jamestown new york and other news

so we got back from Jamestown around 5am.the spot we performed at was called mojos and it was hella dope.we had a great experience there and the response was pretty good.thanks to the staff and all the local cats who showed us love in their city.we will def be going back out there.i guess we were the first hiphop to perform at mojos which is hella cool...hopefully we opened some doors and other acts will follow suit and start booking shows there.the sound was pretty good and its a small cozy spot so the performances are in your face.the bartender was really hot too.she looked like jessica alba! lucid music would like to thank the staff at mojos and everyone who came out to support...one other interesting thing about Jamestown..word( their version of the city paper) wrote a little paragraph about our upcoming show and the writer showed up to check us out live.good lookin out!! thats funny...a complete stranger who has never heard/met us took the time to not only write about the show but attend himself...4 YEARS OF PERFORMING LOCALLY,4 ALBUM RELEASES AND NO MENTION OF LUCID MUSIC IN THE CITY PAPER, an outlet that "claims" to support the local art and music scene...whats up with that??
we're really looking forward to an upcoming show in new york at a venue called webster hall which is pretty major.i didn't realize just how big it was til i checked it out.this will probably be our biggest show yet.we'll put up more details when we get em...
one last thing...root70lounge will be expanding their roster releases to actual cds as well as digital downloads...remember if you purchase 'adventures of the invisble band" from root70 it will feature different cover artwork and a different track listing and one bonus track.if you live in pgh you can purchase the original version of the album at pauls in bloomfield..word thanks for everything everybody!!!

we keep on keeping on...

what up...thanks to everybody who came out to howlers last week on the 11th...we enjoyed ourselves and i think everybody who was there had a good time...thanks to the smiling moose bartenders and chico for sticking around cuz we were the last to go on.good looking out to the out of town band,Cool kid collective, for rockin the spot with an unexpected sound.they did a cover of tools "sober" which was on point.it was crazy cuz thats one of my all time favorite songs and its been a minute since i've heard it..hopefully we'll be able to come out to north carolina and share a hometown stage with them...
good things are in the works with our poisonfree.org partnership..." showtime" from our latest album "adventures of the invisible band",which you can pick up from i-tunes, might be appearing in an independent film this fall...thats just the word on the street so who knows...stay tuned for details if and when it happens...
new york has been good to us so far so we're looking forward to all the empire state dates...things went so well in rochester ny James invited us back out in july to perform with eastern suns...friends we have yet to meet but are responsible for helping set up all these out of town gigs...we're looking forward to gettin down with them...okay,thats it for now PEACE!!

Rochester, New York

so last night was our second out of town show at a spot called dubland underground in rochester,new york.honestly,it was a great time and the rochester hiphop scene showed us nothing but love.the venue itself is on point with a hella cool staff and dope sound.our man James,who handles the venues booking,treated us more like cousins on a family visit than an out of town act.we had a blast and made some friends as well as contacts...we would def love to come back and rock a set...thanks to James,the dubland underground staff and everyone who came out last night.oh yeah resident DJs Tim tones and Fresh fingaz held down the ones and twos lovely....
we ended up driving back about an hour after our set just to get the ride over with.personally i'm surprised i didn't kill us on the way home considering it was 3:30 am with mad fog and no lights and i had been up since 7:30 am.must of been the force guiding me on that one...
so JUNE 11th come on down to howlers cafe to check us out with our friends the short dark strangers and a special out of town guest.gonna be a good time.peace...

some good news and some bad news

okay,bad news first.we are sad to announce that dj jones will no longer be performing with lucid music.these things happen and thats just how business goes.there are ABSOLUTELY NO HARD FEELINGS and we want to thank stephen for his contribution to the group.it was hella fun while it lasted but i guess nothing lasts forever.don't get it twisted though,stephen may not be on stage with us but he is still family.don't be surprised if you hear warren's vocals on an upcoming dj jones project.i guess this means our last two albums are collecters items (yeah i said it) so be sure to hit up i-tunes and download " THEY'RE NOT READY" and " THE ADVENTURES OF THE INVISIBLE BAND". as for lucid music, its back to business and we're gonna keep on keeping on...



on a lighter note,our last show as a trio was at the prevention network, a school for at risk youth sponsered by POISONFREE.ORG. i don't think the kids were ready( get it? not ready..i got a million of em folks) for our type of style but for the most part it went well.they're probably more into lil wayne but they seemed open to the positive message we dropped on'em...halfway through the set we passed the mic to a couple of the kids who were aspiring emcees...they got a better crowd response then us!!! it was all love and we felt pretty good about the show.good lookin out to brooks for capturing the event on film so we should have some footage of it up soon...lucid music,we do it for the kids and free t-shirts

"...BLACKLISTED YOU'll NEVER SEE US IN PRINT..."

"...unless its on a flyer for the next event!" have you ever wondered why you've never seen any press about lucid music? or press about your own project? gee i wonder why...there are politics involving this citys music and art scene but none of that matters.THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO SUPPORTS LOCAL MUSIC BY BOOKING LOCAL ACTS,ATTENDING SHOWS, PLAYING LOCAL ACTS ON THE AIR AND BUYING HOMEMADE RECORDINGS.

we got mics,when do we go??

Since before we finished the new album we were planning on setting up a tour.the actual plan changed a number of times due to certain people frontin...first it was gonna be a month of shows in london,then it was supposed to be a month of shows in the united states...to make a long story short,its hard to find good help so we set up our own dates.its not really a tour,its more like a few venues that said "sure,we'll book you!" which is cool with us since our only out of town experience so far has been detroit...so this summer we're gonna be taking it on the road to places like new york,new jersey,vermont and even texas...how are we pulling this off? don't ask cuz we don't know,we're just excited that we have an opportunity to expose our music to a wider range of people...as far as we know MAY 9TH is out last pgh show before we hit the road...theres one more show after that but its at a school and won't be open to the public...then its off to new york...we'll probably have more pgh shows booked closer to the fall when the weather prevents us from travelling..check the myspace page for dates and locations... if you got any friends/family who live in those areas,let them know whats up with lucid music...PEACE

WRCT THE LIVE SHOW

So marcus lost his voice a few days before the radio gig on 88.3 so instead of performing we just sat around and played the entire new album...show host/house of assassins frontman JB made the experience run smooth along with two other WRCT engineers... stephen was on the 1 and 2s or to be more precise the 1s spinning instrumentals during the convo...it was just a cool night ..you never know who's actually listening but shout out to marcus's family for calling in...i hope everybody who tuned in enjoyed the album...THE ADVENTURES OF THE INVISIBLE BAND will be released on ROOT70LOUNGE april 22nd for download...as always you can pick up the american version from us at shows...speaking of shows, we're in the midst of hooking up a tour right now...if any promoters,booking agents,etc are reading this, do the right thing..BOOK US...okay,PEACE!!!