Mental Notes

LAX to W. 25th street, where me and the Big Is sleep
Ready to embark on this new thing, blind steps
We crept up sunset to the Cube Vision suite
No petro, we hop fresh off the metro, rapid
Door men by day, by night director or an actor
Everything in LA is so backwards, or maybe it’s me
Because all in all, I’m just a kid from the D
Debbie in my ear, making it clear I’m here to network
I remind her Debbie Monday I start at The Urban Network
She laughs, “Warren I need you to let go of your past”
Sad, someone so small is so mad
Grab, a monthly bus pass, to roll
Yes sir, you know, Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffles
Vermont to Pico, Pico to La Brea
Ms. A. Terry stays down the way, but
She’s never home, interning at Interscope
Excuse me, I.G.A looking back on them days
We are shopping now, third street promenade
Chrissy Depeaw was out, Israil, music director now
“So Fresh, So Clean” I knew the song, but I know the producer now
Thanks to this internship, I dropped the seeds, my career’s like a plant
I sipped orange juice at the historic Record Plant, go figure that

Grand Finale

June 4th, 2007, I landed in Los Angeles, CA my trip to the place that makes dreams and stars everyday. My mindset, how can I make Los Angeles work for me? A question that my new network of entertainment professionsals would all answer in there own way. It seems like just yesterday when I first stepped through the walls of The Urban Network with no real since of what I was about to embark on. I was welcomed with open arms by Mr. Miller London, who I later welcomed in a...special way (He knows what I'm talking about). But throughout the course of this summer I learned several valuable lessons that will last me a lifetime. By mid July I'm in full stride, I know my way around LA at this point, I have meetings with Capitol Records, Ruff Ryders, individuals I met at Interscope. It was just a great experience for me, I truly feel that every students that believes this is the business for them needs to take a trip to LA. I learned that this business is not for everyone. That's not a bad thing, LA proved to me that I was made for this business.

I have no clue what I would be doing if it where not for this burning passion I have for music. I look forward to returning to the bright lights of Hollywood to continue my bright future.

Warren Griffin