P-Money - Say Yeah ft. David Dallas & Aaradhna [Video]

Directed by Bret Nichols. Single available on March 22nd.

Work Mode

I arrived in Sydney 3 hours ago. Hopped in a cab real quick (man I like the new 'smartgate' system at the airport, so swift) and jetted to my hotel. I think the cab driver had a malfunctioning CD player, either that or he really loves track 1 and 2 from The Gossip album.
I'm staying at a fairly tidy 3.5 star spot down the bottom of George St. And this is where I'll be based for the next week as we do promotional visits with radio, TV and online people to launch the new single "Say Yeah" ft David Dallas & Aaradhna in Australia.

I have the video in hand and will be debuting it online tomorrow morning. Check back here for that!
Post production on the clip went right down to the wire. Had me stressing, worried that I wouldn't have it in time for this trip. But thanks to the crew at Native Post we got it in the nick of time (although I think we may have killed one of the operators there who spent 3 consecutive 20 hour days on the job, madman!).

All the bits are coming together for the album now. Single kicking off at radio, about to hit TV, album master is in hand, review copies have gone out and we're just waiting on the final album artwork before things go into production. Production of the CD takes place about 6 weeks out from release so we can have finished stock to show the buyers from retail stores. The album is to be released digitally and physically in NZ on May 3rd. Not sure of the exact release date in Australia yet, but I'd like it to be somewhere around that same mark.

I also have 3 club gigs this week, Sin City - Gold Coast on Tues, Kit & Kaboodle - Sydney on Friday and Magic City - Brisbane on Saturday. Come check me at one of those if you're in the area. Those Gold Coast and Brisbane clubs are heavy on the R&B/Club vibe and the Sydney show I think is a little more suited to a diverse set, so I'll be mixing it up a bit in there. Nice one.

Sydney Shindig

My good friends at Grindin and Central Station Australia are putting on a little get together for us to present the new single "Say Yeah". We'll be playing some tracks from the new album and kicking back for a couple hours (with beverages courtesy of Tiger Beer thank you very much). RSVP if you're able to join us. You're welcome.



VENUE: Doctor Pong, 1 Burton Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney
DATE: Thursday 11th March
TIME: 7pm-9pm
RSVP: promo@centralstation.com.au by Wednesday 10th March

Say Yeah ft. David Dallas & Aaradhna

This here is the lead single from the new album. "Say Yeah" features David Dallas and Aaradhna on vocals. They killed it! The production credit is shared by Me and Ben Grymm. We made the beat for this at his place in London and then I finished the song with Dave and Radz back here in Auckland. Evan Short did his magic on the mixdown and there you have it. It's a dope combination of dance/house/rap/pop and rnb.
Video drops next week. Choice :)
NZ Release date is March 22nd (File has some dropouts to prevent bootlegging, as requested by my distributors).


Say Yeah ft. David Dallas & Aaradhna by p_money

New Stuff

New music this week.
Keep your eyes on the blog.
Say yeah!

Dilla x Stussy

I've really enjoyed these first 2 parts of the J Dilla documentary that Stussy have produced with the help of Dilla's friends, family and record label Stones Throw Records. Well worth a look if you are interested in the man and his music.

Stussy - J Dilla Documentary Prt3 (of 3) from Stussy on Vimeo.

Zoooom...A week in the life.

Man this week has flown by! Kicked off with the 2 day video shoot, which went really well. There's a bit of work in post production to do on this one. We will air the finished product in a couple weeks time.

I caught a weird little nose and throat virus thing on wednesday morning (no doubt a result of letting the body relax after the big two weeks of work leading up to and culminating with the shoot). It's still hanging around bothering me but there's a ton of work to get on with so Im trying my best to battle it. Caught up with Scribe on wednesday and we spoke about his current and upcoming recording plans. Good to see him excited and motivated about his new project/s. Scribe currently features on new the J. Williams single "You Got Me" which debuted at No. 12 on the Rianz Top 40 chart this week. Congrats JW, Illegal Muzik and Scribe for that big debut.

My mate and co-director in Dirty Records & Dirty Mgmt, Mr. Callum August returned from a European work trip this week. There was a good amount of catching up to do with him as we suss out international plans for our various acts, including myself.
Thursday was more meetings, got a merchandise deal together (new tees and a re-run of the very popular NZ hats are on the way) plus web design meeting (yes, the blog is finally going to get some love and grow into a proper site, at last!).
PNC dropped in on thursday to lay some quick raps to a soundtrack song (I'm doing the score for a NZ short film at present). Then it was breakfast radio for 3 hours this morning on George FM and a trip to see my graphic design dude to do the artwork for my upcoming single. Got home from that and picked up the phone to co-ordinate promo and gig dates for next month in NZ and Oz. It's a very busy month ahead but right now I gotta finish up the tracks for the short film so I can tick that job off the list. Need some dinner though, when do I find time to eat?

As I mentioned on twitter earlier this week. I love my career, even when it gets hectic. But most importantly the one thing I'm most excited to share is that... I have new music on the way!

One From The Road

Sitting here staring into my coffee for a second at Gisborne Airport. The lone cafe takes up about half the terminal, the place is that small. I arrived a little early on purpose in order to grab some breakfast before my flight home. Strike one for me - V2 Cafe & Bar in Gisborne Airport don't do cooked breakfast. Shit.
So I ate the requisite ham and cheese croissant with much interest as to how you can heat a pastry in such a way that the cheese inside melts yet the exterior remains at a temperature just above freezing (in a grill no less!).

Alas my morning is not so triumphant but at least I'm not hungover. As I'm sure many of the happy customers who attended the show at Soho Bar last night may well be.
The venue was a sauna last night. So hot that my jeans were still soaked through this morning as I packed my bags to leave. Usually it takes a lot for me to break a sweat but last night I was dripping, it was so humid. I know it's gross but there is something special about djing in a super hot room with people goin crazy that adds to the intensity of the night. Just make sure you drink lots of water, preferably from a bottle. Sweat and condensation dripping into an open glass is not the one (pretty sure O.S.H. would agree!).

And now I await my flight home to Auckland, not to rest but to get set for our video shoot tomorrow. There is a fair bit of stuff to pull together, collecting props and sorting out wardrobe is my main job today. The perceived glamour of the music business may lead you to believe we have a huge staff of people to take care of these details for us, but no. In NZ, even with a reasonable budget, its a do-it-yourself affair.
We have a 2 day shoot ahead. I won't disclose the details of the song, treatment or the featured artists just yet but I will say its a P-Money record from my forthcoming album and if you follow me and/or some of my friends on twitter over the next couple days you may very well see it all unfold.

The A & R Guy

This is so hilariously, depressingly, deadly accurate! A perfect reenactment of the experience of doing remix work for major (and a few minor) labels. F**k off Bertie Big Balls! LMAO
A standing ovation for StreetlifeDJs (spotted via MissInfo.tv)

Love For Love Alone

The Love Alone Remix has been receiving a lot of love around the internets.
Shout out to the following sites!!

Ill Vibes
Ayebro blog
True To Sound
The Hip-Hop Chronicle UK
FlawlessHustle.Com
Global Grind
Cassette Couture

And if you ain't got it yet.. the link is still active!