The Beginning!

A Message From Chester French! Support Their "LOVE THE FUTURE" Album...

2009-04-21T15:42:00.001-07:00

Dear Lauren,

I've been meaning to write this email all day and have just now, anhour before we tape our performance on the Jimmy Fallon show, gotten achance to steal a cubicle in NBC's offices and get it done! Make sureto catch our appearance on Jimmy Fallon at 12:35am tonight (11:35pm inthe central time zone)! As you know, today we finally made our debut album available to you,the rest of our supporters, and the world at large. This was a momentwe'd been awaiting for six years, since we played our first show for10 friends in the basement of our dining hall at college. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO GET OUR DEBUT ALBUM NOW!!!!:

http://cts.vresp.com/c/?ChesterFrench/b412e980cf/6e47bd93c6/b17eac292a/utm_campaign=The%20most%20awesome%20day%20ever%21&utm_content=laurencheney_07@hotmail.co.uk&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=VerticalResponse&utm_term=Text%20Version%20-%20Link%201

To be totally honest, the album isn't a conventional major labelrelease, and many have been skeptical of our putting out a projectthat we made totally by ourselves, in our dorm basement, without fancyproducers and million-dollar budgets. But it was the album we wantedyou to hear, something into which we've poured years of our time andcreative energy, and our bet is that music lovers like you will enjoysomething as authentic and homemade as we've tried to make this!

As evidenced by our free album, Jacques Jams, Vol. 1: Endurance, weget excited when our music can touch as many people as possible. We'renot in this to buy mansions and Ferraris, because we like Lamborghinisway, way more and are really comfortable living with our moms.

When we ask you to buy our album and to encourage your friend to do the same,then, it's not about the money. Rather, we want to keep building thismovement that you've helped us pioneer, a movement grounded increativity, fun, and tons of working out in the gym to build ENDURANCE!!! Every album we sell is a vote of confidence in thismovement, and we need a lot of votes if we're going to truly dethroneour greatest heroes and rivals, The Jonas Brothers.

Please go to http://cts.vresp.com/c/?ChesterFrench/b412e980cf/6e47bd93c6/127cf6a569/utm_campaign=The%20most%20awesome%20day%20ever%21&utm_content=laurencheney_07@hotmail.co.uk&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=VerticalResponse&utm_term=Text%20Version%20-%20Link%202

and cast your vote now!

Love the Future,

D.A.

JUST A BIT OF THINKING!

2009-04-04T05:27:00.000-07:00

You Know I'm In That Mood, Where You Just Let The Music That Sits Enbedded In Your LapTop, Play... And Think!

So Much Is Going Through My Mind Right Now, But There Is Still So Much To Do In Order To Get There... It's Hard To Think Of The Present When You So Eager To Fulfill Your Dreams...

So Many Hopes And Aspirations I Feel Confused As To Where To Start.

Many Years Ago My Mother Gave Me A Book "NEW YORK, Vertical" - By Horst Hamann... To Me, T'was Just A Beautiful Selection Of Photographs And Visions Of Life In New York City... But Today I Picked It Up And Began To Look Through...

Something Struck Me -

"No One Should Come To NEW YORK To Live Unless He Is Willing To Be Lucky!" - E.B White, Editor & Writer

And This Is Exactly How I Feel, A Part Of My Dream Makes Sense Now, Taking A Little Load Of My Mind!

Just Thought I'd Share It (lol)

BEEN A WHILE BITCHES I KNOW!!

2009-03-28T11:04:00.000-07:00

Hey Sorry It's Been So Long, Just Been Catching Up On College Work nd Stuff! Anyway Just A Short Post To Tell You People To Check Out:

My ARTST.com Profile...

www.artst.com/Profile/LaurYnCheney

Enjoy!!

kanYe West : Blog : IN AN ABSOLUT WORLD!

2009-02-11T10:05:00.001-08:00

kanYe West : Blog : IN AN ABSOLUT WORLD!

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ERYKAH BADU ARTWORK!

2009-02-04T07:31:00.000-08:00

It's Been A Long Two Weeks. I Busted My Ankle, And Have Been Trapped Inside My House Due To The Outstanding Amount Of Snow That Decided To Fall Over My Home Town! So... I Thought I'd Post Some Pictures Up So You Guys Can See Some Of The Things I'm Interested In!

And Here Is Some Delightful Artwork From The Talented Neo-Soul Singer Erykah Badu's Album!

THIS IS TOO DOPE!

kanYe West : Blog : I LOVE THIS SONG

2009-02-03T10:55:00.001-08:00

kanYe West : Blog : I LOVE THIS SONG

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AN INTERVIEW WITH CHESTER FRENCH DRUMMER- EMMANUEL DOMINICK

2009-01-09T12:28:00.000-08:00

So As I Said, I Wanted To Keep A Blog On My Experiences With Talented Members of The Arts Industry, Whether They Be Musicians, Artists, Poets, Writers, Models Or God Knows What!

I Have Decided To Keep This Blog Page Running- Until; My Projects Website Is Finished. And By Project I Mean: "PANDORA'S BOX..!"

PANDORA'S BOX Is An Upcoming Television Show Directed At Young People - Teens. The Show Will Consist Of Various Interview's, Dissussions, Topics In Society, Adverts & Short Films, All Introduced By A Group Of Teens (Myself Included) From Different Lifestyles, Life Passions, Backgrounds, Ethnic Origins, etc...

The Aim of the Show Is To Introduce Such Topics, To Try And Motivate Young People And Help Them To Understand...ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE! And Why Not Make This Clear- By Letting Them Hear It From The People Themselves...TEENS!

Obviously There Is Alot More Too It... But Thats Just A Brief Walk-Over!

Well Anyway... Here's What This BLOG Post Is Ment To Be About:

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AN INTERVIEW WITH CHESTER FRENCH DRUMMER- EMMANUEL (Manny) DOMINICK...

So Manny, Can You Tell Us About When You Began To Get Interested Into Persuing A Career Into The Music Industry? How Did This All Start?

Manny: It Began When I Was Five! My Biggest Influence Was My Grandmother. You Know I Was Born In The Church, So Baisically Everything that I Did Musically, Was A Service To God. And Thats How I Started Playing Drums, You Know, I Never Stopped Playing, It's Been About 15 Years Now.

So How Did It Come About For You To Be Playing For Musicians On The StarTrak Label? What Was Your Opportunity?

Manny: Well It Started With An Audition For An Artist Called Kenna. I Got That, So I Started Playing For Him, And I Then Met Chester French. It Was At A Show In Boston, They Remembered Me And Called Me, Like, A Year Later, We Got Together, Started Rehearsing, And We Have Been Together Ever Since.

Are You Enjoying Your Time Here In The UK?

Manny: (Laughs) So Much, You Know I Have To Go To Piccadilly Circus, Everybody Has Been Telling Me About It But I Havn't Had A Chance to Go.

You Should Of Gone Today!

Manny: O Well Thats Because, I Left My Gear At The Venue We Played At Last Night (CLUB KOKO) So I Had To Go And Get That Earlier.

So You Said Your Biggest Influence Was Your Grandmother, What Was It That She Did To Inspire You So Much?

Manny: Yeh, She Played The Piano, She Still Plays, She Reads Music So Well, I Cant Wait To Go Back Home To Philly And Play With Her. Shes Amazing. Shes Been My Biggest Influence (Laughs) My Mother Is Musical Also, I Mean Everyone Is Musical In My Family, We All Either Sings Or Play Music.

Further Into Your Career, Who Would You Most Like To Work And Progress With?

Manny: I Would Love To Work With KanYe West, I Would Love To Work With Michael Jackson. I'd Say Number One Is Michael Jackson, Number Two, KanYe West, You Know Anyone In The POP Music Scene, Anyone Dedicated To Their Music So Much They'll Go Platinum. (Laughs) OK, To Narrow It Down I'd Say Michael Jackson, KanYe West, Chris Brown, Thats It...

Who's The Person/Artist That You Can Say You Were Honestly Glad To Meet? That You Can Say "Yeh, They Were Cool!"

Manny: Honestly I'd Have To Say Beyonce... NO! (Laughs) No, No, No, No, It Wasn't Beyonce It Was Her MOM Tina Knowles, We Danced Together At Soulanges Party! (Laughs)

You Told Me Prior To This Interview That When You Graduated From School You Wanted To Save Your Money And Move To Persue Your Music Career...Tell Me How That Came About, What Was Your Motivation For This, What Was The Reason?

Manny: I Went Out To California With A Cousin Of Mine Before, That Lived There, He's Also A Drummer. And We Went To A School, An Institute... Just To Visit A Few Of His Frends In L.A... When I Got There, Just The Presence Of The Place, The Atmosphere, It Was The Kind Of Place I Wanted To Be In. There Were So Many Drummers And Musicians, Drums Sets In Every Room, I Was Like I Gotta Come Out Here When I Graduate, So I Graduated At 17, I Saved My Money, But I Spent It All On Clothes And Shoes To Get Suited, (Laughs) I Told My Mom And She Was Like; Well I Bought You That Ticket, (Meaning The Flight) So You Gotta Go And Make It, You Know, I Was Like Damn!

Interview By Lauren Cheney

And This Is How MY Interview With Manny Dominick Came About:

The Past Two Day's Had Been Crazy:

DAY 1:

I Had Previously Entered An Online Competition To WIN Tickets To See N*E*R*D, Chester French & Kenna, Perform At Club KOKO iTunes Festival In Camden, London... Lets Just Say, I Had Not Been Successfull...

I Heard They Were Giving Free Tickets Away At The Door, So I Thought Why Not! A Friend And I Had Taken The Tube Up To Camden To See If We Were Lucky Enough To Get In. Whilst Doing So Another Friend Of Mine Was Queuing With Her Mum. It Turns Out You Needed ID(18+) To Get In... Being The Best Person She Could She Gave Us The Tickets To Get In Ourselfs... So, We Had To Jump Back On The Tube To Brixton (Home) Get Our ID's And Make Our Way Back To Camden To See N*E*R*D's Set...

We Made It!

Chester French Were On First, A Band That Had Just Been Signed To StarTrak (Pharrell Williams' Record Label, For Those Who Don't Know). I Had Only Heard Chester French Online And Didn't Know Too Much About Them... Hearing Them Live Left A Different Sort Of Impact On Me... A Mixture Of All Possible Things, I Can Tell You That They Are Worth Seeing, If Playing Live Near You.

Kenna Then Came On Before N*E*R*D Took To The Stage... Hmmm... The Thing I Love About This Man, Is His Music Can Always Make Me Smile, You Know, He's An Interesting Sort Of Guy- Music Sounds Mixed With The Same Vibe As U2, The Neptunes, Ian Brown (Well Thats My Opinion), I Dunno It's Just Different, And I Keep His Album's On Replay For Day's At A Time.

Then... You Hear, "Tilt Your Head Back And Close Your Eyes." Thats Ment To Be The Opening For N*E*R*D's AntiMatter, The Crowd Just F***'s Up LOL! It's Like A Minni Mosh Pit, Whether You like N*E*R*D Or Not, I'll Guarantee You'll Love Them Live, It's A Whole Different Vibe From Listening To Them On Your Simple Boom Box At Home!

Well Anyway, The Night Goes On And The GIG Finishes, The Crowd Scatters To The Back Doors To Get A Look On Those Who Had Just Given Them "The Best Night Of Their Life's". Cameras Flashing, Papers And Pens Thrusted Under Your Noses, Girls Saying: "Pharrell I Love You" LOL! And Then Those Who Stand At The Back And Embrace The Fact That They Really Did Have "The Best Night Of Their Life", To Wait And Meet Those Who Are Still A Part Of That Wonderful Musical Proccess. And Here I'm Talking About My First Encounter With Emmanuel Dominick, Current Drummer For Chester French (After Playing For Artists Such As Amerie And Kenna.)

A Group Of Us Were Blessed By The Fact Of Meeting The Group Of Musicians That Are "Kool" To Chill With Their Fans!

Later That Night We Reached To Club Maddox Where The After Party Was Being Held, Having Brief Encounters With Well Known Artists Such As Robin Thicke And The One And Only H.O.V - Jay-Z , Outside, And Various StarTrak Members Inside (Thanks To Mr Dominick). The Night Then Ended With Many Getting Turned Away At The Doors, From; Fans To Paps.

Still Feeling Blessed And Excited I left For Home.

DAY 2:

Early Evening I Recieved A Phone Call From Emmanuel Dominick And Chester French's Manager, Being Invited To Watch A GIG And Interview The Member's Of Chester French For My TV Show PANDORA'S BOX (As Previously Mentioned)...

Bringing My Sister Along, We Reached "The Star Of Bethnal Green" Were The GIG Was Being Held, And Were In Time For Sound Check. Then Came Interview Time...

Lets Just Say It Being My First Interview It Wasn't As I Expected, Difficult, That Being Nothing To Do With The Band, But I Had To Be More Spontaneous Then Ever, Because I Had Never Really Done Anything Like That Before.

Well We Got The Interview Out Of The Way, (Which I Will Be Posting Soon) Recieving Some Rather Peculiar Answers To My Questions, And Were Then Able To Watch An Incredible Intimate GIG. Those Boy's Really Don't Know How To Behave LOL, Still A Great Bunch Of Guy's And I Insist You Cop Chester French's Album Due To Be Released Early This Year (2009, O Gosh That Time Already!)

You See Guy's Crazy Things Can Happen, You Just Gotta Be Ready And Belive In Your Self, Being Spontaneous Is A Key Point You Gotta Have In Life, It's Not As Difficult As It Seems, Its About Being YOU... And I'm Sure You ALL Know That... The Difficult Part Is Finding That Jump Off Point, You Know, When To Go, I Say... Its Better Late Than Never!

LOLO xx

Win Tickets To See KanYe @ The GRAMMY's

2009-01-09T11:49:00.000-08:00

Chester French Condom Player

2008-11-17T11:55:00.001-08:00

CHESTER FRENCH - "She Loves Everybody" In Stores Now

2008-11-17T11:48:00.000-08:00

CHESTER FRENCH - "She Loves Everybody" In Stores Now

Hey Guys if you don't know about Chester French, now you do!

Go and cop their new single "She Loves Everybody" and you wont be disapointed, Signed to STARTRAK Label and Interscope Records, these guys are definatly promising good things.

Talented, Young, and a Fresh Sound. Go support them and get their new single.

www.myspace.com/chesterfrench

http://www.chesterfrench.com/

Pre-Order KanYe Wests "808's and Heartbreak.. Days To Go...

2008-11-16T21:28:00.000-08:00

Pre-Order 808's and Heartbreak

You can pre-order 808's and Heartbreak for just $13.98 only on http://www.kanyeuniversecity.com/

For all those true KanYe fans, you can also get first hand information on Tour Dates, KanYe Merchandise, Video and Song Releases. And also a regular update on the hottest Fashion Designers, Annimators, Musicians, Artists and other cool gadgets by logging into KanYe's Blog.

If you are interested in helping promote the sale of "808's and Heartbreak" log into the website and join the Team Ye - Street Team to get more info.

"808's and Heartbreak" in stores November 24th

Get Your Pre-Sale Copy, Only From http://www.kanyeuniversecity.com/

The Beginning!

2008-11-02T09:38:00.000-08:00

Hey Guy's!

I am new to this Blogger thing and once discovered I felt it would be a good idea to keep an online blogg of any experiences I have come across within the media.

I always seem to be lucky enough to meet people in the industry, whether it be at a GIG, auditions, or general day to day luck! I feel that as an aspiring art director, it will be professional to keep this on record and begin to live life as a part time journalist and record these experiences...who knows where it might lead? My own spot in DAZED and Confused, Or I.D perhaps!

Ima Keep Ya'll Posted!

LOCO

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