What for?

This is officially the third blog I've published. I started Right Guy Wrong Town 2-3 years ago now; essentially a rant on politics, public policy and culture. The Light on Beer is at least one half to a full year younger than it's political predecessor and it acts as my attempt at cataloging beers I've reviewed and also commenting on everything beer, usually entailing criticisms of the average imbiber and their diet beer drinking habits.

Music by Proseed will stand as my way of journalizing my involvement in the alternative or underground hip hop scene in Pittsburgh, PA.

As a steady performer for more than 7 years now, I've met a lot of good people in the field, earned respect from a number of talented musicians, discovered how hard it is to pull folks in to attend shows in the city of Pittsburgh, and have driven 10 times as many miles as any other "local" MC in the process. You see, I've never been a Pittsburgh resident, but when it comes to exposing my music, it is undoubtedly my home.

Works in Progress:
I'm pretty busy working on a number of projects with various people. As it stands I'm working on:

A full length album with Ulliversal (producer from Germany). If you're familiar with my earlier projects, Ulli's usually had a spot on the tracklisting. Look for a 10-12 track album to be completed and ready for release by early summer 2012. Expect beats with a colorfully modern feel, tight drums and new growth on the emcee side of things. Note: a securely secret release will garnish the presentation of the original full-length.

An EP to super-dooper EP (7-9 tracks) with Nice Rec. Again, earlier projects would have already introduced you to my friend Nice Rec, who happens to be in my opinion the best sample-based producer in and around Pittsburgh, PA. The project has me extremely hyped to expose it to the city and colleges/universities (through college radio) across the Mid Atlantic because of its inevitable cohesiveness. Expect grit, ambient melodies, fat drums and dope emceeing. Summer 2012.

A 6-track EP from Colorado and Pennsylvania's favorite new duo: Department Store Mannequins. Myself and Doctor Oscify (Colorado) have been setting time aside for more than a year now to come up with the right flavors for a short, but long anticipated first release. Up until the forthcoming EP, listeners have been able to hear Doc Osc and myself collaborate on various tracks found on releases such as Rotten Apples (Proseed, 2008), Broken Walkman Body Shop (Proseed, 2009) and the more recent Magic Medicine (Doctor Oscify, 2011). Expect the unexpected early spring 2012.

Well, that's it for now. Oh, and be sure to come check me and some friends out this coming Thursday (8.18.2011) at the Smiling Moose in the South Side, Pittsburgh, PA.




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