Day 38 on The road to #TheResumeEP by @WhoIsOSmith

38 days in and, you guessed it, we rollin, rollin, rollin! Merry Christmas everyone! I know I had a long, long spillage of information yesterday and due to it being Christmas Eve not much has changed since. It has been a pretty good day at work. Not as slow as I expected but not that bad. I didnt play +Destiny the Game last night. Watched a few episodes of +The Walking Dead and had a few drinks. I ended up going to sleep earlier than usual and waking up on the same tone.

I used the time this morning to update my +SoundCloud account and I added #Awesome #CleanUpMan & #CreatedAMonster for a project that will embed my player on their site. Oh man! I had a back and fourth with a person getting ready to review the EP and his words about my work ethic even before he heard the project had me feeling wonderful. It felt great to be recognized for the work that I put in. Even better by someone who never met me before!

I have been trying to put some work into this book of mine but man its hard! I hate typing because my mind goes faster than I can type, especially when recalling some of the information. I can type new and random things without much stress. When I pull from what I know its harder due to my thought speed. I have started looking for assistance. Checking rates from Craigslist and other sources. I think I will try my social media for some assistance for the low though because the rates I have gotten so far are higher than expected.

I got the #CleanUpMan video and it needs a tweak or two and it will be ready for release. I may drop it early into the new year right before #TheResumeEP is released. On that note, I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and goodnight!

As always, thanks for reading and riding! All support is greatly appreciated and thanks in advance!

#SlugfestENT #GetRight #WhoIsOSmith
O. Smith

Day 37 on The road to #TheResumeEP by @WhoIsOSmith

Oh yeah! 37 days in and we rollin, rollin, rollin! The last update was right before my usual 3.5 day hiatus, and yes, I spent most of that time playing video games! Got a lot of +Destiny the Game in and even got back into some +Grand Theft Auto V during that time. I did get some things done on the journey though. I had a few setbacks as well.

We will start with the bad stuff. I hired someone to write up a press release for the EP. They cancelled due to whatever the case was. This has been the second person to do so. Only one shirt was sold during the campaign which made the campaign dead. Thats about all the bad that I can think of at the moment. On to the good!

Lets first counter the bad! I got someone else on the job for the press release & got faith they will deliver! I am going to run another Shirt campaign starting right after Christmas. I will only run it for about 2 weeks to see how it runs. I have gotten back in touch with +Misty Malec aka Tampa Mystic to get my music out through her channels! She is a great plug in the industry and a great person overall!

I added some spins to my +Radio Airplay Italia account. Got 2 followers today alone. I need to get on there and change the artist stations my tracks run on. I got submissions sent to about 200 UK local FM and College Radio Stations. I'm looking at getting some contacts in the UK to get more content and exposure in The UK. I also submitted the EP for review on +ReverbNation through the Crowd Review program.

The video for "Clean Up Man" is complete and running a few teasers here and there. I will most likely save it for right before the EP release date or sometime shortly there after! It will also be available on VEVO upon release. The +Vevo channel is already setup and awaiting the video. On that tone, "Awesome" is being altered to fit the VEVO criteria so I can add it on there as well!

I signed up for ReverbNation Pro today. I submitted a ton of things from the opportunities page! I misspelled a word a second ago and it made me remember that I have started back on my book. There is a few post on my +Tumblr page in my archives. It's called "Adventures Of A Slay Guru". I am also looking into starting my own publishing company, but thats another conversation.

That was a lot! As usual, thanks for reading and riding! All support is greatly appreciated and thanks in advance.

#GetRight #Awesome #WhoIsOSmith
O. Smith

Day 33 on The road to #TheResumeEP by @WhoIsOSmith

33 days in and we rollin, rollin, rollin! Man, between this one and the last one aint much change.Today has been a pretty slow day. No worthy emails, nobody tweeting me, nothing on the business line, and even a slow day at work! Like literally today crawled and is still crawling. Got a little over an hour left at work then homeward bound.

Due to no major changes, I guess I can talk to yall about whats going on with my life personally. Can I do that? Is that okay with yall? Excellent! Dont judge me, I know I aint got em all. Anyway there isnt much going on in my personal life that I care to discuss yet because I am more of a private person when it comes to information. The thought of telling some things just brought ideas of something to talk about though.

I have been half ass working on this book. Its turning out to be an erotica based loosely on my life and times. I'm still looking for the background and direction of the endgame. I have the good stuff down without a problem and have written about 12 short stories but my problem is all the book details people seek or that is the norm in the book world. Stuff like expressing generic emotions and pointing out the color of a table or walls in the room.

I have been looking for a stenographer or someone to type my words out because I be too lazy to write them but I could tell stories for days! I even offered some of the people I work with like $7 an hour for their services! LMAO I mean its tax free money, no solid hours, and no stupid job rules. Sound like a nice lil side job!

In any event, #TheResumeEP will be available 1-6-15! The single "Awesome" is available now on +ReverbNation You can also pre-order the EP on iTunes & Amazon! Tomorrow is the last day for shirts but the campaign will be back as soon as I get some new designs started. Dont forget to check out the review by +Rick Jamm on JamSphere Magazine.

As always, thanks for reading and riding! All support is greatly appreciated and thanks in advance!

#GetRight #WhoIsOSmith #SlugfestENT
O. Smith

Day 32 on The road to #TheResumeEP by @WhoIsOSmith

Yeah!!!!!! 32 days in and we rollin, rollin, rollin! Man in my head when I type that I be crunk! Sometimes I start bouncing for real! I almost fell back into my feelings the other day lol. I climbed up out of them though. I was a little disappointed about the shirt sales, I mean I still am but I almost allowed it to make me stop pushing it! On top of that I got an email this morning and it excited me because it was positive from the subject. When I got to work I read the email and was more excited. I hit the link and was was like WTF.

The email was for a review of #TheResumeEP from +Rick Jamm of JamSphere Magazine and the first have of the interview was most of the bio I wrote for myself. I kinda blanked out for a second and replied to asked what happened to the review. He asked me to read the entire review. I went back and read the entire article....I offered an apology for jumping the gun lol. The review was great and if you are reading this I recommend you check it out. The Resume EP Review

Then, I found a better proxy so I was able to get my +ReverbNation phone app up and running for Andriod phones. I am posting the shirts and video every hour, with the video at the top of the hour and shirts at the half hour mark! Every now and then I drop the link to the audio tracks and review.

On the final stretch I will be pushing heavy in the UK and the local area surrounding me. I need to make some more UK contacts because its so hard. Gotta get a hold of my carrier and see what international long distance options I have. I have already found someone to submit the songs to radio stations and local press. I just need to see if I can get someone on the ground for physical distribution.

All in all, from yesterday to today, I am feeling "Awesome" pun intended!

As always, thanks for reading and riding! All support is greatly appreciated and thanks in advance for said support!

#GetRight #WhoIsOSmith #SlugfestENT
O. Smith

Day 31 on The road to #TheResumeEP by @WhoIsOSmith

31 days in and we rollin, rollin, rollin! At whole, whole month! So my tee shirt campaign was a bust or is rather because its still a few days left but only sold one. All is well though, I will bring back the designs for the next single as well as new shirts for that song as well! Initially I was disappointed then I realized I have been at this stage before and it was almost inevitable for a different outcome. It did get me to change my focus and adjust accordingly.

I got confirmation of more submissions to colleges and FM radio stations throughout the US. I will be submitting to the UK area early next week and hope to be in rotation by the beginning of the year. I also need to see if i can find a team out there to promote the SMS code to get the song directly on the phones of UK fans.

Going +ReverbNation Pro on Monday to take advantage of some of the thing they have. Going to do the trial and see what numbers come from that. I got back on +Radio Airplay Italia and will start in rotation on Monday there as well. I have not heard back from Pandora yet. The order for the cd inserts should be here by Wednesday or Thursday.

Now I need to focus on my ground game. Gotta put +Destiny the Game down on my days off and hit the local places that have music and DJ's and get the music in their hands. I also have to see if I can get others on board in areas out of town to do the same. Got a fresh flash drive for the all digital DJ's with all the music on there and getting the track dropped in a DJ pool next week as well.

31 days in and its been crazy already and this isnt even me going full time grind! I will definitely step on the gas now. I have one more out of town, personal trip and next year if it aint work, its music! With a little bit of games in there.......Dont judge me, I'm addicted lol!

As always, thanks for reading and riding! Any support is greatly appreciated and thanks in advance for said support!

#GetRight #WhoIsOSmith
O. Smith

Day 30 on The road to #TheResumeEP by @WhoIsOSmith

Wow a whole month in! We rollin, rollin, rollin! I know I have been M.I.A. for the last few days. I took a lil time to game binge & relax. In that downtime I did almost nothing social media wise or promo wise. I kinda locked myself in my room, played the game, ate, and slept. I do a lot of my blogging and promo from work and I need to find a way to bring it home. Once I walk in the doors of my abode I am off the clock from everything! Working on changing that though.

My press release was cancelled so I had to hire another person to do it. Hopefully it can be out by the end of the week, My submissions to the UK radio stations have been pushed back to Monday and I may set the Clean Up Man video back as well. The EP is still on track as far as release date and if I havent said already the SMS for "Awesome" in the UK is live. By texting "Awesome" to 85888. You will then be directed to a webpage where you can download the track straight away. If you are using a Windows phone or an iPhone, you will be directed to the same page, but will need to enter an email address for the track to be sent to.

I have been featured on a few blogs during the downtime and will have links posted across all my social media sites within the next few hours. The song is in current rotation on a few internet radio sites and awaiting the approval from +Pandora I have the physical copies of the product pressed up and waiting on the artwork inserts. They should be here sometime next week.

I just had a flashback to my early days of grinding on this music tip. I remember I had a room with 3 desktop comps that I rebuilt system wise and bought cd burners for. I would sit in my room and burn copy after copy of my content, one at at time. It was tough but at the time necessary. I need to find that fire back! Even a portion of that flame will be more than enough.

As usual, thanks for reading and riding! All support is greatly appreciated and thanks in advance!

#GetRight #WhoIsOSmith
O. Smith

Day 25 on The road to #TheResumeEP by @WhoIsOSmith

25 days in and we rollin, rollin, rollin! Its been a long but productive day! Long because I got little to no sleep playing +Destiny the Game til 5-6am this morning but productive because I was able to get the ball rolling on a few things, all to be discussed shortly! Sorry for the late post but I wanted to get as much done as possible before updating the journey.

First we start off on the bad side of things, my interview with Misty on DaGr8FM was cancelled due to someone behind the scenes requesting monies. Its not that I could not pay or wasnt willing to pay, its the fact that whoever said I had to pay, said so because I was invited on the show previously. I fuxz with Misty though and will support her segment but I can not accept that.

Now that thats out of the way, today I got someone in the process of writing up my Press Release for #TheResumeEP, I submitted the entire project for review by a internet/physical magazine +Rick Jamm call JamSphere, I got the single "Awesome" and a surprise track in rotation on ToneFlame, as well as the video placed on their website, I also got the single sent out to 500 College Radio Stations, and 1000 Blogs, DJ's, & Booking Agents!

Tonight I will submit all possible submissions for +ReverbNation as I will cancel the press kit service tomorrow. I may bring it back but right now nothing is biting. Time to change the bait! I need to get some tracks on my sound cloud because it is super empty. I am still pushing the tee shirt campaign and its funny that I sold the first one the other night. Its even more funny because the person who bought it has only know and been around me for less than 6 months! They riding though and I am beyond grateful!

I got a lot to do when I get home as well as get my daily Destiny in! I wont stay up too late tonight though because I got one more 12 hour shift then its 3 days off to play games and ease on down the road to #TheResumeEP

On another note I got the +BlogTalkRadio show tonight with +Arrion Moses +terk linkx & the rest of the crew on Hip Hop at the Round Table. First half of the show for me will be done in the car because it starts when I get off work! Oh well I enjoy being a busy body again!

As always, thanks for reading and riding! All support is greatly appreciated and thanks in advance.

#GetRight #WhoIsOSmith

O. Smith