Happy Holidays

First I would like to wish everyone a Happy Holiday and with the New Year coming up, I will wish you a Happy New Year too!

Holidays have been busy this year, between a short trip to Jamaica, working on www.empressionpromotions.com and family "stuff".

I will write about Jamaica first I guess.... well maybe first about the website because it leads to Jamaica.

Empression Promotions, hence Miss Empression, is a entertainment and promotions company focused on publicist, marketing work within the Entertainment Industry. Currently our biggest clients are upcoming artists from Jamaica, with a few upcoming artists from Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

As I mentioned in my last blog post, I have been working with a new dancehall magazine out of Toronto, it gave me opportunity to go to Jamaica and meet with a few artists this past trip. I had the opportunity to interview Gwhizz, Supahype, Calado, Eklypse, Icon, I.Q, Tornado, and Icecold. All awesome people, and it helped build a strong network within the Jamaican Entertainment Industry. 

I must say that Interviewing, is an art. I so need a class... Though after 8 interviews I think that I know what I did wrong. I was so nervous, because I was also recording myself to do stream on the magazines website.
Yeah, so I was a little out of it that day.

So back to Jamaica, it was a great time. One of the best experiences that I have had, it was my first time going to Kingston, and it feels like a whole different part of the island. It is a big city, and lots of things happen. One night we hit 3 partys, while making links with people we network on twitter with, didn't reach home till 6am!
My last few days were spent with family in Mammee Bay, St. Ann, I ended up missing my flight and stuck in Jamaica for an extra day.. It has always been my dream to get stuck in Jamaica a few more days, tell you one thing... I wish it never happened.

Well now I am home, Christmas has treated me well.
I got my first piece of the Studio I am slowly building, "The Headphones" (Maad ting)

I hosted my first family dinner last night, I was in charge of the Hor' Douevres. We had a great time, we played this new game called "Smart Ass". I am actually smarter than I give myself credit for.

Since I got back I have done a lot work on the website, and photoshop. We decided to put up a section for a future radioshow for "Urban" listening, and one for Dancehall, and reggae.
With all that said and done the website is finished and is ready for viewing, the first day we put it up we had 230 visitors!

Well I am all over the place tonight, so I will finish off my "blabbings" with New Years weekend.

My plans, Friday night I will be checked into Gherigs Place near Toronto with Supermixsound.
Than travelling all the way to Montreal on Saturday for the Blue Berry Link party with "Black Chiney"
Call me a party girl, its just that time a year.

On that note.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! (When it comes)

Goodnight

The Beginning

As I sit here watching "Eat, Pray, Love", I decided to start writing the blog that I was actually trying to start this morning.

I actually haven't blogged since April. I used to do another blog about my random opinions on Jamaica Travel, opinions and politics. I guess I  was having some form of writers block.
Who thought that could happen being a blogger, where it is out most respected when you write random things. *Snickers*

After a few days of pondering on remaking a new blog, this morning is when I decided that I would start writing about the experiences I am going through as a Young Adult striving to survive in this crazy hectic world.

I am 22 years old, and to be honest by the time I was 20 I had dropped out of college twice.
The reason for this, well after lots of meditation; I would say its because I like to many areas of study to focus on one thing. I one day realized that though school is a great asset in life, if you know how to get your dream.. Go for it and get hands on experience!
(Now that isn't suggested for everyone of course, but for people like me)

I love writing, reading, art (graphic design, drawing, and even beading) travelling, photography, and than last but not least music... And when I say Music, Music is my life.
It invades my mind, there is always a song in my head.
I have had people try to tell me that everyone loves music. The thing is that it is hard to explain to you how music makes me feel.

Okay, So I agree I am useless when it comes to playing bass, I have even tried signing, I can write to rhythms only because I understand the basic concept of a sonnet or ballad..
So exactly what people re-initiate to me. "What, You only listen to it"
Music means that much more to me than that. I dream and live music. Music helps me meditate, music brings my spirits up, music is my supplement to any drug.

Now getting to where that has leaded me now.
With such a drive to be in the music industry some how, some way.
I could never be happy doing anything.. till now.

I work a full-time Customer Service job, in the cell phone industry (Technology another interest on my list).
I am in the process of registering a organization for the Youth in Jamaica, to assist with school supplies and eventually run a community center in St. Ann's Bay that will have homework help, dance classes, a girls group, a boys group.... several little ideas. Eventually try to bring it all across Jamaica.
On top of that I run a Promotions company for Urban entertainment with a friend. We help promote artists in, DJ's, and Labels within the Urban categorie, i.e Reggae, Dancehall, HipHop and R&B. We also help promote others Events,  and ss well as host our own events.
As EmpreSSion Promotions grows bigger, I recently was asked to help with an upcoming "Dancehall" Magazine. Which for those who are reading this that do not know Dancehall, it is a form a music created in Jamaica branching off of Reggae. With this recent opportunity I will be able to be involved with Music even more, and on top of it, my favorite forms of Music.

So as I am rebuilding my life, after I reached an all time low. I can say that I have grown really confident, and decided writing about it would be a great form of expressing my excitement.

So I invite you to read on through my updates that I will try to do atleast once a week.

Stay Tuned for a write up on my upcoming trip to Jamaica, as well as the positive and negatives of being a young female entrepreneur.

The movie is almost over now, and my eyes are growing tired.

I wish you a goodnight.

Bless up.