The AJB Blog

Hello!!!

noreply@blogger.com (abaranello) — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:33:00 +0000

Hi All!!
We are on the eve of History. Of a Change. Of a chance to direct the world in the way in which we want it to go. I urge everyone that has been following the election to go out and vote for who you think is the best candidate. I am excited about this.

Other things that have happened lately.
Well...a lot
My CD and AJB Clothing are in some boutiques now. I have increased the amount of countries that my CD and Clothing has reached and I have done this all independently without the help of any behind the scenes favors. I am excited to where things are going.
I have completed another video for my song "World Falls Down" which I will post on here. I have also noticed that my style of videos have been copied by a major artist. A major artist whose A&R and head of the company was given a presentation of how and what I do. I cannot help but make the connection, but hey at least I know that my ideas are good (and thank you to all those who reached out and showed support about this issue).

I have some other surprises coming up, but I will keep them hidden for now.
I am running in the Philadelphia Marathon. I am getting excited for that. If anyone reading this wants to contribute in helping donate to a Philadelphia based charity, you can order any of my T-Shirt Designs that donate to charity and that is where it will go.
Here are some pics and vids of what I have been doing
Keep Rocking
Rocket
=)

World Falls Down

Spooky Walk

Live - Montage

Live Chat

noreply@blogger.com (abaranello) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:29:00 +0000

Summer Time

noreply@blogger.com (abaranello) — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:10:00 +0000

This summer has been really good. Busy and moving along. A lot of really good things have happened to further the growth of myself as an artist and AJB as a business. It is a very nice thing, to see how this all started from an idea and has become what it is and is heading in the direction that it is heading. In order to do what I do, I need support. I need fans. I cannot get them by mass marketing because I do not have the budget for that yet, so I have to go by putting my work out there and promoting it to the best of my abilities and hope that people respond to it. So far it is working out pretty well. I feel really good about where this is heading, and I cannot thank everyone that has helped this grow. It really is an amazing thing to know that people are responding to what you do for what it is and not what the media is telling you to like.
The psychology and sociology of things is a fascinating study. I really enjoy learning about how people think and respond and act.

Music and Dance have a very profound affect on people. I believe they are two of the most sensitive things in the world for people. These things bring up feelings in people and cause them to react in many different ways. All it takes is an older sibling or parent to say "dancing is gay," or "singing is girly," for a boy to ignore what he feels and not sing or dance. But he will then watch American Idol and So you think you can dance and be the biggest critic of the contestants as well as secretly wishing that he could be up there on stage. It is something that I hope can change a bit. I hope that the idea of singing and dancing can be accepted a bit more than it already is. If you like to dance....dance. If you like to sing....sing. Who cares what people say. If I listened to what people close to me had to say when I started doing this, I would not have a career like I do.

What else?
We did the London Edge trade show at the Jacob Javits Center in NYC. It was a great time to put the clothing line out there and see how people in the industry respond. It got a great response and a lot of good things have come from it.

Another great thing that happened this month was that we were able to perform for a number of senior citizens. My Dance Company did a week long workshop for middle school kids. We workshopped them and then had them create a performance to my song "Move with Me." They performed that while I sang live. Then we showed the seniors what we do live. I never thought that performing for a 100+ seniors over the age of 75 would be a good demographic for what I do, but I have to say they were going nuts over it. Hooting and Hollering and just having a great time. They even came up to us afterwards and continued to praise it. So I guess that is my new target audience lol.
Personally I think it makes them feel good and maybe brought them back a bit to being young.
I really enjoyed it. If you watch the video I am posting, listen to the crowd. The lady yelling is 95 years old!!!
She Rocks
=)

I Love You Live

That is all for now.
Hope you are all enjoying your summer, and thank you for supporting what I do
=)
Rocket

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Rocket
Adam

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noreply@blogger.com (abaranello) — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:01:00 +0000

I am excited!
I will be doing the London Exchange Trade Show at the Javitts Center in NYC. It is going to be a great time. I have been making shirts like crazy to get my presentation ready. When you make each shirt by hand, it is a fun thing to see how many you can make at one time.
This all will go down on July 21 and 22.
This week is working with some kids and getting ready to perform for them. Working with a group of kids and getting them ready to perform with us. After they do that, we will show exactly what it is that we do live.
So it is a hectic few weeks.....I like that.
I hope it is going well for all of you!!
Rocket

Thoughts

noreply@blogger.com (abaranello) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:24:00 +0000

So this new blog is something that I am really excited about because I get to be on my website, which means I can say what I want and do what I want without worrying about anything. I am very excited right now because I like where I am at and where this is all going. I am at a point where I realize how special it is that I get to do what I do. My job is my art and that is a great thing. having met with a lot of industry people so far this year has made me even stronger. They try to break you down, or tell you what their opinion is and that is wonderful and I respect that, but I do not need to be told whether or not I would sell, because, well, I am selling. So you start to wonder about things and that makes you figure out some things if you pay close enough attention. Then you see some major people with your ideas or promotional methods or designs and can only scratch your head. Why? Because they are connected to the people that you have spoken to. But it is okay, and like I said, I realize how special this is. So I am going to enjoy it and make this grow and continue to do what is important. Which is reach people and do things for the people that like what I do.
If you are one of those people: Thank you!!!
Below is my video for Games. Under that is my video for If you were my Girl. Both were made by myself. Guilt free, budget free and just a bad ass good time.
Thanks all
Rocket

Games

noreply@blogger.com (abaranello) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:53:00 +0000

If You Were My GirL

AJB's 1st BloG pOsT!

noreply@blogger.com (abaranello) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:49:00 +0000

Welcome everyone, to my first official blog post - there's a lot of exciting things going on that I want to share, so check back soon for more entries...