I created and manage a 24/7 online streaming student radio station for Ex’pression College. I had some help along the way, but the story reads more like the folktale The Little Red Hen.
I have to start by saying that until this past Friday, I was not a huge fan of Sigur Ros, a music outfit from Iceland. My fiance’ is really into them and first took me to a show a couple years ago at the Marin Civic Center in San Rafael, CA. (The Marin Civic Center was designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright.) I was impressed by the sonic qualities at that show, but didn’t really feel connected to the music. I think the highlight for me was the opening act playing and bowing a very musical saw.
Fast forward to Friday, October 3rd, 2008, at UC Berkeley’s Greek Amphitheater. The show was epic. One of those times where you really had to just be there. The music ran the gamut of life… and the visuals were not cheap, either. I seemed to think someone was actually playing the lights and video to the music in lieu of being pre-programmed. I really enjoyed some of the theatrical elements as well, including the musicians outfits, and of course the confetti that was blown over the audience, dancing with the wind and sparkling in the colored lights of the stage. To top an already amazing show- rain started to pour down during the encore; almost as if it was scripted. The last moments of the performance felt so primal, ritualistic, and inexpressibly beautiful.
I found some photos, video, and a few blog comments floating around the web. Here they are below:
This music video was created by Andrew Cornett, Dean Pogni, Antoine Lee, and Yael Braha. Original music by Creative Vibrations. Special thanks to Ex’pression College for Digital Arts.
Authentic traditional Ukrainian Folk Music performed by the Sahaidachny family. This project continues to experience moderate success due to the world-wide-web. Volume II is slated to hit the internet this coming September and will include the bandura on most of the tracks, which is the national music instrument of Ukraine. You’ll also hear “Zhentsi Zhnut”, or the “Sahaidachny Song” as I know it, because of the reference to my last name. This is my family and it makes me incredibly proud to be able to share these treasures.
The Rhythmic Revolution™ is a term I came up with during the summer of 2005 for what I felt described the upcoming movement in Global Classical Music. I will be periodically updating this entry to better explain my thoughts on this. There is also a track on my Dreams & Illusions (EP) titled, “Today, Tomorrow, and Yesterday”, where I tried to push out in the direction of The Rhythmic Revolution™.
Life moves all the way down to the molecular level and music should reflect that movement. Ideas in motion. Life is manifestations of thought. Harmony and melody have reached a pinnacle. We have not yet collectively realized the full spectrum of rhythmic possibilities. Rhythmic Revolution™.
This was another viral media project I made for Ex’pression College. I used Final Cut Pro for the video editing and created original music using Logic Pro.
