Doodle Bird

Christopher Carpenter x Kids

2011-12-22T00:05:00.000-08:00

WeOutHere.net

2011-02-22T16:33:00.000-08:00

Espi just launched his new online magazine, WeOutHere.net

The layout is super clean and the articles are worth reading.

Luck One- More

2011-02-22T16:18:00.000-08:00

St. Johns Bridge HDR

2010-12-01T14:00:00.000-08:00

Awesome.

2010-10-30T13:19:00.000-07:00

More NYC 2010 shots.

2010-10-29T14:49:00.000-07:00

NYCxHDRx2010

2010-09-22T11:54:00.001-07:00

Champagne and French Toast EP (Cover and Back)

2010-09-20T11:12:00.000-07:00

-WORK HARD PLAY HARD-

Take a listen. Support Local Music.

HDRxTRIANGLELAKEx2010

2010-08-31T14:49:00.000-07:00

Moxie Black

2010-08-13T13:24:00.000-07:00

Closer by Moxie Black

Risky Bizness by Moxie Black

Moxie Black

Roles Photography

2010-08-10T13:58:00.000-07:00

Here is a look at some new material I have been working on.
I posted more work here on my Flickr.

Brendan Coughlin- such great heights

2010-07-14T23:29:00.000-07:00

super dope shots from Portland Photographer Brendan Coughlin.

Here and Happy Album Art- The Kid Espi

2010-07-06T10:20:00.000-07:00

Here And Happy Album Art on Salem's Free Wall from Jake Espi on Vimeo.

RolesPhotography.com

2010-06-22T13:20:00.000-07:00

My new site went live last week! Thanks to my good friend Jacob aka The Kid Espi who designed it!! I recommend Jacob for any of your graphic design and web needs!!!

contact him here- Thekidespi@yahoo.com

Roles Photography

Champagne and French Toast Photo Shoot-Behind the scences

2010-06-21T12:49:00.000-07:00

Photo-shoot I did with The kid Espi and Amsterdam a week or so back now at my place. They are coming out with a new project together titled "Champagne and French Toast". Had a lot of fun with this shoot, they are good people. Also collaborated with Lacey Ward on this shoot, more to come from the two of us!!

Chris Carpenter

2010-06-21T12:28:00.000-07:00

This is a co-worker/friend of mine that can sing like a bird. check him out!!

The Kid Espi: Here and Happy

2010-06-03T15:56:00.000-07:00

The 15 track album features guest appearances from Pigeon John, Grayskul, Geo from Blue Scholars, Amsterdam, Grynch, T & E, Type of The Let Go, Mac Smiff and more. Plus Production from Sapient, Terminill, A. Kruse, Tope, Lawzspoken and NoPo.

An album listening party has been scheduled for July 22nd at the Triangle Inn, Salem Or. DJ Hit N’ Runn will be on the tables for the night. Mark the date on your calendars and please help spread the word.

Excited to hear what my good friend Espi has cooked up for this album. Don't be dumb get this album.

Drake

2010-06-03T03:16:00.000-07:00

Drake - You Know You Know (Produced By Kanye West) by Hypetrak

T and E

2010-05-29T14:48:00.000-07:00

If you haven't heard this Northwest group T&E, then wake up and check out this free music download. check it here! Super Dope music.

Reclaim Design

2010-05-29T14:36:00.000-07:00

Reclaim Design is a young, but yet knowledgeable Portland design firm with years of experience to back it, focusing on all sorts of Internet services, such as web design, Internet marketing, and web development. We also specialize in mediums, like print design, photography, and video editing. With continuously happy clients we know that we are doing something right!

Ran into David recently, check out his design firm.

Click here

Power.

2010-05-28T11:57:00.000-07:00

Fight the Moon Volume 1

2010-05-18T19:13:00.000-07:00

Found this dope music in my mail box today. Thanks for sending me a copy!!
Two tracks off the Volume one Fight the Moon Cd:
Diamonds and Get it back.

Vintage Time Machines

2010-05-13T17:48:00.000-07:00

Vintage Time Machines (a.k.a. VTM) is an electroacoustic band comprised of three members: Chad Ghattas (Lead Vocals, Keys, Guitar) Mike Dunay (Drums) and "The Scientist" (Laptop). After moving to the high chaparral for 6 months to write, compose and hone their live show, they've returned to civilization to digitally release their debut album "Thank God for Science" on May 31st, 2010. "Thank God for Science" is a 10 song album featuring "Tend To Scare Each Other" a highly anticipated song by many of VTM's core followers. In the meantime VTM is booking gigs along the West coast for a July 2010 live showcase of their first album. If Chads not thrashing on his mini korg, he's laying down a funky bass line on top of one of Mikes many adaptations of a drum and bass or dance beat. While the quiet "Scientist" mans the Laptop supplying an array of effects and overlays to give VTM their unique sound.

Check them out on Facebook. and on this music player.

Logo's

2010-05-05T20:35:00.000-07:00

Logo I got designed from Espi. His site espidesign.com should be up soon. check for it.
What you think?

Light Painting

2010-05-01T23:58:00.000-07:00

New age Photography.

2010-05-01T15:24:00.000-07:00

Living Magazine Cover & Spread - Outside Magazine from Alexx Henry on Vimeo.

Ben Hucke

2010-04-28T14:01:00.000-07:00

Introducing new Team Crooks member, Pro Bmx rider Ben Hucke from Portland!!

follow him on twitter.

Congrats bro! That Dig cover is fresh, nice shot!!

May 13th 9pm 21+

2010-04-28T13:57:00.000-07:00

Lebron

2010-04-27T20:25:00.000-07:00

This had me rolling. too funny.

Playoffs 2010

2010-04-20T13:35:00.000-07:00

Big game tonight. vs the suns. Rudy has to step his game up! game 2 is ours!!

Light Painting

2010-04-20T13:29:00.000-07:00

Dramatic Lighting- Zach Ancell

2010-04-13T16:58:00.000-07:00

Peep his blog post on Dramatic Lighting!!

Michael Lazarus

2010-03-10T14:29:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I did some demo work on this dudes new pad in PDX over by the zoo, his new spread is dope. Check out his art work, he is an artist from NY who is making a move to the Rose city. Welcome to P-Town Michael!

Diezel P

2010-02-26T10:33:00.000-08:00

Brendan Coughlin

2010-02-24T11:23:00.000-08:00

This Sunday I have the opportunity to job Shadow/assist on a shoot with Photographer Brendan Coughlin. He is a local Pdx Photographer who runs his own studio. Peep his work.

Tope: Soul Music

2010-02-21T15:20:00.000-08:00

New Northwest Jam from Tope of living Proof. featuring Cool Nutz and Illmaculate.

Song titled "Yours" off of Tope's new album SOUL Music.

Grove Clothing Co

2010-02-16T22:51:00.000-08:00

Joey Hart has come up with an interesting idea, he has come up with a logo and clothing company called Grove. It has been created by him, but inspired by you, his friends. Check out the idea, and design a shirt!!

Hey Joe! you should post the ones that you produce!!! Stay up bro.

Dunk

2010-02-12T16:52:00.000-08:00

Passion Pit

2010-02-05T11:56:00.001-08:00

Passion Pit-Sleepyhead from ssarenofun1 on Vimeo.

Ryan Dornfeld + 5000 = Good Idea

2010-01-27T13:58:00.001-08:00

My good friend, Substitute Teacher, and roommate Ryan Dornfeld has a great idea!! He has enter into this contest for free money offered by Us Bank. The bank is promoting this "Get a head in 2010" contest by allowing anyone to enter. US bank customers submit a story trying to convince voters to vote for them and their cause, and whoever ends up with the most votes by Feb 28 2010, is the winner!

Here is his Story:

Bringing Active Lifestyles back to our Kids
Many elementary schools in our school districts have had Physical Education cut from their program. If they have not yet been cut they are being threatened to be cut next year. Most middle schools only offer track and field in their athletic programs. Football, men/women basketball, wrestling, and volleyball have all been cut from their school programs. Vote for my story and $5,000 will go to the schools

— Ryan D.

here is the LINK go Vote for him!! And we will post a Video of him donating the check on here and Youtube!

Anya Marina

2010-01-21T14:08:00.000-08:00

Saw this last night on Carson Daily's show, which is on super late, he should get a earlier spot. I like how they put that show together. Anyways did she do TI's song better than him??!?

Zetaman: Reality Tv?

2010-01-17T17:09:00.000-08:00

Operation Treehouse - TV episode from ZetamanTV on Vimeo.

Last night I went out on the town to see a local hiphop show at the Hawthorne Theater with a gang of friends (honestly we were rollin deep) lol. Anyways a good friend of mine introduced me to this interesting dude that is huge into videography and such. While talkin with him (he is not a character in the show) he explained that he has been pitching this idea/show to networks now for a while, that he is looking to produce. (with no luck as of now, according to his agent) Check the website, there are a few webisodes and longer more geared tv episodes. Let me know what you think, with so many, so called "reality" shows out there, could you find yourself watching this one?

Prost! Portland Oregon

2010-01-14T19:35:00.000-08:00

A buddy of mine, from my adventures in Eugene, has opened a Bar in Portland, called Prost! Prost is located on the corner of Mississippi and Skidmore in North Portland. PROST is a cool new German bar that serves traditional German food and has 10 taps of German beer served in the appropriate glassware. The building and the bar itself were well done with beautiful wood tables and bar. The food I thought was good, had a brat sandwich and a pretzel, which hit the spot, and the fact that you can bring in food from the surrounding food carts if you order a beer from them, is really unique for a bar/restaurant to offer.

Fun fact: the tables and benches on the patio came direct from Oktoberfest '08 in Munich. (Via Yelp)

here are some pics from my adventure. Wish I had more to show you, just means you are goin to have to check it out yourself!

Photosimile 5000

2010-01-10T15:38:00.000-08:00

Ortery Technologies has released Photosimile 5000, a PC-controlled desktop photography studio that integrates a 28 x 28 x 28” light box with a Canon SLR cameraand powerful workflow software to simplify and automate business photography. The device features 6500K bulbs, an automated camera positioning system and built-in turntable that holds up to 25lbs. The camera and light box connect to a PC via USB. Photosimile 5000 software controls the studio, camera location, turntable movement, camera settings, picture taking and processing workflows. Simply place an item inside, compose using Preview, Zoom and Crop commands in the software. Click Snap and the picture automatically downloads to the PC screen in seconds, Ortery claims. Additionally, Ortery Real3D, included in Photosimile 5000 for image composition, creates full spherical, hemispherical and cylindrical animations with mouse control, image tagging and deep zoom capabilities to 14X, with the resulting product animations being allegedly comparable to interacting with the physical product. Photosimile 5000 runs on Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7. The press release makes no mention of the price, but don’t expect the Photosimile 5000 to be cheap.

Via: Photography Blog

Pretty sweet idea. I am interested in using one of theses, or seeing it in action.

Bucket List

2010-01-05T00:15:00.000-08:00

The past couple days now, the talk at the house has mostly been the disagreement about Avatar. ha ha But other than that the talk has been all about what we each want on our bucket lists. For those that don't get it, what we want to do before we pass away list. There have been some interesting ideas that have popped up, but so far my fav I think is snorkeling the great barrier reef!

What are some of yours? Have you even thought about it? We started to type ours out so we don't forget! Do it, see what you come up with.

Be yourself and stay up

Damon Williams

2010-01-04T13:17:00.000-08:00

Top Shelf: Jesus Pleasers

2009-12-13T00:46:00.000-08:00

ben hucke

2009-12-13T00:36:00.000-08:00

Ben Hucke from Sputnic BMX on Vimeo.

Ben Hucke

2009-12-10T13:31:00.000-08:00

Ben Hucke Interview - More BMX Videos

Grew up wit this dude, he was always riding while we were kids, good to see he is killin it.

Portland photographer throws own wake: 'Why bother when I'm dead'

2009-11-20T11:43:00.000-08:00

At 96, photographer Hugh Ackroyd is still very much alive -- and seized the opportunity to enjoy his own wake. He spent decades photographing shipping in Oregon and recently published a book about a local railcar manufacturer, "Gunderson: A History in Photographs."

Hit the link

Ducks

2009-11-20T11:40:00.000-08:00

Portland's Hip Hop

2009-11-20T11:24:00.000-08:00

North'n Lights - Cut Em' or Pay Em' from Sebastian Jaramillo on Vimeo.

Northe'n Lights: Cut 'Em Or Pay 'Em

2009-11-13T01:54:00.000-08:00

Track 2
All My Life ft Grynch, Top Shelf, and Reed Thomas Lawrence

Sapient: Famine Friends

2009-11-04T17:43:00.001-08:00

Famine Friends is Sapient's response to the "famine" occurring in the field of indie music – his response is naturally a flood of content. Upholding his promise to "make more", Sape brings you another album, showcasing his uncanny consistency as an emcee and producer, in hopes to raise the standard of DIY music...if diamonds were free, why pay for garbage? Produced entirely by Sapient, and accompanied by three music videos, Famine Friends is a FREE gift to the heads, and a "fuck you" to the majors.

Peep the album. Download here.

Good music comming out the Northwest.

Lawz Spoken

2009-11-03T17:06:00.000-08:00

Peep the new music from Portland's Lawz Spoken.

Download here.

Photographer Killin it.

2009-10-28T09:59:00.000-07:00

I had a previous post a ways back now on Zach's work, I have been following Zach Ancell's work from the net side, and I have to say this kid has step his photo game up. He has gotten a way from the HDR shots for now. Take a look at his new series of portraits he has shot with the athletes of the U of O track team.

Flickr

Website

Varnish Clothing

2009-10-28T02:49:00.000-07:00

Jersey Jacket from Kelcey Blanton's Spring/Summer '09 Collection

Kelcey Stockey Blanton is the featured designer for First Thursday at Radish Underground on Nov 5th. Portland Or.

Kelcey is a friend of mine check out here work, her collections are unreal.
website

Sweet Flyer Art

2009-10-24T14:56:00.000-07:00

Cool Photo Stuff.

2009-10-22T12:35:00.000-07:00

The Hoodman 3” Hoodloupe fits exactly over the 3” screen of most recent LiveView and video-enabled DSLR cameras, and provides glare-free viewing outdoors. It attaches to the camera via the Hoodman Cinema Strap, which keeps it securely in place. The Hoodloupe has a +/-3 dioptre compensation and focusses just like a binocular eyepiece - the eyepiece turns left or right to adjust for your eyesight. The price is £75.99 for the Hoodloupe and £18.99 for the Cinema Strap. Both are available from Newpro UK.

The new Action Level Cross from Seculine is a compact digital leveling device for any camera with a hot shoe. This new device will work in standard Landscape mode as well as giving level information for portrait photography and when shooting directly vertically for skyscapes or downwards for applications such as flat copy work. The Action Level Cross offers leveling information in the form of a cross over the horizontal and vertical fields with 7 Colour LED lights for each axis showing level information in a traffic light sequence going from Red to Green in the centre when the camera is level. There is also a handy third set of lights showing information for horizontal level when behind the camera. For those looking to use their camera in low angle or overhead, there is also a remote unit available which will show the relayed information via a cable from the unit on your camera. The SeculineAction Level Cross will be available from the end of October for a suggested retail price of £54.99, with the remote slave unit retailing at £34.99.

A Beta version of the upcoming Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 is now available. Lightroom 3 beta delivers a preview of new tools that will be in Lightroom 3, including more intuitive importing, unparalleled noise reduction and sharpening tools and enhanced slideshow capabilities. Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 beta is available as a free download to anyone on both Macintosh and Windows platforms.

Via: Photography Blog

illmaculate

2009-10-21T23:00:00.000-07:00

A sneak peak of the Northe'n Lights Album Cut Em or Pay Em.
This track with Illmaculate is too sick.
Peep the new battle posted on Grind Time between Illmaculate and The Saurus, it is an instant classic.

S.O.L.O

2009-10-15T17:22:00.000-07:00

Track 3 on the mixtape titled: Do It Myself

Old friend of mine from HS, had him over for some drinks and xbox the other night, slipped me his new mixtape he just put out. Have to say he is defiantly improving his craft, check out his music on his Myspace.

E-mail : Update

2009-10-13T20:26:00.000-07:00

Contact the blog @ doodlebirdblog@gmail.com

Get @ it to be featured on the blog.

Simplistic Interview

2009-10-13T12:34:00.000-07:00

First off would you guys like to introduce Simplistic? (give us an idea who you are.)

Yeah, as far as describing ‘Simplistic” our sound is a fusion of funk, hip-hop and R&B. The primary goal is to get people to shake their asses while they are listening to us…

If we were to have an official mission statement it would be. we want you to shake your ass… (we’re still working on the wording)

If there was an executive summary of what occurs at Simplistic shows it would simply be: People shook their asses.

Ok I’m done.

How did you all get together to form Simplistic?

We formed almost a year ago, Sky had a book of rhymes and basically we just started putting things to music. It was a cool way to start; it was like having instant original tunes.

Our first couple practices we’re interesting, Brian our drummer didn’t have a kit so, he played on this miniature drum set for kids 5+… It was still funky though. After Brian got a kit, we were together for about a month and got a gig playing a house party. Going into the gig, we had few doubts about how we would be received; we ended up killing it though! This basement was packed people we’re really digging it, after that, we were all like “Yeah we have some legit tunes, let’s keep doing this.”

Since then our sound has evolved to be a bit more R&B than straight hip-hop. We had to change our drummer in July, our boy Brian moved away… Our new drummer Sam keeps it real funky, it was an easy transition.

Where does the inspiration come from to make the music? How does the "magic" happen when you are all together jamming out or recording in the studio?

I think for the genre of music we play, it’s about creating something that people can listen to, tap their foot, dance and just enjoy themselves. We’re not trying to rant about politics or convey some sad life event from the past, our lyrics are about enjoying life, finding love and listening to funky jams… anyone can relate to those things.

As far as song writing goes, for us it has been very spontaneous and instinctive. Someone will play a lick or come up with a couple rhymes and then it’s on… Things fall into place; it’s really strange how it works. We haven’t been as successful sitting down and “officially” trying to write new material. For us, that method of songwriting seems strained and unnatural.

Our songwriting method has something to do with celestial alignment; I’m not sure what that alignment is… When we figure it out we’ll come out with a double disc set or something… ridiculous.

What is the music scene like these days in Eugene Oregon? Venues?

The Eugene music scene is actually pretty cool; with the college here you get a lot of really talented people that leads to some great bands. As far as bar venues, Luckey’s, Downtown Lounge and Oak street are the go to live music venues. There are a couple other spots, they can be hit and miss though, that’s a nice way of saying they are completely empty all the time and playing there is less than satisfying… Playing to empty venues is part of the business though.

A tour? is that in store at all?

Definitely, we went to the bay area last March and played a couple shows. We would like to do a trip to Seattle and maybe out to the East side of the state. Eastern Oregon has a dearth of live music, it might be cool to try and gig in Hood River, Pendleton…

The future for simplistic? Upcoming projects, what should we expect from the group music wise?

Musically we’ve shifted away from the straight hip hop sound towards a more funk/R&B sound. Some of our newer influences are Maxwell, Excellent Gentlemen from PDX and (can’t forget) our boy Ginuwine.

As far as marketing goes, it’s somewhat easier to gig as a band that is R&B as opposed to “hip-hop” some people are really opposed to hip hop culture and the music… c’est la vie.

Do you have a cd out? If so what is it called how can the people get it? When should we expect the next one to drop?

Ahh yeah, we’ll be recording some new stuff this November, we guarantee ass shaking grooves!

Shoutouts?!!

Of course… Our boy Brian J, for some song inspiration…

Jeremy and Don from Eugene band Taste… Thanks for the help.

Most importantly all of our homeys and homegirls that come to the shows…

And yeah thanks Mr. Roles, for the pics and putting this together, we really appreciate it.

Thanks for the interview guys! Make sure to check out their music on their MySpace. These guys get down @ live shows, seen em rock the didgeridoo!!

Awesomeness

2009-10-11T14:59:00.000-07:00

My good friend and fellow blogger Lacey has vowed to be awesome for thirty days straight and document her awesomeness. She has asked me to partake in the event, honestly I am awesome all the time 24/7, ha ha. so here is some awesomeness of my own from the past 2 weeks! Make sure to peep Lacey's Blog!

Took this shot the other night from my front door:

some shots from Blazer Fan Fest @ the Garden:

Some shots from the Ducks/Washington State Game:

Volifonix- Three Good Friends

2009-10-03T02:35:00.001-07:00

Some Boys from U of O rockin this tune. Pretty impressed.
Check out the production team that made this video happen
Website

Shout out to Cam and his crew nice work!

LOVE

2009-10-01T14:04:00.000-07:00

Via: Morgan

Andrew and Brendan

2009-09-25T15:49:00.001-07:00

The first 4 episodes of Andrew and Brendan will be available Tuesday, Sept. 29th, 2009.

Peep the Website! for more info.

These are my dudes their mini series is funny, I was lucky enough to get a sneak peak a while back now.

Studio Sess Uno

2009-09-23T00:33:00.000-07:00

Had a Studio Session last night, took some shots of my boy Josh, so glad he did the vato look. I even got in front of the camera for a min. Might post more later.

Shout out to Jordan Sleeth Peep his work!

Get@Me Vol 9

2009-09-23T00:05:00.000-07:00

My Dude Rivers live streaming it up. Thanks for the shoutout homie. Check out his past episodes.

this is dope.

2009-09-15T23:55:00.001-07:00

via: It's those guys

Northe'n Lights

2009-09-15T23:15:00.000-07:00

update

2009-09-11T01:40:00.000-07:00

We did make the move back to PDX. Having a ball, honestly haven't been this busy in so long. Things are looking up for the duo, loving the house! Such a come up from the last spot we were at!

Just put Clyde the Gylde up in the Man Cave! Ha

makers mark.

Amy Roloff Charity

2009-09-02T22:03:00.000-07:00

I am shooting these events. Can't leak any photos, I signed off on that.
We had the pre-event dinner tonight at the farm, that place is amazing wow!

Visual Effects

2009-09-02T11:22:00.001-07:00

Drinking out of cups

2009-08-30T15:41:00.000-07:00

Friends are in love with this vid at the moment. Laugh at it.

Simplistic

2009-08-20T22:55:00.000-07:00

Went to the Simplistic Show last night at Luckeys, it was super dope, they killed it, if you don't know who they are check the LINK. Interview comming soon.

Rip City throw backs

2009-08-17T20:32:00.000-07:00

Via: Jay "the Dream" Jacobs

too sick. want a M. Webster in white.

Terminill from Northe'n Lights

2009-08-17T19:04:00.000-07:00

Super dope producer.

Northe'n Lights

2009-08-14T19:20:00.000-07:00

How did you two come together to form NL?

Term: I was running Flatline studios and Sonny came through as a client looking to record his artist. Once I heard his style of production I thought it would be a good fit to take my music into another direction. A more commercial direction.

Sonny: At the time I was putting together tracks for my Artist Mac Smiff and began working with Term on the recording end. As we got more familiar with each others work we kind of naturally came to the conclusion that a collaborative effort would not only bring us both up to the next level as producers but also benefit the region by creating a more distinctive sound than has been heard in the town recently.

When you two are in the studio, how does it all come to life? How does the magic happen?

Term: Usually we start with a drum beat and decide if we are going to flip a sample or to do a synth beat. Once the drums get laid we go through sounds until something sparks that creativity. From there, we just trade off on who lays the next melody line. After that we sequence it into a song and start to come up with song ideas and write hooks for the tracks.

Sonny: Difficult to encapsulate how the creative energy is born, but usually we go through drums for a while, lay those down then surf patches or chop up the sample if were using one. The melody creation is kind of a jam session most times we bang out till we spark something hot and work of that, reefing as we go. Term is a beast on the mixing tip and I’m kind of a nerd when it comes to synth sculpting so we just kind of go in on it and a banger is born.

What initiated or inspired you two to create music?

Term: What inspired me to make music was listening to a lot of underground hip hop. The way they had taken samples and turned them into tracks really amazed me and I had no understanding of how it was done. The group Jedi Mind Trick producer, Stoupe, was who really made me want to make tracks. He had a really dark style that incorporated a lot of asian/spanish/rock samples.

Sonny: It was a little more practical for me I suppose. Being a recording artist myself I’ve always had an admiration for beats, and producers but the desire was born from necessity. When I first dabbled in the art, there weren’t that many producers that fit the style we where looking for so I started making beats, little did I know it would inevitably consume every free moment and seep into ever crevice of my life. Music is just like that you know?

You network through the net, (twitter,facebook,myspace) are you able to reach out to other artist you would normally not run into? How is that going? Want to share how successful it has been?

Term: We were able to connect with a few of the artists on Cut Em or Pay Em thru myspace and twitter. I had been getting at Punchline for a minute to do a track and eventually we had something that was the right fit for him. I met Playboy Tre through a friend of mine out in Atlanta. Once we got in touch with him and he heard the tracks, he was super excited to get down on a song.

Sonny: Yeah what he said!

It has been awhile since we heard from NL, I posted some stuff a while back now, at that time you two were in the works on a project titled Cut em or Pay em, how is that coming along? Would you like to share some of the artists you are working with on the project? What should we expect from the project music wise?

Term: Right now the album is almost done, we are just waiting to finish a couple more songs with some local artists before we release it. It should be dropping in later September or early October. We are working with:

Braille, Theory Hazit, Liv Warfield, Illmaculate, Dain, Top Shelf, Grynch, Toni Hill, Serge Severe, Dain, Punchline, Playboy Tre, Vic Dastardly, Destro, Arjay, Element, Knuckles, Kenny Mack, and more.

Sonny: Yup! And Luck One, Seventh Science in the building. You should expect great music we’ve made it a point to connect with as many of the great regional artists, and nationals too, as possible. You’ll great production, songs, the whole nine. Expect a sound for every taste; it's a real eclectic representative of Portland, I think.

What is the future looking like for NL?

Term: We are headed to NYC in September to shop our music and get in touch with some artists to possibly collaborate. Our trip to Atlanta was successful so we just plan on keeping it moving and grinding with the tracks, even if that means we have to go to other regions.

Sonny: We expect for the NY trip to be just as successful and more as ATL. We're just trying to connect with like minded artists, make good music, and Rep the Region!
Peep the Links:

nlights.groovecartel.com

myspace.com/terminill
myspace.com/kidfresh2def
twitter.com/terminill
twitter.com/sonnythproducer
youtube.com/termtables

Thanks for the interview guys, excited to see what the future has in store for the both of you! Stay up.

Espi Interview

2009-08-13T12:24:00.000-07:00

How you doing? What is good with Espi?

Just paying bills, staying busy with the graphic design work and trying to improve my craft as an emcee.

Last time we heard from you, you just put out The Sweat Shirt Dinner Party, how has the public's reaction been to that project?

Feedback from people who have listened to the new stuff has been very positive. There has definitely been a lot of improvement since I put out True Love + High Adventure. I'm improving everyday as a writer and hopefully that will help my music be enjoyed by a broader audience.

How is it being an independent artist? Would a deal be something that you would say is your goal?

I'd def be down for a deal if the terms were right. But getting a deal isn't something I really focus on when making music. I think a lot of that perspective just comes from being from the northwest. We only have a select few artists who even get offered deals by independent companies. I'd love to make a living off of music but I don't necessarily see that as a possibility at this point because I'm not able to head off on the road for 6 months out of the year to promote myself. I have a mortgage at home I have to pay and am not willing to make my family suffer because I have a dream of being a rap star.

You are one of the artist that I have notice hasn't put out a project for free download on the net, how is that effecting the spread of your music, and are you planning on going that route ever?

If somebody wants music for free they can get it. I'm just leaving the option open to help support the cause.

You finally went on tour! How was that? Who did you go on the road with? Planning another Tour??

Yeah, ha. We're finally getting out of state. The Wright Family went on tour last year with Scarub of The Living Legends. That was def a big learning experience for me. We traveled from Seattle to La.

This year we went on our first tour with the entire Garden crew. JG and I are in a group called Wright Family, Amsterdam and Middle form Top Shelf, and we also brought our DJ, DJ Hit N' Runn.

Def had a lot of fun. Some of the shows were a bit below expectations but we still got love in every city.

I'm working on finalizing few spot dates in California and Nevada right now. No tours for now tho...

Any story you want to share with us while on tour?

Not really. ha.

You are married man, two years under your belt, right? Congrats, How is it growing up/married life?

Life is good right now. My wife coaches basketball and volleyball at the high school level while maintaining a full time job. I'm working while doing the music and design thing. So we are both very busy but are good about saving time for each other. Being married is definitely a lot of work but I'm getting better at it and life is good right now.

You have this side hustle know as EspiDesign, wanna touch on that? What is good with that, and where are you gettin most of your jobs from?

I went to school at the University of Oregon as an advertising major and spent a lot of time learning graphic design. It is another passion of mine and fortunately I'm good enough at it at this point that its profitable. I have the website up right now www.espidesign.com and I'm planning on doing a redesign very soon. Graphic Design is what I'm hoping to do for a living eventually.

Next projects for you and garden? what is instore for Espi in the future? solo cd? Wright Family? mixtape?

I'm already started on another solo project right now. Still not quite sure exactly what it's going to be but I'm def planning on pushing the skits a little farther than I have in the past. And I'm considering doing a comedy album at some point because I'm so fucking hilarious.

Any shoutouts?

Shout outs to my wife Jen and dog Alex. The Garden. And everyone in the Northwest doing something productive with their lives....

Thanks for the interview my man!

Check out Espi's links:

Music

Twitter

EspiDesign

37.5 megapixels

2009-08-11T21:59:00.000-07:00

A brand famous for their cameras, will release its S2 DSLR camera in October for the price tag of approximately $23,000 (just for the body). The S2 features a 37.5 megapixel, 30×45mm sensor and a sapphire glass monitor. It’s also significantly smaller than other high end camera’s in its class, which makes for better maneuverability and flexibility without sacrificing the quality of picture.

Leica's digital S-System that's perfect for professional use. The Leica S2, with its premium AF objectives including everything from ultra wide to super telephoto, is an absolute photographic highlight. The digital SLR camera has a special new sensor with 30 x 45 mm and 37.5 megapixels.

Unreal, I want one.

Via: Kanye

My Volvo

2009-08-11T21:53:00.000-07:00

Anybody who know me, knows I roll a volvo.
great song. lol

Go Ducks.

2009-08-11T19:29:00.000-07:00

This is too cool. GO Ducks!

Via: Oregonlive click for the story.

The Car Cast: Seattle

2009-08-03T01:40:00.000-07:00

Chris Cochran's pod cast straight out his minivan

while driving around Seattle WA. Check it out he

has like over 200 episodes that include his family

while in the ride, his thoughts on many topics, crazy

stuff basically happens while he is behind the wheel

with the mic. check him out!!

Link

He is my cousin so let him know you heard about him

from me!!

Stay up

The Present

2009-08-02T00:58:00.000-07:00

Luckyiam gave you a present on his b-day.

DOWNLOAD it.

It is dope!

Funny Friday Clip: Wedding Entrance

2009-07-31T12:22:00.000-07:00

If I can con a women into marrying me, we should do it this way, or one up em!

Sapient

2009-07-31T12:16:00.000-07:00

Sapient - My Grind Is Tech

Nw hiphop, Sapient of the Sandpeople check em.

E-mail from dad

2009-07-27T21:58:00.000-07:00

A Well-Planned Retirement
*From The London Times:*
Outside the Bristol Zoo, in England, there is a parking lot for 150 cars and 8 coaches, or buses. It was manned by a very pleasant attendant with a ticket machine charging cars $1.40 and coaches $7.00.

This parking attendant worked there solid for all of 25 years.
Then, one day, he just didn't turn up for work.

"Well", said Bristol Zoo Management, "we'd better phone City Council and get them to send a new parking attendant."

"Aahhh ... no", said the Council, "that parking lot is your responsibility."

"No", said Bristol Zoo Management, "the attendant was employed by the City Council. Wasn't he?"

"NO!" insisted the Council. "We thought he was your employee all of these years."
Sitting in his villa somewhere on the coast of Spain, or on a white sandy beach somewhere, is a bloke who had been taking the parking lot fees, estimated at about $560 per day at the Bristol Zoo for the last 25 years. Assuming 7 days a week, this amounts to just over $7 million!

And no one even knows his name.

Golden. Simply golden

My dad sends me the crazyiest e-mails, thought i would post some. look out for them. Does anyone else out there get spam/e-mails from their own fam?!

24 broke and forwarding calls from creditors

2009-07-27T21:39:00.000-07:00

can't beleive this is what my life has come to, honestly didn't plan this, but then again i never had a plan to begin wit.

Say Nike.

2009-07-26T13:07:00.000-07:00

Beat is too sick. Feat. Mistah Fab

Roots

2009-07-26T12:54:00.000-07:00

Nice track. what you all think?

Jordan

2009-07-24T19:41:00.001-07:00

Image of Michael Jordan dunking made out of 19,000 Gatorade bottles.

Click here for larger image.

Too sick!!

Via: Morgan

Funny Friday: Clip

2009-07-24T19:31:00.000-07:00

Via: Morgan

Love Rap

2009-07-23T12:33:00.000-07:00

TopShelf finally blessed us wit a free download. Go get it! You won't be mad. Say Nike!!

Download

Dope

2009-07-19T17:18:00.000-07:00

So sick.

via kanye

Cudi's Choice

2009-07-18T21:10:00.000-07:00

via Twitter

Super Handles

2009-07-18T21:05:00.000-07:00

As promised some Super Handles!
Best ball handler in the country, why not in the league or in And One at least?
Pretty sure the music in the background is Hot in Pursuit of Garden Ent.

Slaughter House

2009-07-18T15:01:00.000-07:00

Roles Request.

2009-07-17T22:02:00.000-07:00

Dave Chappelle

2009-07-15T19:23:00.000-07:00

had no idea. wow. anyone go?