Daily Archives: January 20, 2010

Jam Session 2.0 by dumbfoundead x Esna Yoon x Herbal T

Here’s a cool collabo through a coordinated a virtual “jam session” with musicians from all over the world featuring dumbfoundead x Esna Yoon x Herbal T. On the instrumental side, you got YouTubers including CAV3 on the MPC (Drum Machine), Tio on the Guitar, Lukas (YoungPianoTV) on the piano, Chris Hong on bass, and DJ Zo on the turntables. Love the vibe of this collabo. You can also download an MP3 for FREE here.

You are encouraged to post your videos responses playing an instrument or an acapella. Let’s see if more people from across the world can link up to create music.

Also check out some of dumbfoundead’s recent collabos like Hollyhoodrats, Different Galaxies, and Forever Remix.

Jam Session 2.0 by dumfoundead x Esna Yoon x Herbal T

Lyrics to Jam Session 2.0 by dumbfoundead x Esna Yoon x Herbal T

(Dumbfoundead)

A kid at the pawn shop just bought his first drum machine,

From the slums, but them buttons will take him to another kingdom

A woman humming in a kitchen in brazil, while 50 tenants listen by

sticking there heads outside the window sill, this shit is real, hear

the sounds across the land, no name brands, woman and man jam on pots

and pans, a musician with lost dreams, sitting on concrete, playing

his heart out on missing guitar strings, street performers for a

quarter put on the show of there life, an emcee gets put on the spot

rocks it and tears up the mic, the human instrument, reaching

continents in long distances, no need for sophisticated systems for us

to listen in, countries at war, expressing hate through there

aggression. while two musicians on each side are having a jam session,

whether both em know it or not, they are collaborating. You never know

which way your music is navigating,

(Esna Yoon)

Sing your heart out let your soul be heard

Move to the rhythm to the groove of the drum beats

Chill to the lines disappear to the moment

Fly away persuade all the madness

Just bounce just sway just listen

(Herbal T)

La música es un sonido supersónico

y es por eso que no creo lo que leo en el periódico

presenta un mundo dividido y tóxico

pero ahora por los cables fiberópticos

yo me comunico, así el mundo se pone chico

si no me entiendes yo te lo explico

whether you in the Bronx and you like to spit bars and rock clubs

or Mumbai playin sitars and tablas

the music is a way we escape, heal and grow

and you aint gotta speak the language if you wanna feel the flow

olha só rapaz, a gente vai a gente vem

mas o ritmo é coisa todo mundo sempre tem

tudo bem, faço música com colaboradores globais

utilizando piano voces tambores e mais

es un laso que nos une hasta el infinito

the rhythms in us it travels wherever we go

(Esna)

Just let the music take you let your mind take you

Way to find a way to need a way to a brighter day

Don’t let it stop in you don’t let it die in you

Breath just breath

Just fly away persuade all the madness

Just bounce just sway just listen

(Dumbfoundead)

Across the seas I hear piano keys playin, translating languages

through the rhythms in beats bangin, a universal exchange, of personal

pains and joys, it started with a verse, each person just came and

joined in, some are complete strangers, some only teenagers, all of us

creators, , we are the dreammakers, internationally transmittin

through bandwidth, passin this bands passion so the masses can jam

with us, all are invited to play, none are required to pay, let the

virus spread, inspire heads, go pirate away, this is that free music,

for people who need music, just listen and breathe to it, I hope that

you feel movement, different souls around globe, connected through

sound makin, they set the foundation now we take it to groundbreakin,
everybody played there part and now we have one song, and this is how

an unheard voice becomes strong

Sing your heart out let your soul be heard

Move to the rhythm to the groove of the drum beats

Chill to the lines disappear to the moment

Fly away persuade all the madness

Just bounce just sway just listen

On the Clock – Episode 3

It’s another episode of “On the Clock”. The episode is entitled “Kamikaze Guys” filled with Lolitas and a pink parasol. It shows how the definition of Lolita is different from Stanley Kubrick’s Lolita (like the Long Island Lolita Amy Fisher) and Kamikaze Girls Lolita style (a Victorian inspired Japanese fashion). Creepy vs cute.

Previous episodes:

On the Clock – Episode 1

On the Clock – Episode 2

On the Clock – Mr. Hyphen Episode

On the Clock – Episode 3

Mike Relm Sundance Mashup

Mike Relm fans, check out his latest mashup sponsored by G-Technology hard drive. This time the 31 year old VJ uses scenes from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Why? Cuz he’l be performing live at the Sundance Film Festival. If you can’t be there in person, you can see him perform online LIVE from 4-6pm PST on 1/24/10 here.

Mike Relm Sundance Mashup

See more videos by Mike Relm : Google Nexus One x Mike Relm, Scratch Everything, Clown Alley, DJ Mike Relm at YouTube Live, Office Space Remix at 2009 Webby Awards, and Obama Fly. Also recent interviews Mike Relm x Lyrics Born and Mike Relm on Wired

John Park on American Idol 9 idolized by Shania Twain

John Park on American Idol 9 caught the eye of Shania Twain after he sang a sultry rendition of “I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know” by Donny Hathaway. The 20 year old college student earned accolades for his audition in Chicago. Shania Twain was paying attention to more than his voice. She said he had a beautiful “bottom end” and nice lips! The giggly Twain also appreciated his nice tone “down there” and his good head! Hope he can make it all the way.

Some of his friends also started a facebook group for John Park. It’s already got over 3000 fans. BTW – who thinks John is better than Anoop Desai?

John Park on American Idol 9 idolized by Shania Twain

American Idol 9 Chicago highlights (See John Park at the 2:36 mark)

John Park talks about his unique look and low voice. He can also eat food in amounts that you wouldn’t believe!

Apparently, John is a member of the acappella group Purple Haze with other students from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Check out his solo of Coming Home by John Legend

Copyright Criminals on PBS

We just caught this trailer for Copyright Criminals featuring DJ Q-Bert, Can’t Stop Won’t Stop author Jeff Chang, and Miho Hatori of Cibo Matto fame. The documentary examines the creative and commercial value of musical sampling, including the related debates over artistic expression, copyright law, and (of course) money. Here’s a synopsis:

Copyright Criminals traces the rise of hip-hop from the urban streets of New York to its current status as a multibillion-dollar industry. For more than thirty years, innovative hip-hop performers and producers have been re-using portions of previously recorded music in new, otherwise original compositions. When lawyers and record companies got involved, what was once referred to as a “borrowed melody” became a “copyright infringement.”The film showcases many of hip-hop music’s founding figures like Public Enemy, De La Soul, and Digital Underground—while also featuring emerging hip-hop artists from record labels Definitive Jux, Rhymesayers, Ninja Tune, and more.

If you can’t catch it on your local PBS station, you can also get the DVD here.

Copyright Criminals trailer

Copyright Criminals Promo Video

Where Would You Go? by The Sweet Hurt

The Mighty Fifty is at it again. This time doing the music video for Where Would You Go? by The Sweet Hurt aka Wendy Wang. If you like the melodic sound of The Sweet Hurt, get her album In the Shade of Dreams on The Sweet Hurt - In the Shade of Dreams or at Amazon.

Also check out some of the other videos shot by The Might Fifty : The Boobs Song, Living In A Tree, Fix Or Providence, THE F.R.E.S.H., But I Will, Everyday, and I Love Lucy.

Where Would You Go? by The Sweet Hurt