Hey everyone,
I hope you guys are ready for yet another ride to my adventures here in LA, because I’m about to fill you in with another crazy journey. So sit back and relax and enjoy.
So about a month ago the fabulous BET awards were being held and so much great events were happening and every hot singer, rapper, music producer, managers, models, actors, actresses, and sportsmen, were in town and attending these awards for LA was the place to be at. Well I had the pleasure to attend the Keyshia Cole BET Awards Official after party at the Ritual Nightclub. This was such a great event and so much fun to be at, that I had my first red carpet experience with all the flashing lights on me and mingling with the stars and seeing celebrities such as Sean Kingston. This was a night to remember. Work had been pretty much the same that week and I had a lot going on for me. I was given the opportunity to transcribe the Common interview (which is in this month's magazine so check it out at wwww.urbannetwork.com) and an up coming artist known as HiPost. It was a lot of work but worthwhile knowing the new scoop on things.
That Friday I was invited to attend the G- Unit Listening party hosted by DJ Woo Kid at the Social Nightclub in Hollywood. This event was something unexpected and was packed with people and the whole G-Unit family representing, on behalf of G- Unit for they were touring in Canada, promoting their new album. After that I met up with the rest of the interns and some friends around UCLA and hung out hung out with them for the remainder of the night networking with other college students.
The next day, Joel, Nick and a friend of Nick's named Patrick who had come down from Texas to visit and I went, spent the day at St. Monica Beach and the pier. The day was just sunny warm a day of hanging out as a group of guys and having fun by the beach and cool out. We acted like real tourists and took pictures at every nice spot we can find, and I have to say I would probably be the blame of that. Hahahahahaha. We even road on the roller coaster and dragon swing don’t remember what the name of the ride was but it was decent. Later that day around 6 in the evening, I left the guys and met up with my friend Vivien who had invited me to attend with her a screening of a new HBO; show written and directed by Alan Ball (the writer for American Beauty) called True Blood. Vivien had been working on the set of this show and was part of the cast and members. The show is about the Southern Vampire Mysteries books by Charlaine Harris and its cast members are:
Anna Paquin as Sookie Stackhouse,
Stephen Moyer as Bill Compton,
Alexander Skarsgård as Eric Northman
Sam Trammell as Sam Merlotte
Ryan Kwanten as Sookie's brother Jason Stackhouse
Brook Kerr as Tara Thornton
And a few others that I cant quite remember. They only screened two episodes from the show which totally got me hooked on, that I do advise you all to keep an eye for the show when it airs on HBO this fall. After watching the show everyone from cast and crew members and invited guests gathered outside the lobby for drinks and snacks and have a chance to meet and socialize with some of the actors and actresses from the show. I had the opportunity to talk to some of them from Alan Ball, Stephen Moyer, who was quite an interesting man and thought I was British because of my accent to some of the producers from the movie The Fast And The Furious franchises, one of the producers of Deal Or No Deal and a few cast members of the TV show Lost. It was truly a great experience and a great time. After a while of mingling, Vivien and I headed back to St Monica to meet up with Joel, John and Patrick for a night out, along 3rd street. Good Times. The next day all fours us met again for lunch and watched the finals of the UEFA EURO CUP 2008, (for those who don’t know what that is, its the European soccer or should I say “football” cup) which was very an interesting game and congrats to Spain for wining it. After a good lunch we spent the rest of the day at Nick’s place and hung out and ended the night watching the movie Wanted.
That week work had been a bit busy, for it was coming to the end of the month and at this point in time everyone is trying round up the last bit of the magazine. But work ended on Thursday that week for the 4th of July weekend, so we had Friday off. That Thursday night Joel and I hung out with some friends that we had met in our apartment place in Hollywood and all I can say is what a night. Lol. The following day Joel invited me out to spend 4th of July with a friend of his from The Firm for a BBQ to chill out and have a good time. Vivien also ended up joining us as well later on that day, and it turned out to be a great night of celebrations. That Saturday Joel, a couple friends of ours and I spent the day by Redondo and Hermosa Beach. It was a really hot, sunny day and the beach was the place to be at. I spent most of time running around playing soccer and volleyball and taking a dip in the Pacific Ocean just to cool body down. That Sunday John and I went to spend the day with Tim and see what he was up to, but to our surprise Tim planned on took us to Malibu beach for the day. Malibu was a beautiful quiet and calm place and very different from the other beach’s I had been that weekend. Malibu was fun.
The following week on Friday Warren took us to Warner Brothers Records for business and to also meet with the Chairman of black music Mr. Kevin Black. Being at Warner Brothers was something so out of this world and could not believe it. This was definitely a moment I cold not imagine being in, and seeing myself walking in the halls of Warner Brothers Records meeting up with incredible people. It was truly a point in my life I could not for get about. Later that afternoon we went to a studio in Watts where we met a really talented producer named Stix. He had amazing songs that he had been working on he really had me blown away that I really have an ambition to work with him one of these days. That Saturday I spent the day mostly at home relaxing but later on that night Joel and I met up with a few friend of ours and did the whole dinner, then a movie thing, which Larry later joined us on, to watch Hellboy, which I thought was a good movie.
The following weekend was the weekend that a lot of people had been waiting for all summer, the premier of the new Batman movie, “The Dark Knight”. I have to say this was on of the most anticipated movie of the year to come out and let me repeat myself and say that it was worth the wait and the money to watch this movie. If you have not seen this movie yet go and watch out now.
This last week has been quite a hectic week with work and the few things that had to be done, but Maurice and I we were able to get the job done and get most of the work done. During the weekend our apartment complex had a party and BBQ by the main pool with free food and drinks and a chance for all residents to interact with each other. This was really fun and Larry Joel Maurice and I attend the event and hung out with everyone. It was a good time everyone to have a great time to meet new people that live around us. Joel and I hung out that with a few friends that we had met that afternoon, down by the Marina for dinner and drinks and just get to know new people and friends.
Well in closing I would like to say this; Being at The Urban Network and this internship has made me realize what a great opportunity we have to be out here in LA and gaining an experience of a life time in the fields that we want to be in. I personally have learnt so much about this music industry that you really have to work so hard for what you want and be able to take every opportunity that you have and take advantage of it, for Napoleon Hill once quoted “Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.” So never turn away from an opportunity. It can change your life.
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