Tuesday, October 30, 2012

REAL (SO REAL) PRODUCED BY TRILL GATES







A NEW JOINT OFF THE SOULHOP ERA VOL. 1 MIXTAPE. THE FIRST JOINT I WENT IN SOLO OVER MY MAN TRILL GATES BEATS. ENJOY, DOWNLOAD, BLOG, SHARE, TWEET AND LOVE THIS JOINT "REAL SO REAL"


Saturday, October 27, 2012

LIGHTS OUT by MIRAGE512 ft. SIDE EFFECT



ANOTHER NEW JOINT OFF MY SOULHOP ERA VOL. 1 MIXTAPE. THIS ONE FEATURES MY DUDE SIDE EFFECT, A RECENT AUSTIN TRANSPLANT FROM THE CITY OF BROTHERLY SHOVE AKA PHILLY. DUDE IS A SOLID EMCEE AND A PRETTY COOL CAT FROM WHAT I KNOW SO FAR AND HE IS HUMBLE AND DOWN TO WORK SO THATS JUST WHAT THA FUCK WE DID. HERE IS THE FIRST COLLAB OF MANY.

PEEP OUT THE MP3 AND FEEL FREE TO DOWNLOAD

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

BEHIND THE SCENES FOOTAGE FROM THE "HOLD ME DOWN" VIDEO SHOOT

A LITTLE BEHIND THE SCENES FOOTAGE FROM MY UPCOMING VIDEO FOR "HOLD ME DOWN". I HAVE A GREAT FEELING ABOUT THIS PIECE OF CINEMA. I DIRECTED IT MYSELF ALONG WITH SOME INPUT FROM THE JOYFUL ONE (SHOT DOIT DOIT AND ARTISTPRENEUR VIDEO ALSO).
THE SONG HAS A DEEP SLOW FEEL TO IT AND IT BUILDS UP THEN BREAKS BACK DOWN AND IT HAS A LOT OF SLOW MOTION, WHICH FITS RIGHT IN WITH THE FEEL OF THE TRACK. I PRODUCED THE TRACK MYSELF AND I DID IT ON A CLOUDY DAY (WHICH IS ALSO A BIG PART OF HOW THE TRACK FEELS)
SHOT ENTIRELY IN EAST AUSTIN I THINK YOU ENJOY THIS SONG

WRITTEN & PRODUCED BY MIRAGE512 FOR NU CLASSIC PRODUCTIONS



LOOK FOR THE OFFICIAL VIDEO ON MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL YOUTUBE.COM/MIRAGE512FILMZ

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

THE ART AND COMMERCE ALBUM COMING MARCH 2013

THE ART & COMMERCE ALBUM COMING JANUARY 2013


THIS NEW ALBUM IS ONE THAT I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW, I WAS ORIGINALLY GOING TO RELEASE IT AS WHAT I CALL A INTERACTIVE E.P. MEANING I WAS GOING TO RELEASE IT ONE SONG AT A TIME EVERY OTHER MONTH, HOWEVER SINCE I RECENTLY GOT A DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION DEAL WITH SO SOUTH DIGITAL I DECIDED TO ADD SOME NEWER SONGS AND RELEASE IT AS A FULL ALBUM WITH 15 CUTS AND 2 BONUS CUTS. I HAVE ALREADY BEGUN PROMOTING THE PROJECT VIA MY VIDEO "ARTISTPRENEUR" THAT I RELEASED IN JUNE OF 2012



THE SONG IS ABOUT BEING A ARTIST AND ENTREPRENEUR AT THE SAME TIME, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE ALL HAVE TO BE IN WHATS LEFT OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. THE VIDEO AND SONG HAVE RECEIVED A GREAT RESPONSE SO FAR AND A GREAT AMOUNT OF VIEWS AND RADIO PLAY AS WELL BLOG POSTS. I EVEN GOT SOME GOOD FEEDBACK FROM INDIA OF ALL PLACES (YEAH THEY BUMPING THAT 512)
I WILL BE RELEASING THE SECOND SINGLE AND VIDEO FOR THIS ALBUM IN NOVEMBER OF 2012. THE SONG IS CALLED "HOLD ME DOWN" AND IT'S AN ANTHEM ABOUT GETTING UP AND FIGHTING THROUGH YOUR CHALLENGES IN LIFE. IT IS ALSO GETTING A VERY GOOD RESPONSE FROM THOSE WHO HAVE HEARD AND PREVIEWED THE VIDEO, LOOK FOR THE VIDEO HERE ON THIS BLOG THURSDAY NOVEMBER 1rst. I PERSONALLY FEEL LIKE ITS THE BEST VIDEO I'VE DONE SO FAR.

Saturday, October 13, 2012

MIRAGE512 LIVE @ EMERGE FEST 2012 ATX



I RECENTLY HAD THE HONOR OF PERFORMING AT THE EMERGE FEST IN AUSTIN TEXAS AND IT WAS A GREAT THING. THE CROWD WAS VERY RECEPTIVE TO MY MUSIC AND IT WAS A GREAT ATMOSPHERE THERE. IT WAS HELD AT THE LEGENDARY PINE STREET STATION WHICH ALSO HOSTS THE FAMED FADER FORT PARTIES DURING SXSW EVERY YEAR. I HAVEN'T BEEN PERFORMING MUCH LATELY AS I DECIDED I WASNT DOING MANY FREE SHOWS ANYMORE, IT FELT GREAT TO CONNECT AND PERFORM FOR NEW CONVERTS TO THE MIRAGENESS.HERE'S SOME VIDEO FOOTAGE FROM MY SET




Friday, October 5, 2012

THE I.G E.P. COMING SUMMER 2013


THE Ignorant Genius E.P Ive recently made the aquaintance of a great beat maker named Trill Gates out of Tempe Az by way of Chicago & Georgia, anyway cat got great beats very soulful shit. I almost feel like I made these beats myself and cat is a real humble person as well. Anyway Trilly (as I call him) been sending me beat packs for the last month. But before that I had spit some bars over one of his beats through the mutual homie Primo by way of the song we did "High On Life". So Trill had mentioned that he liked my music and began sending me beats based on how we both dig on late 70s soul music. Look for more collaboration from me and Trill on the SoulHop Era Vol.1 mixtape also.



Trill Gates online

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

MIRAGE512 PERFORMS LAYNE BRIANT LIVE FROM THE HISTORIC VICTORY GRILL IN AUSTIN TEXAS

LAYNE BRYANT LIVE FROM VICTORY GRILL from MIRAGE512 on Vimeo.



NICE LITTE DITTY THAT I PUT TOGETHER FOR MY THICK SEXY WOMEN ALL OVER THE WORLD. BUT ESPECIALLY FOR MY THICK SEXY SISTAS, WATCH IT, LISTEN AND LOVE IT.


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