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About Me

The message resonates throughout. From both critical and conscious lyrics blended with the soulful and melodic sounds provided on each track.This is a musical journey which discuss the storied lives of blue collar folks, immigrants, and revolutionary mind...Filipino-American emcee, poet, and producer Self-Axis is built to last. Coming from the San Francisco Bay Area by the way of the Philippines, he brings a well blended sound that of a feel good vibe with substance, consciousness, criticism, and depth. He has graced many stages in his career bringing a unique sound and approach to music. More than the music itself, his words speak to the youth, the community, and the people that live everyday and face insurmountable struggles. He is active within the Filipino community putting in time to give back and serve the people. His music resonates the struggles of people of color who are oppressed and unjustly taken advantage of. He serves within the Bayanihan Community Center organizing young adults and youth by building their musical skills as well as building a solid foundation in life. He is also a member of a collective of artists through the Sound Science Project based in Daly City, California both as a participant and as a musical critic/assistant to the youth involved in the project. He is also a member of the storied conscious trio of emcees called the Nomadik Messengers. He has released past projects which includes three independently published books of poetry "Writer's Cramp", "Bridge to the Passage", and "Amidst A Gloomy Background", and also a hip-hop mixtape "Screams Of My Motherland Mixtape Vol.1" back in 2007. He is currently working on his group project with fellow Nomadik Messenger group members and his solo full length project slated for a 2009 release.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/3/2005
Band Website: mp3.com/selfaxis
Band Members: Self-Axis=Revolutionary Emcee, funky fresh poet, creative writer
Influences: Mom and Dad, Native Guns, Blue Scholars, Kiwi, Ant, Nomi, Bambu, Saul Williams for the way he bless papers with his writings, Dead Prez, Rap4rights, MAC, Dessie, AUDIBLE SOUL, Alfienumeric, People's Movement across the world, My Filipino heroes
Sounds Like: Lyrics with depth and substance, pro peoples movement, words of progression, revolution stemming from love and not hate, soulful in a way, laid back to break ya neck-head bop type of shit

Type of Label: None

My Blog

Bloodlines

Bloodlines"Undeniably as beautiful and storied as the history speakThe proud origin I bear runs linear deepFrom the 7 thousand plus islands breeze and the heatMeshed closely together like words to a b...
Posted by Self-Axis on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 06:38:00 PST

The sincerest of smiles

"Been the ribbon in my sky since the day that we metAnd all the sweet kisses put me in the heaviest blissThe music merely takes the stress off of missing your touchSemi-pipe dream well wish to take ba...
Posted by Self-Axis on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 06:40:00 PST

Still Smilin!

Self-Axis Smile Beneath The Concrete Groundings Produced by Mr.Rey 013003 "And I take pride at the fact I got to see you at best How we once shared the truth right inside of our chests For every mind...
Posted by Self-Axis on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:58:00 PST

Smile!

Self-AxisSmileBeneath The Concrete GroundingsProduced by Mr.Rey 013003"Maybe it's the light that you shine, the energy, the vibeThe beautiful times I hold deep inside my mindSmile worth a bright blue ...
Posted by Self-Axis on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:05:00 PST

Ocean’s Apart

Self-AxisOceans Apart Screams Of My Motherland Mixtape Vol.2Mom Praying Instrumental"And everytime we reunite the fire ignitesA couple thousand miles of lost time flushed in the pipePanoramic view sti...
Posted by Self-Axis on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 05:05:00 PST

Musical Chairs

Self-Axis Musical Chairs Screams of my motherland mixtape vol.2 Last Call Instrumental From the barbed wire fence where the fist is raised To the freedom and the change that my eyes display Speak ind...
Posted by Self-Axis on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:35:00 PST

Release:Nana’s Legacy Lives on

This is my soul connection and extension of my family treeMy honest history rooted from the love releasedBeyond air to breathe, it's therapy absorb the breezeSweet victory of deep faith up from beneat...
Posted by Self-Axis on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 07:54:00 PST

Release:Nana and Tata

Self-Axis Release Beneath the concrete groundings LP Produced by Mr.Rey "Dimalilimutan ang nakaraan, na parang kailan lang Napadpad sa lugar nakinilalang Bataan Military man fought against Japanese t...
Posted by Self-Axis on Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:05:00 PST

Release

Self-AxisReleaseBeneath the concrete groundings LPProduced by Mr.Rey"This serve as my release for the pain-Accumulated in the brainLike a jet plane speeding down the runway laneTo take flight amidst t...
Posted by Self-Axis on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 09:26:00 PST

Full Circle:Ode to Love III

"Head above clouds got me lifted like there's nothing beneathElevated to the heavens from your spirit as deepAs the ocean and the waves now under my feetLike a crisp cool breeze in my life that I brea...
Posted by Self-Axis on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 08:09:00 PST