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Long Time No Blog for ARIGO RECORDINGS

Wassup People?! I know, I know…. long time no blog. Things have been hectic, busy, embarrassing, fun, exciting, and humorous since last I wrote.

Just wanted everyone to know we are all still alive and well!ARIGO RECORDINGS is in the building people!!

By the way, download the debut single, ‘I Belong to You,‘ by Simone Taylor on iTunes right now!!!! It’s going to be this year’s most romantic song, I promise!

I Belong to You- Now available exclusively on iTunes

Hit you guys up again soon…

D.

LAUNCH PARTY

Hey!

Sorry for the delay. Just wanted to post some pictures of the launch party that some are saying was quite UNSUCCESSFUL! I don’t know about you guys, but if someone actually takes the time to write about how much our party throwing skills SUCK!, it couldn’t have been that unsuccessful, right. I’m taking the high road on this one. LOL

We sincerely hope all of you who dropped by Ruby Skye on August 7th, thoroughly enjoyed yourselves, and will continue to support ARIGO RECORDINGS, and all that we stand for.

Peace.

David M. Poole, CEO ARIGO RECORDINGS

Do we ever get out of high school?

How’s everybody doing this evening? Good? That’s cool…real cool! Well I thought I would blog a little this evening with you and get some possible comments about life after HIGH SCHOOL.

So the ARIGO RECORDINGS family decided to hang out at our local coffee shop on Shattuck Ave. today after work, and the topic of BOYS, GAMES, and how they all relate to HIGH SCHOOL came up. My young, female, assistant asked us GROWN-ASS MALE staff, ‘why guys play so many games?’ I of course answered with the question, ‘What the hell does that mean? What type of games?’ As you can see, I’m a bit out of touch, but after a little explaining she delved into what she actually meant…why do guys always want to f*ck around with you and 10 other girls you probably already know. Well there is no easy response to this question, especially since I’ve never been the type of guy who is like this, but it brought me back to my high school days when I remember that was the goal for some guys. Get as many girls on your list of victims as possible in order to obtain the highest standard of bragging rights. Or ‘doings’ rights, as I remembered it being called. I never understood this little cat and mouse game, but then again, in high school I didn’t really have much ‘game.’

So I explained to my assistant that some guys grow out of this phase. Sometimes it takes a heart-break to get them out of acting this way. Sometimes it takes a real ass kicking. Sometimes its just time. Whatever the case may be, some of us grow up, but there are also the one’s who refuse to. I guess the guy she was referring to is one of these guys.

Now there is a WHITE ELEPHANT ON THE TABLE: Do we ever get out of high school?

I know we get educations, careers, responsibilities, etc. but is adulthood that much different than high school. We still have those cliques of friends. We still try to look our best at those company functions (prom), and we compete in the company sports team (school sports). Not to mention you still have the same type of gossip and brown-nosing that occurred when you walked the halls of your alma-mater. The way I see it, adulthood can be for some people a minor step above high school. I know people who feel the best time of their lives was in high school. Not college. Not the birth of their kids. But high school. No these people aren’t Al Bundy, but they might as well be. All I can say is you graduated for a reason. Let’s try growing up and maturing.

As the other guys chimed in, the idea of lack of self-esteem was brought up. Guys lack self-esteem. Women lack self-esteem. We are all a low self-esteem country I guess. It occurred to me while everyone was throwing their thoughts out, that this is one of the main objectives of ARIGO RECORDINGS. After the shows are booked, the publishing started, and all the nuts and bolts are in place for our first album to finally be released, we really want people to feel uplifted and challenged by the material we produce and put out there. We all have issues, but for whatever reason we forget that the person sitting next to us probably has endured the same SH*T we are going through right now. Or what about the guy that lives down the hall from you? He probably went through it 2 years ago. Bottom line, let’s help each other out people. Let’s inspire each other. Let’s get to know our neighbors and help them through their tough times. You never know, they may have the ‘stuck in high school syndrome‘ just like you.

Thoughts?

unPROFESSIONALISM

Well since this is the Arigo Recordings blog, and we are frantically planning for our celebrity red carpet launch party, I thought this would be a great platform to voice my irritation with unPROFESSIONAL ARTISTS.

So please ya’ll explain to me why there are so many people out there who claim to be artists (i.e. singers, dancer, actors, writers, painters, sculptors, etc.), but continue to not only be unreliable but also unPROFESSIONAL? I mean how does this equate to them booking/getting work? I know if any of our artists should show the slightest bit of unPROFESSIONALISM, their career will be short-lived at Arigo Recordings.

This post is really to get those people who dream of being able to look themselves in the mirror and say, ‘Yes, I’m an artist…’ to be PROFESSIONAL. Believe me it will separate you from all the losers out there who are not hungry and think their SHIT doesn’t smell like SHIT. IT DOES ASSHOLE! Professionalism goes such a long way in this business, because there are so many people who just can’t do it. The one’s who can, have longevity. They are remembered…hell, they get work. And that’s what is important when you’re competing in the cattle calls, tour auditions, showcases, and reality show circuit.

Well, I’m off my soap box (for now). And I hope the person who inspired me to take to our blog and vent, realizes how much she is hurting her career. I refuse to work with you again, and I know I’m not alone. I’m definitely not one of those vindictive sons-of-bitches who runs and tells everyone they know in the business about one bad apple (there’s enough of those people already running around), I just want you to wizen up MISS THANG, and take other people’s time seriously.

Always remember, your last job is an interview for the next job you get…

Peace.

Flyers around the Bay

Hello again,

So the new site is getting lots of great reviews and feedback. More than anything, people are finally able to see the visuals for this entity called ARIGO RECORDINGS.

Our street team has been flyering like crazy around the San Francisco Bay Area to promote the Celebrity Red Carpet Launch Party we are having at Ruby Skye- August 7th, 8pm. If you are interested in going, purchase tickets at www.groovetickets.com (KEYWORD: ARIGO). If you come across a flyer on your car, or your neighborhood record store, keep it, and immediately rush home and purchase tickets. I mean it…drop everything and purchase tickets before the event is sold out. We’ve got so much great entertainment and stars coming through, you will wake up screaming in the middle of the night and clinching your fists, over  the thought of missing out on such a historical event for the San Francisco Bay Area. Trust me ; }

By the way, catch the beautiful Simone Taylor out at UC Berkeley tomorrow with her street team. She will be passing out flyers, talking to fans, documenting the event, and maybe singing a little, so be prepared to be WOWED!

They should have never given you n*@$as money!- RIP Rick James

Well Hello there!

It’s been a long time coming but here we are. Being that this is our first official blog post for the BRAND SPANKIN’ NEW ARIGO RECORDINGS website (aint it fly yawl?!), we felt it would be important to introduce ourselves properly. So here goes:

First off, because everyone asks this, the label name is pronounced: AIR-E-GO. Say it with me, AIR-E-GO. Again… Great job, now go take a nap you’ve worked hard today! Just kidding!!!

Instead of boring you with our mission statement which I’m sure you’ve already read if you’re on our site, we at ARIGO RECORDINGS thought that it would be more useful to explain our label more simplistically. We started this label because each of us love music, and the feelings it invokes in all of us. I know, I know, everyone says that. You read a thousand profiles on myspace, facebook, etc. and they all say, ‘I love all music…’ But do they really? What do they love about music? Can they pin-point it? It meaning what they love? Hell, can we? After sitting down one night at David Poole’s house, talking about how crazy music is today, we all decided to stop complaining about it and do something about it. I mean after all, there are still some really great artists out there. One in particular is signed to this label (Simone Taylor). It became apparent to us that we needed to help all those people who say they love all music, hear some REAL MUSIC. We just started throwing out ideas about how we would run a label, offering fair contracts for artists, real marketing strategies, strong album promotions, artistic details, etc. It all just came out of our mouths as if we had been planning this for years. By the end of the night, it was 4am, and we had a whole 300 page notebook filled with ammunition to begin ARIGO RECORDINGS. So that was it in a nut-shell.

This is going to be one hell of a ride, but ‘…Its a rational transaction. One life for billions…’ – FLASH GORDON