favorite Reason devices will automatically be available within Record’s ever-expandable, multiple racks. No setting up. It just works. Read more about Reason integration

ReWire synth application
Use Record as a ReWire slave. Record interfaces with most audio applications on the market through Propellerhead Software’s ReWire technology. ReWire is a virtual multi-cable that handles up to 64 channels of streaming audio, as well as MIDI, sync and transport controls between.

Record for Reason Owners
Record for Reason Owners gives registered Reason users a direct path to add Record to their setup. Record for Reason Owners contains a complete version of Record, Propellerhead Software’s brand new recording software, and upgrades Reason for complete integration.

Record gives you unlimited audio tracks, world class effects and mixing gear, and a whole new take on music recording. Couple it with Reason and your favorite Reason devices appear inside the Record rack. With an intuitive, straightforward interface and a hands-on approach to capturing performances, Record was designed for musicians–not audio engineers. This is recording done right.

* All product names used are trademarks of their respective owners, and in no way constitutes an association or affiliation with Propellerhead Software. The SSL and/or Solid State Logic trademarks are solely used to identify the products whose sound was studied during Propellerhead Software’s sound modeling development. The trademarks SSL and Solid State Logic are owned by Red Lion 49 Limited.