Another week, another video in the can…
17 videos filmed in the span of 16 weeks, not including the various semi-videos I’ve made for freestyles and paperstyles.
One advantage of all these videos is that they give me exposure to other artists who are looking for collaborations. I posted up a YouTube video telling people to E-mail me if they wanted me to jump on one of their tracks.
Lo and behold – someone did!
This group from Cleveland, OH called “Black & Broke” wrote me and asked me if I’d do a verse for one of their songs called… well, I won’t give it away yet since I just finished it, but they sent me a track with their two vocals recorded, and the song was so hilarious that I had to be on it.
I don’t know how well-known these guys are – I think they’re relatively new – but hopefully the song will blow up and become a huge song in their city, then spread like wild fire until we all become famous in the process.
In the meantime, though, I discovered something while recording the track: recording for someone else really makes me get competitive in terms of thinking up words to a song. Not that I’m out to outshine the other guys on the track, but it kinda feels like it – like, you’ve heard 2 verses, and you have to come up with something equally good or better, or else you’re not proving that you’re deserving of even being on the track.
I guess what I’m saying is – I have to find other people to do some collaborations with so I can improve my writing! Then again, maybe I should just act like I’m competing with someone when I write new stuff….
Nah! I think I’ll stick to plan A: finding others to collabo with. It’s a good way for me to get my name out there, and gain new fans in the process. As for this track – once I get the okay, I’ll definitely post it up somewhere for the world to hear!
-A.P.T.
E-mail: aptsongs@hotmail.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/NotoriousAPT
