#bryce foster

Ingrid Goes West (2017) dop. Bryce Fortner dir. Matt Spicer

*The following events take place between Friday, June 23rd and Saturday, June 24th.* Friday 12:01am - As Show Day has finally approached, it's time to start logging the events and work my way towards getting in that zone for tonight's show. 12:15am - As I usually do each day around this time, I decide to check my "On This Day" on Facebook. Found a lot of stuff relating to the "Here's The Man" release in 2013, along with a bunch of show stuff from past years. The most interesting part I discovered was that Facebook reminded it that it had been four years since B.Allen and I became Facebook friends. For anyone who knows my history real well, you'd know that obviously I've known B.Allen and Jabri way longer than 4 years. I'm assuming there was a short time period in 2013 (for whatever reason) that B.Allen and I weren't Facebook friends. All of that aside, I'm reminded that as the end of June approaches, it marks the 16 year mark that I've known B.Allen and Jabri. (Short version of the normal version of the story: Met them in late June 2001 at my Grandma's place, their mom married my dad in 2004) I'm reminded that the people you meet in life can be minor or major, depending on how the natural flow of life goes. If you would've told me a year prior in June 2000 that I'd be pursuing music heavily with someone who not only has the same name as me (with a different spelling), but someone that would be a big brother to me - I would've been so confused, to a point where I don't believe it. 12:38am (cont. from 12:15am): Since 2014, I've done full 30-45 minute performances (also known as sets) with B.Allen and prior to that, full performances with variations of the New Life crew, one exception being June 2009 at The Beat Coffeehouse. Tonight's performance marks the first full solo performance of mine since the 2009 one. B.Allen and I had a mutual understanding days ago that he wouldn't be able to perform with me for this show. I'm not taking it as hard as I once would have, it's hard to go from that transition of having someone with you on stage all these years back to solo performances. As they say, though: "The show must go on." 1:05am - Only in my house can I watch my mom watch "Orange Is The New Black" while I watch "The Bernie Mac Show". The way our house is set up, I get the best of both worlds. 3:05am - Night #2 of looking at TV Tropes of various shows. TV Tropes are officially as interesting as samples in music. 4:35am - Still not completely tired yet. Thank goodness for Melatonin and "Hey Arnold!" It'll take its course soon enough... 9:54am - With the help of some foolproof alarms, I managed to wake up when I needed to. With how long today's gonna be, I didn't wanna waste any time. 10:01am - Can't go wrong with The Price Is Right! Now just gotta decide if I'm having breakfast or lunch today. 11:22am - After a fair amount of promoting the show, I've decided on having lunch. Can't let the hustle of promoting delay the day. 12:17pm - Now that lunch is done, it's time to get some practicing in. 12:41pm - I really hate how any form of text communication can be misconstrued. I often can read through it, but sometimes, there are people who just come off so passive aggressive. Put some respeck on your texts to me. 1:24pm - Time to get some practice in! 2:12pm - My solo practice is cut a bit short, as I had to call Tony back (imagine Frank Gallagher, but a bit shorter and slightly more sane) to check in with him and see how he's doing. Convos with him always remind me to never take myself too seriously and to never take any disrespect. 3:02pm - Gotta get ready for the final practice with the Gazda band, prior to the show. Here comes the long part of my day. 3:43pm - Cos lets me know that he'll be here to pick me up shortly. I feel like it took us a long time to not only do music together, but a long time for us to do shows together. It's something we've talked about since we worked together at Walgreens. To put it in perspective, it's about 5-6 years in the making. 3:58pm - We've arrived at Dave's place to get the final show practice in before the show. I also finally get to meet KJ and Blair, two very talented musicians who will be involved with tonight's set. 4:56pm - Practice is sounding awesome with everyone here! Can't wait to see everyone's reactions to the set. 5:43pm - Practice is complete! Time to pack up shop and make the travel to Nomad. Shout-out to Blair for the ride. 5:53pm - Had a chance to listen to my recordings from the practice before we left. It was dope hearing just how well my songs meshed with the Gazda stuff. Shoutout to Dave for hooking that up. 6:07pm - For the first time since November 2015, I have arrived at Nomad! A tad earlier than I expected, but oh well. 6:36pm - A nap might've been a smart idea. I'm tired as a mug. I shouldn't have trusted the alarm tones of "Morning's Here" from Friends, a Jadakiss laugh compilation, a Kanye noises compilation and a compilation of Big Sean saying "Oh god!" It got me up, but I'm not sure if I'm gonna be staying up haha. Godspeed. 6:54pm - Ran into the homie, Kama here at Nomad World Pub. Hopefully gonna link with him on some shows and music. 7:05pm - My all-time favorite James Brown song, "The Payback" is on right now.  I'm containing my hype haha. Mitch (one of Dave's roommates) is spinning the classics right now! 7:09pm - The OG is turnt about "The Payback" right now. 7:43pm - Only in my lifetime can I just witnessed a "Happy Vagina" be drawn. Somewhat doubles as an happy avocado haha. KJ's artistry at work! All for the love of Planned Parenthood, y'all. 7:48pm - Just found out about 7 minutes ago about all the set times. I go on with Gazda at 10:45. 7:59pm - Aw, shit! "Flashlight" is playing!! For those who don't know, that is my favorite song of all time. 8:23pm - These fries are tasty as hell, though!! Shouts out to Sarah for sharing her fries. Chronicles of a Broke Rapper. 8:33pm - First time in the Green Room since the first Culchr Showcase from November 2015. So many memories plus thoughts racing through my mind. 8:47pm - Before I left the Green Room, I saw an old Culchr sticker we put down there. It felt so symbolic to see that, despite not quite feeling the Culchr surroundings love today. No Alex or B.Allen with me for this one. However, I hear "Juicy Fruit" by Mtume and it makes me feel better. Most specifically, the sampled vocals that Biggie interpolated for "Juicy". 8:59pm - Just heard the sample for "Looking At The Front Door" by Main Source. I believe Cos is DJing at the moment, not sure. On another note, it's dope that it's still pure daylight at 9pm. 9:16pm - Had to grab the portable charger quick. As I came back up and outside, I ran into the big homie, Carnage. Last time I saw him was at our Club Underground performance in November 2015. It's gonna be interesting taking the stage after his band performs. That's a mighty name to follow when it comes to the lyrics. 9:28pm - Cricket and Bernard are the emcees of the night. They seem like naturals at it. This is gonna be an interesting ass night. 9:31pm - Wild Age is up. This is the band that Blair is also in. They have a good 90s type rock sound. 9:51pm - Well then...looks like we're after Wild Age. Time to speed up the flip of the switch! 10:03pm - Apparently, we aren't next lol. Cos told me that Everything's Been Taken wanted to trade, but then retracted said trade after realizing they were already in the spot they needed to be in, set wise. Total tactical error. On a side, "We're on the move...nothing can stop us now! FEET DON'T FAIL ME NOW!" 10:31pm - Everything's Been Taken (Carnage, Laura Lou and Soul Beautiful) are up. I expect nothing less than dopeness here. They don't call Carnage the "Show Stealer" for nothing! If you add Carnage to an eclectic of musicians, there's minimal room for error. I'd like to also add that on the local scene, Carnage has been a driving force of inspiration for how my style has morphed. Ever since him and Desdamona came to my Poetry class in Senior year, I've been finding ways to carry that growl in my vocals while having some fun with it. That's about 7 years of me taking notes, sure ain't stopping now. 11pm - Got my drink tickets from Cos finally. Time to drink this Surly Hell. Still blown away by Carnage's performance of "MN Mean". Goddamn!! 11:15pm - Everything's Been Taken is on their final song, meaning that Gazda and myself are next! Now, it's time to flip that switch very soon. 11:21pm - Had to give Carnage props on the dope set. Told him how he's been an inspiration since 2010 and he told me how I was doing good to represent for the big men by having energy on stage. Man...my jitters are kicking in fast! 11:50pm - In the words of Sting, "It's SHOWTIME!" Saturday 12:21am - Wow! That turned out doper than I ever imagined!! Got some good props from a good chunk of people, especially Carnage himself. Even the OG from Louisiana gave me props. He was shocked as hell that I went the whole time prior to the show without saying anything about performing tonight. I still gotta work on the whole not losing the voice thing, but I pulled it off decently enough with some "change in mid-stream" mannerisms. 12:35pm - Shoutout to Sarah and Shane for letting me get a slice of their pizza. Hedgies Pizza, that's a major key! Shout-out to KJ as well for her very, very talented vocals. Shout-out to Dave for doing his thing on the bongos, as well as Blair for the keyboard and guitar - so dope! And of course, shout-out to Cos for getting it all together and having me involved. I have a feeling this is the start of a great musical relationship. 12:53am - Big shout-out to Blair for the ride home. Saved a young brotha some time. Wish I could've stayed to see Ayvah, but my body was telling me to get home for sleep. 1:10am - "Back to my palace, cause I suffer Morning Madness!" 1:45am - I'm about to slay these hot dogs and get ready for the decompress portion of the night. 2:52am - Catching up on Beat Shazam with my mom. At least this keeps me hype about music. 4:20am - As I watch "Malcolm & Eddie", I reflect on the day as a whole. Very, very few negative moments and a whole lot of positive moments (even some unexpected positive moments). A truly glorious day. I never understand how I manage to have so much energy after this much time has passed. One of many of my life's mysteries. Until the next show log, this is BDaMan - closing it out!

*The following events take place between February 26th, 2017 and February 28th, 2017.* Sunday 9:13PM - After some solid rehearsals with B.Allen and MonoPoleJoe, it's time to head home and keep the music momentum going. 11pm - Got some food in my system, now it's time to coast on the rest of the night. Monday 12:15am - Switching over to the producer realm a bit, I decide to switch to Madban mode and study up on hi-hats to add to a collaborative instrumental. (Remember these words: The Chicken) 4:38am - Just finished adding my portions to a collaborative instrumental. Now, it's time for tea, a little bit of a 90s classic TV show ("Malcolm and Eddie") and sleep. I'm predicting a busy, but effective day. 10:22am - My first alarm goes off, so I decide to try a strategy that's worked for me before. I take about 20 minutes to do some breathing and stretching, while making sure to avoid my phone. It's supposed to help start your day off a bit clearer. 12:04pm - Following my always-interesting phone conversations with Tony, I restart my practice session for tonight's show. 1:00pm - While it's still early, I might as well go get lunch. 1:46pm - Lunch + "Malcolm & Eddie" - a major key. 3:55pm - I suppose it's time to slowly get ready. Time to fight the sleepiness and get in that zone. 4:23pm - B.Allen hits me up and lets me know to be at his place by 7. Gives me a bit of extra time! 6:21pm - Corey fills me in via text on the first day in Florida, as he's down there with his parents. He wished me luck on the show and reminded me to "say it with ya chest!" (Remember this portion, it's relevant later this year.) Shoutout to that man for getting his own pad with Ally. He's made a lot of huge steps in the past 3 years. Glad to have the guy as a best friend. 6:58pm - Despite a few time bumps, I'm finally on my way to B Dot's. There's always that one stressful moment during show days. Never fails haha. 7:45pm - I've arrived to B Dot's with just enough time to practice before we leave for Honey. 8:38pm - After a dry run of the set for the show, B.Allen and I decide to take a Lyft to the show, roll in style! 8:55pm - During our Lyft ride, B Dot and I briefly talk about life and how far we've come with music. We also point out that it's the first time in awhile that we've rolled solo (just us) to a show. Interesting statistic. It dawned on me that this show is another step forward to getting that fuel back on all cylinders of life. 9:26pm - People are slowly trickling in. Chatting it up with Brandon Pulphus, Mono, Markel and B Dot. We're all excited to see what everyone's got in store tonight. 9:58pm - Maurice is up now. I'm digging the sound he brings with his music. 10:16pm - It's almost that time...I'm a lot more nervous than usual. 10:40pm - Another performance in the books! In the words of my Arsenio Hall verse, "Never made the cut, but so what - but props all around!" We got well deserved props from the crowd with a dope performance. Went on the fly with a few things, but still came out shining. On a side note, I almost busted my ass on that stage. I bounced back smoothly from that. 10:45pm - Brandon is up now. Bringing the hype vibes as usual. It meant a lot that he gave us props after our set. 11:06pm - In typical S.O.S. fashion, we're networking with some people outside Honey. The key word from that is: Wednesday. 11:10pm - The Higher Class is up now. I like the chill vibe they got going. 11:23pm - It's been a dope night so far. B Dot, Mono, Markel, MICdos and Maurice all left, so I'm here a little while longer before the bus comes. As I figured, the higher register of my voice is gone haha. The crazy thing is that by the end of tomorrow (SmackDown Live at Xcel with Phil/TIMELESS), my voice is gonna be so far gone. I might go to work on Wednesday sounding like Barry White at this point. 11:27pm - Been Reza is up now. His production style is very smooth. Perfect balance of a modern style and a slight boom bap feel. 11:41pm - They really busted out some Keith Sweat! Haha. Up now: Awesome_Anonymous. This guy has an interesting sound to him. If I didn't have to get to this bus, I'd stick around for the rest of the show. 11:50pm - After chatting with THC's Puma, I see B Dot and Markel waiting for the bus still. Apparently, the bus came right as they turned the corner. Something straight out of an episode of Spongebob! Haha. 11:56pm - My bus has arrived, meaning - it's time to make the long travel home. Tuesday 12:07am - Sent my aunt a funny Happy Birthday meme. I know she hates the corny shit lol. Time to zone out a bit to this bus ride. 12:45am - Back to the humble abode. Today didn't completely feel like a show day, but I've grown to realize that the days I perform are truly a blessing. Those feelings can never be duplicated.

"Ain't No Big Thing" (Prod. by P.SOUL) is now available for streaming at the following platforms: Bandcamp (Available for Free Download): https://bdaman.bandcamp.com/track/aint-no-big-thing-prod-by-p-soul SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/bdaman612/aint-no-big-thing-prod-by-psoul ReverbNation: https://www.reverbnation.com/bdamantherapper/song/27832707-aint-no-big-thing-prod-by-psoul SoundClick: http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=13559674 Myspace: https://myspace.com/bdamantherapper/music/song/aint-no-big-thing-produced-by-p.soul-115017840-130780351

All of my music will now be posted exclusively on my Bandcamp. I will keep my Soundcloud (along with the Madban Soundcloud, S.O.S. Soundcloud & Culchr ENT. Soundcloud) open until December 31st of this year.

Follow me on Snapchat @ BDaMan612 for even more life happenings! This is just a glimpse of what myself and the music homies have been releasing since January 1st.

Yours truly, BDaMan on MonoPoleJoe’s “The Chair” from “What's The BPM Vol​.​1: Prefrontal Cortex Quest”

Shoutout to MNTality for originally posting this on Facebook. List 10 Albums that made a lasting impression on you as a TEENAGER, but only one per band/artist. Don’t take too long and don’t think too long. 1. Jay-Z - The Black Album 2. Gorillaz - Gorillaz 3. Limp Bizkit - Chocolate Starfish and The Hot Dog Flavored Water 4. Kanye West - Late Registration 5. G-Unit - Beg For Mercy 6. T.I. - Urban Legend 7. Outkast - Speakerboxxx / The Love Below 8. Snoop Dogg - R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece 9. R.E.M - Automatic For The People 10. Ludacris - Red Light District