So much to do, so little time….

What’s up good people! It’s your man D Natural back with updates on this rollercoaster I’m on called life.




As you already know, your man is still grinding, getting it in, and chasing the dream!! I can say that more doors are opening for me and business is steadily coming in. However while all this is good, it can be a bit frustrating when you can’t devote as much of your time as you would like to getting business handled. It’s seems as though I want to constantly kick myself sometimes because even though I know it’s necessary to work my 9 to 5 day job to keep the bills paid, when you see even greater potential from your doing what you love, it makes you want to scream!!! What’s even crazier is when you realize the success that your business ventures can bring you has the potential of yielding more profits than you would ever receive on that 9 to 5 job. So I’m like damn I wish I can just leave this day job behind and do my music full time. The goal is to do exactly this sooner or later, but I can’t now. When you get home, open the mail, and see all these bills and debts you need to pay staring you in the face, you know you have to keep those other sources of income open just a wee bit longer. You have some businessman out there that would tell you to take the risk or “burn the ship” as my friend would say. Some would tell you to take the risk, concentrate and devote time to making your passion your profit. They would say have no fear, don’t worry about when the money is going to come in or whatever bad may happen and to just have faith. Now while I agree with this, I also agree that bills have to be paid. You can’t ignore the bills because what you owe will just get worse and put you more behind which will affect how you are doing you business in the future. These types of things put me in the bitter mood I am in right now as I type this. I’m sitting here at work, at my desk, around people that can get on my nerves, that are annoying, but I do what I have to do and I really don’t let them affect me. What does get me is when I see reactions from people to my music, my poetry, my songs, getting over 4500 plays of my current single “Get Down” in only 2 and a half months and I want to keep delivering these things but I am restricted as to when I can. When I look back over the last couple of months and see my progress as a musician, producer, businessman, I’m impressed with myself but at the same time I’m mad because I know I could have done even more to get even greater results. Believe me if I had some decent amount of loot saved up, I would just quit this day job because I’m confident enough I can make it into the industry in a certain amount of time. My current situation however, is not going to allow this. So how do I manage to get these kinds of results? I would say good time management, being able to do ALL you can when you can do it and just hustling like an immigrant. When I get little breaks at work, I’m on my BlackBerry networking, making moves, and so forth, and making calls. Even though I know they are watching our computer activity at work, I still take the risk and get my business handled online. I know its wrong and that I can get in trouble but I really haven’t yet. Plus I’m a valued employee where I am now as evident of a recent raise I got with a letter from the CEO saying that he is wholeheartedly satisfied with my work. While all this is great, and I’m happy with the progress I am making on the job, still burning in the back of my skull everyday is “ Dan, you are too talented, you are too gifted, you are too intelligent, you are too tough and humble not be more successful than you are…” I know you have to be patient and do what you have to do to maintain but it’s still very very frustrating. It’s like having all the ingredients to make a fantastic meal but no kitchen to prepare it in or no time to even cook the meal if you had the kitchen. However, you know that if people ate what you cooked and loved it, at the end of the day you will feel far more satisfied. Then you would be trying to feed the world. Well I’m trying to feed the world but then again I have to keep myself fed as well… It is what is it is.



$tay tuned more new music being release over the next few days. I also will be collaborating with my friend/producer Skyboy to work on a remix and some other material today and tomorrow. Then I have to work to continue to create some more material and to select the tracks that I am going to use for this upcoming beat battle for Beats4Cancer.com Also I am getting some stuff together for an artist and record label out of Baltimore. I’m debating whether or not to purchase this equipment to upgrade my home studio just a little bit, but what the hell you got to invest for success so I think I might go head and do it! What else…Be on the lookout for my second single “Guestlist”!! It’s long overdue I know, but it will be worth the wait, trust me!! I’m also going to try to get a music video done for that as well. As always I’ll keep ya posted. Shoutout to everyone that has been checking my blog out. I know there have been people viewing because the number plays for my music widget on here have been steadily rising!! Please comment on anything and everything!! Ask me anything!!



Until the next time, keep the faith, live your life to the fullest and don’t sweat the small stuff! One Love.



D Natural

What's good y'all! Just a quick post on some things I would like to share...

Check out my new TwitVid

Here some pics from my studio session last saturday with Norman Weeks! Google, Youtube, Facebook this guy immediately for some good music! Also I will keep updated on his album when it drops that I'm featured on! Stay tuned for some other goodies real soon! Peace..

Of course, I'm still on my grind to $hine!!!!!!

What's up world!!!! It's yours truly, D Natural, back with more words and sounds!

I hope everyone reading this is blessed and happy, first of all! I'm blessed and happy myself, just taking things one day at a time!! My grind has not slowed down one bit, and more opportunities are coming to me all the time. Just like I've always done since I've started this blog, you know your man is gonna give yall the low down on his grind. Peep this....

I remember when I purchased my 1st Blackberry back in March of this year. The purpose for me doing this, was to have a phone that was gonna help me with my business. When you start out on your grind, no one knows your name, what youre about, what you do, etc. You are just a nobody, and the world doesn't know you exist. Then when you make a mission statement to yourself like I did and say, everyone will know my name, respect my God given talents, my grind, my business and work toward that, it's cool to see how many people began to look for you, keep up with you, and that love listening to what you do. My Blackberry went from not ringing or alerting me much about incoming messages in March to blowing up all the time and days. Now I'm always either getting an alert from Twitter, Facebook, phoneline, Google, ReverbNation, Soundcloud etc., from many different people!! I must say I am liking the respect and attention I've been getting! It let's me know that people are starting to tune into the music and words of D Natural of Artistic Visionz Productions. Everyday is forward progress and for some reason if not moving forward in any direction, by the end of the day I make it small goal to do or initiate something that will keep me moving forward. Every like action produces like results!

Since I've last blogged, I've completed all my past missions and now have a new set of projects I'm working: I received a request to do my very first remix of a song for a company on Twitter. I've decided to try to partner up with another producer, my friend and business associate, Skyboy of Blue Funk Entertainment, for this one. I hope we can work and get this completed. I've also recieved a request to do a drop for a radio station! For those that don't know, a drop is basically saying a few words endorsing the radio station and telling the listeners to stay tuned! I've also just recorded a small promotional video for Beats4Cancer.com!! They are an organization with a mission to raise awareness for a healthier life using music/beats!!! I'm all about giving and helping charities so this was a no brainer to partner with them. They are going to be have their first beat battle on August 14, 2010 and I plan to be there competing along other producers. I'm going to try my very best to get video footage while I'm there and share that with you here!! For now, please check the website: Beats4Cancer.com and see what they are about. Also here is the link for the promotional video I did for them - - >

BEATS4CANCER.COM PROMO VIDEO

As you can see below this blog post I have placed 3 brand new beats to share with you all courtesty of SoundCloud.com! I hope you enjoy them!! Comment and give your opinions on everything!! I want to be the people's producer so I need to hear what you guys want to hear from me and I'm gonna delivered the best art possible!

On another note, as for my day jpb, your man as of yesterday got a little raised!! It aint much but every little bit helps and really I'm just glad I made through my first year there and that its a sign they wanna keep me around, because they have been letting people go!! LOL

I'm proud of myself for being able to run my music business as well as hold down the 9 - 5 to keep my bills paid and this new roof over my head. It's been a battle and a grind but I'm hanging in there and getting stuff DONE!!!!

Until the next time, as always, keep the faith, keep chasing your dreams and I'll see you at the top!! Let's all $hine!!!! Peace

D Natural

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Happy 4th of July Weekend USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What's up world!!!!!! It's your man D Natural back with yet another blog about this crazy adventure called my life!

And you know of course, your man I been very very busy on the business tip. I got a fresh new set of updates to let yall in on!!!! First I'm getting ready to drop my next single called "Guestlist" this weekend!!! It's either gonna be the 3rd, 4th, or 5th of July!!! If you heard my first single, "Get Down", my intention with that, was to showcase my skills as not only a producer, but one who can emcee and sing as well. With "Guestlist" it's a lil different in the sense that I designed it for the party scene, the dancehalls, the clubs.....It's an uptempo track with a beat that is sure to get you dancing, even if you're the type like me, who prefers not to dance all the time. It's definitely a head nodder!! Lyrically I paint a picture of how D Natural gets down in the clubs. So I just hope yall enjoy it!!!! It really believe this one is gonna be kinda of a hit!!! I just get that vibe from it, we'll see!!

Aside from my solo project, more opportunities for producing other artist are coming my way!!! This feels great!!! I got my work cut out for me!! I've been impressing my client in Texas with my batch of soul music I have been sending his way!! He's picked 2 beats so far that hes gonna buy and I'm in the process of cooking up more. Also I have to get a batch of some epic, space age sounding music for my fam at 88.1FM (MD/DC station, USA) who along with some other company is sponsoring a compilation album that will feature nothing but artist from my home area of Maryland, DC, Virginia, USA. To be on a project like this will be really exciting for me, cuz it exposes me to more of my hometown!

Also I've been talking with a few radio stations about doing work for them as well getting my songs on the air!!! Your boy has been making all types of moves!! When you are the Producer, Artist, and your own Manager, it kinda can drive ya nuts because ther is so much to keep up with!! I'm just blessed that I have a variety of work to do and complete!!! This means I gotta be doing something right if I'm opening up all these doors for myself!!! All I can say right now, is that is feels good!!! Gotta alot work to do though. I'm glad the CEO here at my day job, decided to give us the Monday off after the 4th of July!! I really need this 3 day weekend to finish current music already in place and to create more of whats needed for my connection!!!

I'm also going to be contacting a season music promoter this weekend, who has worked for over a dozen major record labels that I know you guys are familiar with like Def Jam, Universal, Alantic, Sony etc. about taking the promotion of my music to the next level!!! He already said I my material sounds good so, Imma give him a call this weekend and talk some business. You know I'll keep ya updated on the all this progress I'm making!!

That's about it for now. Until my next blog, yall be cool, keep the faith, keep chasing YOUR dreams and don't stop cuz I won't stop!!!! Peace and Ble$$ings!!!!!!!!

D Natural

Inspiring Friday but the rest of the weekend ditto........

What's up world!!! Your man D Natural back with another blog!!!

Well I'll begin with Friday.... This was an exciting day for me being that I got to see one of my favorite artist Jill Scott and Maxwell perform live in concert at the Verizon Center in DC. Let me just say it was off the hook!! As a musician you now I can appreciate any performance, especially when it's being given by some great artist with real talent! So I got off of work and went to meet the person who I was taking with me that night by the arena. Guy Torry, a funny comedian, opened up the show with some funny jokes, then Jill Scott took the stage with a presence that's unbelievable. I can't wait until the day I have stage presence like that! She gave a very good performance, DC being one of her favorite cities! She even cried in the middle of one her songs. When you feel it, you feel it!! You see as artist it takes alot for us sometimes to write the songs we write. Some songs you just connect with more than others at times because of the emotion it took to create it. Sometimes those emotions are can brought on very strongly simply by just performing it, which is what happened to Jill! I respect her greatly as an artist because you can feel her passion when you hear her work. Not many strike a chord (no pun intended) and give me goosebumps like that, but she does!! Up next after a rather lengthy intermission was Maxwell who was just as great! Another artist who I consider a real artist because of the emotion and passion you can feel from their music. He gave an energized and very entertaining performance which had everybody dancing!! Both artist really let DC know how much they loved the people and the city! It was a great night. I was very inspired. I always leave these type of events with a sense of anxiety because I can't wait to perform in front a sold out arena, to reach that many people with my music. The ability to even perform your song that you wrote from your soul and hear people sing your words back to you is a blessing! Now that's the power of communication, the power of music, making that universal connection! That's part of why I do what I do, digg?

To bad the rest of the weekend wasn't so inspiring or eventful. All I really did was lay around and do some promotions work online as far as the music goes. However, I did get some inspiring compliments of my work that I currently have out which always makes me feel good. My beats are really starting to spread and my name is getting out there! Im making connections and the future careerwise is looking bright. I really have to concentrate and get my album done though, but Im not tryna rush it. i will be releasing the second single "Guestlist" this week. It seems as though when I get ready to focus back on my solo material, a potential client pops up that wants to talk business!!! This is very good don't get me wrong, but if you are not paying attention you can get overwhelmed with the attention. But this is what I wanted, this is what I've been working for. I'll continue to consider all the business offers that are coming my way, but you also have to filter out who's really serious and who's not. This will take experience and trusting your gut. But as far as current projects other than my own, I'll be wrapping up my work for my homie Puneet Prasad and then Ill be getting into producing some soul music for my client in Texas, who is already thrilled with one track I sent and I believe he has already started writing to it as well. As always, Ill keep yall updated. Until the next time, take care and keep the faith!

New Progre$$! Moving Forward!!!

What's up world!

This is your man D Natural back with some cool updates!...

First, just know that your man I has been busy as usual! The music grind in itself is an artform in my opinion, and you have to be just as creative in how you approach it as you do with making the the music! When you are starting out managing yourself like I do, you have to be constantly on your toes for new oppurtunity. I feel I almost have to look at myself as another person and constantly switch perspectives. By this mean I mean, I wear so many hats. Since I have decided Im gonna manage myself, I have to step outside myself and look at me as a talent agent would, as an artist. I know what skills, talent, and abilities I have as an music producer/artist (cuz no one knows me better than me) and its about me as a manager always thinking what best for me the artist and creating a plan to showcase the talents in any area where sound and writing in my case can take you!

This is a journey for me learning how to do this and I'm really just starting out so I have to learn as I go which has been working out fine, since I'm a fast learner. It's alot of hard work, but I'm figuring it out and have definitely been getting results.....

First I am now being featured on www.VaTalent.com! A website for up and coming DMV artist!! I've been really working hard at promoting myself, because Im going deeper and deeper into the promotions phase of my projects as I gear up for my album release late summer 2010 (The Sigh of Relief EP) The beauty of that is the more effort and energy you put into it, as long as the music is good, it seems as though people come outta nowhere wanting to help you. I've been getting alot of that happening to me. People on Twitter are promoting my music, as well as other people who are becoming fans. Alot of industry cats are following as well! I wanna be on everyone's radar and let them know that I'm serious about my music business!!!!

The highlight of my week i must say, is when the FunkRegulata DJ Cee Lo who is Legendary in my area (the DMV area: DC, MD, and VA) got back to me, giving me props for two of my beats he really liked on my SoundCloud.com account!!! This meant so much to me, being that I grew up listening to this guy on WKYS 93.9, a local radio station here, and now I'm communicating with him, and he's stayin in contact with me!!! I can only imagine what doors this my open for me! What else.....

I have a new client in Texas, who I am getting ready to start work on a series of soul music for. I gotta grab something from the music shop before I can started on that. I also think its time I invest in a better mic lol. Lord knows I've done wonders with this plastic radio shack mic I got. Because I work with what I got to make it sound good, people never would expect me to be using what I using but, hey its not what you have, its how you use it. It's not the equipment that makes the hotness, its the man behind the equipment. I have a desire to do as much as I can with as little as possible. I think Kanye West had the same idea, and look what happened to him. It can be done!!! But with people really starting to take me seriously and keepin an ear out to what I put out, I should at least upgrade to a new mic so my vocals sound clearer. Afterall, its a business investment, and I am my business. You can never invest enough into yourself, family and friends. Its the sacrifice that will bring you the $ucce$$ in the end!

Well untill the next time, heres to reaching the dream!! Peace and Love..Lata - D Natural