Project Nightmare Follow-Up Blog Post

Hey guys and gals, MC Larny here. Hope you enjoyed and downloaded the new mixtape called Project Nightmare: Shut Up Make Music.

If you did, then awesome. Deeply appreciate it. And yes, I mean that.

Now on to other things….and that is regarding the mixtape. I feel as if that was merely a “teaser trailer” to a larger project. I’m not sure if this will happen anytime soon, but I want to do Project Nightmare 2. One thing: it has to be different. Somehow, it has to be something else, something that I’ve never done before.

R & B songs? Acoustic songs? Songs with live instruments? A mashup EP? A mixtape with nothing but Auto-Tune vocals?

Honestly, I do want to do something involving a second installment in Project Nightmare. I like the name, and c’mon, who else doesn’t do mixtape series? Some guys drop 1 a month! Of course, quality dropoff is quite likely, but that’s the risks of the game.

In all seriousness, most likely Project Nightmare 2 is going to happen sometime in the future. Not now, and most likely not by the end of the 2nd quarter of 2010.

And it will be different, that is a promise.

-MC Larny

Tracklisting and New Mixtape Title

It’s official. Shut Up Make Music is now Project Nightmare: Shut Up Make Music.

The tracklisting for the New Year’s Day release:

1. Lonely Astronaut
2. Temptress
3. One Day Too Many
4. Without A Moment to Breathe
5. Masquerade of Liars
6. So Far Away
7. Fake Ideas
8. If/Then/Also
9. Stop Short
10. Hearts Are Meant to Break
11. Diary of A Mad Producer
12. Ashes of Nothingness Part 2

Avaliable on Bandcamp.com New Year’s Day @ 12:00 AM.

If you want to see what else we add to the site, subscribe via RSS feed to the artist, and before you know it, you’ll get updates every time this page updates.

Peace out,

-MC Larny

Quick update on the upcoming release

Hey everyone,

As I speak, the mixtape EP Shut Up Make Music is currently coming along nicely. Expect to hear it in mid-November. The goal is to put 5-7 songs on there, a good number and freely distribute it. I do have some other plans for it, but I’ll speak on those later on.

See you at the week’s end…midterm projects and exams are comin’ after me.

-MC Larny

P.S. Got any feedback on the demo track posted last week? Let loose with it on the Facebook page. Don’t be shy… go there now (if not already there)

An Open Letter from MC Larny to Everyone

Howdy,

It’s been quite some time since I’ve talked to you like this. Over 2 months, to be exact. Lots of things have happened, not all of them expected or wanted.

I’ve given some thought to what exactly my future in music would be, if there was such a thing. I’ve done some personal soul-searching, reflected on the past few months, and more importantly, years of my life that have gone by. Eventually, when you love something so much that you can’t give your heart to it, you have to let it go, and come to terms with your reality.

Much like an addict , I’m (sadly) addicted to hip-hop music to the point of dependency, to the point where I’m crawling back. So this officially ends the hiatus, as of this sentence.

So what’s up? Few things:

• Putting the mic down: I think there was a time for MC Larny to spit ill rhymes, and it seems that for now, it’s not the time. Call it what you want, reality catching up with me, lack of enthusiasm, or just plain falling off… there were a lot of little things not falling into place to really take MC’ing to the next level in my eyes. In general, I’m still on hiatus in terms of verbal output.
• Producing all the time: The project is moving to an all-instrumental direction for the time being. It’s new, it’s fresh, and instead of taking 18 months (on average) to create a package….I can drop stuff faster, and at a better quality. Also, I don’t need to map out beats to follow the verse-chorus-verse structure, so I can really go all out on this.
• What’s next?: The next project is a mixtape project called Shut Up Make Music. It will be free, online exclusive, and drop dates are looking really good right now.

That’s all I can really say as of this moment. So check out my Bandcamp page and Facebook page for the 411.

Peace and whatever you so want it to be,

MC Larny

One Last Word...

OK...so after thinking this over... I think everyone deserves to hear what was supposed to be "The_Endgame".

So today, on Bandcamp.com, you can download and listen to "Last Words Left Unsaid". And it's free...can't beat that.

Peace, see y'all somewhere in the distant future.

-MC Larny

State of Affairs

Hi everyone,

I'm struggling to come up with the words to explain my current situation, to write a blog that will explain everything that's floating inside my head. So bear with me, this may be a rambling and ranting entry instead of a cohesive piece of writing.

Here's the story: The_Endgame, after a lot of thought, has been shelved. A tough decision to make, but after my laptop crashed and took a lot of the project files down with it, it seemed better to just move on and go do something else.

There's more to it, though. As I tried to make music, I made a startling revelation: over the past few months, making music was no longer a way of affliction relief, it became an affliction. It was no longer pure and fun, it had become something ugly. I realized that I let my emotions make decisions with my music, and before I knew it, I was burned out again.

For the past few weeks, I've contemplated this over and over again, wondering if this "decision" is the right thing, if I'm reading this all wrong.

But for once, I have the clarity to say this: MC Larny is over, for the time being.

When I made this decision, I struggled to find the words that would act as the reasoning behind it. Then, while watching YouTube, I found a clip that would give me the words I needed

A clip of WWF Superstar Shawn Michaels vacating the WWF title because he "lost his smile". When I saw that, I knew that I was in the same situation with my music. I lost a lot over the past few months, my mind, my band, my desire, and my smile. I tried to persevere and all that, but I guess I couldn't do it.

This isn't retirement, it's just a vacation, till I get stuff together again. I may come back, I may not...but it feels right to leave it as it is right now.

Before I close this, I might as well thank the fans, the people I've played with, and anyone else who could be considered influential to this. It's been fun, but I guess, once a harmless addiction becomes a crippling affliction, it has to stop sometime.

Peace out...for real this time,
-MC Larny

7/10/09

I'm not quite sure how to explain the current situation regarding the projects I've been working on. As it stands, it's complicated right now.

But I might as well get it out there, to let y'all know.

Late last week, my laptop started to malfunction. Which is somewhat expected to happen down the road. However, after sending it to the shop to get it fixed, there are still problems with the machine and as a result, it's become very hard to work on anything as of late.

So as it turns out, it may have to be reimaged in order to work again, a troubling situation as it is.

And now you wonder what this has to do with the music. It has a lot to do with it.

From the looks of it, "The_Endgame" project is getting pushed back and may possibly be shelved. It's not easy to say and to even consider a personal project like that being put away for now, but I think it's because there is nothing else that can be done right now. There is a chance it may see the light of day, but as I said, it's not definite.

So yeah, that is the current story as it stands. I'm disappointed that things ended up like this, and it's not something I wish to see repeat itself. Hopefully, it will pass, and this personal project of mine sees the light of day.

"A poem is never finished, only abandoned. ~Paul Valéry"

-MC LARNY