OK, GO !

Sometimes we find ourselves slaves to the tube (here suggestive of all forms of tube - television, computers, so called smartphones, tablets) and in the middle of the every day dreary browse through of information, we run into something that makes our eyes grow wide and widens our lips into a smile. It happens to me when I am inspired(this is a tricky word because inspiration can work on many levels).
But OK GO ! is a band who, plays alternative American rock but is definitely an "Eyes and Ears" band. Again shown to me by a friend and I was blown away. This was just too cool to pass by, I had to "spread the word". Their music videos are filled with fresh ideas and color and even rhythm. Even the name is so cool and uncomplicated. Coming to think of it, its a simple thing to do - Just go ! (ha ha ha!)

Originally from Chicago, Illinois and now residing in Los Angeles, California The band is composed of Damian Kulash (lead vocals, guitar), Tim Nordwind (bass guitar and vocals), Dan Konopka (drums and percussion) and Andy Ross (guitar, keyboards and vocals), who joined them in 2005, replacing Andy Duncan. They are perhaps best known for their often elaborate and quirky music videos.

The original members formed as OK Go in 1998 and released two studio albums before Duncan's departure. The band's video for "Here It Goes Again" won a Grammy Award for "Best Short-Form Music Video" in 2007.The band has worked with directors including Francis Lawrence, Olivier Gondry (brother of Michel Gondry), Brian L. Perkins, Scott Keiner, and Todd Sullivan.

Some of my favourite videos include :

Here It Goes Again !

This Too Shall Pass

White Knuckles - Psst! (This one is crazy!)

Anyone who watches their videos will just love the energy they have ! This is fun at your workplace redefined.
OK! GO! Wiki Them !

Again I like to end-type with a quote :

"Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity.
It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy.
You can't try to do things. You simply must do things."
- Ray Bradbury

DUB FX - This is just the best independent music artist ever !

Music.
Music is for the heart, by the heart and of the heart.
I type in this sentence as I listen to DUB FX - LOVE SOMEONE.
Music is something that connects with every human soul on this planet. We see everyday that technology progresses and with it music and the way it is played. Great musicians bring intrigue with the sounds they make.
I stumbled upon Dub FX today because my friend told me about it inspirational value. How one person can very well produce high quality 'awesome' music makes him a brilliant independent artist. He uses a recording mixing console with the help of foot pedals where he can sing/make beat noises into a mic and loop them into the console. By trying out various patterns of the music, he can compose his own background music as he goes about with the vocals/rap and so on. He also jams with other artists like Woodnote (saxophone player) and his fiance' Flower Fairy(Vocalist). Flower Fairy  also sells his cd's while he performs. What struck me was their originality in music. I am not a great fan of DUBSTEP but I am a fan of anything new music has to offer.  This artist has caught my attention and I would like the world to see and listen to DUB FX. His street shows are filmed by BEN DOWDEN

Dub FX (real name Benjamin Stanford) is a worldwide street performer and studio recording artist from St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia. After playing and singing in a band called Twitch, he set out solo when he moved to Europe. His trademark is creating rich live music using only his own performance aided by Live looping and effect pedals combined with his voice.He creates intricate hip hop, reggae and drum and bass rhythms. [WIKIPEDIA]

WIKI HIM - DUBFX

Another unrelated quote before I stop typing :

"Who are you and who am I
To say we know the reason why
Some are born some men die
Beneath one infinite sky
There'll be war there'll be peace
But everything one day will cease
All the iron turned to rust
All the proud men turned to dust
And so all things time will mend
So this song will end."

- Childhood's end (Obscured by the Clouds - Pink Foyd)

Surreal Soup - A dream from last night !

"Dreams are messages from your subconscious". Wikipedia considers dreams to be successions of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep. Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud wrote extensively about dream theories and interpretations in "The interpretation of dreams". Some people are in complete control of their dreams, lucid dreamers they are called. These people can actually control the world inside their minds like if it were a virtual reality world. Dreaming has been known to exist forever. The ancient Shamans are said to wander into dreamworlds to seek answers and be one with the higher power. Also considered as a gateway to meditation and higher phenomenon like (OBE) Out of Body experiences. What intrigued me, as a dreamer who has had only one lucid dream so far is the actually lucidity and content of the world inside our minds. The content can be explained as completely surreal and juxtaposed. If one were to dream without any control over one's dreams, one would run into strangely juxtaposed ideas and imagery. Surreal Soup is a compilation of dream visuals put together in a bizarrely unorderly way to make you think of certain things you would not think of, in that particular moment of time.



Please click on the below link to see the experimental short, I happened to create with the help of my crew. It was purely academic and the start to an exploration which will continue through out my living years.

See SURREAL SOUP - A DREAM FROM LAST NIGHT