Here's a song for you all to listen and download by Tana. The beat has a chill, soul, reminisce feel to it and maybe that's why the song is called "Live in the past." The chorus is done by Baiyu and she definitely holds it down when Tana finishes doing his thing. I say listen to it, because you may just vibe to this. I'm not sure when Tana's project is going to be released, but I'm sure I'll let you know, but follow him on twitter at http://twitter.com/#!/followmetana
Tana is 1/3 of the Corp Cartel, the group Jay Wise is in, and he released this song. It just so happens to be fitting for Valentine's Day. Anyway listen to it, download, and spread it around. Follow Tana on twitter at @FollowMeTana
I will be at Bust Magazine's first ever Craftacular Holiday Pop-Up Shop at the Hendricks Gin Enchanted Forest, located on the Bowery. Hendricks Gin has converted a 2000-square foot gallery space into a winter wonderland, where Bust Magazine will be hosting its first-ever pop-up shop. There will only be 10 other vendors besides Branded Baron. You can stop by all week, since they are having this from Monday-Saturday. Branded Baron merchandise will only be sold tomorrow at this location!
Store hours: 4:00pm-9:00pm
350 Bowery(Between Great Jones St and East 4th Street)
Bonjour everyone! The reason for the lack of updates on the blog was I was in Montreal, Canada for the past couple of days and Anthony is chillin in L.A.. It was cool and fun. I'll explain more on my recap on Montreal in another post. Here are two videos that I recorded when I was up there. I should've made more, but I was having a good time.
It seems that bike riding is very common over there, because there were bunch of people riding through the city on bikes and there were a bunch of bikes available for the public to ride....with a price of course. It was about $5 for a half hour, so it wasn't bad. I thought having a car would be great, but my girlfriend and her brother decided we should ride bikes some times. It was fun definitely, but it was a pain when you're going up hill and anchoring and the person in front of you is going slow. It was a bit rough, but everytime I wore a nice tee I wanted to show off we rode the bike and I sweated. Be careful, because you don't want to get hit and most people ride without helmets and I prefer to ride with one on, but when you don't have one you just have to deal with it. It would be cool if there were public bicycles in New York City, but I think that would be chaotic and dangerous. I'm still shocked how those messengers don't get hit by cars in New York. Montreal was fun and the bike riding may have been tiring, it was enjoyable and got us to a bunch of places quicker, especially if we couldn't use the car. Bike on. lol
Paying for the bikes. Tiff was soo happy to ride the bikes and she's rocking the lion t-shirt.
Yes, I know I look like a dork in this photo.
Getting ready while wearing the "To live is to fight" shirt
Stay No Less Than Stunningly Fresh,
Joe
I have message in this video. Stay in the bike lane!
I'd like to thank JMine and Iquan for showing love to Branded Baron. Tiff and I met them back at an event New York and we've been cool with them since. JMine came through to the "Not Yo Mama's Craft Fair" this past Saturday with her friends and they all purchased on shirts. We try to make Stunningly Fresh t-shirts and they recognized that we offer a nice premium product and returned the love. They have some pictures of two of the shirts bought and the goodies that came with it. If you're into art, fashion, and design check their blog out. I've been checking their stuff out a lot, especially their packaging designs they feature. Hey, you never know when Branded Baron we'll have a crazy package that you'll receive in the mail.
Yesterday was a beautiful Spring day and in Brooklyn Branded Baron apparel was being sold. The Brooklyn Indie Market is a great place for designers to sell their fashion or accessories and I believed Branded Baron would fit right in. I packed my car with fellow Branded Baron helper,supporter, and my girlfriend, Tiffany with the Branded Baron items and left Jersey to head into Brooklyn. Danette, one of the Branded Baron models and designers would eventually meet us there to help out, so I knew we had a good team to help the customers.
As we arrived at the Brooklyn Indie Market(located on Smith Street & Union Street) I saw the big red and white tent with the Brooklyn Indie Market banner and was excited. I was pleased to find out that the kiosk I got to use was on the side of the street with a great visibility by all people passing by. Tiff and I set up the kiosk where it looked appealing and showed the variety of shirts.
From 11-6:30 we were selling. It was good to see people walking by checking out the shirts, complimenting, especially with the highest compliment which was purchasing a shirt or two. Since the March Madness sale is still going on, all the apparel had the sale prices. I liked being able to speak to everyone and seeing which designs they liked. I have to say yesterday's popular purchases were the "Gamer" shirt and the "Listen To Your Heart" design on all of the different color choices that were available. I forgot to take pictures of everyone who purchased, but I did remember at one point, so there are a couple of people holding up the Branded Baron shirts they will soon wear. It was cool to see Ray the owner of the clothing companyLowdtown to stop by and chat it up for awhile. Ray showed Danette and I a quick glimpse of a new design he's working on. He has a current sale on his site as well if you want to check it out.
I did bring some sweatshirts and it seemed odd, since it was so warm out and the sun was hitting us making it even warmer, but I knew it would get chilly later on. At one point of the day it went from nice to being really chilly. We were given a heater, which was great, but it was pretty difficult to keep three people warm with a small heater.
Overall, the experience was fun and I think Branded Baron will be back at the Brooklyn Indie Market another day and hopefully we'll have some new shirts.
Stay No Less Than Stunningly Fresh, Joe
Now for more pictures & video
The video was straight to the point.
This is the kiosk before it was filled with Branded Baron apparel.
Apparently when I looked up, I saw Tiff taking a picture of me setting up.
This is a cool picture.
She definitely liked the Listen To Your Heart t-shirt.
She came through with her guitar and picked up a small "Astrohop" t-shirt.
Ray from Lowdtown and I chatting it up.
Tiffany sitting down waiting to help the next customer to come on by.
Danette was talking to someone and I had to eat at some point, but look at the presentation of the shirts on the table.
The ladies of Branded Baron
I was a little disappointed Danette was had a cheesier smile than me. lol We had a fun yesterday.
