See you there San Francisco!
This Friday at 111 Minna, The Goods is going down once again. This is a special celebration of the 200th episode of Apple Byte, a show that my brother, REL, created and produced with Brian Tong. We’ll also be celebrating the release of Boogie Browns newest mixtape “A Tribute to Ray Ray” a must have!
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This part of my life is called “Looking for an internship.” #Looking #Searching #Advertising #MFA #Student #Eager #Determined #SF #PickMe
Didn’t even know they had this in the Marina! NATIONAL FITNESS CAMPAIGN: #Marina #SF #Nice
Here it is, the final episode of Distortion 2 Static. Thank you to everyone that helped us celebrate 10 years on Saturday at Mighty, what a great way to go out. On to the next!
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SF railway
If you know how to fun….you’ll be there. #BayArea
Tiny parks are on a roll in San Francisco: Two dumpsters full of greenery, with four more to come, add a bit of nature to the streets of a paved-over downtown neighborhood. Some scoff, but others are willing to give the “parkmobiles” a go.
Photo: Dave Vetrano takes a coffee break at a parkmobile in San Francisco’s South of Market district. Credit: Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times
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Nostalgia. You close your eyes and for a moment you relive the tasteful past of your youth, the sweet taste of your lovers lips, a happy moment you shared with someone you cared for. Nothing does this better than music. As every note plays and starts bouncing ideas inside my head. Creating patterns, striking chords, mixing colors, and beats. Every note striking something that is unseen. Music is powerful.
When a song comes along and brings those good feels back all you want to do is spread it like fire, and share it with the world. It’s been a while since I heard a song, an instrumental, nicely made that made me feel this way. When music and visuals (video) mesh well together you have a powerful piece that could move a crowd in a distinctive way. This music video by a very gifted man named Ariel Rel Nunez is exactly what I want to share with you.
As you watch the video you see the story of the bay begin to unfold through the layering of images, colors, tones and textures and it all works well in harmony with the beat. Watching the people go about their day. You start to understand and respect what drives the creative people who live here.
I have been lucky enough to meet some very talented young men who create nothing but amazing work. From producers, to directors, and artist you can truly see their skills in the work they help produce. Ariel Rel Nunez is one of those talented young men who has amazing skills, he’s been creating work for sometime now and you can definitely see some signature styles that he incorporates in the creation of his videos. Ariel Rel Nunez has a way of projecting art, music, and creativity to the world that desperately needs it and as you press play to the music video he produced you will have a greater understanding of what I mean.
I’m not saying this because I ‘know’ them, nope, I’ve only had the opportunity to talk with them for brief moments and live in their musical world by helping them when they have large events and need a door girl, it’s always a pleasure of course. A group of men that have nothing but passion for the arts, even when you go to one of their weekly events you see what that looks like.
Naturally when you see a tight crew of people you automatically think “Oh they’re just hyping each others stuff up,” and so I didn’t pay attention to the things they were putting out and this is what I have been missing out.
Discovering things at your own pace and with an open mind can take you many places and I’m glad I got the opportunity to listen and see some fantastic work.
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“The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco”
-Mark Twain
Ryan Leslie, who is that? I’ll tell you who he is, damn it! This man is power, talent, and pure fucking magic! Ryan Leslie has some kind of untouchable skill when it comes to creating music, beats, and moving people in a way that is unforgettable. He is underrated and everyone in the game needs to collaborate with Ryan Leslie.
His style of music is fresh, clean and classic. His voice is smooth like silk and ‘seduction is the art he practices,’ his songs stay true to relationships, situations and some form of hidden infatuation. This man keeps you on your toes with every song he puts out ‘he has something that we all like, he def’n has that something.’ Such a smooth bounce back for a wo/man with class. Ryan Leslie is that dude, threat, he doesn’t need auto tune, not too mention his shit is deep and heartfelt.
Not only is his music insane, and as if he weren’t a musical genius already he’s quite literally a genius through and through with a degree from harvard at age 19….. POW!
Want to know more about Ryan Leslie? I bet you freakin do!
This mans passion for music has lead him to be one of the freshest music producer on the market, singer-songwriter, musical arranger, rapper….not intriguing enough? He does that all the while managing his own record label and maintaining an appealing (sexy) style.
The thing that makes me want to punch somebody in the face is that while he may be successful in many ways his music is still unknown to a large group of people and shit who can be mad, right? with all the endless outlets of music out there its hard to come across the good shit but here I am introducing him to you, introducing the good shit. If you’re exploring different genres, artist and music style, I’m telling you right now this guy is like a drug and you will become addicted (which is one of his songs, well actually it’s called Addiction ft. Cassie & Fabulous) Once you get a taste of Ryan Leslie you will keep coming back for more.
I was fortunate enough to attend one of his shows, which felt intimate and personal because the venue was a good size. I stood front row (That picture shows you how close I got). His show was electric! Ryan Leslie set it off! The man is a musical genius!!! There wasn’t an ounce of disappointment in that damn venue. Not one ounce! I was in good company, into every song…yeah, I sang along to every song, and of course I was fully intoxicated. I will never forget the way I felt, the way he moved the crowd, the way the crowd responded, every girl was ready to pounce on this man and all the dudes were taking tips on how to get to the chicks via Ryan Leslie swag. The energy flowing throughout the room was electric. I was given a dose of Ryan Leslie and now I’m addicted. Not only was I lucky enough to watch this very talented man but I also got to be part of one his world premiers called “Breath” which took place in the great city of San Francisco. If that isn’t the full Ryan Leslie experience I don’t know what is. So there it is peeps, if you don’t know now you know.
HIS NEW ALBUM LES IS MORE IS OUT JULY 4. (IF YOU WANT TO GET THE FULL DOSE) FOR MORE ON THE ARTIST, VISIT HIS FACEBOOK OR TWITTER. http://solidgold509.blogspot.com/
