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Justin McCain Poetry: Release Date : May 18th, 2012

So I’ve been alluding to the thought of releasing a project of Spoken Word Poetry online for the past few months via Facebook, Twitter, and here on Tumblr.  Originally, this work was going to get released in April.  But with a few setbacks and waiting for things to fall into place, I’ve decided to make an official drop date of May 18th to release my first work to the public.  

So, WHAT IS JUSTIN MCCAIN POETRY????????

#JustinMcCainPoetry is the title for the actual work that’s getting released.  It won’t be a full blown album, with a great deal of production, but it will be my work from it’s purest elements.  Performance pieces from the spoken word scene

HOW DID THIS PROJECT COME ABOUT????

Right after I made my way to St. Louis to audition for “Whose Next 2 Blow”, I received a phone call from a mentor of mine, basically telling me he needed my work on audio for the CEO of a major company, hoping to possibly create an opportunity for something to happen.  However, it needed to be in his hands in 2 weeks from that phone call.  So like any person who was hoping an opportunity, I was excited to get to it, wondering what could come of it.  That was back in mid March.  However, I hit a HUGE snag.  I had no recorded work.  Not professionally anyway, not really.  So I broke down and purchased a microphone, and sat down in a hot apartment to start recording (since turning a fan or A/C on would affect the overall quality of the work).  But as soon as that session started I developed a huge cough.  Which caused another major snag, I had successfully gotten the flu, or something mighty darn close to it.  My voice was gone, couldn’t do 30 seconds of a poem without coughing up a storm, and sounded worse than Barry White after he choked on a chicken bone.  So recording was postponed until I had literally a day left to send my work off.  

With that said, I gathered up some of my pieces that I had performed or already posted to my Spoken Word blog “Complexities of the Mind” : http://youtube.com/justinmccainpoetry as well as some written poems that I really enjoyed, put them all in front of me and got to it.  Three hours later I sat with a set number of completed poems, an album cover via Marc Mayes ( http://respectmycamera.tumblr.com ), and a few blank CD’s to burn with.  

Overall the work gives a quick look into my work and my life, and the poems spanned over the course of about a year.  I had a blast looking back on what I had written and what I had learned going through each one from a writers perspective.  It got me excited to send off my work.

So, lastly, with my project now complete, I had nothing left to do with it other than give a few copies to my mentor.  And seeing as I could find nothing better to do with it, I decided that I wanted to release it for the people who listen to me most : YOU!

Will It Cost??? 

Initially I will be releasing the work for free.  Sometimes you have to give a little to give a little.  However after a set amount of time, that will dissolve and I will probably sell it for approximately $1 or so.  

Will You Be Making More Projects

I’ve already started on the concept for the 2nd project, which would actually have way more production and show my creative side.  It would have more the 2007 McCain.  But let’s take this one step at a time.

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Just an update family, appreciate all of the support this year, looking forward to seeing you soon!

My thoughts are in the air,

McCain