Well to begin here, I wanted to start on a more sentimental side of me.

In the recent years I have come across with a barrier. A barrier that separates a path down to a view of my entire life. As I am not able to backtrack, this would be as close as I can get to my past. I have come across these paths very often through my life journey, only that as time goes on and my journey continues, I am able to see much more than I was able to the time before. During these moments I can't display any external emotions only deep internal emotions that include happiness, grief, sadness and hope to name a few. Many of these personal reflections come with tears along with smiles and dreams and they are found in many places and phases throughout my life. Yes, my life was filled with periods of happiness, battles and depression, just like the current events here in my life. Unsure of how the future could turn out, I get scared into the glass that holds me from falling down into the world I call "The Past." Every blink comes in slower intervals and I begin to almost freeze in my own barrier where all I can see are bright lights and slower movements.

After the episode is over, depending on the severity, I would take a moment to look both ways on the path I'm about to cover. I normally fall asleep during this time, to dream and see what really is going on in my mind, not just what I want to think. Once I wake up, with the help of sleep, I was able to set new goals for the upcoming journey I have lay ahead.

If I haven't set new goals, it meant I wasn't ready and I would need to go back into the glass to fully see what really happened. My childhood would come back to my mind again along with hundreds of thousands of images I have held so close to my heart of family, friends, and high moments of that time. As these memories come again to me, they would make me feel a sense of protection as well as pierce my brain and heart like daggers. A couple more breaths, blinks and tears and I would fast forward a little further forward to my adolescence. The friends that I have made throughout the years, the great memories, the funny, the bad, the sad, the plain random would all do the same. Sense of regret comes into play around this time and it would make me feel guilty for several of the things I did then and several of the things I should have done when I had the chance. Broken hearts, school experiences, after-school friendly get-togethers. They would all come with a blow more powerful than before. The most recent events would be the ones that would damage me the most, since these are the one's I have urged to regret the most. It came in the form of addiction, depression, suicidal vulnerability and will-power. These recent events come around more often and when I am most vulnerable, these events have left me in pieces and shambles for days and weeks that follow.

Returning to the real world, I have learned to take all of these experiences in and to analyze my life in depth. Not to claim or to get pity from the world, but merely to give the opportunity of those who want to know me better, a chance and who knows, they might find me quite interesting.

I am not ashamed of my past, no matter how much it may haunt me in my mind. I have learned and still learning from every experience that happens in my life. All of the mistakes I have made that have affected not only myself, but to those close around me, including my friends and family that I love very much and cherish each and every one of you. Even for those that I barely know or just met or have yet to meet, I look forward to meeting each and every one of you and would love to help you in whatever you may need. It's the least I am willing to do for those people that have existed in my life, regardless of what they have done or may do. I am always willing to forgive and to help for the benefit of others, because we as people are not perfect. I am not any more perfect as the next person, and I feel it is important not to give a second chance, but to always be willing to help those people in need. That is my primary goal and will be throughout the rest of my journey, which by the looks of it, will most likely be cut short sooner that I might expect. When that time will come, I will finally get to live in one world on the other side of the glass, where there is no past or future. My memories and possessions that I have held so close to my heart will live there after I am gone. I will also get a chance to look at others on their own journeys as well, although I won't be willing to directly help, I can only provide a link through the sentimental values I have carried throughout my life.

That being said, I wish every single person pursue their dreams, their wishes, because it can all become possible. Each one of us has a greater purpose that we won't know about, but we need to try our best to continue our journey to find out the best we can. Yes, life also comes with grief, sadness and many emotions, but that is all okay, we can look back and be willing to use those experiences to help us in our future. When it comes to life, there is no reverse, only a forward direction, no matter what path we take. Our hearts and our minds are the ones that will guide us. Never stop dreaming and focusing on your goals. In this game you can't be looked as a loser no matter what you do, only as a winner. I have faith in each and every one of you.

Thank you and God Bless.

To prove my point, I'll go very recent:

Once upon a time in 1956 Renato Carosone and Nicola Salerno co-wrote a catchy song called "Tu Vou Fa L'Americano"...

In 2010, Australian producers Yolanda Be Cool and DCUP, sampled the song to make their worldwide hit "We No Speak Americano".

Later that same year, Dutch DJ Alvaro created a bootleg of the Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP cover with a Dutch-house style variant that is popular worldwide.

And even later THAT year, Pitbull, used the DJ Alvaro bootleg of "We No Speak Americano" and rapped over it, he subsequently called it "Bon Bon".

So the journey goes as follows:
Renato Carosone & Nicola Salerno - "Tu Vou Fa L'Americano" (1956)
TO
Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP - "We No Speak Americano"
TO
Yolanda Be Cool & DCUP - "We No Speak Americano" (ALVARO Bootleg)
TO
Pitbull - "Bon Bon"....

How far does the cycle have to go??

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The deal is, DJ Alvaro, who made the bootleg of "Americano" is now pretty peeved that Pitbull used his bootleg version without his consent...

So he's mad because of rapping over a bootleg of a remake of a remake...

I understand where DJ Alvaro is getting at. Pitbull credited Nicola Fasano (Nothing to do with the remake at all) as well as crediting Yolanda Be Cool and DCUP. Alvaro went to pretty great lengths to make a good bootleg for the clubs. But Pitbull is notorious for sampling, and I would really be surprised and pretty impressed if Pitbull does end up coming up with COMPLETELY ORIGINAL MATERIAL!

Nevertheless, Alvaro realizes he can't do much about it, and states that he only wanted to make sure that those who listened to the Pitbull song to realize it was using the Alvaro remake. From the tone of the video, I don't think Alvaro minded that Pitbull used his bootleg, I think he was actually pretty happy about it, the only thing was that he wished [Alvaro] was credited for the remix... Some funny Dutch English accent used here, but overall pretty neat video!



The main point of the post is...

WHAT HAPPENED TO USING ORIGINAL MATERIAL???

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If you like Alvaro's bootleg remix of Americano, he has it available on his Soundcloud account for his fans right here:

Yolanda Be Cool & Dcup - We No Speak Americano (ALVARO BOOTLEG) by djalvaro

A very happy new year 2011. Coincidentally today is 1/1/11. Back on the grind tomorrow! 2011 FTW! Have a great one!