Happy Holidayz from Artistic Visionz!!

What's up World!?! It's ur man D-Natural back with more to tell ya!! Just wanna let everyone know 1st that I love all of you!! Thanx for supporting this blog with your views, comments, promoting and everything. It means more than you guys will ever know!!

Well, the holidays are in full swing!! I hope everyone is out there celebrating, having fun, in good company, and most importantly loved. Just know, if nothing your man D-Natural loves you & is thinking about you!! As this year is coming to an end with the holidays to wrap it all up, I'm still reflecting. I find myself thinking of all the adventures, events, twist & turns I was taking through this year. Now I won't get into all of that again with you. All u have to do is read the last few blogs before this one to find that out if u don't know what's happened and I encourage you too! Just know that in December, on Xmas Day, as I type this on my Blackberry, I feel blessed and ready 4 2011!! I'm proud to say all of the hard work I've done which has placed me in a very unique position. I was fired from my full time job at my former employer a month ago. I really believe that was the break I needed to continue on with my Artistic Visionz movement. This reminds me of the turning point when I broke my leg 4 years ago in the Navy. I would have never imagined how much of a benefit that will later serve me. As long as you have a foundation in place and grind hard at building it, you can weather whatever storm you have to go thru. You will find that the hands you are dealt are designed to take you to the next step!! You have to be able to see it though. One of the things that will blind you from seeing it is fear. You have to trust your instincts!! You have to use ALL your resources, even the ones you think you didn't need!! Never think are to good for things. Be humble enough not to limit yourself. Have faith that the answer will come when you take life by the balls and work hard!!

These are the principles that I live by everyday. These are the principals that got me off the streets when I was starving & homeless just 4 years ago. The beginning of 2011 will find your man going to business school, working on the album I've been promising you guys called "The Sigh of Relief" EP. Its coming, believe me!!! I'm just getting inspired with new selections I want to include, all so that you get a complete product. So with my EP, business school, music videos, poetry & short story e-books, live shows, charity albums its what I've been in the bat cave putting together. I'm so excited at what I'm gonna have to bring to the table. Also stay tuned to my other blog I have on Tumblr @ Its some more insights on my journey, videos, new music and more popping of there as well. I've also got different blogs in other places Ill be doing in 2011. Keep in mind that I do this ALL myself. So I might disappear from time 2 time. Just knowan wherever I'm at, I'm somewhere chippin away, sculpting Artistic Visionz.

Alright, just wanted to touch bases with you guys and to wish you a Happy Holidayz 1nce again!! Stay tuned 4 some surprises and exciting things that I'm thrilled about! Until the next time, keep the faith & keep chasing your dreams! Ill holla!! One Love

D-Natural, AVP

Been maaaddd busy!!

What's up world!!! It's your man D-Natural back with just a quick blog before I head to rehearsal. I know I haven't blogged anything since the end of September when I posted my last poem. It's for a really really good reason. You're man has been grinding his ass off as usual. I've been out in the streets performing, doing beat battles, recording sessions, enrolling in business school, working on my upcoming albums, and just really hustling. Whenever you don't see me blog anything for a minute its because of that and only that. I'll put up a more in depth blog on exactly what I have been up to the last couple of months and exactly how I plan to end 2010. All I gotta say is be prepared because your man is going hard and ending the year off with new releases including my album, Poetic Soul, which will be the prequel to my album I'm starting 2011 with called The Sigh of Relief EP, which I was gonna release this year. Everything has been pushed backed because of other business and opportunities that came up that your man HAD TO jump on. Everything has been picking up and it feels really really good. Check out my last TwitVid I put out, to get a more visual/personal feel of where I am coming from ---->> D-Natural PSA 

I will be premiering my next single "Guestlist" which I have talked about which will appear on the Sigh of Relief EP next year. I also have a new single that will be out this weekend called "Exodus" which will be on another new album as I have mention called the Poetic Soul album.

That's about it for now. Gotta run and get back on the grind doin what I do best at choir rehearsal. I've got WAY MORE to let you guys in on music business wise and personally. I'm growing tremendously in both areas. As you know everything pops off here at my blog. All my readers here will always get the new material and fresh insights from me first. As always keep the faith, keep chasing your dreams. Make sure you savor each moment and enjoy the simple beauties of life we sometimes take for granted. Much love. Peace..

New poem just written!

What's good world! It's feels good knowing I'm blessed enough to type these words and reach on to you 1nce again. Things have been crazy lately but I'm still pressing forward. It's these crazy times that have inspired my new poem I have just written. Enjoy!
My State of Mind 9/28/2010 10:25pm

I'm asking the Creator
for guidance
my souls screams
anxious dreams
by any means
my state of mind
in rhyme
art living inside me
manifesting new realities
each thought
has fought
its own war
on the shore
of my conscious
nonsense
is the opposite my logic
legitimate
confidence
but so frail
my shell
at times
blind
to amazing
intelligence relevant
to my brilliance
mixed with negligence
to positive energy
during moments of insecurity
proclaiming exclaiming
my tainted innocence
only guilty
of madness
while harboring
talents
abundant
I am
my master
and hereafter
Ill continue
to uncharted
venues
where exist
my genius
patiently
waiting
debating
my fears
shedding
dry tears
while emotions
flood
flickering
and fading
lights of lies
hiding the
real truth
to use
abilities
known to me
making a
mark on society
serenity
is in my grasp
like a glimpse
of magnificence
though turbulent
the trek
to greatness
defined by uneven lines
by design
of a mind
sublime
forming patterns
of perfection
perfecting pallets
of imagination
images
of stories
untold
unfold
yielding
feelings
of future
adventures
leaving
footsteps
of success
I will
succeed
the  need far exceeds
any starving souls
hunger
under
ground
mining diamonds
depicting
a portrait of me
shining first
like the rays
of sunsets
while sighing
regrets of
past forfeits
realizing my redemption
is my creative evolution
creating solutions
in solitude
embracing life
practicing new ways
of sacrifice
for a prize
so sweet
like angel kisses

my bliss

is my fist

in the atmosphere

making each moment

a  monument

therefor

making time irrelevant

as prevalent

my prominence

I will

because

I AM

Hail to the Redskins!! Hail Victory!!

Hail to the Redskins!! Hail Victory!!

Yo! What’s good world?! It’s your man D-Natural back with words, sounds, and more! Before I get into it, I just wanna give a shoutout to my Washington Redskins, who defeated the Dallas Cowboys in the season opener! For those that don’t know, I’ve been a Redskins fan pretty much my whole life. I’ve always rooted for our home team. I’ve even been a fan during the not so great seasons; all the way back to when making the Super Bowl for us wasn’t a problem, the Joe Gibbs era. I was at the very first game they played when they moved to FedEx Field from the old RFK stadium. The Cowboys have always been are top rivals, so this win felt good. Hopefully they can keep building momentum from this win and carry on into the playoffs. That would be great! Time shall tell, but in the meantime, congrats to the Washington Redskins and my fellow fans for a victory! I rarely get to watch TV these days being that I’m always grinding or doing music. I’ll still keep an eye for my boys just to see how they are doing…

These days are soooo tiring on your man. It’s seems like when I try to say to myself, “Hey, just stop for a second and take a break! Step back from business and chill!” I find a way to psyche myself out and say “No, keep grinding!” It’s funny because it’s so hard for me to sometimes separate business from pleasure being that the very things I do for business happen to be things I LOVE! Things like making music, writing, collaborating, setting up websites, marketing, promoting, working in the studio, performing, closing business deals, etc… That’s why I think more and more people should begin to do what they love for a living and make their passion their profit. When you do that, you’ll find that you won’t look at business as work because you enjoy and love it so much. It’s partly for this reason, I can’t wait until I can focus on nothing but the music business fulltime. I’d never have to work for someone else and punch a time clock on a set work schedule. I’m working the 9-5 job now, but my creativity and spirit are so free, I feel it’s only a matter of time before I break the confines of this office or corporate America. However, we are indeed products of a capitalistic society. You got to have a constant flow of loot to stay alive these days. We have to deal with the economy, inflation, the cost of living etc… It can get chaotic and believe me if you can’t stay afloat of the madness, the rat race, you are going to drown.

In my particular case, the very art that is coming out of me (whether it be my music or poetry, is my response to these crazy times of struggling, hustling, just trying to be successful. It’s nice to know that it is also this very art that is helping to sustain me as a productive citizen in society, as well as just being a human being in general. If I didn’t have a way to release the flood of creativity in me at times, I really think I would go insane! You see this creative ability can be a gift and a curse. All the true musicians, artist, writers know what I’m talking about. Your creative mind can drive you crazy!! I know mines does!! It’s like my mind is a 24/7 iPod constantly streaming music non-stop, whether it’s my own or someone else’s! I ALWAYS have music, verses, lyrics going in my head. I’ve gotten used to it over the years but it can be very annoying. Sometimes it can be very peaceful. It all depends. Certain moods bring certain musical feelings, words, lyrics. It’s as though I’m a slave to the art and it will always be a dominating force in how I live life. My music and poetry is a direct reflection of my reality. My interpretation of my soul’s language is the best way I think I can explain it. For those of you that have been raised in the Christian Baptist style type of church, have witnessed people speaking in tongues. For those that are not familiar, this is when a person who is filled with the presence of God, starts to speak in a language unknown to know one but them. It is said that this is the language of their soul being spoken, a spiritual language. I really do think I do this, being that I see creating as a spiritual thing as well. Except my souls language comes in the form of my beats, my music, improvising while performing live on stage, my poetry, just my different modes of self expression. I feel I’m communicating what my soul is speaking that I can’t always put into words, so I put it into sound form in hopes that it will be felt by another person’s soul, creating some type of higher level communication…

Until the next time, stay tuned for more words, sounds, and other special treats I will be sharing!! As always keep the faith and keep chasing your dreams!

D-Natural, Artistic Visions Productions

$low and $teady Wins the Race…..

What’s good world! It’s your man D-Natural back with another installment of this blog of mines. Before I get into it, I just want to thank everyone who has viewed, commented on, and promoted my blog here!! I’m seeing the stats and it’s really pleasing to me!! All of you have no idea how much your support, love, encouraging words, and props on my movement are felt! I’ve been getting positive feedback from literally all over the globe on my work and I must say it feels awesome! As you know, I’m gonna continue to do my very best at delivering fresh music, words and insights here. If there is anything else you would like to see or hear, feel free to holla at your man! Moving on……




As you can see, the title of today’s blog is $low and $teady Wins the Race. That old adage couldn’t be any more right to me!! Your man has been steadily plugging away at getting my company Artistic Visionz Productions off the ground! The small baby steps that you take everyday towards your goal, the more you’ll eventually produce even greater results! Since the last blog, I’ve made some more progress, and I’ll be happy to share some of that with you as always! As you can see on my blog here, I’ve posted several new beats via soudcloud.com/d-natural! One of those new joints “Ms. Carla” has found a new home!! I’m proud to say that that beat right there, will be my very first beat placed with an overseas artist in Great Britain! Shoutout to my homie Blak Ram, a very talented lyricist with whom I connected with online. Don’t worry; you are going to hear more collabs from me and this cat!!! $tay Tuned…..



This week your man had to do it! I took 2 days off of work (day job) Tuesday and Wednesday of this week!! I had been contemplating doing that for awhile. You see my 9 to 5 job keeps me there every week Monday through Friday, with no days off, unless it’s a government holiday. Now you know for a young entrepreneur like myself, I grind and get it in wherever but sometimes you need to back away from EVERYTHING to just focus on ONE thing. That’s exactly what I did. I plan on doing it more too, just gotta watch my personal leave hours, ugh!! I knew I had to take time and put more focus into Artistic Visionz Productions because that’s my heart, my passion and most importantly my BRAND. You gotta always invest time and $ into building your brand. The more you do that, the more people will begin to respect your brand and know that you mean business. I managed in those 2 days to get some much needed rest, create some new music, and network with fans and future clients. I also spoke with a very talented video director, Chill Will 410 aka Will Money, CEO of Pyrex TV (YouTube & Google this cat ASAP). He will be directing my music video for my second single “Guestlist” (I know, I know, I’ll be releasing it soon!) I felt the energy and hunger of this cat through the phone lines, very much like mines! I’m happy to have him on board to shoot the video. I’m still planning the whole thing but I’ll keep ya posted. Of course, you know I’m going to premier the video right here!! I almost fainted when I reached out to one of our legendary DJ’s and hugely respected music veterans here in the DMV, DJ Celo, to make a cameo in the video and he accepted! That’s was major for me and my movement. This cat is a legend, you hear me, a LEGEND!! I grew up listening to this man’s DJ shows and mixes on the radio, hearing his name all over the city and now he’s gonna be in my music video!! I’m still amazed at that, but he’s been feeling my music and definitely has shown me nothing but love and support from day 1!!



All these things and so much more are going on right now. I’m just grinding hard to keep up with it and making things happen! 1nce again Slow and Steady Wins the Race, gotta keep chipping away! I’ll save my other updates and goodies until after this Labor Day weekend!! (I know it’s not right, but trust me it’ll be worth the wait!) Happy Labor Day!! Especially to all those people who put in that work, that real labor!!



Until the next time, as always, keep the faith & keep chasing your dreams!



D-Natural, Artistic Visionz Productions

Hard Work Pay$ Off > > !

What’s good world! It’s your favorite music producer D-Natural back for more updates and insights!






First, I hope everyone enjoyed my latest poem that I posted on here a few days ago. I had that laying around in one of my books and I had forgotten I wrote it (which happens quite often). One of the best feelings an artist can get, is when they find something of theirs that they forgot they created, read or hear it again and surprise themselves. That’s what happened with my latest poem. As soon as I found it, I did a little editing and just had to share it with you all. Sometimes I get so caught up in the music and that part of me, I forget about the writer side of me and all the works I’ve created. This blog is dedicated to the poetry/writing as well as music. So I’m going to continue to give it to you all. If you guys would like to comment with a topic that you want me to write about, I accept the challenge! As I had intended to do at the beginning of the year, I still plan on releasing my first spoken word poetry album. Just haven’t decided when. I’ll keep you posted though.



As for my music business, I am happy to say things are steadily picking up and opportunities are coming in to spread my work literally all over the world! Looks like Artistic Visionz Productions is going worldwide!! I’ve been giving the opportunity to remix a song for promotional use, for a group out of Canada. I reveal more details to that when I’m about ready to release it. I’ve also come across a dope lyricist out of the UK, who can hold his own on the mic. I’ve long had the desire now to work with an artist out of Europe and now I have my chance. This week I am going to get started on working on the type of beats he request from me, so we will see how that goes. I have sold my first batch of soul music in a long time to a client I have in Texas. I’m still excited and happy that I accomplished that. I still plan on submitting more material for their album so I’ll let you know what I manage to cook up for them and I’ll even share some of that with you here! Also a short mix which includes the song called Krazzy I produced by dj Pun and crew was just released. If you click on my Facebook profile to the right, you will see the ReverbNation link my page that you can click on and hear this. I also will be sharing with you the full song and other great songs by dj Pun and his collective GRIL!!! Google them!!



Aside from creating, my skills on the business side of things are sharpening by the minute!! I mentioned here before that I manage myself and that I’m learning as I go along. I do my research, find out what needs to be done, and I just go for it!! Even though this has been a lot of hard work and can get very crazy, I am delighted at the opportunities I have afforded myself. A good friend of mine and a hell of a producer, Jared Fite aka Thunderbird Juicebox (Google him now!), recently told me in a conversation that it seems as though I have an online presence. This really excited me, because even though I know I’ve been doing the little things to get attention online, you really can’t measure your impact on your audience until you get confirmation like I did from Jared and others that I’m definitely being noticed!! I’m only getting started with my campaign, so plan on seeing a lot more of me around the net!! I still have a lot more to learn but when you’re in the middle and business is coming at you, if you want it bad enough, you’ll figure what you have to do to secure that business and grow your brand!!



I’ll post another blog later on this week, but for now here’s a little insight as to what’s happening now. Stay tuned for more music, poetry and the crazy adventures of

D-Natural!! Keep the faith and keep chasing your dreams! Peace

Did I mention Im also a poet > New Poem: Untitled

My thoughts are in the wind



Time is what I see in the distance


Marinating in crown royal


Paradise IM YOUR HIGHNESS


Laud my excellence


But glorify life


Existence in I


You


Us


Them


Comtemplating


Rhythms like a jazz soloist


Drunk


Madness


My flew across my room like a silver


Bullet piercing space


Magnify who I am


I am don’t know


Everything


About


Society graces thee


Head bloody but unbowed


Divine Shepard


I’m raising wolves to hunt


At dawn


Searching for a being that loves


Sky tears


Technology conscious


Streaming


Internet


Brain


Cells


Stimulated


Deliberated


I love whom I not


Typing out Of control


On my keyboard


Pouring out passion


Drippings like the ocean water of the gods


Oh my god


Oh my me


Who I am


Successful birthright


May my obitiuary read


Ghost fairy tales


Opera like


Mafia style


Flipping verbs


Are you hearing me


I am heard


And you will hear


In a galaxy café near


You my symphony


Creating harmony with your soul


Not beggin you


But tempting you to madness


Chaos can be beautiful


Cuz beautiful is crazy


Bliss


Kiss my sons and daughters


And tell then their father


Was a pharaoh


Knight of the universe


Triumphant with my lord


Excited and disturbed


But groovy


Swinging from star to start burning my hand


On the atmospheric particles


Molecules of yesterday


Fading


Fascinating I


You


You


You will hear


I am heard


I am me


I am victorious