DJ HARD HITTIN HARRY ON THE BRAND NEW "COURTNEY'S BLACK BOX" RADIO PODCAST!

Hi Friends and Fam!!!

I’ve got exciting news! My dear friend Zawadi Morris has just launched a new radio podcast entitled, “Courtney’s Black Box!” hosted by the hilarious & sexy Courtney Coleman and co-hosted by Zawadi's husband Reggie Ex. I am honored to be the very first LIVE in-studio guest for the most recent show (9-6-08). In this show they kick it with me about my latest project The Earthman Experience, my background as a DJ, my memorable stint as DJ for The Fugees, and I'm also chopping up Election '08 politics and entertainment gossip with the duo! It's a hilarious listen and I'm very excited for them and this podcast!

The show is available now for free on iTunes! For all you Hip Hop babies (i.e. 30- and 40-somethings), this is not your average radio: Get ready for some of the most jaw-dropping conversations, great music and intelligent views you’ve heard in a long time. It’s grown-folks radio, for sure.







Now, I need for you to do 4 things:

1. Go to iTunes (www.itunes.com), in the upper right-hand corner, enter into the search box “Courtney’s Black Box” (if you do not have iTunes, it is a quick, easy and free download)

2. Subscribe to the show (also a quick and easy process); subscribing will automatically send the latest versions of the show to your iTunes catalogue, and also allow you to leave a comment.

3. Listen to the show(s) and graciously leave a comment (be honest; we want honesty)

4. Spread the word to all your friends

We need ALL OF YOU to make this effort a success. Right now, there’s nothing like it out there. You can listen to it on your way to work, while on your lunch break, or in the evenings when you’re ready to relax and get a few giggles in... So please tune in, and consider yourself officially “put on.”

Check out "Courtney's Black Box" and make sure to subscribe so you automatically receive every new episode.

Trust me...you'll be glad that you did!

Hard Hittin Harry

Here are some still photos from the taping!!!

MY MUSIC...MY LIFE...PART 1

I began spinning back in the early 80's in Newark, New Jersey. As child and witness of early hiphop and its' humble beginnings, I came up in an era of "doin what you gotta do" to survive in this world. I came from a single parent household with my strong Haitian mother raising me and my younger brother, Joe. Thanks to the watchful eyes of my mom, I grew up always doing the right thing...never did drugs (that didn't come until later in high school) never got locked up and certainly kept good people around me. My running buddies at the time were Leslie & Jean-Marc Jeudy, two fellow Haitian cats that had a strict old-fashioned mom. Man was she strict!! They could never wear popular clothing or have the popular haircuts. I felt pretty lucky that my mom was less stringent and definitley alot more easygoing. Maybe it was because she was alot younger than Ms. Jeudy...I dunno. Our other boy was Eric "Fu" Freeman who lived not too far from us. Fu was such a cool cat and I am still touch with all them cats today. We lived in the section of Newark called Vailsburg (affectionately kown as Hoodaville). We did what normal kids would do at that time...play basketball..go to the parties...and chase girls.

At that time, Hiphop began to really break out in a BIG way. We would watch Soul Train and shit like that and there would always be at least one or two cats on there that would be poppin', lockin', and breakdancin. We studied those moves and we started doing it. Jean-Marc was always better than all of us I thought, however, we all studied moves and started to breakdance and battle and at the parties. Back then it was all about house parties until we got to high school. We listened to one particular radio station at the time...92 WKTU!!!! Man oh man! We reveled in the mixes of Aldo Marin, Jellybean Benitez, and cats like that. They did the serious pause button-style mixes and songs like "The Message", Rapper's Delight", "Planet Rock", "Numbers", "Play At Your Own Risk", and "IOU" were in heavy rotation. "Planet Rock" in particular set it off every time for the poppers and breakers at all the jams...It was always ON when them joints came through the speakers. And then we discovered turntables....

To be continued.....

WELCOME TO "IN THE CUT" --I HAVE ARRIVED TO THE BLOGOSPHERE

WELCOME TO MY NEW BLOG "IN THE CUT WITH DJ HARD HITTIN HARRY"

Yes folks I decided to officially enter the blogosphere to share my thoughts on this crazy industry/world and of course promote the various events and parties that I'm spinning.

Being that it is Election year 2008 and there so much goin on with the Obama/McCain race (post DNC/RNC conventions) and now with the addition of the Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin to the fold, I feel that I need to share my views on these matters. But first I need to share with you all who I am and my background. 

Therefore I will be spoon-feeding some tidbits on exactly who is DJ HARD HITTIN HARRY? 

First of all in case you didn't already know last Wednesday August 27th, my band THE EARTHMAN EXPERIENCE made the NY DAILY NEWS (Caribbeat Magazine special) Special thanks goes out to the writer Anita Samuels & Caribbeat Magazine editor, Jared McCallister for the wonderful piece.

On Tuesday September 9th...I will be spinning SHOWCASE INDUSTRY TUESDAYS at Harlem's world renowned TALAY RESTAURANT, 701 West 135th St. New York, NY.  I hope to see all my Harlem peeps in the building.

On Wednesday September 10th...I will be showing support for our next President of the United States, BARACK OBAMA spinning a fundraiser titled BROOKLYN BACKS OBAMA, a BROOKLYN FOR CHANGE FUNDRAISER at Danny Simmons' Corridor Gallery, 334 Grand Ave (corner of Lexington) in Brooklyn. Special guests include Marty Markowitz (Brooklyn Borough President), NY Councilwoman Leticia James, NYS Senator Eric Adams, NYS Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries. Doors open 6:30pm - 9:30pm. Join us in BK for "Change We Can Believe In" with LIVE Music by DJ Hard Hittin Harry, great food, door prizes, silent auction, and OPEN BAR until 8pm. Your Donation is appreciated. 

On Tuesday September 16th...APT Live Music Tuesdays presents COCOBANANAS, a Virgo Basement Jam. Music by DJ Hard Hittin Harry with special guests The Ahficionados celebrating the birthday of big BK homie DEFFREI. This all goes down at APT, 419 West 13th Street (@ 9th Ave). FREE - NO COVER. Expect to hear an eclectic mix of Afrobeat, House, Hiphop, Reggae, Rock, Funk, Soul and many more complete with LIVE violin and drumming. DON'T MISS IT!

FINALLY WE CLOSE OUT SEPTEMBER WITH ANOTHER LIVE PERFORMANCE FROM THE EARTHMAN EXPERIENCE featuring DJ HARD HITTIN HARRY ON SEPT 26th at the legendary BLUE NOTE!!

I would like to send apologies to those that were looking forward to seeing us rock in Harlem last month. The series got cancelled and we were a casualty in that factor, however, no worries...we are ready to rock you on Friday September 26th! if you experienced our LIVE show anytime during the summer or more recently at JOE's PUB, then you know what's about to happen! Pure FIRE! Spread the word...mark your calendars...and we will see you at BLUE NOTE ON 9/26. 

AGAIN...Here's the info:

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 26th 

BLUE NOTE LATE NIGHT GROOVE SERIES 

presents

THE EARTHMAN EXPERIENCE  featuring DJ HARD HITTIN HARRY

DJ-Driven band rockin' Afrobeat * World Music * Tribal House * 

BLUE NOTE

131 West 3rd Street (btwn 6th Ave & MacDougal)

New York, NY 

Doors open at 12 midnite. SHOWTIME: 12:30AM 

FOR TICKETS AND RESERVATIONS CALL 212-475-8592 or visit the website at www.bluenote.net

I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU DURING THE MONTH OF SEPT!

HIT ME UP ON MYSPACE AND FACEBOOK!!!

DJ HARD HITTIN HARRY  

www.myspace.com/hardhittinharry 

www.myspace.com/earthmanexperience