Conscious Music Finishes Last

Sitting here at 3:31 AM up late again meditating, planning, debating, contemplating, anticipating...There are a thousand thoughts racing through my head at once. I often wish I could be ubiquitous. I wish to accomplish many goals simultaneously but when these thoughts surface I try to suppress them because being overly anxious is not good. In time I will reach my immediate goals and then set new goals which will supersede my previous accomplishments. I'm listening to Miles Davis at the moment. The song happens to be (Blue In Green) I'm drifting and in a zone. Just Miles and I relaxing late night grooving to the mellow sounds. The beautiful sounds coming from his horn is as if the horn has empathy of it's own. I'm deeply in thought about the plight of Conscious Black music. I had one solid contact, a major connection for a possible publishing deal. They asked me to submit my music, I did and it seems my Pro Black persona and Liberated lyrics warded them off. I had the connection and was so close to walking into this major business deal but when they got a whiff of who I am and what I stand for.....Well you already know. I admit I did feel slightly disoriented. It caught me off guard because they were so much loving my voice and my writing ability. They were speaking to me by phone and we talked for at least thirty minutes about their plans and expectations for me as one of their team members. The first song they heard from me was a jingle theme song I created for their company and that did it..They loved it! and wanted me as a writer, artist etc. I was told they were gonna pass my music to the top executives. They asked me for more material. When I packaged up a few of my Conscious music and sent it over. I heard nothing further and my emails went unanswered. I noticed when I gave them my name Conscious Plat, there was hesitation just by the Conscious portion of my name alone..I am well aware that if I drop the Conscious Plat Title and begin singing the same type material as the other mainstream artist who get mad radio play and are at the top of the charts then I am sure I would have a chance but what would that make me? A sellout....I would be hypocritical, not true to myself. My music is much more than words and beats. The music is a movement, a statement, truth, Powerful! Music which can uplift and inspire others. We have been beaten down by Society due to oppression, Injustice, Racial Profiling and all the other negative aspects of being Black in America and abroad. I will not allow the record companies' decision to knock me down. I feel the best thing for me to do at this point is regroup and find another route to push my music. Many times I wish I had an agent (Music agent) that is.  : )  I have enough secret agents spying on me and trying to intercept my ever move...I'm speaking about a music agent, promoter, manager. Many times I wished I had someone to take control of my promotions and pushing my music but it is not easy finding someone you can trust and also who will make your music their top priority and promote you with supreme dedication. It seems this type of business connection is almost unheard of...I am not a promoter, my forte is singing, writing, producing, etc. Therefore I feel I am lacking in the promotional area. I have a few other contacts that I will utilize. I will send more music out but tonight I sit here reflecting on my music, my mission and which road I must take. I once read a post someone left on my Facebook which said, when you go mainstream don't allow yourself to sell out or become a part of the rat race. Well I may not have quoted exactly as it was written but it was something to that effect and I thought about it for a while....Perhaps my destination was not meant to lead me down the mainstream corridor. Perhaps my work is meant to reach only a certain group of People and not the masses? Only time will tell. Conscious Black Music is not prevalent but it is needed. When slave masters feared slaves gaining Knowledge they made it punishable by death if slaves learned to read. They tried to keep Knowledge away from slaves by any means necessary. This is how I feel about message music. They make sure music which lacks truth and substance is dominating the charts and air waves but music which has the ability to wake the sleeping, open the eyes of those who are enslaved with mental shackles or uplift and inspire those who have already elevated their minds this type of music is often shunned and rarely reaches the masses. It's as if Conscious Black music is a plague and the mainstream Black audience avoids it at all cost. Perhaps one day we can turn on a radio station or a video channel and hear songs about Nubian Gods and Goddesses, Black Liberation, Black Love....How beautiful that would be....If you all did not know..I am a daydreamer. It is one of my favorite past times to sit and imagine. I think I will continue listening to Miles tonight while I imagine how wonderful it would be if Conscious Black music ruled the airwaves. I found a video of the song I am playing. I will add it in this blog for those of you who also listen to a little miles every now and then. Peace and Goodnight.

Conscious Plat Recording a Jazz CD?

Tonight I'm chilling and listening to Coltrane. The song playing right now is ( My Favorite Things) at this moment I'm on a natural high with Jazz music being my supplier. I am being led in the direction of recording a full Jazz album. I am not sure which part of my brain is coercing me into this venture but... :) I think I will go for it. I sing many different formats of music but Jazz takes me in a different element with my vocals. With Jazz I can be creative and free, do many different things vocally. I'm only brainstorming tonight but soon my thoughts will evolve into a new CD project. What will I name the CD? How many songs will I include and should I redo a Sarah Vaughan tune or recreate another song by a popular Jazz artist? These are the many thoughts going through my head. I'm gonna continue relaxing tonight and meditating on my plans to record this album.