Grit Life Blog | GristleLand

Turning My Living Room Into a Venue Pt. 3

With June 27th and GristleLand's first house/online show of 2026 approaching fast progress continues on turning my tiny apartment living room into a tiny hip hop performance venue worthy of broadcast! Last time we were working on the backdrop hanging system and had run into an issue when there were spaces in between the backdrops showing the drywall beneath. Well I'm happy to say ive fixed that!! Last week saw audio/visual tests via OBS. Main camera (Canon R50) and microphon

Apr 201 min read

Quest for 100 Podcasts Pt. 4 (4/100)

The lastest podcast was one of them ones. I linked up with The Squish Room on YouTube live for an independent depth candid podcast interview that's still making me think a couple days later. We talked about my music and humble beginnings of course, but quickly it went into deep cut questions like -"Whats the next phase of Chris Gristle that people aren't ready for?" -"What stage of your life are you still trying to grow from" and -"Name a time that broke you before rebuildin

Apr 121 min read

Quest for 100 Podcasts Pt 3 (3/100)

Do you have ways to bring your fans off social media and into your world? Do you have other things to offer beyond streaming numbers? Think about it

Info for Musicians

Apr 111 min read

Quest for 100 Podcasts Pt. 2

In my quest of guesting on 100 music podcasts this year I've added three more incredible platforms. This Friday (4/10) @11 PM Eastern* I'll be chatting and playing music for the first time with Straight Official Freestyles (based in NY) on Instagram Live https://instagram.com/straightofficialfreestyles This Saturday (4/11) @1 PM Eastern* I'll be on YouTube Live chopping it up with Squish Arcana (based in Louisiana) for the first time and introducing myself https://YouTube.com

Apr 91 min read

Turning My Living Room Into a Venue Pt. 2

I have an official date for my first curated show GristleLand online and its June 27, 2026. You're the first to find out, but that means the clock is officially ticking on getting my living room flipped into a convertible performance venue. Watch the video below for progress!! Last time I showed where we'd gotten banners in and PVC to make banner stands. This go round we actually have the back drops measured and hung on the reusable system and it looks great, but still some t

Music

Apr 51 min read

Can we bring the hip hop mixtape back?

Okay maybe not "us" specifically, but like can we make it a thing again? As an artist I love to hop on beats from back in the day or even the occasional new joint that jumps out at me. I like the challenge of doing the original track justice while holding your own against the original rapper. As a fan of hip hop I always looked forward to different artists rendition of a song (we all remember Lil Wayne snatching beats and making them his own). Also they were just a great way

Apr 31 min read

Who is Chris Gristle?

quietly building something from nothing, during lunch breaks and after bedtimes with hip hop as your soundtrack

Music

Mar 312 min read

Turning my living room into a venue pt 1

Since 2020 I've done online live stream concerts. In 2024 I started doing them right at my own apartment under the title Jam Online Concert (if you haven't seen it watch here) This year I wanted to create a system to set these shows up without having to stay up half the night before. You're not just invited to the show, you're invited to follow me as I work on banners, backdrops, and broadcast systems while I rebrand Jam into GRISTLELAND ONLINE The first one is set for 6/27/2

Backstage

Mar 311 min read

Quest for 100 Podcasts Pt. 1 (2/100)

I had a wild, random, ambitious idea!

Mar 271 min read

Who Are You?

It's complicated and there's Shrek layers. Yet complaining is for the weak. You've gotta be ON. So Chris Gristle raps thru it as he always has. Duty calls. Always. Watch "Who Am I Freestyle" here Listen to No Rules Just Rap Mixtape here

Music

Mar 261 min read

Discontinuing The Fatboy CDs

I'll cut to the chase. This includes It Could All Be So Simple , The Cook Up , and Phantasy Star . May 16, 2026. There are three reasons for this decision: 1. With me actively working on a rebrand I'm clearing out space for Chris Gristle and will have new projects coming The website I host my CD's on only carries them for 180 days without a sale before they're automatically deleted. . .which leads me to. . . 3. They're not selling well online. Just being honest Though The Fa

Music

Mar 181 min read