So the highlight of my Spring was attending the I Got Soul Conference in Dallas Texas...not only did I get to spend quality time with friends and fam, but I learned lots, made great contacts, met other wonderful soul artists and even had a chance to perform impromptu! woooo hooo! lol...

So first there were great panels on topics such as thinking internationally with your music, building your brand as an artist, utilizing press and publicity, and the insides of an indie label.

Friday night's concert featured Malcolm-Jamal Warner and friends...kinda missed some of that...my bad...but I made up for it on Saturday when the fam journeyed out to the tribute concert. Let me say that every artist held their own that night, singing some of our favorite classics. It was great to see/hear Eric Roberson, Choklate, Yahzarah (Purple Saint James), Geno Young, Russell Taylor, Paul Rivers Bailey, Von, Carmen Rodgers...and lots o' others...but none of us were ready for Rahbi...well maybe others were but i weren't! lol...he's going to kill me for saying it but if he were a recipe he'd be a pinch of Prince swagger, a taste of Rahsaan Patterson vocal yodling, a 1/2 teaspoon of Katt William's physical acrobatic entertainic presentationism and a dash of the Church of the Great Faith Full Blessings choir upbringing....uh huh...like that! LOL...love you Rahbi! i.e. you must see him live...in the meantime, get any of these artist's music...and check out many of them in my top friends list please.

Oh I came back and was sooo inspired I did my podcast The Feel Good Flow featuring music from some of the performers at the conference! Please listen at SOUL SANCTUARY or subscribe to Soul Sanctuary on iTunes for free! (p.s. feel free to send me your music too!! always looking feelgoodflow@gmail.com)

Speaking of which...have you ever liked a song soooo much that you play it on repeat over and over some thirty fifty times? (example: Open Book by Dain Harris and Brandon Thomas...and Paul Rivers Bailey's Connection...)

Plug! Listen to Eavesdrop Radio on Fridays 6 - 9pm with DJs Junior and Lil' Dave...97.1FM in Philadelphia...online at www.wdku.org for er'body else! Playlists outta this world...like "where'd you find THAT?!" I had a great sitdown with them to talk about my album...it's still HOT ya'll!

Ok so it's officially summer and for the crew and I we have a special spot that is so special that all one would need to do to gather the folks is to send text proclaiming: CHICKEN!...and no not the winged kind...just a very special carafe-sized one that seems to pour endless glasses of red or white wine...it's magic...and it's aaallll ours!

How late can you stay up? If you can hang until past 4am then you can come hang out with the Eye V Entertainment crowd for the official summer Block Party in the Park happening every 3rd Friday...a big house with multiple rooms of happenings and live band and impromptu-don't-want-to-miss performances...(check my front page for flyer details)