Erik B. For President - ProfilesArchive

About Me

What I have done on here is basically do spur of them moment, ad lib ("Freestyle") music. I hope to at least render sounds, and feelings of music. I have much more music that I have not recorded. I have written songs that are mostly unfinished. I start a lot of projects and rarely finish them. Anyway, I'm all over the place. I like variety. Most of the popular music, I try not to play. That is why I don't listen much to the radio. I do own a couple of radios. I do not want to be influenced too heavy in directions that will make me more unoriginal. I've listened to almost every Prince album put out. I no longer have every album. There was a time when I put all my CD's in the fire. I go through fazes. My first album was a Billy Joel album. My mother made me take it back. She was wondering where I would get the money. I saved my lunch money and bought it. I was about 11 years old. First started to learn how to sing by listening to Michael Jackson albums. My step-brother (Lawrence) and I would go next door and borrow from a Sgt. that knew our parents was strict. My step-father was a preacher and soldier. So, there wasn't much variety. So, I would listen to radio and tapes and 8 Tracks. Heard Funkadelic/Parliament, Chaka Khan, um...The Police, Devo, B-52's, Billy Idol, Prince, Culture Club, Rick James, and countless other's that inspire music. More above that, I trust that G_D is the overall inspiration in you. I like Jazz a lot as well as Soul with Funk, and Rock rhythms. I would say that I am experimentalist. I'm always looking to improve. I have a lot of work ahead of me, but I know with a little help from my friends, I can make it through.

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Member Since: 12/31/2005
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Influences: Prince (owah!). Yeah. For a time all I ever bought was Prince. Was doing the Culture Club thing until my mom found the albums I had hidden and threw them out. Billy Joel. I think the name of the album was something about "Songs In The Attic" (I'm not sure). It had some great songs that I would love to sing to when no one else was home. Love mostly a lot of classic rock. Soul music/R&B (not rapping bull shit), I do like some rap, though. Like some rap but am not particularly enthused at gangsta stuff. I'm more of a De La Soul type of guy. Jimi Hendrix!!!! I cannot say that he was the greatest guitar player, but what he did with a guitar, was just very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very great. Paul McCartney (my favorite Beetle). I like his voice. Lyric ability, and play ability at Bass guitar. Led Zepplin. Just very awesome musicians getting together to make memorable experiences.So many people to name. I like a wider variety of music than what I've listed, but can't seem to refresh my memory on it all.
Sounds Like: Himself. I mean, me versus me, myself and I. Not trying to be unmodest. Just me.
Record Label: Plan on doing my own label.
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

A funny story to me.

A guy that I was friends with in my unit (military) told this story about how his girlfriend and him were sitting on the couch watching some movies. The ex-boyfriend busted through the glass window ta...
Posted by Erik B. For President on Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:02:00 PST

Singing...

I started to become noticed when people used to say that I resembled Prince. So, I listened to his music even more.I started singing and learned each song note for note. I would get asked in class to ...
Posted by Erik B. For President on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:54:00 PST

Had to take off some songs.

Met with my cousin yesterday, and he expressed that he wasn't comfortable having people hear the songs we had done together. The songs need work, but I was just showcasing a little bit of how differen...
Posted by Erik B. For President on Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:37:00 PST

Coffee Blender

"Coffee Blender" was composed by myself and my cousin Akili. Akili played keyboard, and flute. I did the Bass and the beat programming. I also, did the vocals (not so good, but I did it).We just was m...
Posted by Erik B. For President on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:15:00 PST

Come Over (What it do?).

I made this song on the spur of the moment, and just went back in and overlapped with two other vocal tracks. I do everything on here with the exception of playing the flute (my cousin Akili plays the...
Posted by Erik B. For President on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:52:00 PST

Even though I’m not a father...

at least, not that I know of. I'm not sure( there was them few times when I was drunk and have such a hazy memory about). I just hope nobody drags my ass on Maury Povich show for a paternity test. So,...
Posted by Erik B. For President on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:24:00 PST

New Jonk Take 2 explained.

The song on my profile "New Jonk Take 2" is something I created along with my cousin, Akili. I started with the rhythm section (drums/bass). Added a second bass line and overplayed (as usual). This so...
Posted by Erik B. For President on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:23:00 PST

Have you listened in yet?

I put like 2 new tracks on here. Just some experimental stuff on here. Some interpretations of particular styles. Anyhow, I'm learning more about recording and it's been a slow progress, however, qual...
Posted by Erik B. For President on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 09:21:00 PST

Just wanting to say something (I don’t know what).

My name is Erik (just in case you did not know), and I just wanted to blog for the first time in a long time.Basicly, I sometimes look back at some of things that I may have done and laugh or whatever...
Posted by Erik B. For President on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:11:00 PST

About to do some assignments.

Hello to you all. Just want to get on here and say hello. Noticed that I have not did a blog in a while. Have not utilized a computer in a while either. Been working a lot. Now, I'm going to be b...
Posted by Erik B. For President on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 02:35:00 PST