Queen Elizabeth Liner Notes - Sleepless in Seattle

8/13/2019 Queen Elizabeth Liner Notes - Sleepless in Seattle

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DJ FES ONE AND QUEEN ELIZABETH PRESENTS

SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE EP

East bay meets Pacific Northwest

As I amFlying steps

Emerald City sorcery

Ode to seatown

In closing


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THE INCEPTION

On a day In May 2012, I looked over at my

husband George and said, Hey, Im going toSeattle! I said it with such conviction thatbefore I had my plane ticket, in my mind I wasalready going. It was definite. The next coupleof weeks, I would repeat that phrase and itwould be greeted with a confused look or agiggle.

George. Im going to Seattle.

Im going to Seattle.

I HAVE TO GO TO SEATTLE.

Its imperative that I go to Seattle!

I had a budget to adhere to, and had plannedto stay at the city hostel in belltown; however,the Moore hotel had rooms that were within my

budget and not that far from what I was goingto pay for sharing a room with strangers. Ipurchased my ticket and did all of my researchsince I wouldnt have access to a vehicle, I wasgoing to see Seattle the way it is intended foranyone to really see a city, by foot and rail.


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I felt confident doing this mini tour, but was abit apprehensive about it since the only contactI had, was a friend whom I met on MySpaceyears prior. This would be the first time meeting

in person. One of two things was going tohappen: 1. I was going to have the time of my lifeand leave the emerald city fulfilled or 2. I wasgoing to die trying. I had to take the chance.

The morning my flight was set to take off, I feltlike shit. You know, Nervous, a mix between

courageous and frightened. Im a night owl sowaking up at 4am to drive an hour to Ontarioand then take a flight at 6am was not thebusiness. To top it all off, my eyes werebloodshot red and just my luck the stupid tsafolks decided they wanted to pick on me and

make me take all of my equipment out of twobags. If looks could kill.

Once on the plane, I realized why I hated flying. Idont like people up in my space. Luckily it wasearly enough where I didnt have to deal withcrying babies and everyone just wanted to be

left alone. Next stop Sacramento.Damn sacto, yall have a nice airport. I satthere for less than 30 minutes, but I made sureto check-in through yelp and text my homie upnorth. Imma coming! Next stop seatown.


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The music

1. East Bay meets Pacific Northwest (2:06*

Inspired by the flight on my way to Seattle, this

is a Fitting intro to this journey. Getting there ishalf the battle, right?

2.. As I am (3:56)This song was written on the sounder on myway to Everett. I was going to meet up with Fesand I must say it was (still is* one of the most

beautiful train rides I have ever experienced. Theguy in front of me, kept talking to me aboutWashingtons states history. It was lovely,but somewhat distracting. In any case, I wrotethe entire song on the hour train ride. This wasbefore I heard any instrumentals. I felt at peace

during that train ride, and I just let my pen dothe talking.

3. Flying Steps (3:35)

I wrote the first verse and hook to anotherinstrumental for another producer, but that

asshole took too long to release theinstrumental track. In retrospect, Im glad helagged because then I wouldnt have had thepleasure of getting that sexy saxophone on aFES track. I actually practiced and was writingand editing this in front of FES at his home in


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Northern Washington. He smiled, and we knew itwas worth keeping.

4. Emerald City sorcery (4:29)

Before leaving FESs pad, he gave me a CD full ofinstrumentals that I could choose from. Alreadyforming the EP in my head, I felt this one wasperfect. I also wanted to write a tribute songto FES and not just a oooh dj you so fine,cuz you work the vinyl, blah blah. Iwanted it to be specific to him, so therewould be no confusion that the song wasfor FES. I remember tell ing George and herather gave me this, you haventwritten a song about me look. L ittle didhe know, that FES and I were working ona track called Miraclez, for him.Despite the name of the track, it is aboutFES and how he helped me overcomemusical obstacles; however, I did have togive another shoutout to the city ofSeattle5. Ode to Seatown (3:48)Because having an entire EP dedicated toSeattle wasnt enough, yes, We have aSeattle track. If my memory is correct,FES was trying to fl ip this perry comosong, but kept running into issues withthe rhythm. I never heard it. Then again,


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who am I to tell a DJ how to spin,sample, and compose? I knew he had anidea of what he wanted out of it, so Itold him to give me the instrumental oncehe felt satisfied with it. I didnt want totake the track if he felt he didnt put hisbest foot forward. That day I recordeda shitty l ittle demo on my phone anduploaded it to soundcloud so he couldtake a l isten. He gave me the thumbs upand so I kept writing.6. In closing (2:34)This is how you know this entire projectwas meant to be. When FES dropped meoff at the airport, I was teary-eyed. Ididnt want to leave and felt that therewas more to be done. Damn youSouthwest Once I went through therigmarole of TSA, I sat down and startedto write. That night when I got home, FESalready had a beat ready for me. Hesaid, Yo, I composed this after you left.What a way to end this trip


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The GalleryI like this picture. I look like Butthead. And thats some sortof African hissing cockroach. Picture taken at the pacificscience center at Seattle Center.

This was taken next to the park by Kurt cobains pad. I was

sad the entire time I was there.


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The infamous whitewall at FESs pad.Fluid knows what Imtalking about! I usually

dont care to havemy picture taken, butit was surprisingly fun.Pictures by: DJ FESONE


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FES played host andguide while I was inSeattle. This place by the FremontBridge and althoughit was a bitch and ahalf to get to, it waworth all the u-turnFremont Troll

picture by: DJ FESONE

I took this picture of Fes and his little one.The man behind the mask, oh the suspense!

After trekking around town, FESdecided to fill our guts up with Kidd

valley in Kenmore.Yo, best chocolateshake ever!


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I took these while I was on the Argosy cruise ship. I miss this city already!


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Oh no! a cephalopod has gotten ahold of me! Seattle Aquarium

screaming booth at the EMP museum

Cuz Im T-N-T! Im dynomite!!


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We would like to thank all of those who made this possible. Tour family and friends who put up with our shit, and allowed

us to create this racket we call hip hop music.

***Shoutouts***DestroyITnow

The roundtable radio show

Deezy4king

Cudda mack

Death da vinci

Mo the general

Cypha music group

Outstanding citizens

Un the rhymehustla

Sire onetaeboi

Mc ohm-i

The unheard nerd

Chalkskin

Random aka megaran

Mc Escher

Mc lars

Dj money mike

Dj etch one


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Dj audio one

Dj rabeat

Dj juan c.

Dj redliteJoel tha mightyL

Bootleg productions

daecap

David franz, underground sun

Rick shaw, riverside city collegeMike veny

m.i.d.i. myke

mike sonata

chazzy

genius

Obese chess

Chica terremoto

Erik Redmond

Sista raq

Miss Am

Keyd

Qamil

Gill sotu

Aaron evans


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Hurd sims

Sherwin re=verse ginez

Rolland tizuela

Timothy rhyme and the first dirt republicanita cooley, cooleykatz

jeff zittrain, Chabot college

dr. eric Schultz, Chabot college

Queen Bees, north park

Train of thought, san diegoGlassless minds, Oceanside

Craig meyer, fanmail marketing

Music castle, santa ana

Berklee college of music

Riverside city college music department

Chabot-las positas music department

Salvador castio

Nick la croix

Steve work, workhouse records

Monique benabou

The recording academy

Hieroglyphics

Antipop consortium

Atmosphere


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Kool keith

Rakim

Big daddy kane

Brand NubianMc lyte

monie love

public enemy

guru

mos defthe roots

a tribe called quest

wu-tang clan

zulu nation

apple computers

beyerdynamic

akai

korg

yamaha

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