I’m in a sleep deprived but amazing mood.
Yesterday I spent a bit of time witnessing DJ Horg’s celebration for 30 years of DJ Horg. He threw a whole event, with a visually nice setup, that showcased his adventures through music. There were collaborators from all eras of his career mixing between concert performances, videos and live interviews.
The entire thing was very French but as the songs played out and the jovial camaraderie was on display, you were left impressed. There were a lot of people in the room and everyone was there because in some way DJ Horg had blessed their life. He even blessed mine.
I met DJ Horg at an event where I opened for Lionel Groove and did this writeup. We had a strange pickle connection and high key they loved my article. Then the Horgster invited me onto a song with Shem G. and Paul Cargnello. That project got media coverage and everything and is by far the highest profile thing I’m on. So like many, I felt I had to pull up for DJ Horg.
He’s really about the community like that.
But also there’s just wild blessings out there.
People respond well to effort that is displayed over time
DJ Horg filled that room because he has 30 years of putting out energy into the world.
Today I was asked to go on Max Mupesse’s show, Elevate the Mic, and speak on stuff. Stuff is the appropriate term because I get ranty and it goes in tangential directions. I can fill an hour on your talkshow alone and make it riveting.
That being said when I walked into the spot, it was full of some real deal video production. At a scale I’ve not encountered much in my real life. There were 3 professional ass looking TV cameras, each with a real time operator, filming us. There was another team on the TVs watching all the feeds at once making sure the quality stayed littyyy. It was a real production.
Salesperson that I am, I saw a chance to bring back Bridge the Gap with this team. They know what they are doing on the production side. I know what I’m doing on the content side.
After the successful chat with Max, I spoke to the main dude of the team and gave him a top level vision.
Dude is down to build and that is a big blessing.
After a long while your hustle will give you the experience you need
The problem with most of our artistic journeys is we cannot predict the pivots and obstacles that will happen along the way.
Max asked me about how I see my future going in 5 years. I answered something like, “I want to be getting paid to do festivals, and to travel, etc.” I know I want to perform music at festivals and the rest of it is a little more loosey goosey.
5 years ago I never considered I’d be a food filmographer that writes for a substack and is considered a thought leader on marketing and branding issues in the local community. That’s a lie, I was trying to be a thought leader the whole time. The rest of it unfolded so unpredictably that I’m willing to let the universe take me on a ride.
As we go along our journey we clock experience. I’ve managed to get 10000 hours locked down in a few domains and they interlock into something that lets me pave this lane. It took me well over a decade to start to really wrap my head around it all.
Because of all this history, I’m able to whip out tactics on the fly to position myself as interesting and valuable to the sugar daddy types that hold the keys to my future.
The thing is you need to open your mind to these blessings and fight your inner hater.
The world is full of opportunity as long as you know how to see it
DJ Horg was able to position himself as a cornerstone of culture for a lot of people.
He has a studio. He makes beats. He can mix down the work. On his own DJ Horg is able to help people elevate their lives based on the decades of experience he has mustered.
You need to figure out how to take your creative passions and turn them into skills people can use. While DJ Horg can use these skills for Hip Hop, he can also use these skills for corporations or anyone with a bag. Along the way he built relationships that opened up even more resources and opportunities for him to thrive and conquer.
I can tell you one thing, if you pulled up and said you did cover rap songs that were family friendly versions with a singalong element, you could work 7 days a week in Montreal. Like the rest of you, I cringe at the idea but in truth if we got over our egos and made a cover rap group, there’s real money there. Some of these corporate gigs pull 5000$ and put you in front of an insane number of people.
I spend way too much of my life lost in what’s wrong with things and I just feel the need to keep writing this kind of stuff so I can remember there are blessings everywhere.
We can all get them.
Live Long and Prosper Everyone
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