ARTISTPRENEUR VIDEO COMING SOON!!!

In my effort to ramp up my media presence, I shot 2 videos this past May. I shot a video for my first single "Artistpreneur" off new project Art & Commerce. I also shot a video for a song that i was featured on with Austin Fuze & Kazanova The Great One. For Artistpreneur I commissioned a local graffiti artist Nathan Sloke Nordstrom to paint a custom burner for the video, I caught some footage of him painting the piece. Check it out and stay tuned for the official Artistpreneur music video coming July 2012 WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/MIRAGE512FILMZ

MIRAGE512 RELEASES 1rst OFFICIAL SINGLE OFF THE ART & COMMERCE PROJECT

ARTISTPRENEUR IS THE FIRST OFFICIAL SINGLE OFF THE ART & COMMERCE PROJECT. ITS THE ANTHEM FOR THOSE ARTIST THAT ARE ALSO IN BUSINESS FOR THEMSELVES, FOR THOSE THAT KNOW THERE'S WAY MORE TO THIS THAN JUST PICKING UP A MICRAPHONE AND SPITTING SOME HOT MUSIC.

THE ART & COMMERCE PROJECT WILL BE RELEASED ONE SONG AT A TIME, ROUGHLY A SINGLE EVERY OTHER MONTH FOR THE NEXT YEAR AND A HALF. IVE BEEN DOING SOME RESEARCH AND I HAVE FOUND THAT MAJOR CD SALES ARE A THING OF THE PAST, THUS WHAT IVE DECIDED TO DO IS LET YOU ALL MAKE YOUR OWN ALBUM FROM THE SINGLES THAT I WILL BE POSTING EVERY OTHER MONTH AS THE ART & COMMERCE PROJECT. THERE WILL BE VIDEOS MADE FOR THIS PROJECT AS WELL SO SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/MIRAGE512FILMZ. STAY TUNNED FOR THE NEXT SINGLE COMING JUNE 2012!!!

MIRAGE REFLECTS ON SXSW 2012

SXSW? in the words of Kanye & Jay is just "KRAY". Its 10 days of music, film and technology overload. As a native Austinite its almost unfathomable to see how much this thing has grown. I remember being in high school back in 1991 and going to the one day of shows that they had and if you narrow it down to hip hop shows it was about 1 maybe 2 hours of music. But now its a full week of just hip hop music along with every other genre of music you can possibly think of. Its very corporate now (and i don't say that in a negative way)again as a native Austinite I remember when it was no big corporations involved. Its great in the sense that EVERYBODY........ I mean EVERYBODY in the music industry was here in my town that gets some of the people that are outside of the industry the regular citizens involved in sxsw. On the flip-side I hope that the original intent of the festival will not be lost in all the hype. SXSW is meant to be a festival of up and coming artist that are on the verge of "stardom" or at least wide spread exposure and I always got a kick out of meeting cats at sxsw and showing them a great time in my city, then seeing them blow up and come back like "oh shit what up man thanks for helping me out last year"

I didn't do much performing this year for sxsw, I only did 2 shows which is a very slow sxsw for me.Ive done 9 SXSW and some years Ive done up to 8 shows in a 4 day period during a sxsw fest but I never got any solid networking or busines done. This year I really wanted to make sure that I did the things necessary to grow my business. I know there is a increased importance on media push, really there always has been but now it seems to move really fast with the internet and mobile devices, so i wanted to make sure that i connected with people i knew had media platforms and i think i did that. I met so many great people this year for sxsw and I started some new relationships that will hopefully prove to be valuable in the very near future.

I also hosted a few interviews for a new website that a comrade of mine started called WWW.YOURONESPOT.COM which I hope will become a great media outlet for up and coming artist in the future.

CHECK OUT MY PERFORMANCE AND SOME OF THE PHOTOS I TOOK AT THIS YEARS SXSW


MIRAGE512 & JEAN GRAE
PAPA CHUK, OG FATAL, MIRAGE512
THE MADGODS POPUP STORE @ THE ART DEPARTMENT
MIRAGE & SCOOTER @ THE MADGODS POPUP STORE @ THE ART DEPARTMENT
JASIRI X AND PARADISE THE ARCHITECT (FORMERLY OF X-CLAN_
PRODIGY OF MOBB DEEP
PHAROAHE MONCH, MIRAGE512, ARSON OPTICS
CHRIS FROM MADGODS
MIRAGE512 & YOUNG NICK
STATUS!!!!!!!
ATX SKYLINE
DORITOS ANYONE?
MIRAGE512 & MITCHY SLICK
DJ BABY CHINO (9yrs OLD)
HEATH MUHAMMAD OF WWW.YOURONESPOT.COM
PARADOX ATX
BIG K.R.I.T LIVE @ FADER FORT
THE CHEF
THE ROOTS LIVE FROM THE MOHAWK (THANKS JEIGH/SUBZERO)
WE HAD CAKE TOO
MY MAN LANDO REPPING THE GROOVEMENT
MY MAN DJ PONCHO REPPING THE GROOVEMENT
DJ LIL RON IN THE MIX!!!!!!!!
MIRAGE512 AND THA LIL HOMIE ARSON OPTICS
M.C. + AUSTIN FUZE + SPECIAL K + MIRAGE512
KICK BUTT COFFEE: VENUE FOR THE KICK OFF @ KICK BUTT
MIRAGE512 & HEATH MUHAMMAD OF WWW.YOURONESPOT.COM

LONG STORY (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO) BY MIRAGE feat. DAVID SHA

LONG STORY


THE OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO FOR A GROOVY JOINT I BEEN PUSHING FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND FINALLY A VIDEO FOR A SONG THAT SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE GIVEN ME SUCH GOOD FEEDBACK ON. IT FEATURES MY MAN DAVID SHA OUT OF HOUSTON, HE IS A GREAT SINGER AND A NICE RAPPER AS WELL. HIS MOVEMENT IS COMING UP.

BUY THE SAVANT ALBUM @ HTTP://WWW.REVERBNATION.COM/MIRAGE512

FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER@MIRAGE512 AND HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/MIRAGE512

ROCK N ROLL (512 REMIX) BY YOUNG NICK & MIRAGE OF THE GUUD + LONG STORY BY MIRAGE FEATURING DAVID SHA

Rock & Roll 512 Remix By Young Nick And Mirage Of The Guud by mirage512

Long Story Feat David Sha by mirage512

A SHORT CONVERSATION WITH KAZANOVA

I BEEN DOWN WITH MY GUY KAZANOVA FOR THE BETTER PART OF ABOUT 5 YEARS. HAS HIS OWN COMPANY AND HE IS A PART OF THE DIRTY POLITIC FAMILY WHICH IS THE BRAIN CHILD OF MY COMRADE YOUNG NICK. KAZANOVA IS A HUSTLER FIRST THEN A RAPPER, HE IS GONNA GET IT DONE REGARDLESS. SO I SAT DOWN TO TALK WITH HIM ABOUT HIS MOVEMENT AND HOPEFULLY TO SHED SOME LIGHT ON WHAT HE IS DOING

A SHORT CONVERSATION WITH KAIZEN

EPISODE 5 OF THE SHORT COVERSATION SERIES FEATURES MY MAN KAIZEN OF THE WORDPOWER LIFE MOVEMENT. I FIRST MET ZEN WHEN HE GOT HERE IN 2003 AND HELPED HIM GET CONNECTED HERE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN TEXAS AND HE HAS BEEN ON THE GRIND EVER SINCE. HERE HE BREAKS DOWN SOME OF HIS PAST PROJECTS AND SOME OF THE NEW THINGS HE HAS COMING UP IN THE NEAR FUTURE, OBSERVE.

A SHORT CONVERSATION WITH MIRAGE

YOU EVER TALK TO YOURSELF?

FOUNDING FATHER OF HIP HOP: DJ KOOL HERC NEEDS OUR HELP

DJ Kool Herc, the father of Hip-Hop, is in need of surgery and is seeking financial help due to a lack of health insurance. DJ Premier announced Herc’s hospitalization and financial woes on his Live From HeadQcourterz SIRIUS satellite radio show this weekend and the news quickly spread via Twitter, Hip-Hop sites and blogs.

Herc, born Clive Campbell, came to prominence in the late 70’s DJ’ing parties throughout the South Bronx. Herc’s deep crates and eclectic mix of records (Funk, Latin, Jazz, etc.) are credited for sparking what we know as Hip-Hop today. Taking two of the same record, Herc would isolate and extend popular segments of recordings, which became known as “breaks.” A party he threw for his sister Cindy Campbell on August 11, 1973 at 1520 Sedgwick Ave in the Bronx is credited as the day Hip-Hop was born.

Along with Grandmaster Flash and Afrika Bambaataa, the trio is considered the creators of Hip-Hop music and culture. However, unlike his two aforementioned peers, Herc never went on to record music as an artist. In 1977, Herc was stabbed at a party and fell back from the Hip-Hop scene. In ensuing years he also developed a drub habit.

In more recent years, a drug free Herc has rekindled his presence—he’s a fixture at major Hip-Hop shows in NYC—but unfortunately, unlike the millionaires that Hip-Hop has spawned, he never reaped the financial rewards of his creation. Though plenty of artists pay homage to Herc, props don’t pay medical bills.

Although DJ Premier stated that Herc was very sick and is in need of surgery, the exact nature of the Hip-Hop founder’s illness has yet to be revealed. DJ Tony Touch revealed via Twitter that he had spoken to Herc and plans to host a benefit on for him on Tuesday (February 1) at Sutra in New York City.

Donations to Kool Herc can be sent to: Kool Herc Productions PO Box 20472 Huntington Station, NY 11746 or paypal cindycampbell1@aol.com.

Send your well wishes to the godfather of rap here or tweet us at @MTVRapFix.

A SHORT CONVERSATION WITH CLEMITIS OF MSG CREW (EPISODE 1)

THIS IS THE FIRST INSTALLMENT OF "THE SHORT CONVERSATION" SERIES THAT I AM RUNNING ON MY BLOG WWW.SOULOFFERING.BLOGSPOT.COM LOOK FORWARD TO MANY UPDATES COMING SOON