P.S. sorry for posting on Sunday... again.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
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P.S. sorry for posting on Sunday... again.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Grammy Jazz Ensemble
Last week, I helped a friend of mine record an audition video for the Grammy Jazz Ensemble, its a cool program put on by the Grammy Foundation, Baldwin Pianos, and Gibson Guitars. Those accepted win a trip to the Grammy host city, this year Los Angeles, to perform at Grammy events and record a CD. I think its a cool opportunity for young students to get some recognition and experience in performing.
The audition process is cool, applicants prepare a video of three tunes, the Charlie Parker blues Billie's Bounce and two others of their choice and then upload the video to YouTube and include the link in their application to be reviewed by the foundation. Its interesting that anyone can watch or comment on the videos and applicants can see their competition. It also raises awareness of the Grammy Foundation by having all these videos on a place where anyone could stumble upon them and see the quality of these young musicians.
Here's the video I helped out with
Do you think it raises awareness for the Grammy Foundation to put these all on YouTube? Does the ability to post and read comments have the possibility to skew the results?
The audition process is cool, applicants prepare a video of three tunes, the Charlie Parker blues Billie's Bounce and two others of their choice and then upload the video to YouTube and include the link in their application to be reviewed by the foundation. Its interesting that anyone can watch or comment on the videos and applicants can see their competition. It also raises awareness of the Grammy Foundation by having all these videos on a place where anyone could stumble upon them and see the quality of these young musicians.
Here's the video I helped out with
Do you think it raises awareness for the Grammy Foundation to put these all on YouTube? Does the ability to post and read comments have the possibility to skew the results?
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Multi-Media Arts Events
Lately I've been listening to a lot of music by two different bands; Wilco and Animal Collective and earlier this year, something cool happened, both bands held multi-media events at contemporary art museums.
Animal Collective collaborated with the film-maker Danny Perez to present "Transverse Temporal Gyrus" on March 4th 2010 in the Guggenheim Museum in New York City. Gyrus was a site specific piece of performance art that the Guggenheim says "transformed the museum’s rotunda into a kinetic, psychedelic environment."
Animal Collective and Perez had previously teamed up on ODDSAC, an experimental film that premiered earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival. (its such a cool film)
To the left are some photos from the Guggenheim's Flickr and here's a video of the event
Animal Collective at the Guggenheim
This past August, Wilco teamed up with a bunch of bands to put on the Wilco Solid Sound Festival at MASS MoCA. MoCA is a contemporary art museum housed in a renovated 19th century factory in the town of North Adams, Massachusetts.
But it wasn't just another music festival that happened to take place at a museum, the Solid Sound Festival featured interactive art exhibits from Wilco members Glenn Kotche and Nels Cline as well as other artists
The Solid Sound Festival used a dedicated website to market the event as well as Facebook to hold a photo contest and a scavenger hunt at MASS MoCA using bar codes and smart phones. Solid Sound Facebook Page http://solidsoundfestival.com/
Both events seem like they would have been wonderful to attend and it seems that events like this are a great way for a museum to get outside of the traditional museum experience while expanding the audience and picking up buzz by association with such huge followings.
Do you think more museums should host events like this? What are some other ways to cross pollinate in the arts?
Animal Collective collaborated with the film-maker Danny Perez to present "Transverse Temporal Gyrus" on March 4th 2010 in the Guggenheim Museum in New York City. Gyrus was a site specific piece of performance art that the Guggenheim says "transformed the museum’s rotunda into a kinetic, psychedelic environment."
Animal Collective and Perez had previously teamed up on ODDSAC, an experimental film that premiered earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival. (its such a cool film)
To the left are some photos from the Guggenheim's Flickr and here's a video of the event
Animal Collective at the Guggenheim
This past August, Wilco teamed up with a bunch of bands to put on the Wilco Solid Sound Festival at MASS MoCA. MoCA is a contemporary art museum housed in a renovated 19th century factory in the town of North Adams, Massachusetts.
But it wasn't just another music festival that happened to take place at a museum, the Solid Sound Festival featured interactive art exhibits from Wilco members Glenn Kotche and Nels Cline as well as other artists
The Solid Sound Festival used a dedicated website to market the event as well as Facebook to hold a photo contest and a scavenger hunt at MASS MoCA using bar codes and smart phones. Solid Sound Facebook Page http://solidsoundfestival.com/
Both events seem like they would have been wonderful to attend and it seems that events like this are a great way for a museum to get outside of the traditional museum experience while expanding the audience and picking up buzz by association with such huge followings.
Do you think more museums should host events like this? What are some other ways to cross pollinate in the arts?
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| Poster for the Wilco Solid Sound Festival |
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