Hey Everybody! How’s it going? Hope you all are awesomely well! An episode and post for Leigh Dickey Style for you all today! It’s been a little while since I’ve done one of these! Today, I want to share the story and reasons behind me cutting off all my hair! The main reason behind the massive Chia Pet trimming was that I was just tired of having extremely long hair. Don’t get me wrong, it was nice having hair of that length, but the upkeep just got tiresome. The length of it actually really got in the way. It would slow me down when I was trying to quickly leave the house. When my hair was at its longest, it literally would take 2 hours at the minimum to dry, and that would be after I took a blow dryer to it! Short answer is, it got REALLY annoying to deal with and was a real pain in the ass! Another reason is, I really didn’t want to get my headshots redone, as I pretty much look the same in 2018, compared to when I got my last set of headshots done in 2013. Not much, or really nothing has changed in the way of my physical appearance in the last 5 years. Really, I look the same now as I did when I was in high school, so really my experience hasn’t changed within the last decade or so. The last main reason for the massive haircut was, I just wanted to do it. It was time for a change, I know I went from one extreme to another, and that’s the third time in the past years that I’ve grown my hair out, then cut it really short. I just felt that it was time to switch it up and go short again. Like I said, having the long hair was really nice for a little while, but I had gone about 7-8 months without a haircut or even a slight trim, and the sheer length of my hair after that length of time was actually putting a lot of weight and pressure on my head and neck, to the point where I would wake up sore and be continuously sore for the entire day, so it had to go! Truthfully, as much as I liked having the long hair, I’m much happier with the shorter look. What do you all think? Do I look better with long or short hair? Let me know! There ya have it! The story of why I cut all my har! I hope you all enjoyed it. If you like what you see and hear, then PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL to keep up with my latest releases and goings on! Thanks everybody! Talk to you all again soon!

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Hey Everybody! How’s it going? Hope you all are awesomely well! I’ve got a quick announcement for you all today! Come join THE OFFICIAL LEIGH DICKEY FACEBOOK GROUP! Ask questions, suggest ideas for videos, vlogs, beats, podcast episodes, and overall just have fun and interact with me on a whole new level! Thanks everybody! Talk to you all again soon! If you like what you see and hear, then PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL to keep up with my latest releases and goings on! Thanks again! Talk soon and take care.


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Hey Everybody! How’s it going? Hope you all are awesomely well! I’ve got a quick announcement and update on me, the content of www.leightdickey.com and the entire Beats and Speaks brand for you all today! I know I haven’t posted any audio or video content on my official website or my YouTube channel and the reason for that is because I have been sick for the past 4 days or so now. This winter has not been too kind to me, this month in particular, as I managed to have gotten both a stomach bug and food poisoning at the same time! YAY! NOT FUN! It has been one helluva ride the last few days. I could barely keep my head up and function on Thursday. I was able to leave the house for only a couple hours because when I got to where I do most of my work, a coffee shop I frequent, I couldn’t keep my head up, couldn’t focus, couldn’t do anything. My entire body felt SUPER HEAVY! My eyes kept shutting on me, I was aching, and I couldn’t finish the drink, as my stomach had other ideas! The video, which is above this paragraph will explain in more detail. (*SPOILER ALERT* I THREW UP! THEN JUST DECIDED TO CALL IT AND RETURN HOME TO REST!)

I thought by Friday that I would be fine, back at my normal speed and energy, but oh Ladies and Gentlemen, was I wrong! Friday came and felt worse! I couldn’t hold myself up and walk around my house without using my walker, I was so weak. I had next to no strength, I had no appetite, it was a terrible day. I felt like garbage. I managed to make it out of bed, even though I didn’t want to after sleeping about 11-12 hours. I made it to the couch in my living room, brought my blankets and pillows, turned on the Olympics and tried my best to just take it easy. The standing and walking was a REAL issue, as I have had to use a walker because of my Cerebral Palsy to walk and get around my hometown, but using it to get around my own home is SUPER RARE. I think this is only the second or third time I’ve had to use a walker to move around my home, since I began using one at about age 3. It was a REALLY SCARY couple days there, but I’m glad that I have seemed to turn a corner with this stomach bug, food poisoning thing!

On Saturday, February 10th, things started to look up! I didn’t have to use the walker as much as I had in the previous 2 days to get around my house. Although, I still was dealing with everything else from the stomach bug and food poisoning. I was trying anything and everything I could think of to try and help my recovery along, which included soaking in either the shower or bathtub 3 to 5 times per day, just to try and relax my bones and get some semblance of relief, at least mentally, anyway. It’s been an interesting weekend, to say the least. I’m glad that I’ve managed to bounce back now.

With today being Sunday, February 11th, I’ve made the decision to not just jump right back into my crazy production schedule and output, as I want to make sure that I have completely beaten this thing and am back to normal, back at a purely solid 100 percent, always ready to go. So, the announcement is that I am going to take this week, February 12th to 19th off to kick the last of this bug, fully recovery, and prepare more content for all of you around the world! So, thanks for sticking around, thanks for understanding, and I’ll see you all in a week or so. Thanks everybody! Talk to you all again soon! If you like what you see and hear, then PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL to keep up with my latest releases and goings on! Thanks again!

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Hey Everybody! How’s it going? Hope you all are awesomely well! I’ve got some more BRAND SPANKING NEW MUSIC FOR YOU ALL TODAY! This, my latest original instrumental composition piece is inspired by the legendary pop and r&b group, New Edition, and this piece is entitled, “Dream Girl”.

This composition, “Dream Girl” began with me digging through some royalty free sample packs that I downloaded from MUSICRADAR.COM, and finding some sort of island synth brass sample, which I didn’t have to do anything to, no pitching, no chopping, nothing, it’s an all natural sample, as it is normally right out of the kit. The pattern I played, wrote, created, produced, and performed was for the most part, eighth notes going up and down the C-Major scale. This part, in reality is the genesis of the whole beat and composition, and I just love it! YAY! SUPER HAPPY! WOOOO!

Next, I added an electric piano part, which consisted of half notes and eighth notes on the C-Major scale in a descending manner. This composition has many different parts and elements, but it all comes together really nicely.

The “Evolving Colors” patch was used next, and that part is a bunch of sixteenth notes, mainly going down the C-Major scale, with a bit of a skip or shuffle step in the middle of every 4th bar. I think it gives, “Dream Girl” something extra special, a little more flavour, if you will.

The bass line was next. Here, I used the “Muted” patch in a half note and eighth note pattern, it kind of sounds like if you were going to continuously walk up and down the stairs. It’s a great fit for this piece.

The last instrumental part, aside from the drum kit is the “Spectrum Echo” patch and part, where I played some simple chords to fit and sit underneath every other part that I laid down before it.

Moving onto the drum kit now. The first portion to the “Dream Girl” drum kit was the kick drum from the “Hip Hop Drum Machine” from GarageBand, where it’s a pattern of single sixteenth notes in the first bar, the first beat of the second bar, doubled up at the end of the second bar, single notes completely in the 3rd bar, and finally, doubled up on both beats of the fourth bar. The snare was added next, and that’s from the “Modern 808” kit. Here, I laid down single 16th notes in every bar, except in every fourth bar, where I doubled it up on both beats. Following that, I added a tambourine from the “Electronic Pop” kit, where it was single 16th notes all the way through until the fourth bar, where I doubled it at the beginning and tripled it to end the bar, respectively. The final part to this drum kit, and to this entire composition overall is a shaker part from the “Classic Drum Machine”, played in a sort of 16th shuffle pattern all the way through!

There you have it! The story of my latest composition, “Dream Girl”, which is inspired by the legendary r&b and pop group, New Edition! I hope you all enjoy this latest original piece, and if you would please, SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL to keep up with my latest releases and goings on! Thanks everybody! Talk to you all again soon!

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Hey Everybody! How’s it going? Hope you are awesomely well! I’ve got more BRAND SPANKING NEW MUSIC FOR YOU ALL TODAY! My latest piece here is inspired by the massively funny and super successful sitcom of the 1970’s and 80’s, “Three’s Company”, which starred John Ritter, Joyce DeWitt, Suzanne Somers, Norman Fell, Audra Lindley, Richard Kline, Priscilla Barnes, Don Knotts, Ann Wedgeworth, and Jenilee Harrison. I have loved this show since I saw it for the first time I think about 3 or 4 years ago, and keep in mind these episodes are from the 70’s and 80’s, and they still hold up today! You want to know why? It’s SIMPLE! The premise is simple, the acting is top notch, it’s well written and well executed. The other thing is, “Three’s Company”, at least in my opinion, is one of those shows that never strayed from its original premise and what made it successful. It’s SUPER funny, and I highly recommend it, if you haven’t seen it, and if you have, go watch the episodes from its 8 year run again!

This new piece, entitled “The More The Merrier”, which as I said is inspired by “Three’s Company” began with a simple chord progression on the “Classical Grand” piano patch from the “Keyboards” bank in GarageBand. Using chords you’d find on the C Major scale, which is the scale that this piece is written, created, produced, and performed in. I next added a chord progression on the “Evolving Colors” patch to give the composition a little more warmth. I honestly thought that I wasn’t going to use any patches other than the “Classical Grand” piano, but hey, I did and it worked to the benefit of how the composition turned out. Following the “Evolving Colors” patch and pattern was laid down, I put a chord progression from the “Soft Analog” patch down, just because I thought it fit. Moving onto the bass line, I wrote, created, performed, and produced that from the “”Car Horn Bass” patch, where the pattern mainly is going down the C scale, also because I wanted to have some solid low end in the bass line, and with the “Car Horn Bass” patch, I got it. So short answer, YAY! I’m happy!

From there, it’s onto the drum kit! The first element to the drums was the kick drum played in a shuffle eighth note pattern from the “Electronic Pop” kit. Which I think gives, “The More The Merrier” a real bounce, pop, and pep in its step, if you will. Next, I added the clap from the “House Drum Machine” kit, which is played as a single eighth note pattern up until the beginning of every fourth bar, where I doubled it. Lastly, I added a shaker from the “Infinity” kit to cap off not only the drum kit, but the whole composition overall. Here, I played several groups of 16th notes, just packed and shuffled all together.

There ya have it! The story of my latest composition, “The More The Merrier”, which is inspired by the massively funny and super successful sitcom from the 1970’s and 80’s, “Three’s Company”. I hope you all enjoy this piece, and if you like what you see and hear, then PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL to keep up with my latest releases and goings on. Thanks everybody! Talk to you all again soon.

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Leigh Dickey

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Hey Everybody! How’s it going? Hope you all are awesomely well! I’ve got another episode of the “Lens of Leigh”, my monthly photography showcase series, and in this 3rd episode of the series, I’m profiling the month of January 2018. So, here you will see my best, greatest, and favourite photos to come from my lens fo the month of January, the first month of the year! Since it’s January, and it’s winter here in Toronto, Canada, it’s cold, cold, cold, cold, cold, cold, cold! Did I mention it was cold?! Even still, it was a fun month for photos and shots. I really enjoyed how all the shots turned out this month. These photos that are showcased in this latest episode of the “Lens of Leigh” are all natural. That means, they’re are no filters or effects attached or processed through or with any of the photographs. Such is the case with all of the other episodes and photos I have taken. With all that said, let’s just get to the episode, which is posted above this paragraph! I hope you all enjoy this latest and 3rd episode of the “Lens of Leigh”, my monthly photography showcase web series. If you like what you see and hear, then PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL to keep up with my latest releases and goings on! Thanks everybody! Talk to you all again soon!

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Hey Everybody! How’s it going? Hope you all are awesomely well! I’ve got something really cool for you all today! As you all know, I released my latest album, “Life With A View” this past weekend, and I’m SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT! SUPER EXCITED FOR YOU ALL TO HEAR IT AND ENJOY, AND I HOPE YOU ALL DO JUST THAT! What this is, is a sampler of all 19 tracks that were released on “Life With A View”. So, I hope you all enjoy this little sampler of the entire album, and I hope you all go download, buy, stream, like, love, and enjoy my new album, “Life With A View”, available on all major digital download and streaming services! So again, I hope you all enjoy this little sampler and the entirety of my new album, “Life With A View” available everywhere now! Thanks everybody! Talk to you all again soon! If you like what you see and hear, then PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL to keep up with my latest releases and goings on!

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Hey Everybody! How’s it going? Hope you all are awesomely well! I’ve got more BRAND SPANKING NEW MUSIC FOR YOU ALL TODAY! My latest original piece, entitled, “Gridiron Rush” is inspired by Vince McMahon’s announcement about his plans to relaunch the “XFL” in 2020. This new original instrumental composition piece was created by me as a sort of anthem and official theme for the relaunching football league. I, for one am SUPER EXCITED to see the “XFL” return, as I was a fan of it during its original run and only season back in 2001.

The beginnings of this latest original instrumental composition all started with the “Picked” bass patch from “GarageBand”. Here, I laid down the bass line, which is played in a sixteenth note pattern, mainly running down the A major scale. The bass part of a mixture of quarter notes, eighth notes, and half notes. Honestly, I think this particular bass line is perfect for this particular composition. Probably one of my most favourite bass lines that I have EVER written, performed, created, and produced! A real “rock” solid bass and feel in that line.

Next, I put down a heavy metal guitar part, which I pitched up an octave or 2, and this part is an A major scale run of eighth notes, just going all over and around the A major scale. I originally didn’t want to raise the octave of this heavy metal guitar part, but I realized that if I left it as it was, untouched, then it would have thrown the whole composition off, and it would have really overpowered all the other parts to this piece. So, with that in mind, I raised it an octave or 2.

I then threw in a part played on the “Quantum Keys” patch, which I added some reverb to, just to give a little more oomph the composition and the other instrumental parts. This “Quantum Keys” line is a mix and match of half notes, eighth notes, and 16th notes, running all over the A major scale, and to that end, the entirety of this composition, “Gridiron Rush” is written, created, performed, and produced in the scale of A major.

Moving onto the construction and build of the drum kit for this piece, that began with a clap from the “Crate Digger” kit from “GarageBand”. Here I played a single sixteenth note on beats two and four of every bar, with the exception coming in the 4th bar, where I doubled the clap on beat two and tripled it on beat four. In the next step I wanted to accentuate the clap, so I played the exact same pattern as I did with the “Crate Digger” kit clap on the “Modern 909” snare drum, and I think from listening to not only the full kit back, but also the entire composition, playing the snare drum and the clap in the exact same pattern really adds some super pop to the overall piece, and it really feels as though the drums are coming right out at you, which I feels is always a good thing! Hard driving drums, you can’t ever go wrong with that! Following that, I put the kick drum pattern and part in place on the first and third beats of every bar. Single 16th notes in the first bar, doubling it on the first beat of bar two, back to a single note to end bar two, single notes completely in bar 3, and completely doubling both beats in bar 4. Lastly, here we are at the final piece to the drum kit, and the entire composition, too! I added the shaker or maraca from the “Big Room” in a massive 16th note 4 bar loop, just to give the composition, just to give “Gridiron Rush” a little something extra and to cap it off.

There ya have it! The story and behind the scenes look at how my latest piece, “Gridiron Rush”, an original piece that is inspired by the impending launch of the XFL was created, written, performed, produced, and how it came to be. I hope you all enjoy it, and if you like what you see and hear, then PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL to keep up with my latest releases and goings on! Thanks everybody! Talk to you all again soon!

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Leigh Dickey

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Hey Everybody! How’s it going? Hope you all are awesomely well! I’ve got a HUGE, MAJOR, BIG, BIG, BIG, BIG, KIND OF LIKE STICKING THE LOCH NESS MONSTER INTO A KIDDIE POOL TYPE OF ANNOUNCEMENT FOR YOU ALL TODAY! My newest and latest album, “Life With A View” is available now where digital music can be downloaded and streamed! That means you can find in places like iTunes, Apple Music, Spotify, Google Play, Amazon, and about 150 other digital music retail outlets!

“Life With A View” is a very jazzy pop influenced, sounding, and driven record. It is the largest album and project I have EVER released! The album contains 19 tracks of pure good tunes, good vibes, and amazingness! It was total blast and pleasure to create, write, performed, and produce. It came together with relative ease. It was a simple, yet relaxing process, and is available for you listening, downloading, and streaming pleasure now!

So, go pick yourself up, download, or stream a copy of my newest and latest album, “Life With A View”, available now wherever digital music can be downloaded or streamed! If you like what you see and hear, then PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL to keep up with my latest releases and goings on! Thanks everybody! Talk to you all again soon! Enjoy the album!

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Hey Everybody! How’s it going? Hope you all are awesomely well! I’ve got more BRAND SPANKING NEW MUSIC FOR YOU ALL TODAY! This latest piece is inspired by the upcoming Winter Olympics, taking place in Pyeongchang, South Korea starting February 9th.

This piece is a very pop driven instrumental with a bit of big band brass thrown in, to give the piece that triumphant, ceremonial feel.

To start the build process of “Let The Games Begin”, I kicked things off with a simple chord progression on the “Rich Oscillators” patch from the “Synth Classics” bank within “GarageBand”. It’s written, created, produced, and performed as an eighth note progression. From there, I laid down a similar chord progression for the bass line, on the “Kidergarten Bass” patch. Next, the “Acoustic Guitar” patch pattern was added, and I raised the octave one or two levels, just to have something different within a composition that is mainly very synth based. It’s an incredibly simple line, and I think fits in really well with not only the synthesizer parts, but everything else within this composition as well. The next and last instrument patch, pattern, and part, aside from the drum kit, is the “Brass Ensemble”, which I lowered in terms of its output level, just so it’s noticeable and not completely overdriving the entire composition of “Let The Games Begin” and its feeling. I’m a fan of how all the instrumental parts in this latest original piece inspired by the upcoming Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea have come together, and now allow me to move onto the construction of the drum kit!

The building of the drum kit in “Let The Games Begin” began with a kick drum from the “Electronic Pop” kit from “GarageBand”. This kick drum line and pattern is a simple eighth note pattern with single notes all the way along, with the expection coming in the 3rd, 4th, 7th, and 8th bars. The next element to this drum kit is a kick drum from the “Infinity” kit, where it’s a bunch of single eighth notes all the way through, until bars 4 and 8, where I doubled them up. I added a clap next, taking that element from the “Big Room” kit, and laying it down in the exact same manner as the “Infinity” kit kick drum from the previous layer. The last piece to this composition and drum kit is the shaker pattern, which is also from the “Big Room” kit. That particular pattern is a mixture of quarter notes, eighth notes, and sixteenth notes played in a shuffling manner to add some shuffle feel to this composition and to cap off the latest original piece, “Let The Games Begin”, as a whole. So, there ya have it! The story of my latest original instrumental composition piece, “Let The Games Begin”, which is inspired by the upcoming Winter Olympics, taking place in Pyeongchang, South Korea this February.

I hope you all enjoy this piece, as well as, the rest of my work and content. If you like what you see and hear, then PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL to keep up with my latest releases and goings on! Thank everybody! Talk to you all again soon!

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Leigh Dickey

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