It has truly been too long. I assume you’re all keeping well and making the most of this year that has been given to us. Today is the day to begin sharing my newest work with you. This is the first single off of my upcoming album. I feel sometimes that people don’t have enough information about my beginnings and therefore they make up a life story for me that isn’t consistent with actual events. My family and my second family (consisting of the best friends anybody could ever have) all struggled and worked extremely hard to make all this happen. I did not buy my way into this spot and it was the furthest thing from easy to achieve. I am proud of every part of my past and I’m excited for this song to find a place in your life as well. I didn’t feel I needed any interviews or radio or press to launch this song. It felt right to come back to the site that I started on and release it to the people that started here with me. Judging by this post, the tour that we’ve been planning, the conversations about new songs and album artwork…I think it’s safe to say we’re back together again. Looking forward to seeing you all soon.
“You don’t have to ask me how I’m doing…just listen to the music” – K.Samir
Ty Harper | Audio,Music | Thursday, January 31st, 2013
…and another one!
Sky Light [InBetween]
Being in a group is hard. Cause cats are idiots, present company included. Having your first album followed up by a series of Lemony Snicket-like unfortunate events didn’t make being in a group easier. We had finished and released our debut album, a labour of love that existed in several forms before it was finally released. We had toured across Canada in the winter, you don’t know cold until you’ve been to Saskatoon at 40 below. We hadn’t pumped out 10 tapes and 5 studio albums yet, but we were starting to see where we wanted to take this. What ‘Sky Light [InBetween],’ became was a bridge into a new chapter for Notes. This time we made sure to dog-ear the pages so that we could find our place, and to high-light what was important to us. Soon you started to see Notes in the margins and corners, if someone wanted to open this book, they’d know who came before. But fuck it, if you feel what I’m feeling I feel that. We just wanted to do something different, cause it felt right.
Ty Harper | Album,Audio,Music | Thursday, January 31st, 2013
The latest album from k-Os hit the digital shelves this week. “BLack on BLonde” is a double album with a Black (hip-hop) and Blonde (rock) disc. Kheaven’s 5th album includes appearances from Shad, Saukrates, Black Thought & Travie McCoy + production from Rich Kidd.
Ty Harper | Music,Video | Wednesday, January 30th, 2013
This gets kudos for even trying to approach R&B critically.
In this first episode of H∆SHTAG$, we take a look at the current renaissance of contemporary R&B in the “always-on” age, featuring former half of The Weeknd, Jeremy ‘Zodiac’ Rose, How To Dress Well, Miguel, Rochelle Jordan, KLSH, BadBadNotGood, and more. How has the Internet inspired and galvanized this new breed of artists? Have online communities and media been too quick to label genres and movements? What does the future hold for the many strains of the R&B genre?
H∆SHTAG$ is a new series of mini-documentaries from the Red Bull Music Academy, chronicling some of the most fascinating themes emerging from the web in recent times, from #cloudrap to #seapunk, #postdubstep to #advancedpop.
