I did it
I walked over to the Verizon Wireless store that’s next to my work and made the plunge, that’s right! =)
I upgraded my phone to the Palm Centro, they will be mailing it to me, because they didn’t have it in the store =(, and upgraded my plan to include checking emails, w00t. So Insha Allah (God Willing), I will be PDA Cellaphied by the weekend, yay. Very exciting. I love getting new gadgets, its such a rush, like writing a new song =)
I’m also in the market for a video recording device, so far The Flip is running at #1, it has good reviews and does what I need, and is nicely priced. The reason I’m getting one is to start adding videos on YouTube, and get my face out there..now that I have the time and I can actually do so.
Also it might help with gigs, have a live clip, send a live clip. I hear that in order to get a spot on the Millennium Stage in the Kennedy Center you would have to send them a video of you performing live..so a good archive of such events would come in handy. I’m also thinking “bonus” material for my CD (when I actually start making it) =).
In other news,
the AshPad is STILL without a couch =), but I can’t complain, all the toys are here, and more are on the way.
Take care my good friends.
Salaam.
DigiWeight!
These are so inspiring, since I’ve finally started going back to the gym. Two articles in the Wired’s blogs relating to how technology can help track your progress, and motivate you =)
Check’em out when you get a chance.
Salaam.
Crazy Monday
Wow, today has been CRAZY!! they switched out the phone system during the weekend, and it affected programs we didn’t think of. So needless to say that we were buried in phone calls, luckily it has slowed down al-hamdulillah.
I got an email to check my calendar at work, and it seems that tomorrow is the IS department picnic, so they will shut down the HelpDesk for 2 hours, as we run around outside. Wow, that’s actually pretty cool, looking forward to it, should be fun.
Also a websit for my stage persona is up, wohoo!, it was quick non-pro way, but at least something is up for people to see you know =). You can all check it out at www.mosno.net. There you will find links to all my other mOsno accounts that I’ve created, like twitter, uStream, & YouTube. I’m trying to get a nice little camera to do some video to put up on YouTube, and hopefully use it to broadcast shows on my uStream.
I’m very exctied about this.
Well, its back to work for me.
Take it easy peeps.
Salaam.
The Stagename Delima, ends!
Its final, my stage name is officially: mOsno
Its very strange, but I’ve thought of this name while back, but never stood by it. But now that I actually need one, it has come back to save the day.
The reason I say its “official” is because of the following, I now have:
- a mLog (mOsno Blog)
- a mOsno twitter account
- a mOsno mUsic page
I even created a “group” in FaceBook, just search for mOsno and I’m sure you’ll find it =).
This blog will still be open, I will just write anything related to my mOsno musical adventure on the mLog =).
Unfortunately “mosno.com” is already taken, and I’m kind of disappointed. I’m now trying to think, should I get a “mosno music.com” or should I try to see if I can utilize as many free web apps as possible? it could be a nifty little experiment, I still haven’t decided though, we’ll see. =)
Alright, tomorrow I guest host the Java Mamma’s open mic, with Keegan Corbey as the feature, he’s an excellent musician as well as a good friend of mine, if you haven’t seen him before, you need to come, and if you have seen him, then you know you want to come out again =)
Salaam.
Mid-Week update
Work is going fine, I’m starting to get the hang of how this place. I’ve been pretty pro-active the past few days. On Monday I actually signed up with the gym accross the street from my work, I’m hoping to start getting back into shape. I don’t have an excuse now, and I miss going to gym in general, its awesome =)
Yesterday I installed STEAM on my entertainment box, created my account [BaltiRaf] look me up if your on there, and brought out my USB game controller. One of these days I’m going to start checking out the games, and play some of the demos, and even start getting full games. I really do want to get into the Gaming world, I think I’ll have a lot of fun.
I’m really loving my PC, its multi-purposeness is awesome. I watch my DVDs on it, I catch up on my TV shows through Hulu, and soon, it will be my gaming console as well. And all of this through my 32″ flat screen. All I need now is a couch and a coffee table to set all the little toys on =)
Yesterday was “be lazy” night, so I didn’t go anywhere and caught up on my Planet Earth. I have now only one more disc to watch, and its the “Living Together” disc. Should be intresting to see what kind of advice they have for us. The series is just amazing, not just visually, its like a whole different world out there, so magnificent. I must say that I’m mostly fasinated by the “deep ocean” episode, wow, there are some crazy creatures down there =)
Tonight should be a fun night Insha Allah (God Willing), I get to play Djembe for Sahffi at her show at The Theater Project in Baltimore. Maybe I could get some information to see if they have any musical events that they would need performers for, it would be nice to play in a theater, very rockstar-iesh.
Friday will be AMAZING, I have show with Acacia Sears at TeaVolve in Baltimore. Not only will I get to Djembe for her, but I get to play my own set. Hopefully they will have WiFi, I think 90% of places now do, if that’s the case, I will take my gear to broadcast the evening on my uStream page, so keep an eye out. And for quicker updates check out my twitter page, my Tweet Name is ashAfied.
Have a wonderful rest of week everyone, I hope to see you at a show near you =)
Salaam.
The Stagename.
“Bex” is now out of the question… the #1 reason is when people hear me say it, they automatically say “the beer?”. Apparently there is a Beck’s (sp?) beer, and it sounds exactly the same. No good.
Also rob of ilyAIMY told me that he would have trouble finding me when adding shows in ReverbNation, because he would find more than one “Bex” and wouldn’t know which one is me.
So, it seem like “Mosno” has taken up #1 at the moment. I’ve searched Reverbnation and there are no other “mosno”s there, which is good?…I only hope there isn’t some kind of alcoholic beverdge with the same name.
My good man james tweeted me saying “it is Moss-no or Mozno” proving the point that no matter what name I choose, people will mis pronounce it. But as I replied to my good friend, I’d rather get “mozno” than “assraf”..yes, I’ve gotten “AssRaf” before. I’ll take my chances with mosno.
I’m sticking to my word, if I don’t find something cooler by the end of the month, then “Mosno” will be my stage name. Very exciting. well for me that is =)
Enjoy the rest of your day.
Salaam.
HonFest 2009 + Gigs THIS week
HonFest was a BLAST!. So many wonderful friends came out to see the show, the few tables infront of us were filled, and people started standing around listen to us. One lady actually called a friend on the phone and put it up in the air so her friend could hear us =). Awesome.
Everything went perfect, Meezo & I played the first 3 songs, then Seen joined us and we did 3 Owtar songs. Then Sharief came up and played bass with us for the rest of the set, followed by the lovely Heather backing me up as we did “Whole lotta love”, which was supposed to be our last song, but people started shouting “one more!”, it was flattering. So Eric & John of Umbrella Radio gave us the thumbs up for one more. At this point it was a full rocking band on stage. Sharief on Bass, Heather on Djembe and back up vocals, Meezo on the other Djembe, and I’m on guitar and vocals. It was AWESOME!!.
The weather was wonderful and hot, just the way I like it =), so many people were at the festival in general. We had a BLAST, and everyone had a good time. A lady came up to me afterwards and asked for my contacts, she said we have good music and she definatly wants to hear us again. Sweet.
Needless to say, I was on cloud 9, I kind of still am =).
Thank you so much to all the wonderful people who came out to the show, I really appreciate your support, and I’m glad to hear that we made it worth while for you.
awesome.
Alright, now for This week’s shows:
Wednesday 6/17 : Djembeing for Sahffi @ The Theater Project in Baltimore, MD. 7pm
Thursday 6/18: Guest hosting The Java Mammas open mic in Riesterstown, MD. 7-10pm
Friday 6/19: playing a show with Acacia Sears @ Teavolve in Baltimore, MD. 8pm
NEXT week’s shows:
Thursday 6/25: Guest hosting The Java Mammas open mic in Riesterstown, MD. 7-10pm
Friday 6/26: Playing a show with Teporah @ Fredrick Cellar in Fredrick, MD. 7:30
Saturday 6/27: Songs That Matter showcase @ Sweet Bakery in Ellicott City, MD. 5pm
I hope I get to see you there =)
Take care everyone, Salaam.
Mid-June Update!
So the AshPad is coming together nicely, it is defiantly “home” now. I still don’t have a couch, but I do have a bed, WiFi, and a wobbly coffee table =). Yesterday was the latest installment, the ashB0x. I brought in my old 160gb HP Desktop, completely formatted it, installed good old XP, updates, my favorite desktop theme & video applications. I even watched some Planet Earth, w00t. It is successfully hooked up to my screen, my only set back is the outlet is not allowing me to add my mini-sound mixer (its what I use to boost the audio from my computer to the TV) that way I don’t have to turn the TV almost 90% up to be able to hear it. Nothing a little trip to a local hardware/electronic store won’t fix, I just need to find the time for it =).
I was hoping to find my old wireless Keyboard & Mouse, but no such luck. I might give it another look once I’m visiting the family again in a couple of weeks, but if not, I might just go ahead and buy the 2-in-1.
Luckily I’m not doing anything until Friday, that’s when all the crazy musical stuff happens, speaking of which, here are some of my current Gigs:
Jun 12 2009 Fells Point, MD @ The Waterfront Hotel (w/ Teporah)
Jun 14 2009 Baltimore, MD @ HonFest 2009 (The Bacardi stage at 12 noon)
Jun 19 2009 Baltimore, MD @ Teavolve (w/ Acacia Sears)
Jun 26 2009 Frederick, MD @ Frederick Cellars
Jul 3 2009 Baltimore, MD @ Joe Squared (w/ Teporah)
I’m still having trouble finding a stage name, and that fact that I’m so freakin musically active isn’t helping the situation. There is already a band called “ASH” which is why I don’t want to use that, and I obviously don’t want to use my real name, I’m in need of an Alter Ego…so far I’ve had a whole bunch of ideas, but non of them fell through…some of the names were: Mosno, Tarvo, Bex, Zed, Aymek, Yazol, Rafwood.
If you have any ideas, suggestions, or comments, please feel free to let me know =)
So there you have it, music is going strong, the Pad is feeling like home, and I’m enjoying life so far Al-Hamdulillah (Thank God).
I hope your week is going well my friends, keep in touch.
Much Luv.
Salaam.
Novelette
I just learned this word a couple of weeks ago, I was having a conversation with Lisa (I miss you already), who has now moved to St. Thomas Island (lucky). She has a job there, and since I know how awesome she is, I’m sure they’ll want to keep her, FOREVER!. She was telling me that her creative juices are flowing right now, and of course the beautiful tropical weather of “paradise” as she calls it, would help that.
I never knew there was such a thing as a “novelette”, I only heard of Novels & short stories. I must say, this new knowledge is very inspiring. I not a “writer”, she’s a English major, and writer, so I’m very interested to read her novelette in the near future. I have always had this “thing” in me, I’ve always wanted to write, just write. I kind of feed that hunger with my personal journal, and even with my blogs, but still its not as satisfying. I always just have random thoughts and ideas that pop into my head, I always find my self writing tutorials, and post any research I do about a specific gadget and what not. I really enjoy all that stuff.
Now that I know about Novelettes (thanks Lisa) I might focus my energy a little when it comes to it. I’ll have to look into the subject a little more. I’m not saying I’ll be the next New York Best Seller, but I’m hoping to do it as an accomplishment for me. Say. I’m sure there is some kind of monthly challenge (like we do for songs at the Java Mammas) that I could try out, or even put together. Hmmm. we shall see.
As I look at my calendar, I’m glad to see that its not a crazy week for me =).
Today my brother graduated High School, tomorrow I will play a 3 man songwriter showcase, Thursday might be having dinner with an old friend, Friday playing at Joe Squared, Saturday going to VA for my brother’s celebration BBQ, & Sunday playing at KarmaFest…ok, I take it back, I guess I do have a full crazy week. damn! =)
Well, I know I’m not doing anything tonight, wohoo! so I get to enjoy my evening at the AshPad. Ooooo yea!
Have a good week peeps.
Salaam.
