bloggy-blogbloggy-bloghttp://shadk.squarespace.com/blog/2013-05-07T01:38:54ZSquarespaceShad | May 2013http://shadk.squarespace.com/blog/2013/5/6/shad-may-2013.htmlg2013-05-07T01:37:38Z2013-05-07T01:37:38Zwhattup!

spring is upon us and ive started mixing the album which is scary but feels great to be so close to finished. 

i thought i would share this rough mix of a new song (that wont be on the album) with you called "peace". it's part of a group of new tracks i've been working on since april, and it sort of explains a bit of where my thinking arrived after working through so much in the process of recording the full-length.

some thoughts on the challenge of living peacefully in a violent world, of having hope and having fun in a world where it's easy to despair, and accepting our own successes and failures and making some kind of peace with ourselves. 

most of my one-off joints lately have been on the freestyle/battle tip so here's a deep one for ya! shouts to skratch bastid for working on this one with me.

looking fwd to rocking with buck 65 in montreal this month as well as the sasquatch music festival… also looking fwd to dropping more new material before may is out!

 


peace

sk

]]>Mailing Listhttp://shadk.squarespace.com/blog/2013/5/6/mailing-list.htmlg2013-05-06T05:54:52Z2013-05-06T05:54:52Zshad started to holler via email once again. sign up if you want to keep in touch that way. no spam.

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4/03 strasbourg, france - fat black
4/04 köln, germany - subway
4/05 rennes, france - dooinit festival
4/08 berlin, germany - bohannon
4/10 hamburg, germany - klubsen 

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Big thanks to the homie J Period for inviting Shad to take part on the Rage is Back mixtape.  Click on the image above to download the full mixtape, and check out Shad's cut on the player below.

]]>Happy end of 2012 from Shadhttp://shadk.squarespace.com/blog/2012/12/31/happy-end-of-2012-from-shad.htmlg2013-01-01T01:15:37Z2013-01-01T01:15:37ZHappy end of 2012 to you all!

I haven't had the pleasure of seeing some of you this year - for the most part I've been off the road and in the studio working on my next album. It's been a joy and a journey full of rich experiences this time around. I hope to share lots of new music with all of you in 2013.

The "Melancholy and the Infinite Shadness" EP was a lot of fun to make - check it out if you haven't yet! Big shout to GARY for his work behind the camera and huge thanks to everyone who took a listen. http://shadk.bandcamp.com/album/melancholy-and-the-infinite-shadness

Not much else to say here, just wanted to extend a huge internet hi-five for another year of your tremendous support. I don't interact much in the social media space but know that I dearly appreciate your listens, notes, re-posts, etc. You inspire me every day to be better at music and at life.

Be safe tonight and best wishes for your 2013!

Shad

Ps: And for those of you who like lists as much as I do, my best of 2012:

favourite song: jai paul - jasmine, major lazer - get free
favourite album: good kid, m.a.a.a.d. city - kendrick lamar, the heist - macklemore and ryan lewis
favourite music video: Kiss From A Rose
favourite line: "scrambling, selling susan sarandon" - action bronson
favourite wayback playback: higher love by steve winwood
favourite tv show: homeland
favourite 30 rock line:
Jack: "Do you think I'm a villain?
Liz: "I have heard you say 'Guards, seize him!'"
Jack: "I was a Knicks game, they needed to stop the clock."
favourite internet thing: kyle: https://www.youtube.com/user/kyle
favourite non-internet thing: my new nephew's don king-like hair.
favourite dunk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOzo4pHTZ-M
favourite read: carmen aguirre - something fierce
favourite movie: moonrise kingdom
favourite sports doc (aka actually my favourite movie): 30 for 30: BENJI
favourite show (played): tie* cologne, DE, Southampton, UK
favourite show (watched): krs one - van, BC, david bazan - seattle, WA, blitz the ambassador - calgary, AL
favourite quote: "elevation of style is a by-product of passionate conviction" - uptown sinclair

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]]>buffer slowhttp://shadk.squarespace.com/blog/2012/7/31/buffer-slow.htmlg2012-07-31T18:48:24Z2012-07-31T18:48:24Zofficial lyrics for the mini EP are now up on the bandcamp page. also heres an outtake from the melancholy and the infinite shadness sessions: a remix of neneh cherry's buffalo stance... peace!

Download here: www.mediafire.com/?dsgtcgpls5dfl6p

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Much love to Herohill for the review.  Read the fully here.

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