Where Is Khalid Omari? Day to Day https://whereisko.com Making beats and writing poetry / prose inspired by lived experiences. Thu, 29 Jun 2023 07:49:00 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://i0.wp.com/whereisko.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/K-O-LOGO.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Where Is Khalid Omari? Day to Day https://whereisko.com 32 32 124281712 Daily Prompt #2: One outfit choice, what would you wear? https://whereisko.com/2023/06/28/daily-prompt-2-one-outfit-choice-what-would-you-wear/ Wed, 28 Jun 2023 05:12:43 +0000 https://whereisko.com/?p=1027
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If you were forced to wear one outfit over and over again, what would it be?

It’ll definitely be my house clothes: a pair of athletic shorts and a jersey or sports tee. Simple.

If I were going out, it’ll be a pair of comfy jeans and a tee with a pair of comfy sports shoes like Nike Air Prestos.

If I were going out, it’ll be a comfy pair of trousers that are loose fitting with a loose fitting shirt.

To be honest I wear the same outfits and style of outfits all the time so I’m already doing the question.

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Random Prompt #1: Plane, Train or Automobile? https://whereisko.com/2023/03/20/random-prompt-1-plane-train-or-automobile/ Mon, 20 Mar 2023 00:13:57 +0000 https://whereisko.com/?p=1017
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You’re going on a cross-country trip. Airplane, train, bus, car, or bike?

It’s definitely a mix of train and bus. Train will take the long haul parts of the trip and maybe bus will be for short trips however it all depends on how safe the surroundings are. If the surroundings don’t feel safe, Uber or local government state authorised taxi is the way forward.

A lot of variables but then again, if it’s a city trip then train and bus. Did that in plenty of cities across Europe, España to be specific. Grab a ticket that covers the length of your stay and metro everywhere with sprinkles of bus.

A place like Netherlands, it’s a train ticket from from airport to city centre and explore. I say Netherlands but more like Amsterdam. In a city like that it’s a walking thing. That and maybe Venice which in some respects are the same type of place but in Venice you’re likely to get the river bus. Gondolers are hella pricey and also I weren’t tryna hop on them as they seemed rather unstable.

TLDR: I’d get plane, then train, then a mixture of bus, car and walking. Depending on how friendly the city is to cycling, might do that for novelty.

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MPC Live 2 Retro Diary – 6 Days since meeting Saint Alan The Alchemist https://whereisko.com/2022/06/05/mpc-live-2-retro-diary-6-days-since-meeting-saint-alan-the-alchemist/ Sun, 05 Jun 2022 00:00:59 +0000 https://whereisko.com/?p=825
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In my week since meeting a Hip Hop producer hero, Saint Alan The Alchemist, I wanted to test whether there was some kinda of energy transfer in the embrace. I headed home, dug out my DJ mixer from 2006, grabbed a vinyl from the shelf and tried to make a sampling vinyl banger using my AKAI Professional MPC Live 2 Retro.

As much as my Sunday sess didn’t produce anything worthy of sharing, aside from this cool picture, I did realise how powerful the sequencer on the MPC is for generating ideas. I tend lose interest once I get a loop as my other production weapons of choice feel restrictive. The MPC workflow is flexible enough to support mute, solo and editing once a sequence is duplicated. Going from a loop to a song feels so much more intuitive than others.

The following 5 days were spent exploring this box of delights pre and post shift, watching AKAI’s playlist on YouTube using the #mpc Live 2 on my lunch break and commutes to and from work. My eureka moment came on Day 4 when I finally figured out how to record vocals into the MPC Beats software, when using the Live 2 in controller mode.

On Thursday, having finished early, I raced home with the intent to record a piece of poetry I wrote, about a gloomy April morning, called Modest in Monochrome. I was going to stay in my comfort zone, which was to open a VST of the drum machine DAW in Logic Pro X, but I decided to break the pattern and stretch myself to learn something different. I’m glad to I took the 5mins to learn how because it means I can decrease my dependence on rerouting across software.

Modest In Monochrome (Demo) Brukaway Bounce (Draft) Sunday Shift

TLDR: How one chance encounter with someone can serve as a reminder to make time to explore your hobbies and interests.

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I met Saint Alan The Alchemist https://whereisko.com/2022/05/29/i-met-saint-alan-the-alchemist/ Sun, 29 May 2022 15:32:28 +0000 https://whereisko.com/?p=826
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You see when my right hand touches one of my drum machines next, it’ll be some next type of alchemy. Whatever my plans were today, I’m heading home to whip up some beats after my encounter with Saint Alan. I was lost for words but I’d like to think he knew what it was because I literally froze.
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Good (Fish) Friday 🐟 https://whereisko.com/2022/04/15/good-fish-friday-%f0%9f%90%9f/ Fri, 15 Apr 2022 17:49:00 +0000 https://whereisko.com/?p=810
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In my culture #GoodFriday 🇯🇲 is the day we have fried fish with Hard Dough Bread and/or Bammy. It took me years to realise that it’s a Christian tradition to commemorate the day he fed the thousand on the hilltop with two fish and bread (correct me if wrong).

As a lover of escovitch, as you can imagine Easter is one of my favourite holidays for the fish and also bun and cheese with the lamb on Easter Sunday.

Whether you’re fasting for Ramadan, doing a Passover feast or celebrating Easter, have a great weekend and hopefully we can get to making some beats.

Peace and Love

Khalid

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