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Last week when i was in Orlando, their weekly paper The Orlando Weekly did a great feature on me and Adventures in Counter-Culture. Please check it out here: http://orlandoweekly.com/music/under-the-radar-1.1245038 Here’s an exerpt: In 2005, Al Shepard stopped by the headquarters of Power 107.5 FM, a radio station in his hometown, Columbus, Ohio. Shepard had ties [...]

  Hello Friends.  Although it’s officially winter I would like to announce the Sunshine State of Mind Tour, a week-long headlining tour that will be brought to the sunniest of sunny places, Florida.  If you live in the state of Florida, I would like to officially invite you out to one of the shows. Blueprint [...]

  It’s been a while since I’ve blogged, but that doesn’t mean I don’t have anything to say.  In fact it’s the opposite.  I’ve had a lot to say, I just haven’t had the time to sit down and say it. But I do want to say this: I’m currently knee deep into working on [...]

A fresh “keep bouncing” remix done several months ago.  If you’re on Soundcloud, follow the kid.  Enjoy. KEEP-BOUNCING-REMIX by printmatic Alternate link: http://soundcloud.com/printmatic/keep-bouncing-remix Share

To all my friends out there that do beats and are from the Columbus area, as the winter approaches we start to get close to that time that is typically the most depressing yet the most productive for us.  Since we can’t go out, we make beats.  If you are one of those people, and [...]

More than ever, since the release of Adventures in Counter-Culture, one of the questions I get asked the most often is who my favorite artists are and what artists have influenced me. I guess back when my album 1988 came out it was pretty obvious, but now its not so clear since adventures is such [...]

Hey Friends.  It’s been a while since I’ve written so I figured I would write one post that summarizes all the stuff that’s been going on.  This will also be my first newsletter that I’m sending to those that subscribe to my mailing list as well.  Share

Live footage from the Canadian leg of The Family Tour. http://youtu.be/zbtAqLjdOVk Adventures in Counter-Culture is out NOW! CD + Poster: $12 Add to CartLimited Vinyl (picture disc) + Poster: $30 Add to CartDigital Version: I-Tunes === Share

Alright folks.  Today is the day.  My new album is in stores right now.  You can get it from itunes, pretty much any mom & pop store, on-line at fifthelementonline.com as well as chains like Best Buy.  I’m gonna spare you the sales pitch and just say that I’ve put a lot of time into [...]

The Adventure I started working on Adventures in Counter-Culture 5 years ago.  At the time I started working on it I was fed up with everything around me; television and its stereotypical and harmful images, commercial radio, the stagnation of the music (even in the hip-hop scene that I’m a part of), and society in [...]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP_rgYf2Cus Director/Produced/Edited: Maria Juranic DP: Trevor Tweener Rent The Sky Films Buy the single and remixes now: iTunes So Alive EP w/ Deluxe Digital Booklet | Amazon | Vinyl from Fifth Element (limited hand numbered red vinyl 12″) Pre-order Adventures In Counter-Culture now from Fifth Element Online! Blueprint: Printmatic.net | Twitter | Facebook | Myspace [...]

Wednesday, Feb. 9th – Orlando, FL @ Backbooth (37 w pine st)Thursday, Feb 10th – Tampa, FL @ Crowbar (1812 North 17th st.) Share

“Radio-inactive” is the first official single from the forthcoming Blueprint album Adventures in Counter-Culture, to be released April 5th, 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnKdnDS9KtM Shot, edited, & directed by Bangland Media Buy it now at iTunes: Explicit | Clean | Instrumental Critically acclaimed mc/producer and Soul Position frontman Blueprint, returns with his highly anticipated sophomore solo release Adventures [...]

A few months back when we released Electric Purgatory Part Two I went on facebook and asked if anybody would be interested in us putting together some videos where we talk about the creative process and the making of the project.  Pretty much everybody was in favor of it, so Illogic and I started shooting.  [...]

Official music video for the song “Dream Big” from the Blueprint Who EP released on Weightless Recordings. Beats and rhymes by Blueprint. Video directed by Dan Gillespie for Purple Films http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99zJS2BV-m0 if you can dig it, post the above link to you fb or twitter! Let’s go! p.s. the To All My Friends tour starts [...]

Here’s the latest leak from the upcoming Greenhouse release Electric Purgatory Part Two, to be released next week! Listen, download, enjoy! http://greenhousecrew.bandcamp.com/track/only-you-featuring-toki-wright-angelica-lee If you like it please use the share buttons to post it to your twitter and facebook pages.  You’ve got pretty good taste, and your friends probably do too! Thanks for the support! [...]

If you live in Columbus or the surrounding areas, please mark your calendars! The CD release party for Electric Purgatory Part Two will be held next weekend Date: Saturday July 24th, 2010City: Columbus, OHVenue: SkullysAddress: 1151 N. High StreetAges: 18+Lineup: Greenhouse (Blueprint & Illogic), Toki Wright (Rhymesyers), Zero Star, & StoneCraft Hope to see everybody [...]

I posted about this last week but wanted to post a quick reminder about this show tonight in Fargo.  The lineup is Blueprint & DJ Raregroove, Kipp G & Meandyoucrew, Big Zach from Kanser, and many others.  Peep the flyer for the full line-up.  It’s ALL AGES so please come out if you’re in the [...]

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After I posted about the upcoming Blueprint Who EP, I was informed that the link i had to Blueprint vs Funkadelic wasn’t working for everybody so I decided to fix it (so that i wouldnt have to worry about it going down again), and also so that the people who may have missed it the [...]

  A couple years back i released a free ep called Blueprint vs Funkadelic.  It was something i did for fun in the studio and to kind of pay tribute to a band who i had recently rediscovered thru the wonders of vinyl.  A lot of artists and producers do “mashups”, where they take existing [...]

    Saturday January 30th – Columbus, OH @ Carabar – FREE SHOWThursday February 25 – Champaign, IL – venue tbaFriday February 26th – Minneapolis, MN @ The Triple RockSaturday February 27th – Madison, WI @ The Annex Bitch, its Greenhouse! Hope to see you all out! p.s. as always if you havent peeped the [...]

  I’ve mentioned this on Facebook and on Twitter a few times before but this is the official announcement and flyer for it. Saturday January 30th, 2010 @ Carabar (115 parsons) in Columbus, OH.  The line-up is Greenhouse (Blueprint & Illogic), Apocalypse Inc, All Eyes Path, and DJ Johnny Cashola on the turntables.  We will [...]

I hate when I’m in an almost empty restaurant and somebody sits at a table that’s not at least two tables away from me. Even worse is when they sit at a table that’s one table away from me and sit in a direction facing me. It makes me feel like they’re watching me eat, [...]

SHAPOW! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wblToK27Nrg Say word. Share

Just in case you’re still sleeping, download this shit.  It’s purgatorious. Word is blog Share

Sorry about the delay. Episode #2… Word is video-blog. Share

  My apologies for the lack of blogging over the past 4-6 weeks.  Its not that I dont have things to blog about that i don’t think are interesting, its more that lately all the stuff i want to write about is about music. It’s very rare that i really wanna write about music and [...]

On Saturday August 22nd, I will be participating in a producer showcase at Check The Rhyme, a monthly hip-hop showcase in Columbus ohio. If you’re from columbus and want to hear a glimpse into what I’ve been working on lately then come check me out. Its going to be at Cafe Bourbon Street (2216 Summit [...]

Direct link is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEsSeMCLmXo My youtube channel is http://www.youtube.com/printmaticmusic. Check it out and subscribe if you can. I’ll try to keep the beats and videos coming. Word is blog Share