Triple D Tour

My friends know I'm a foodie and I watch certain shows religiously.  One of my favs is "Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives."  On one recent episode they interviewed a couple who toured the country visiting all the spots this series has showcased.  Of course I thought this was genius and I'm on a mission to copy them.  Not as extreme as the couple but if I'm in a city that has one of these restaurants bet your ass I'm there.  My first stop was in celebration of my birthday, my fiance surprised me and brought me to Brownstone Diner & Pancake Factory.  Highly recommend you visit this place if you're ever in Jersey City!

 

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RISING ICONS: KID CUDI (Part 4 of 4)

He's the biggest of the four I booked on the show.  The hardest of all episodes to put together.  We were scrambling up to the last minute to get things cleared, multiple cancelled shoot dates, last minute ideas, too much to list.  Enjoy...

 

Dope album, get it here.

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RISING ICONS: RYAN LESLIE (Part 3 of 4)

Ryan is a baaaad dude....  One of the most talented, smartest guys I've ever met.  I have no clue why this guy isn't a bigger star than he is.  Amazing performer, producer, songwriter words I say can't do him justice.  All I needed to do on this shoot was coordinate the dates with BET and his camp.  He came back with loads of ideas and a full schedule on what he wanted to do for his 'day in the life' shoot.  He rehearsed 2-3 days non-stop with his band (which isn't cheap) and delivered a great performance.  Check the clips below and judge for yourself:

 

For you digital marketing, social media freaks, peep his game online.  Very savvy website and strong presence on You Tube, Twitter, etc.

Get BOTH of his albums!  His debut, Ryan Leslie and the follow up Transition.

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RISING ICONS: HAL LINTON (Part 2 of 4)

As you’ve probably noticed I had a lot of artists featured on this show **patting myself on the back**.  Out of 8 artists featured in the series, I had half of them (Melanie Fiona, Kid Cudi, Ryan Leslie, & Hal).

Hal is the newest of the bunch.  No album, no single, no video just pure talent and presence.  After watching this episode you can see that this kid’s a star.  This was a fun one to work, unfortunately I didn’t get the chance to do one of the shoots with him.  I was away on vacation and of all the business trips I would’ve loved was this one.  The Tourism Board of Barbados (Hal’s hometown) actually paid for the crew to fly to Barbados to shoot Hal’s ‘day in the life’ segment.  DAMN, DAMN, DAMN!!  I LOVE Barbados, flying fish sandwiches, Bank’s beer, and the best (& only) barracuda I’ve ever had the pleasure of eating.

Back to Hal, this dude is amazing.  He's one of those guys you love hangin with and throwing back a couple beers and shots of dark rum.  I really hope his label does him justice and gets the world to notice his talent.  I had the pleasure of listening to some early work which I KNOW will blow your socks off.  Follow him on twitter.

His full episode on Facebook here (glad he ripped it ;-)

Full episode here (in case you can't access his video).

Pics from the Barbados shoot here.

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Mixtape Comedy Show, Sept 19th

Every month I co-produce a comedy show in NYC.  It features Anthony Anderson & Royale Watkins as co-hosts.  Every show has a great (if I do say so myself) combination of comedians and musicians.  We even stream live on Ustream for those who can't attend in person.  We feature four comedians, a live music performance, and a platform for aspiring MCs to show off their rhyming skills in our "Freestyle Challenge."

At last month's show we added a mobile element.  We're running an iPad giveaway contest where the winner gets announced on our live show Sunday, Sept 19th.  All you have to do is text 'comedy' to 88202 to enter!  If you happen to be in NY, get your tickets here otherwise watch us online.

Join us on facebook!

 

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