The journey of a thousand miles begins with One step...

Catch Thee Immaculate Supporting CASSIDY at Heaven Night Club

'I came to a fork in the road and went straight '

Too Blessed to be stressed

For the last 6 weeks I have been exposed to insurmountable obstacles. Just when I thought I've hit rock bottom it turned out to be a bottomless pit so I'm still falling, and I'm falling hard. It's basically a snowball effect of problems. I'm not the kind of person who shares my problems with people I wouldn't say I bottle them up either. I prefer to solve them one step at a time.

Random Observation: if you've been given 100 donuts to finish in 5 minutes the chances of success are infinitesimal. If you were given 20 days to finish the same amount the task becomes manageable. The 'impossible' becomes possible when broken down into small pieces or steps.

With regards to these issues of mine I won't go into detail because as I've said before I believe in focusing on the positives more than the negatives. Temporary defeat is a stepping stone to success.

Throughout this chaotic period I have come across some inspirational individuals and some good news. I always make it a habit to surround myself with like-minded and equally ambitious, self-driven people.

Three people over the past week have really inspired me to keep striving to be the best I can be in whatever craft/task I put my mind to. I don't think it's necessary to put their names on blast they know who they are - One of them however is my sister (13 years old). I'm really proud of her:

She won a speech competition at school and even wrote her own speech. She even received some impressive awards at her school's award ceremony/prize giving. Too proud of you lil' sis keep going for gold! Plus she's so passionate about her future career that she's already pushing the whole family to take her to places where she can find out more and research about her ideal career. As we say in Australia - 'GOODONYA'

lil sis

The Good news I received is we (Thee Immaculate) will be supporting the one and only MOS DEF on the 11th of January. I didn't know how to respond when we got the news I'm grateful to have been given this opportunity and remain humble throughout both trials and tribulations.

Mos Def

One thing's for sure when it all comes down to it I try very hard to stay positive in the face of adversity - so Rain, sleet, hail, snow I'm determined and positive I'll get to where I want in life it won't be easy but remember 'what doesn't break a man, makes a man'

Learning how to fly

Post-Show Update

So last night we opened for Bone Thugs & Harmony and Juice McCain (BWS). This was the best show I have had by far. Juice was real cool I don't know whether he watched our set, but whilst we were backstage he offered to have us on stage with him. In his words 'This is your home city, so get on stage with me and hold it down for the A (Adelaide)' - Or something along those lines. It was real dope though.

We (Thee Immaculate) started drinking Grey Goose earlier in the day, hit the club and we started drinking Hennesey then finished the night off with Vodka - so it's safe to say today's hangover represents one hell of a night. The Bone Thugs & Harmony set was too ill as well.

Backstage with Juice McCain right before his set

The highlight of the night however was the kind of love I was getting from my Adelaide people, both new and old  supporters. I ended up signing a whole lot of t-shirts, I didn't even know what to write :/ - Question: What do I write? I hadn't expected any of this I ended up just putting my Twitter name  @TheOnlyNeo and signed Thee Immaculate under it.



What was crazier was that a lot of people kept telling me, to my surprise, that they were actually there to watch Thee Immaculate.

I do realize however that events such as this have the potential to cause individuals to get big headed by letting the hype get to their heads. Not me though, check out my permanent Reverbnation status:

www.reverbnation.com/neofromtheeimmaculate

'Humble till the finish'

This is the moment when we made the crowd give a moment's silence for our late homie SLY

Oh yeah another thing, we actually dedicated our set to our lost homie - SLY - R.I.P.

Tomorrow is not promised to anyone so make the most of your todays ya'll.

The Journey Continues... (The hustle does not stop)

One of the most important things, no matter what field you're in, that build's character is bouncing back after temporary defeat. I have not been blogging in a while, I still can't get used to this but I want to document this whole journey from beginning to end. I'm stressing a whole lot right now but trying to keep my spirits up. Lately life been throwing some huge obstacles my way to slow me down, but I'm a winner and winners don't quit.

This great news came about a month ago we're supporting legendary hip hop group Bone Thugs & Harmony as they tour Australia (Adelaide show). Not just that but we also get to open for the heir to the BWS (Black Wall Street- The Game's label) throne Juice McCain. Double threat event! Wait make that Triple threat!

I don't wanna limit how I express myself in my blog so don't be shocked right now when I say I'm feeling real fucked up. University work + haven't recorded in a while + need a job + exams around the corner = mind fuck. aaaaah! Lol one would think I'd focus on the positives right now so I'm going to do that in about 5 minutes time I gotta vent my frustrations first. To anyone reading this blog learn to count your blessings not your problems and with that said I should take my own advice.

To go back to what I said before about documenting this journey till the end I want people to understand something. I plan on walking, crawling, and fighting my way to being considered one of the greatest lyricists to walk this earth. I might not become the greatest but I 'need me' a place up there with the greats. So I believe that this journey will not end, if all goes according to plan, and if God wills, I will make such a meaningful impact on this industry that once I die, my soul will linger on through my songs...

If you fail to plan, you plan to fail - 'Success, it's a process' (c)

Great News...

I wanna say something but nothing comes to mind. Just got some great news, this just in:

An associate of mine asked me what is my secret to successful living and I went silent. I didn't know how to answer this question because in my opinion I'm still learning like everyone else and go through bad days like everyone else. I think the best way to explain why someone, not necessarily me, seems to be living the good life can be explained with this quote:

"Take whatever cards life deals u & work it without complaining"

Be grateful in life:

' there was once a man who was complaining about having no shoes till he saw a man without feet'

THIS SHOW WAS POSTPONED/CANCELLED DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES

I knew this would happen - I would stop bloggin for a while

It's 6am and I been up working. On what? Everything [except my criminal law assignment]. It's been a while since I blogged and I knew I would go all silent since I'm not used to blogging. The Journey is already starting to get crazy with each day. For those of you who don't know, I have been fortunate enough to open for such artists as :

Montel Jordan, The Game, Chingy, Tila Tequila, Jessica Mauboy and my favourite rapper Nas.

We got some good news 2 weeks ago and I'm not gonna put it on blast verbally I'll upload the poster. I feel honored to be in this situation. I understand however that humility is important throughout one's life so I know to always keep a level head through my successes and to keep my head high through the hardships.