Sweatin' Technique

 The key to making music is to enjoy the music you make. You can't expect your music to be better than your influence, but you can stake your claim THROUGH your music. If you notice, Chris Brown doesn't slander Michael Jackson or James Brown. MiJack and JB never did flips on stage, but Chris wouldn't be doing what he's doing without either. So don't shut yourself down because you can't measure up. Just step up.

I would say "have fun" with making music, but 99% of the bullshit that's out came with fun and was money-minded. Most of what you hear is pressure to make a hit. Most of the "acclaimed" producers pretty much do what the label says to do. I recommend someone learn Music Theory before they try to make a beat.

Music is not a fun process. It takes knowledge, wisdom, and bravery. 
Just like being on the streets.

Someone made a comment and said "All you wanna do is make music all day. I'm out here in these streets." Well, that's why my music has gone farther than you have (so far). I'm dedicated. I won't go there with hand skills and street connections. It's not necessary. But I don't have time to address every beef started with me. I got music to make. And as long as you keep getting pulled in to bullshit because you wanna prove you not soft (pardon the Ebonics), you will always be several steps (and seats) behind me.

As far as what I do now to make beats...

FL Studio.
All day.

Occasionally I'll go back to Logic, and I do use VirtualDJ to make beats (Hypergoth!, Electronic Christmas), but Fruity Loops is where I'm at these days. 
It's almost therapeutic to do so.

Hamilton, Charles y'all.

#comma

I Owe You.

This post is specifically for my StarChasers. I'm aware that there are laypeople who read my blog, as well as executives and hood niggas. 

But this is for y'all.

I owe you an apology. From 2012-2021, I was on the attack against y'all. Many artists and groups came out that blatantly or indirectly copied me, and I felt that StarChasers jumped ship. Some of which TOLD me they were going to jump ship, specifically for Odd Future. I understood that OF was "Gothic", but I was trying to steer kids away from #thedarkside for as long as I could. Out of rage and hurt, I dove into Goth Subculture and never looked back. Added to the fact that I dove into Magick and The Dark Arts not too long before my first incarceration. 

I basically used Magick to hurt and win back my StarChasers.

Like a good asswhoopin' from Mama.

I want to apologize to Chris Rivera for calling him Michael Jackson's first pedophilia victim. I also would like to send love and peace to Dino Rhymestyle and Melvin Burch. I see they're doing their thing with podcasting and streaming video games. Very cool. 

I just pray you never forget me.

Prayer. An interesting thing for a witch.

I'm thankful for my New StarChasers. Folks who caught the wave around 2012-recent. I've been at war in the hood and trying to make peace in the "industry". I switched my style up. I went from Lyricist (written rhymes) to MC (non-written rhymes). I know there's a war between the two, but to transition and still be able to go back is a skill/talent.

And I am #TheTalentedOne.

There is no shame in taking account for your gifts.

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Many Moods of Moses

 Apparently, The Talented Mr. Hamilton is a freshly sought after producer!
A lot of people want my #Talented beats.

That's cool.

My first priority was CYoung (for 3rd Eye Magic). Problem is, he doesn't want to take direction. He thinks I'm trying to control him. 
Instead of THAT back and forth, I sent him a pack of beats and told him to do him. He resisted, so I used those 3YM beats for "The Pits of Hell", now currently in my Hamilton, Charles drive link (click here).

Next on my priority list is Enjetic. The thing with him is, he NEEDS direction. Direct direction, on the spot. Only problem here is, we're across the country from each other. So I made him a pack of beats, and sent them with directions on how to carry out his part in the project/process.
He resists the least, out of anyone I've worked with. Yet he still has his reservations.

I tell everyone, the proof is in the pudding. Just don't deny the flavor.

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An Amish New Year

 Pardon the hiatus. 

I have a lot to say and a reason for going mute. 
Electronic Christmas took a lot out of me. I'm usually alone in my studio sessions, I don't trust outside engineers and I was being videotaped. I trusted a lot, for the love of my StarChasers.

I started a new catalog of music, under the name Hamilton, Charles (pronounced Hamilton Comma Charles). In this catalog, I produce under my DJ alias, The Talented Mr. Hamilton. Being diagnosed with schizophrenia opened my mind to new ways of looking at and expressing myself.

I encourage everyone to express their true nature through the arts. Of course, learn the basics (readin', writin', 'rithmetic). But then open your mind to know avenues of expression.

I can help you.

Columbine Gang is prospering. We are communicating through signs and music, to be definite. StarChasers, we are one co-sign away from global domination. All I have to do is hit the surface via acclaim (praise) from a veteran's mouth.

Fuck wimme, a lil bit.

Baddie is doing just fine. We are evolving in our knowledge of each other.
I think VS needed time to figure herself out. All her life, she's been about other people.

Tomorrow is being a brat.
Danjer is being a rebel.

FDA is rockin'! I gotta stop by sometime soon.

My junior high school is closing. I can't front like all the memories were great, but the scholastic lessons I learned last a lifetime.

I haven't abandoned my YouTube channel. I just need something to film with, and a location.

I also started a new religion. Positivism. The Bible of it? "The Power of Positive Thinking" by Norman Vincent Peale. The God of it? The Sun.

Nothing is a must yet.

Stay tuned.

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#comma

Electronic Christmas

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Click the pic.

You're welcome.

update: behind the scenes!

More footage to come.

update: meet Hamilton, Charles.

Pronounced Hamilton Comma Charles.

update: Do you mind if I blog again?

Out!

 

Surviving ElecXmas

 I'm seriously considering Electronic Christmas to be my last and final album. It's the first album I am COMPLETELY confident in. Baddie bore witness, Sutter H. (the engineer) and I had great chemistry on mixing the album, the libation was potent, the Earth was Heavenly, ...the only problem came in around track 11, when Force starting burning my teeth (again). 

There is a difference between speaking with authority and speaking with Force. I CAN speak with authority, but that usually results in and is spawn from anger. Speaking with Force takes a LOT out of an individual/me. It's like bussin' nuts from your right ball/left tit. A hard nut to crack. 

And I was speaking with Force, for the whole album.

It was truly a magical experience. I'm glad we caught it on tape.

As of late, I've been listening to my C. Hamilton collection. Giving Charles Hamilton a break, because a lot of the songs were potent poetry to particular women and venomous rage aimed at particular niggas. C. Hamilton deals with them (the particulars) and everyone (all you niggas @ me).

I haven't had the chance to play "The King's Maker". My second piano album.

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Seeing this cover too much on this blog?

It's just me against the machine. Show me how to do this, son!

Out!

ElecXmas date update

 Yeah. We’re back to 4/20. Don’t ask why. 😝

So I helped God, in turn hurting myself as Satan. And God had a field day whipping Satan. So for now, I’m a Goth. Until I heal as Satan (at least).

Electronic Christmas was recorded in the studio I recorded Kill the Reaper and Hypergoth!.

Definitely check those two projects out.

charleshamilton.app

I’ll be around.

Out!

About ElecXmas

- It's an album full of track ones

-You can press play on any track and start from there

-Best when played on shuffle

-Mixed by a professional (Sutter H., 4th Street Recordings)

-The final chapter in my Mayfield series (Villain., Faithless Pull, Hypergoth!, Computer Voodoo, Electronic Christmas)

-Most of the projects sampling Curtis Mayfield were not released; very personal. The best of the best were dropped.

-Curtis Mayfield is not the only artist sampled on this album, but a large portion of it has him in it (DIFFICULT to clear a Mayfield sample)

-The album is in alphabetical order, giving the listener a chance to sequence the album their way (unlike PastLove, where the story is told in sequence)

Can't wait? You won't have to, soon. You just don't know when to expect it. So, expect it!

Out!

I know how I'ma do it.

 I'm gonna drop Electronic Christmas... when you least expect it.

I can talk about these albums forever. But it seems like I have to stop at Electronic Christmas. Hey. Just because I won't be dropping any more new music doesn't mean I won't be making them. And just because you don't see me out and about doesn't mean I'm not making moves. I just have to move smarter than before.

Fuck. I might still get a record deal.

Out!

ElecXmas updates

 The footage is coming soon. It looks like it's all video and no pix. Regardless, you will see behind the scenes IN ITS ENTIRETY, very soon. Shouts to Baddie.

I'm thinking of dropping Electronic Christmas on Halloween. The demand is rather deafening. If not Halloween, November 10th. I try not to drop music on my birthday. It's a tiresome process that only few would understand. But still, because so many are asking for and about it, I might just drop it on Hamilton's Day.

I guess I can drop the tracklisting in the near future, huh?

Be on the lookout for it.

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ElecXmas early demand

 Electronic Christmas is complete! And the few people that heard it said I should drop it before 4/20 of next year. Seeing as how it's not going to be on streaming services, I have to find a special way to do this. Well... I have plans for YouTube this year (the Seasonal Allergies playlist), and SoundCloud is like a wasteland. With Bandcamp, it's so simple to upload that it's nothing special. More of a reason to drop it 4/20 of next year. Shoot some videos, drop some singles... 

Still, I don't want to do it how the industry does it. 

I'm of the mind to just drop a Google Drive link.

What should I do? Post a comment, let me know...!

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ElecXmas update

 Electronic Christmas is DONE! Special thanks to Sutter the Engineer at 4th Street Studios for the carefully crafted mixes and patience. Special thanks to Baddie (Tanea) for facilitating the ride there and taking such good footage. And special thanks to YOU, the StarChasers, for funding the project. I'm VERY confident that this project will do the trick (make you a believer again).

In a case of sheer irony, I recorded the album on June 3rd, which is SEGA's birthday. All of my information about the ancient comes from SEGA, so I am forever grateful to them and wish them a happy birthday (wherever they are). Shit, they may be with me in this house. I wouldn't know. I'm so removed from reality, aliens can come down and I wouldn't even flinch.

That's a lie. Don't leave me behind!

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Still droppin' 4/20 next year. Just plotting on my next media move.

Out!

Electronic Christmas update

 So Record Plant wasn't responding to my emails about booking a session (in time enough for me to make a decision), so we will be working out of 4th Street Studios once again. Everything will be recorded, the album will be professionally mixed and mastered, and I'm coming correct on the mic.

So there's that.

Completed by this weekend.

Dropping on 4/20/2024

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