The SCR Music Portal Page is now live and takes us one step closer to full realization of the completed SCR Entertainment website. You can see it at SCR-Entertainment.com.

This portal gives you direct access to all avenues of contacting and interacting with me and allows quick navigation to the different aspects of my company, services I provide and new expansion sites as they come on line.

Two new sites are in development in addition to the SCR site. We are grinding here at SCR Entertainment so while we diligently push through the workload please be patient, you will love the new developments!

One of the new sites in development, which is essentially the whole catalog of SCR Entertainment, continues and is progressing nicely. The first 12 SCR releases dating back to 1993 plus all of the new works will be available. At launch we will have nearly 220 tracks with more coming!

At the portal page there are links to connect with me on Twitter, Facebook and MySpace. I encourage all of you to connect with me there so we can establish a relationship that allows open communication regularly.

Did you check out the SCR Albums page yet? I have selected four albums from the audio vault for your listening pleasure, all with Hip Hop flavor demonstrating what it used to be like, preparing you for the now.

The choices are:

Spiritual Warfare by Yotman - This is Gospel Rap. Hip Hop from a warrior for God!
Release Year 2001

Against all Odds by EastSide - This is Urban Contemporary Gospel for five men of God!
Release Year 2001

From The Vault a Smooth Composition Recordings Compilation - This is Hip Hop!
Release Year 2000

Lord Please Protect Me by Krush - Full of bangers regarding hood life, ghetto fab and grindin!
Release Year 1998

All four album's tracks are available to listen to as sample clips and you may purchase any or all of the albums as MP3 downloads! (Complete albums only.)

Come listen, tell a friend, purchase and enjoy audio bliss at the SCR Albums page!

Here is a breakdown of the 5 most recent beats added to the site:

• Mo Fo U - Other Flavor
• Jazzy Funk - East Coast
• In The Hole - Club Flavor
• West Coast Funk - West Coast
• Symphony Funk - West Coast

Be sure to check out Bloggin 365. I post here weekly and on occasion, daily.

I encourage those serious about goal setting to Google the following individuals and investigate their work. I have studied them and read many of the books they have written: ZiZ Ziglar, Stephen Covey, Anthony Robbins, Brian Tracy, David Allen and Jim Rohn. All of these men are best selling authors and all have achieved great personal success through effective goal setting.

In this three-part series on goal setting I will be sharing what I have gleaned from them and what has worked for me.

Part 2: Getting Clarity

Most people don’t have a clear picture of what they want. It’s fuzzy at best. At worst, they drift their whole lives accepting whatever comes along and find themselves in situations involving more and more compromise; not living their dreams and not even getting closer to them.

What about you? Do you spend time getting clarity about your future? Many will spend more time watching TV, or planning a vacation than designing a life and creating an exciting picture of their future. If you make the effort to develop the habit of taking time to get clarity about your life, the payoff will be tremendous. Goal setting is the way to do this.

The purpose of goals
Here is a working definition of a goal’s purpose: to ensure clarity. It is one of the best I’m aware of: “A goal is the ongoing pursuit of a worthy objective until accomplished”.

Breaking the sentence down will provide a deeper understanding.

“Ongoing” suggests that it is a process, and it is, because achieving any goal takes time.

“Pursuit” is all about action without which no accomplishment can be made.

 Worthy” means that you understand the payoff and that it is worth the effort to do the work required and push through the discomfort that usually comes with goal achievement.

“Until accomplished” means very simply you will do what it takes, for as long as it takes to reach the goal.

What an effective goal is made up of
Regardless to the type of goal you set, it helps to understand how effective goals are established and their make up. Every goal should have these things built into them.

Your goals must to be yours: Create your definition of success and don’t worry about what others think you should do.

Your goals must be meaningful: You have to understand the rewards and benefits of their accomplishment.

Your goals must be specific and measurable: What are you doing? How often will I work on it? When will it be done?

Your goals must be flexible: A flexible plan allows for adjustment if needed.

Your goals must be built on your values: In order for your goals to carry you through tough times they have to be connected to beliefs you feel strongly about.

Wisdom from the grind: Get clarity about your goals!

Now you have the “Formula” and the “Clarity”, all that remains to begin your success run is……

Within days you will have a chance to hear “Welcome To Tashe” the first taste from Natasha’s upcoming Spoken Word album release.

Natasha’s album is currently being mixed. Samples will be available this month. You can also check out her blog here: Right Words To Say By Tashe

I wrote about the production process starting with Natasha's Album Project Day One

Beat production for BanginBeatsByREL.com continues but has taken a slight back seat to some of the projects at hand. The first production goal for beats is still: 60 World Class Beats! We now have 27 on the site.

I do not profess to know anything you don’t, I merely offer what I hope will help you remember what you already know. In this way we are both blessed.

The best focus for improvement is always on self.

1. Know yourself: Solves reality issues
2. Change yourself: Solves responsibility issues
3. Accept yourself: Solves maturity issues
4. Forgive yourself: Solves security issues

A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

-Lao Tsu