Why Can't I Get One...

I've been on the TSMB website all but 4 weeks. I participated in the posts. Talked to a few of the members. But I don't feel welcomed. Maybe I'm not a veteran. I wasn't there when it was first started. I feel like I'm in with the rush of groupie newbees. And I'm not. But me and a few people were talking last night about the TSU ID cards. I think thats what they are called. I think I'm way too late to get one. I mean I asked, but I missed the deadline. [sad face]

But now that I'm with TTU and begin recognized as a regular member, someone came up with the idea of TTU ID cards. I mean we treat it as if its a regular school, so why not. I'm for it. I'm sure I can make them myself if I have a template.

What do I need a template for? I can make them by hand. I have the technology. I'm not a photoshop person, but I made miracles with less. Its a little miracle worker called Corel Paint Shop BABE!!! 99 dollars of not hard earned money. Its called rebate checks from school.

But who's for it? Official TTU ID cards? ....gonna take me forever to make em. Laziness is one of my flaws. Its not that I'm lazy. I'm just a huge procrastinator.

Song Of The Day

I am officially obsessed with this song. I never heard a song that fits my stories so well. I love them for this. Whoever had the idea for it. I just want to hug them. Listen to this song before it gets removed.

Pussycat Dolls - Psycho

And Now For A Commercial Break...

I love commercials with good music added. That's what drives me to go search for them on YouTube to watch them over and over and over.

This commercial right here, yall will most definitely recognize the song. It's from School House Rock, and if you were in class that one day for all of TTU ... Prof. Troy played this song. I love this commercial. The way they interpreted the song to fit a sport. Check it out.

Speaking of TV

I miss the days when Cartoon Network use to play old cartoons on Sunday nights, years ago. You know what I'm talking about. The Tex Avery cartoon hour. I watched it religiously. All the Bugs Bunny and friends cartoons. I miss all of that.

....I don't wanna talk about it. I'm just gonna show you before I get anymore upset.











MGM and WB use to be the s**t ... RIP good cartoons. I will forever miss you on TV. That's why I love YouTube.

Lost In A Sea of Reality

I think about a lot of things when I'm not on twitter. Sometimes my mind runs away from me and I can't control it. I can't stop it. It just keeps running. But it does that for a good reason. Whatever I'm thinking about, I most certainly miss and desperately want it back. It never fails.

What am I talking about, you ask.

Good ol' TV.

I watch more TV than you may know. While some people find themselves pulling away from it, it's drawing me closer. I'm dazzled at the new arrangement of shows that have been produced in the last few years. Drama is my genre. Them people know how to create some good shows. One day I'll be able to write that good and make my own show.

But I'm not saying all TV is good. The point of this blog is music. It's missing from TV. Don't yall remember the old MTV, BET, and sometimes VH1? Now look at it. A mecca of reality shows, all of which I do not watch. I steer clear of these channels at certain times of the day when reality shows dominate.

What I wanna know is, if these so called music channels is suppose to be music oriented, where are all the videos. See I do not have MTV Jams or VH1 Soul. I depend on BET and MTV for my music, but in this decade...it has failed me.

What happened to The Box on MTV? TRL? What happened to BET playing videos in the afternoon? The Center (the show with Julissa on it)? Rap City? The old 106&Park with Free and AJ? That midnight love show with all the slow R&B music (I forgot what its called)? Didn't BET use to play videos in the morning too?

These channels are sellouts. They reduced the music time slots on each channel. Condensed it to fill the rest of the day with reality TV. Last night I managed to stay up til 4am and flipped over to VH1. They were playing a program called "Nocturnal State" where they were playing music videos. At the same time MTV was playing "A.Mtv." They too were playing music videos. And I sat there wondering. Why do I have to stay up pass 4 a.m. just to watch music videos. Bad enough The deal comes on BET after 2, or something like that. I don't really watch that because I don't like the guy hosting it. But this is not right. Why should I accept this? Is this the future of music? Being replaced by reality TV?

It saddens me that it is this way. It's the reason why I miss 90's TV so much, because of the non-sense I have to deal with now.

What the hell happened? Where did TV go wrong? And who's responsible? That's what I want to know.

Song Of The Day

I will eventually get back to R&B being my prime focus of my songs of the day.

This song right here I discovered while watching CSI: Las Vegas. They have a knack for playing good music to match the mood of the episode. And I always end up loving it.

Placebo - Running Up That Hill


Don't mind the artwork in it, well the animation, but just listen to the music.

I Like Pictures :)

Diddy and Chris Brown

Cassie....still not feeling the cut.

Teyana Taylor...wish she would've glam'd it up and look like a girl for once. Yeesh.

Amber Rose, because I think she very pretty. I might just have to base my character after her. Move over Cassie.

Busta Rhymes and Julissa....the other girl, I remember her, but can't place a name with a face.

Dawn, Que, Tila and two random ppl

Lil Kim, Nicole S. (because I can't spell her last name), the woman on the left looks familiar, and the lady on the left that was on the Pussycat Dolls show. Yall know what I'm talking about.

The bffs Chris Brown and Teyana Taylor.

Laura London finally accepting that she's a babymoma. But she looks great tho.

If you were as bored as I was Saturday night, then you probably was watching the Ustream broadcast at the party. Cause you know two of the Ustream ppl was there. Yadayada... So the person who was in control of the camera just sat us in the corner. BORING. I wanted to be apart of the action too. They were being shifty. Ugh. The only time the action picked up was when Ashton K. picked up the camera and walked it around.

But is it me or was there alot of regular ppl there. I seen no celebrities. They were probably hiding. Just too regular. How did they get in there. Must be rich. Nah, probably just regular. If they can go, then I wanna go too so I can be just as regular as they are. All of TTU could roll up in there and be regular, but look hot doing so cause a lot of them regular ppl there failed. LOL. That's why I need to be on my game. Bloggers go places, especially celebrity bloggers. Maybe I'll make it to that status someday.

Someday....

Tom Foolery

Mediatakeout never cease to amaze me. It's incredible the way they can pull together bull just to make a story. They shamelessly make allegations, relationship allegations. GET A LIFE, whoever is posting this mess. Go find something else to do cause this isn't working for you. This relationship thing. Discovering new couples. No. Just go away.




So Chris Brown and Amber Rose can't hang out. If thats what they wanna do, then dammit let them do it. Whoopdeedo.


I mean I don't like Rihanna, but come on. They tryna make her into a homewrecker. I mean I really don't care about her, but don't try to ruin her image. Images have already ruined because of her......

So anyway. What have we learned? Don't believe everything you read or see.

Song of the Day

In celebration of TTU working hard to get Trey Songz his 200,000th follow today, I'm gonna make the song of the day all about him.

Troy Taylor FAQs/Rules

I'm sure that I am not the only one disturbed by the questions being asked in the TTU chat on a regular basis now. It hasn't always been like that. Now with the rush of new people taking interest in TTU without any prior knowledge of what's really going on, we must do something about it.

Well a few TTU members and I, whom are all fed up with all the nonsense, came up with a FAQs (frequently asked questions) page. I mean it’s only right to avoid all the anger and make the next TTU chat a peaceful one (DOUBT IT). But it’s a hope and a wish.

P.S. The rules are at the bottom...

Authors note: I did not post these FAQs & Rules to get on people. I created them to save people from the harshness from the personalities in class. You can take this as a warning, or however you want to take it. If you don't listen, then thats on you. If you don't like them, keep that to yourself, because I don't care. Troy likes them and thats all I got to say. I'm trying to help you. It is what it is.

Before reading the FAQs please visit Troy's official myspace. http://www.myspace.com/songbooker

FYI FOR THE SLOW POKES ... THE NUMBERED QUESTIONS ARE NOT RULES .. THEY ARE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS...GEESH...

FAQs: annoying questions that have been complied together because they have been asked a lot. Troy is not the type who likes to repeat himself.

1. "Who is you(Troy Taylor)?" Well there has to be a reason why you are there. How'd you get the link in the first place without knowing who he is. Do your homework first if you're an actual Trey fan.

2. "Where is Trey?" Not in Troy's back pocket. If he's not right beside him, then don't ask. Chances are Trey will keep you updated on where he is on Twitter. Keep up.

3. "Are you married?" No he is not. And I'm sure he's tired of saying that.

4. "But you have a ring on your finger." That ring is not on his wedding finger. It's on the opposite hand.

5. "How old are you?" UGH....he's 41. If you don't know, just don't ask. Ages shouldn't be the focus of the chat anyway. We are here to learn about music right?

6. "Where are you from?" Connecticut.

7. "Why aren't you a singer?" Because he doesn't want to be...he's doing what he desires. He sings when he wants on background vocals. The music industry is pretty shifty anyway.

8. "Who is SK?" You must not have Anticipation if you don't know who SK is. He's another Songbook producer.

9. "Can you play *song*?" Um, if it's on his CDs or Anticipation, you'd BETTER be asking for an acapella version. Otherwise...PLAY IT YOUR DAMN SELF.

10. "Is that *song* gonna be on Ready?" He will talk about Ready when its time for Ready. Right now he's not talking about it.

11. "How can I get on Songbook?" Troy isn't looking for new artists. His only focus is Trey

12. "How long have you known Trey?" (Directed at Troy) Since he was 14 or 15. Go listen to Genesis. And listen back to one of the TTU broadcasts. He talks about it on there. He helped him get into the biz.

13. "What is songbook?" Lord help whoever asks that question.

14. "What other artists are you working with besides Trey?" None. He's focused on Trey's career right now and nobody else's.

15. "What are you drinking?" Water.You want some? Troy does not drink alcohol.

16. "What happened with you and your ex wife?" None of your damn business.

17. "What happened to heels on?" The title has changed and you won't know the title until Ready is ready.

18. "What is Genesis?" Are you serious? Who are you? Must not be a fan.

19. "Where are you?" In Trey's basement in ATL duh.

20. "Do you have any kids?" Yeah a son ...geez

21. "When is Trey coming to (Insert city here)?" He doesn't know. He is not Trey's manager.

22. "How tall are you?" He's 5'6", but you really don't need to know that.

Now that we got all those questions out of the way, we found some extra rules to add to the list. So pay attention and don't get caught doing these things. Be a good student now.


RULES:: HERE THEY ARE RIGHT HERE, CAN U SEE??

Rule: Do NOT say Troy is mean. He's just real.

Rule: Stop chatting while Troy is talking or while he's playing songs. He doesn't want to talk/listen and answer questions at the same time. We seen this in the chat on Thursday. It was the main reason why he ended class. No one was paying attention. Well some were and others weren't.

Rule: You got to focus. When he opens the floor for questions, thats when you can ask them. Don't keep asking them while he's playing music. There's a time and a place for everything.

Rule: No cursing in the chat. Do not type them at all so he won't have to read them to himself. He's saved, he no longer curses.

Rule: Do not spam your question. Wait until he's looking at the screen to post your question or wait until he asks for questions. Like I said, there is a time and place for everything. And you will get your time to get seen.

Rule: Do not come in the chat trying to promote yourself. If it's business talk, do not contact him through the chat. You find some other way to do it. Be professional.

Rule: Do not come in the chat promoting your music. No one will check it out. That is not the focus.

Rule: If Troy is not following you, don't bash him for not following you. It's not his fault. Just mention it nicely. No need to be mean about it.

Rule: Troy is a busy man. Do not complain when he doesn't hit you back within the next 24 hours. Cut him some slack. Unlike the rest of us, he has important stuff to do dealing with Trey. Let him handle his business. He doesn't ignore people on purpose. So don't think that. He will get back at you when he's able.

Rule: Once Troy stops talking about something, that's a cue for you to stop talking about it. No need to go on and on about it. Listen to the man when he speaks, then respond and let it be done.

Rule: We won't follow if we don't care about what you have to say. So say something constructive now, throw out the follows later, and if we care, we'll follow. Or not.

This is not fair for the regular students who come to class to actually learn. There must be some control established. I don't know where it will come from, but we gotta start from somewhere. But we need everyone's help. Can't do this on our own.

Any last words? Of course. They come from the Professor himself.

(via @troytaylor86)

# I'm not live no but I just wanna try and keep all the unnecess crap away cuz it distracts those who really wanna learn.5:14 PM Jul 3rd from web
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do ur research and study who @troytaylor86 is and as well as @songzyuuup. Also make sure you at least have "ANTICIPATION" and listend 2 it5:13 PM Jul 3rd from web
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Ok so, I must find a way to keep order in my classes when I go live. For all the people who sing on who are new, please remember to

Another Author's note

The only reason why these were made was because of all the things that were talked about in the chat. It's a better way of dealing with everything. In a way, it keeps people away from getting put on the spot, unless they like the spotlight. I mean if you really go back and look at all his videos and check what he says how he says it and his expressions, you'll know that he's tired of saying things. I, for the record, put all this shit together based on what people complained about. You might not take it seriously, but to others its serious. Some might not be as light hearted as you. And i'm not saying you follow these rules. Troy just links it to you so he doesn't have to get on you if you say something that he already talked about. The majority likes it. And if they like it, then so be it.