Morning Tunes???

One thing I want the world to know about Johnny Alfredo, is that I am a very diverse person in all aspects of life. Whether its clothes, foods, hairstyles, you name it, I am always open minded and willing to try anything once. One thing that I am most proud of is my ear for music. I love just about any type of music that can provide a good tune…except for Country music. I was kinda sorta a Dixie Chicks fan back in the day, but after them, Country Music just kinda lost all hope with me, and I blame CMT. If music was divided into types of sugars, then Country Music would be considered Sweet n Low. It just has an acquired taste that I haven’t quite acquired yet, lol. But nevertheless, I consider myself a musical connoisseur because I listen to different types of musical genres. My iTunes collection at this point currently holds 14,000+ songs and counting, and it would take someone exactly 37.5 days to listen to every song once; this is something I am truly proud of. I love having a diverse collection of music so that I can chill out when I’m studying or writing a paper because the music usually puts me in a comfortable copacetic environment that allows me to be efficient in whatever I am doing. My favorite time to cruise to some tunes is in the mornings on the way to class. The music really wakes me up and sets the tone for the day and mostly just makes those dreaded 8 o’clock lab classes that more pleasant. The latest artist that is getting buzz in my iPod these days is Kid Cudi. He has a nice Alternative/Hip Hop feel to him, but it’s really hard to classify his genre so it’s best to check him out for yourself. He has released the singles “Day n’ Nite” and “Make Her Say” so check him if you enjoy new music as much as I do.

Slam Greenville???

Where the EFF you been?

Hello world...
Yeah yeah I know I am the worlds second worst blogger coming slightly ahead of Perez Hilton, but maaaaan I been busy! But no worries, I plan to give you the long fragment of a sentence play by play of the last two months in 5,4,3,2,1...

So after I recorded that autotune track in my last post, i decided to become a recording artist for all of 2 days; then i decided to try my hand in producing beats but that didnt even survive the half life of my previous endeavor; i decided to purchase "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Poetry Writing" and the book is truely phenomenal; i am currently using the book to help assist some of my fellow writers from Word of Mouth in breaking the mold in their own lives and start writing outside the box; My mother has become tremendously ill and surprisingly it is not affecting me as much as I thought it would; i am doing my best to maintain focus and allowing God to work out her problems; FYI I am back at school now in good ole Greenville, NC; kinda excited to be back and see the extended fam but not too pumped about classic; not even a whole month into the semester and I am already considering dropping out of this place; I swear I am starting to forget why I am bothering with this school thing, but then I think of all the money that wont transpire from my dreams to reality and I hop back on the money train we like to call higher education; I am living off campus this year so the swag meter is up lil bit, yet my car is back at home so i am not feeling as swagnificent as I could be; nevertheless this semester has begun and like i have been saying all summer, i have an awesome feeling about it and I cant wait to see the suprises in store.

I do apologize about the hiatus and to all of my new Followers, Welcome to the Poet behind the Pen, and for you oldheads, thanks for sticking around while I got my life back together. I love you all.

Autotune???

That's right. Johnny Alfredo is indeed the next voice of Autotune. Dont believe me? Go check out my cover of John Legend's "So High" by clicking here or click the picture, and hear first hand what Autotune does to my poetic voice.

Slam???

I do have a new arsenal of poems to slam with, so why not slam. I will be in South Carolina this weekend and there is a slam going on that I do plan to be apart of. I am pumped because its a slam and I am a slam poet, but I am little nervous as well because: 1.) I haven't slammed since Nationals back in March. 2.) This is a whole new set of poems and I haven't even tried them all out in front of a crowd yet. Idk, yet in the midst of this emotional roller coaster, I do still do plan to slam this weekend. Wish me luck.

Fire???

Nuff said. I will have these.

Kickin it Old School???

Wow, I definitely just found a really old poem i wrote back in 2003. Talk about growth in my poetry. Check it out for yourself. It even rhymes.

UNDERSTANDING

I understand your pain

I understand you're mad

I understand if you never

Want to get back what we had

I understand if you say

That you hate me to the core

I understand if you say

You dont love me anymore

I understand that in your heart

You probably want to fight me

I understand if you tell your friends

That you never really liked me

I understand if you tell your friends

I'm the worst guy in the world

I mean you did get dumped

I should expect that from a girl

But now its your turn

Your turn to understand

That I wasnt trying to hurt you

I was just trying to be a man

It's time for you to understand

It's time for you to see

That even though you were hurt

You still brought pain to me

You brought pain to my soul

You brought pain to my heart

You brought pain to my mind

I should've understood from the start

That really I am the one

Who needs to understand

That you're probably the right girl

I'm just not the right man