HeyJaredStudio Notes
Studio Notes is a cultural digest connecting music, identity, and personal style by Sal, the mind behind Look Authority Studio.
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the summer I became a Funkadelic (opens the original)
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It’s true!I said it once, twice, thriceI’ll say it again.My silly lonesome life, saved! On June 2nd, 2026.By who? The funk, baby. It was the funk that cleared my chagrin, then called me out of darkness into marvelous light. To say what, baby?They say I fit there, I fit somewhere, finally, in the shoegazey guitar of Eddie Hazel, Hampton ‘nem. In the silky serenade of Shinder. Hey, Starchild! I’m Sal, and I am ready to go. They had left a space for me; it just took me a few years to find the ship.
My Favorite Posse Cuts (opens the original)
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Nothing in my music library is more beloved than the posse cut. A posse cut is when four, five, six, or more rappers from separate acts are gathered in the name of hip-hop braggadocio. <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="447" src="https:
I Got My Own Thang pt.2 (opens the original)
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Diving into the world of P-Funk has helped me understand myself in so many ways, from my creative vision to my personal style journey. I've discovered myself again in the bass lines of George Clinton’s mind.<div class="image2-in
I Got My Own Thang pt. 1 (opens the original)
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Last night, my friend chastized me for not “taking pictures.”She said, “Why look cute if no one will see it?”And me, being me, said, “It’s for me and the Lord.”<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="695" src
Sal Lee is Unstuck In Time (opens the original)
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“Ma****a Sal**e, you are a good writer,” an affirmation from my 10th-grade AP English teacher, Mrs. Ferrell, often tattooed my mind during my freshman year as a journalism minor at Columbia College Chicago, and this affirmation made the rules of journalism feel like a too-tight turtleneck.I gotta be free, I felt. I started my college career as a Fashion Business and Journalism student, then became an Advertising Art Direction and Art History student; not necessarily knowing what I was doing with
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