David Dallas

Mean.

I shall be heading off to New York next month primarily because I was invited to showcase at this years CMJ Music Marathon. It’s awesome to be able to get back to the U.S twice in the same year, but what makes it more significant to me personally is the fact that around this time last year (August 21st to be precise) I sent my boy Che an email entitled “The Goal”. All I wrote in the email was “Let’s try and get on these next year” and there was a link to the SXSW website and a link to the CMJ website. Just over a year later.. here we are.

I’ll elaborate more on the festival itself in the days ahead but I thought I’d just put this personal anecdote out there. As with most things, when I first decided I wanted to do this I was greeted with skepticism. Some of it justified, some of it not..  “those events aren’t for rappers”, “it costs too much and it’s too far”, “you don’t know anyone/have any connections over there”, “americans won’t understand you, you won’t get invited”, “it’ll be a waste of time” etc etc.  Hearing this sort of thing can of course weigh on your mind, and I’d be lying if I said doubt and subsequent feelings of apathy didn’t have the tendency to creep into my thoughts. However I had done my research prior and was dead sure that these were things I wanted to do so we persisted. Looking back on that email from 13 months ago now … I’m rather glad we did.

Much thanks to my team for hearing me out and helping me do the things I want to do, I appreciate it.

Catch me on these dates:

• Oct 20: New York – Red Bull Space
• Oct 21: New York – The Rose

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