YOU ALWAYS HEAR THAT THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IS ALL ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS AND NETWORKING. I THINK THAT IS THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH YOU HEAR ME. SO TO LIVE UP TO THAT ADVICE I HAVE RECENTLY PARTNERED WITH A EMCEE OUT OF PHILADELPHIA PA THAT GOES BY THE NAME SIDE EFFECT, I FIRST MET SIDE AT A SHOW THAT I DID BACK IN MAY OF 2012 AND WE GOT TO TALKING AND EXCHANGED MUSIC, HE TOLD ME THAT HE HAS RECENTLY MOVED FROM PHILLY TO AUSTIN SEEKING A MORE LAID BACK LIFESTYLE. SO I TOOK THE CD HOME AND IT COLLECTED DUST FOR ABOUT 3 WEEKS AND FINALLY I PUT THE CD IN AND DAMN IT WAS BANGIN IT WAS A MIX-TAPE THAT HE DID WITH ANOTHER EMCEE CALLED "HIP HOP HOARDERS" SO I HIT HIM UP ON FACEBOOK AND LET HIM KNOW THAT I WAS FEELING HIS MUSIC AND HE WAS FEELING MY ALBUM AS WELL. FROM THERE WE LINKED UP ON A SONG CALLED LIGHTS OUT (produced by Trill Gates) FOR MY SOULHOP ERA MIX-TAPE. TO RETURN THE FAVOR I HOPED ON A REMIX FOR HIS 215 TO THE 512 SONG. WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT INDEPENDENT TOURING AND BUSINESS WE FOUND THAT WE HAD VERY SIMILAR IDEAS ON THE SUBJECT AND DECIDED THAT WE SHOULD ACTUALLY DO A SMALL ORGANIC TOUR OF CITIES AND MARKETS THAT WE HAVE STRONG CONNECTS IN. 3 MONTHS LATER THE UNDERGRIND IS BORN WITH BREMERTON / SEATTLE WASHINGTON, PHILADELPHIA (DUH) AND PHOENIX ON THE ROUTE SO FAR AND HOPEFULLY MORE LOCATIONS TO BE ADDED. IN OUR EFFORTS TO PROMOTE OUR TOUR WE HAVE RECORDED A MIX-TAPE AND MADE 2 VIDEOS.
WE ARE LOOKING TO ADD MORE LOCATIONS TO OUR TOUR AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN SHOW SWAP, OUR BASE OF AUSTIN IS A VERY VIBRANT MARKET AND WE HOPE TO HELP AS WELL AS BE HELPED.
HERE IS THE LINK TO STREAM & DOWNLOAD A MP3 COPY OF THE MIX-TAPE.
HERE IS THE LIGHTS OUT VIDEO ft. SIDE EFFECT
LIGHTS OUT - MIRAGE512 ft. SIDE EFFECT from MIRAGE512 on Vimeo.
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