Here’s my new song Vacate The Doom which is the first single from my up and coming album ‘Lord of the Dead’.

Stay tuned for more on the ‘Lord of the Dead’ album

Ok so when I’m not doing music, one of the other things I do is a comical
podcast known as The Beginner’s Guide.

Each month we study a random subject we know little to nothing about an talk about it.

April’s episode was all about Bees.  Stay tuned for this month’s episode!

Here’s a fun video of a photo shoot I did with excellent photographer Rob Luckins.

Video Created by Rob Luckins

The Song that is featured in the video is Imperial Pace by me Lord Lav.  To get a free download to this song, enter your email address in the icon below by clicking ‘Get Now’

This is why I make Rap Music and don’t have aspirations of being a Children’s TV presenter.  Starring ‘Flopsy’ aka Rob Luckins legend of all that is Film and Photography

So Easter is done and as it’s a Religious part of the year the usual crap starts flowing through the social networks with comedic references to Jesus being a Zombie and the like.  As a zombie fanatic I have to say I love that one lol! There are also the usual backlashes that arise from religious folk who take great offence to such comments.  Respect to all you people whether you are very religious or mock everything concerning religion.  May we all learn to respect and have compassion for one another regardless of our beliefs (or disbeliefs) and may we learn to not become offended when one overtly flaunts their beliefs (or disregard for others beliefs).

To quote the film Dogma, I prefer the phrase ‘ideas’ rather than beliefs. People are less likely to attach their ego to ideas, and become sensitive when people mock them. My 2 pence is this, I think God/Spirit/Allah/Jesus whatever entity you look up to (if you look to anything at all), is a very powerful thing and far more powerful than any mockery. It doesn’t need protecting, nor defending and it’s not something anyone owns. All people really need to look at, is their own life and live in a morally correct way using whatever tools help them do so, be it the Bible, Qur’an, Tanakh, ‘The Power of Now’ or just plain commonsense and real life lessons. When people poke fun, God doesn’t get upset, it’s only people and their egos that get upset. I personally don’t think Jesus would care if someone mocked him (even his death), nor would he expect, nor want people to avenge him for speaking negatives about him. I think the same about the Prophet Mohammed. I don’t think he would want people killed for ‘daring’ to draw him in a cartoon or mock him. You can’t control other peoples views, you can only live your own life in a way you feel is fit and live by example rather than making an example of others. Sometimes being mocked allows us to develop a stronger sense of humility because nothing that is real can ever truly be threatened…. I touch on that last point there in my song Wave

Peace!

Lord Lav

p.s I am merely expressing my own views and opinions here.  Feel free to disagree and mock them

Here’s a quick video messing around on the MPC with some samples and live drums. Big up to Rob Luckins on the drums!

Here’s a taster for all the videos available to those that sign up to my newsletter! Click Here to watch all of Part 1.  For those of you that want to get a free download to my song Imperial Pace and get the rest of the videos showing you how I made that song then click Get Now on the icon below;

When I’m not Rapping and making Beats you can find me learning how to stalk celebrities from professionals….

….ok only kidding however this deranged film does feature myself playing the role of a ‘closet human’ learning from 2 dodgy celeb stalkers Syd and Colin.

This film’s hilarious so check it out. If you found The League of
Gentlemen funny then you’ll love this!

Last week I  made a very big step towards achieving my goals and took a big leap!  I finally handed my notice in for my day job.  At the beginning of April I will be a full-time musician and will no longer be working a job completely irrelevant to music.  I have worked there for 3 years but now is the time to move on.  It’s funny how things can work out.  I was receiving certain pressures from the work making things more and more difficult to maintain my position there.  At the same time more and more opportunities were coming out of the woodwork in music.  I’m very much a believer in controlling ones own future, but I am also a believer in fate to a certain degree.  In this situation it was like fate was giving me a nudge and a push towards my dreams and I had to take the plunge and go for it!

I will be honest and say there is a certain level of uncertainty in the air, with regards to what is going to happen in the future, but what I am certain about is that I have made the best decision for me given my circumstances.  I’m excited about the future!

There are a lot of myths that float around like a guff in an elevator about musicians trying to make a living in music.  We’re often told, ‘Go get a secure (often completely irrelevant) job in case things don’t work out.’ Or, ‘Why not study business or economics in school (yawn) so then you have a good grounding.’  Something funny one of my mentors once pointed out to me was that they never tell a lawyer to study chemistry in case being a lawyer doesn’t work out.  Yet there is still a stigma attached to wanting to be a artist of any sort.

Sometimes it’s like people are still stuck with the War Generation mindset where it was beneficial to get a secure job, do what you’re told and stay there until you retire.  Of course nowadays given our current climate this is proving to be the undoing for many of our older relatives that have worked and saved their whole life.  That fact alone is a constant reminder to me that I don’t want to follow in their footsteps.  In life it appears that by going the ‘safe’, ‘secure’ option you are often being more risky.  Those that have worked, saved, done what they were told and knuckled down in the hope that they can finally enjoy life when they retire, appear to be paying the price for playing it safe.  Many rely on a pension that is worth a fraction of what they put into it.  Or they rely on the interest on their large savings which again are a fraction of what they were originally getting.  This is a bitter sweet pill for those who want to finally enjoy their life in their twilight years.

The most successful and all round happiest people generally are those that took a risk and followed their passions and interests despite what people said and what the market said about whether they should do it or not.  I think it comes down to crafting your own path in life rather than following the exact path of those before you.  I also believe that the big key to finding out how to craft your own path is by following your own passions and interests.  When it comes to choosing how to make a living and how to live your life I think you should always look to do what you enjoy (as long as you don’t enjoy murder).  You will always be more successful that way, than you will by doing something that appears to be safer and looks like it will make more money but is essentially irrelevant to what you really want to do with your life.

Big up to all you artists that are following your passions!  I will soon be following your footsteps (in my own way of course)!

Lord Lav

Have you ever wondered how I write a song??  On my new page How To Make A Beat I’ll show you from start to finish how I put my new song together titled ‘Imperial Pace’.  Below is the first video.  To see the rest of them click here!