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Star Trek Online The 2800 Trailer [HD]

Added 02/03/12
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The Parlotones Live In Studio B - Part 2 - Life Design

Added 01/25/12
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Exclusive: Cass McCombs Debuts New Song "Bradley Manning" Ahea...

Added 12/02/11
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Inside the Avatar Studio: Bernhard Drax & Daniel Moshel

Added 10/22/11
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Inside the Avatar Studio: Bernhard Drax & Daniel Moshel

[LESS INFO] 3 VIEWS | ADDED 22:26:36 10/22/11
Kevin welcomes guests Bernhard Drax (aka Draxtor Despres) and Daniel Moshel, director of Login2Life. About the film Login2Life: Login 2 Life portrays people who have found an alternate home in an online world. This is the starting point of a journey into fascinating virtual realities, meeting diverse human beings in different parts of the world who have one thing in common – they are savvy in using virtual worlds as an extension of their real lives. The film premiered on German ZDF October 17th before heading onto the international festival circuit. About Bernard Drax Bernhard Drax (aka @Draxtor) writes music for TV, commercials and feature films. In the virtual world “Second Life” Bernhard regularly files machinima reportages on social and political issues. His story on virtual Guantanamo won the 2008 Human Rights Media Awards from ‘Internews’ in France. His series on “Public Good in Virtual Worlds”, co-produced with the Network Culture Project at USC has been used in many classrooms to illustrate the possibilities of immersive 3D platforms. As news director at NPR member station KAZU in Pacific Grove, California – from 2002 to 2004 and as consultant from 2004 to 2006. Bernhard was instrumental in transforming the local news operation by producing high quality local content as well as training reporters and technical staff. A champion of non-commercial radio news and culture, Bernhard still develops formats for public radio and TV, in the US and abroad. Sponsored by the US Department of State, Bernhard also finished up a video series showcasing the use of virtual worlds in public diplomacy, focusing on the 6-month collaboration between architecture students from Cairo and USC in Los Angeles. More info about BD at draxtor.com A playlist with machinima focusing on educational use of virtual worlds: youtube.com/view_play_list?p=C505E316DB51834A About Daniel Moshel: Daniel Moshel is a gamer and an award-winning director. He was inspired to make this documentary by his personal experience. But this is about more than just gaming – this is about a new lifestyle, necessary for some, fun for most. Bits and pieces of digital life, glimpses linked within a larger network, a personal view of what drives the people behind the screen to live, love and do business in a virtual world. Facebook: facebook.com/urockcliffe Twitter: twitter.com/urockcliffe Cast: Metaverse TV Tags: second life , virtual world , metaverse , avatar , machinima , login2life and documentary

TEDxRainier - Carla Wilcox

Added 10/17/11
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Inside the Avatar Studio: Terry Beaubois

Added 09/29/11
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Inside the Avatar Studio: Terry Beaubois

[LESS INFO] 8 VIEWS | ADDED 03:18:30 09/29/11
Frank Lloyd Wright was once quoted as saying “A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his client to plant vines”. If God is truly in the details, as suggested by Ludwig Mies, then the next generation of avatars involved with virtual business, government, and education are going to have their work cut out for them. The balancing act between architecting the future, while at the same time having a wide variety of ‘horticultural tools’ to draw the eye away from a lack of attention to detail, has the potential to lead to social dissonance. This week Kevin and Terry discuss the challenges of architecting that future and its potential for effecting social dissonance. About Terry Beaubois Terry (aka Tab Scott) is the Director of the Creative Research Lab in the College of Arts & Architecture, at Montana State University Terry is an architect with over 35 years of professional practice. He is also a University teacher and researcher. Starting out in Second life in 2005, Terry designed a “Digital Collaboration for Architects” class in the College of Arts & Architecture at Montana State University. The success of the class gained international notoriety when Popular Science magazine wrote “…..a version of Beaubois’ classroom could become the standard for distance learning.” (Sept, 2006). Recently, Terry has demonstrated a new After School Partnership technology for use by MSU Dept. of Education and Montana K-12 schools, for Homework help, Math-Science, Mentoring, and Book Clubs. One part of the demo featured an educator from the Northern Cheyenne Tribal area in Montana talking to pre-service teacher instructors at MSU-Bozeman. Learn more about the REHAU-Montana ecoSMART House Project: montanaecosmart.com/ His Creative Research Lab was selected by the Montana Governor’s office as the lead agency for statewide education grants. Terry is a Montana Ambassador representing “Business-Government-Education” efforts in the state. He is also a member of The Triple Helix Association, an international organization headquartered in Turin, Italy, which promotes the study of the interactions between the academic, industrial and institutional (governmental) systems as means to foster technological innovation and economic growth. On October 27, 2011, Terry will be appearing in SL at the in-world Second Life event called “Virtual Learning or Learning in Virtual?” – an international midnight-to-noon conference exploring the promises and pitfalls of virtual space in the context of learning and education. Tab Scott will be conducting a workshop and be on a panel at the conference. Conference hosts are: Kim Holmberg, Isto Huvila and Olle Sköld and the host institution is Department of Information Studies, School of Business and Economics, Åbo Akademi University, ÅBO, Finland. Cast: Metaverse TV Tags: second life , virtual worlds , metaverse , avatar , internet , technology , education , architecture , frank lloyd wright , machinima , discussion and talkshow

Manika Live in Studio A - Part 1 - Just Can't Let You Go

Added 08/16/11
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Manika Live in Studio A - Part 1 - Just Can't Let You Go

[LESS INFO] 10 VIEWS | ADDED 20:39:42 08/16/11
Pop Singer, Songwriter and Author from Henderson, NV. Manika performs live in Studio B of Mevio in San Francisco. Part 1. For the full performance CLICK HERE Website Facebook Twitter Myspace Flickr Youtube Bringing a fresh, edgy vibe to mainstream pop and unafraid to boldly speak her mind, 18-year-old vocal powerhouse Manika is set to release her upcoming debut single “Just Can’t Let You Go” this May. Working with some of music industry’s highest caliber management, songwriting and production talent, Manika (pronounced Ma-NEE-ka) was discovered by Frank DiLeo, Michael Jackson’s long-time manager, and television personality and revered vocal performance coach CeCe Sammy (U.K.’s “Pop Idol” ). “Just Can’t Let You Go,” which Manika debuted live at the 2010 Hollywood Style Awards was written and produced by Tearce Kizzo and Francci (Keyshia Cole, Patti LaBelle, Adina Howard and JoJo). The duo is also working with Manika on numerous other tracks for the artist’s full length forthcoming debut album, alongside such heavy hitters as Qura Rankin and Evan Bogart (Beyonce, Rihanna, Leona Lewis, Natasha Bedingfield, Jennifer Lopez). Manika is also prepping for her debut tour later in 2011 with Travis Payne, best known for working with Michael Jackson as the choreographer for the proposed “This Is It” tour and the associate producer for the subsequent film “This Is It.” Inspired by such artists as Avril Lavigne, Pink and Alanis Morrisette, Manika is working on modern Top 40 tracks with a rock edge featuring attitude and fiery rock guitars. Says Manika, “I’ve always loved both writing and songwriting,” she adds. “The journey is fascinating to me. When I watch a live performance back on video, I think about how everything started from a simple emotion, feeling or story I wanted to tell. The next step is to play with song ideas, and then lay down instruments and vocals. Then it all takes shape and suddenly that simple spark has blossomed into something huge and powerful that people can enjoy.” Manika—whose mixed heritage includes Filipino, Japanese, Chinese, Malaysian and Spanish–brings intelligence, wit and tons of emotional life experiences to her songs. Early on, she won the “Outstanding Performance Award” three years straight at the National Performing Arts Festival in New York City. At age 15, she wrote and published The Exciting Adventures of Boo , a fictional children’s book and donated proceeds from the first 750 copies to the Nevada SPCA animal shelter. Manika also participated in writing workshops for children and went to visited children’s hospitals to read it to young cancer patients and their families. These activities are just the beginning of the many philanthropic goals that Manika intends to pursue as her musical career takes off. “When CeCe was first approached me I told her that I was fully committed to my music and performing career , and that is my passion… to me it’s always been about being an all around creative person. Both live and on studio recordings, there’s nothing more important to me than touching people with my music and connecting with them through the stories I’m privileged to tell.”

Manika Live in Studio B - Part 2 - Going Off A Feeling

Added 08/16/11
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Manika Live in Studio B - Part 2 - Going Off A Feeling

[LESS INFO] 10 VIEWS | ADDED 19:46:48 08/16/11
Pop Singer, Songwriter and Author from Henderson, NV. Manika performs live in Studio B of Mevio in San Francisco. Part 2. For the full performance CLICK HERE Website Facebook Twitter Myspace Flickr Youtube Bringing a fresh, edgy vibe to mainstream pop and unafraid to boldly speak her mind, 18-year-old vocal powerhouse Manika is set to release her upcoming debut single “Just Can’t Let You Go” this May. Working with some of music industry’s highest caliber management, songwriting and production talent, Manika (pronounced Ma-NEE-ka) was discovered by Frank DiLeo, Michael Jackson’s long-time manager, and television personality and revered vocal performance coach CeCe Sammy (U.K.’s “Pop Idol” ). “Just Can’t Let You Go,” which Manika debuted live at the 2010 Hollywood Style Awards was written and produced by Tearce Kizzo and Francci (Keyshia Cole, Patti LaBelle, Adina Howard and JoJo). The duo is also working with Manika on numerous other tracks for the artist’s full length forthcoming debut album, alongside such heavy hitters as Qura Rankin and Evan Bogart (Beyonce, Rihanna, Leona Lewis, Natasha Bedingfield, Jennifer Lopez). Manika is also prepping for her debut tour later in 2011 with Travis Payne, best known for working with Michael Jackson as the choreographer for the proposed “This Is It” tour and the associate producer for the subsequent film “This Is It.” Inspired by such artists as Avril Lavigne, Pink and Alanis Morrisette, Manika is working on modern Top 40 tracks with a rock edge featuring attitude and fiery rock guitars. Says Manika, “I’ve always loved both writing and songwriting,” she adds. “The journey is fascinating to me. When I watch a live performance back on video, I think about how everything started from a simple emotion, feeling or story I wanted to tell. The next step is to play with song ideas, and then lay down instruments and vocals. Then it all takes shape and suddenly that simple spark has blossomed into something huge and powerful that people can enjoy.” Manika—whose mixed heritage includes Filipino, Japanese, Chinese, Malaysian and Spanish–brings intelligence, wit and tons of emotional life experiences to her songs. Early on, she won the “Outstanding Performance Award” three years straight at the National Performing Arts Festival in New York City. At age 15, she wrote and published The Exciting Adventures of Boo , a fictional children’s book and donated proceeds from the first 750 copies to the Nevada SPCA animal shelter. Manika also participated in writing workshops for children and went to visited children’s hospitals to read it to young cancer patients and their families. These activities are just the beginning of the many philanthropic goals that Manika intends to pursue as her musical career takes off. “When CeCe was first approached me I told her that I was fully committed to my music and performing career , and that is my passion… to me it’s always been about being an all around creative person. Both live and on studio recordings, there’s nothing more important to me than touching people with my music and connecting with them through the stories I’m privileged to tell.”

Season 2 Episode 27

Added 06/24/11
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Our studio guest this week: Thomas Straubhaar

Added 06/14/11
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Our studio guest this week: Thomas Straubhaar

[LESS INFO] 25 VIEWS | ADDED 22:30:00 06/14/11
Thomas Straubhaar from the Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWI).DW-TV: You are a possible consumer of fair trade produce, Thomas Straubhaar. Is that right? Do you buy fair trade produce? Thomas Straubhaar: Good question. Actually, we are more for local products, so I'm going to the farmer whom I know and then we know how he is going to produce milk and cheese and things like that, and meat. DW-TV: Okay. In a way, that's also fair trade. Thomas Straubhaar: Absolutely. DW-TV: But classical fair trade, of course, is supposed to help improve working conditions in the region that produces the goods. How exactly does that work? Thomas Straubhaar: It's a difficult task to control, whether they are really produced in a fair way or not. So it takes a long time to get this confidence that they are not only going to produce when the controllers are there, that they are doing it in daily life, and so I think this is a thing that you have to build up over years. DW-TV: And it still works, even though discounters have a bigger market share today? They don't have the best reputation themselves. Thomas Straubhaar: No, but it is a first step towards this market of fairly-produced products, and I think this is a good step toward broader alternatives, also in discount shops, and so I think this shows us that it becomes recognised also by more and more customers. DW-TV: But discounters, at least here in Germany, have been criticised and come under fire again and again for their working conditions, so selling fair trade products -- isn't that a bit hypocritical? Thomas Straubhaar: Yes, it may be, but I think in the future this will change anyway, because in the future we will have a lack of skilled and qualified workers, and I think that employers would be very well informed to treat their employees in a fair and correct way, and so I think there will be competition for good workers, also for discounters. DW-TV: A lot of people here in Germany have started to complain in recent years that working conditions have become harsher, they're expected to work longer hours, be more flexible. Are they right? Are we losing a bit of fairness here? Thomas Straubhaar: It's not a question of fairness; it's just a question of fact. Look, we are privileged. We have all these questions treated years and decades before now. Others will want to enter the market and would also like to get all this wealth that we have in the Western part of the world. So I think it's not a question of fairness; it's just a question of competitiveness and I think there we have to find a correct way between employers and employees. DW-TV: You also said that employers have to be more attractive because we need more skilled workers. Our society is ageing. But what's the situation for people with disabilities? They also need to make a living. Thomas Straubhaar: That's right, and I think that for the moment they have not yet profited from the upswing we have in the German labour market. But here also I'm very optimistic that this will change, due to the fact that we are ageing, that we are going to a lack of all these qualifications, and in a service industry that they have good chances to get better jobs. Interview: Monica Jones

Our studio guest this week: Thomas Straubhaar

Added 06/14/11
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Our studio guest this week: Thomas Straubhaar

[LESS INFO] 9 VIEWS | ADDED 22:30:00 06/14/11
Thomas Straubhaar from the Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWI).DW-TV: You are a possible consumer of fair trade produce, Thomas Straubhaar. Is that right? Do you buy fair trade produce? Thomas Straubhaar: Good question. Actually, we are more for local products, so I'm going to the farmer whom I know and then we know how he is going to produce milk and cheese and things like that, and meat. DW-TV: Okay. In a way, that's also fair trade. Thomas Straubhaar: Absolutely. DW-TV: But classical fair trade, of course, is supposed to help improve working conditions in the region that produces the goods. How exactly does that work? Thomas Straubhaar: It's a difficult task to control, whether they are really produced in a fair way or not. So it takes a long time to get this confidence that they are not only going to produce when the controllers are there, that they are doing it in daily life, and so I think this is a thing that you have to build up over years. DW-TV: And it still works, even though discounters have a bigger market share today? They don't have the best reputation themselves. Thomas Straubhaar: No, but it is a first step towards this market of fairly-produced products, and I think this is a good step toward broader alternatives, also in discount shops, and so I think this shows us that it becomes recognised also by more and more customers. DW-TV: But discounters, at least here in Germany, have been criticised and come under fire again and again for their working conditions, so selling fair trade products -- isn't that a bit hypocritical? Thomas Straubhaar: Yes, it may be, but I think in the future this will change anyway, because in the future we will have a lack of skilled and qualified workers, and I think that employers would be very well informed to treat their employees in a fair and correct way, and so I think there will be competition for good workers, also for discounters. DW-TV: A lot of people here in Germany have started to complain in recent years that working conditions have become harsher, they're expected to work longer hours, be more flexible. Are they right? Are we losing a bit of fairness here? Thomas Straubhaar: It's not a question of fairness; it's just a question of fact. Look, we are privileged. We have all these questions treated years and decades before now. Others will want to enter the market and would also like to get all this wealth that we have in the Western part of the world. So I think it's not a question of fairness; it's just a question of competitiveness and I think there we have to find a correct way between employers and employees. DW-TV: You also said that employers have to be more attractive because we need more skilled workers. Our society is ageing. But what's the situation for people with disabilities? They also need to make a living. Thomas Straubhaar: That's right, and I think that for the moment they have not yet profited from the upswing we have in the German labour market. But here also I'm very optimistic that this will change, due to the fact that we are ageing, that we are going to a lack of all these qualifications, and in a service industry that they have good chances to get better jobs. Interview: Monica Jones

Season 2 Episode 24

Added 06/06/11
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Cyndi Harvell Live in Studio B - Part 1 - From The Echo

Added 02/16/11
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Cyndi Harvell Live in Studio B - Part 1 - From The Echo

[LESS INFO] 11 VIEWS | ADDED 21:12:05 02/16/11
Part 1 of Cyndi Harvell performing an acoustic set live in Mevio Studios in San Francisco For the entire performance CLICK HERE WEBSITE FACEBOOK MYSPACE BIO: Here's my story. I'm sticking to it. So listen up. I grew up in the deep, deep south where we eat fried catfish and grits and drink sweet tea -- not iced tea, sweetened -- but sweet tea. It is basically one word, split into two for you non-southerners. My barbie dolls sang musicals, and I sang along with the various pop princesses of the time -- Tiffany, Paula, Janet, Madonna -- dancing around the living room with my friends. I also liked to climb trees, create secret clubs with the neighborhood kids, and sell seashells from the driveway. Fast forward to 1999: I took my little Yamaha off to college, to the mini-music-mecca of Athens, GA, where I met a friend who helped me form my first band. Terrified and shy and lacking confidence, I played some open mics and my very first full-band shows to responsive crowds. For the very first time in my life, I felt like I knew where my place was in the world. After a couple years, I made my first album and built up a little following. In the fall of 2004, I sold my stuff at a flea market and headed west. It was the best decision of my life. I started up my own band again - lucking out by finding Mike Stevens and John Howland. It was like reuniting with old friends. We meshed together like peanut butter and jelly and wonderbread. We played around the bay area, as an acoustic trio, eventually landing at Ex'pressions College for Digital Arts to record a demo we could sell at our shows. Here we met Jack Douglas (a producer with an impressive resume, including Aerosmith, John Lennon, Patti Smith, the Who). Seriously. He's even on wikipedia. Jack took an immediate liking to us, and sent us on to local producer Jim Greer, who adopted us like stray kittens. Hungry stray kittens. After mixing our Expressions demo and getting to know us a bit, Jim decided to sign us to his local label, Fortune Records, and record a real full-length album. He helped transform our little baby songs into grown up songs, and in March of 2008, we had the experience of a lifetime, recording our album "The Night Turned to Song" in Caspar, California - in a studio by the sea. That album led us to be included on the bay area KFOG's Local Scene 5 CD and featured on their morning show, in addition to being played on Americana radio across the U.S. and Europe. We played San Fran's HUGE Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in October '08 and the Gilroy Garlic Festival in '09 (over 100,000 attendees!). 2010 began with the recording of our 2nd album together "From the Echo," back again at Old School Studios in Caspar. It's an album about freedom and release and moving away from the things that hold us back toward the things that give us hope. Real life stuff, folks.

Cyndi Harvell Live in Studio B - Part 2 - Loaded Question

Added 02/16/11
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Cyndi Harvell Live in Studio B - Part 2 - Loaded Question

[LESS INFO] 10 VIEWS | ADDED 21:11:08 02/16/11
Part 2 of Cyndi Harvell performing an acoustic set live in Mevio Studios in San Francisco For the entire performance CLICK HERE WEBSITE FACEBOOK MYSPACE BIO: Here's my story. I'm sticking to it. So listen up. I grew up in the deep, deep south where we eat fried catfish and grits and drink sweet tea -- not iced tea, sweetened -- but sweet tea. It is basically one word, split into two for you non-southerners. My barbie dolls sang musicals, and I sang along with the various pop princesses of the time -- Tiffany, Paula, Janet, Madonna -- dancing around the living room with my friends. I also liked to climb trees, create secret clubs with the neighborhood kids, and sell seashells from the driveway. Fast forward to 1999: I took my little Yamaha off to college, to the mini-music-mecca of Athens, GA, where I met a friend who helped me form my first band. Terrified and shy and lacking confidence, I played some open mics and my very first full-band shows to responsive crowds. For the very first time in my life, I felt like I knew where my place was in the world. After a couple years, I made my first album and built up a little following. In the fall of 2004, I sold my stuff at a flea market and headed west. It was the best decision of my life. I started up my own band again - lucking out by finding Mike Stevens and John Howland. It was like reuniting with old friends. We meshed together like peanut butter and jelly and wonderbread. We played around the bay area, as an acoustic trio, eventually landing at Ex'pressions College for Digital Arts to record a demo we could sell at our shows. Here we met Jack Douglas (a producer with an impressive resume, including Aerosmith, John Lennon, Patti Smith, the Who). Seriously. He's even on wikipedia. Jack took an immediate liking to us, and sent us on to local producer Jim Greer, who adopted us like stray kittens. Hungry stray kittens. After mixing our Expressions demo and getting to know us a bit, Jim decided to sign us to his local label, Fortune Records, and record a real full-length album. He helped transform our little baby songs into grown up songs, and in March of 2008, we had the experience of a lifetime, recording our album "The Night Turned to Song" in Caspar, California - in a studio by the sea. That album led us to be included on the bay area KFOG's Local Scene 5 CD and featured on their morning show, in addition to being played on Americana radio across the U.S. and Europe. We played San Fran's HUGE Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in October '08 and the Gilroy Garlic Festival in '09 (over 100,000 attendees!). 2010 began with the recording of our 2nd album together "From the Echo," back again at Old School Studios in Caspar. It's an album about freedom and release and moving away from the things that hold us back toward the things that give us hope. Real life stuff, folks.

Cyndi Harvell Live in Studio B - Part 3 Break For It

Added 02/16/11
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Cyndi Harvell Live in Studio B - Part 3 Break For It

[LESS INFO] 11 VIEWS | ADDED 20:43:49 02/16/11
Part 3 of Cyndi Harvell performing an acoustic set live in Mevio Studios in San Francisco For the entire performance CLICK HERE WEBSITE FACEBOOK MYSPACE BIO: Here's my story. I'm sticking to it. So listen up. I grew up in the deep, deep south where we eat fried catfish and grits and drink sweet tea -- not iced tea, sweetened -- but sweet tea. It is basically one word, split into two for you non-southerners. My barbie dolls sang musicals, and I sang along with the various pop princesses of the time -- Tiffany, Paula, Janet, Madonna -- dancing around the living room with my friends. I also liked to climb trees, create secret clubs with the neighborhood kids, and sell seashells from the driveway. Fast forward to 1999: I took my little Yamaha off to college, to the mini-music-mecca of Athens, GA, where I met a friend who helped me form my first band. Terrified and shy and lacking confidence, I played some open mics and my very first full-band shows to responsive crowds. For the very first time in my life, I felt like I knew where my place was in the world. After a couple years, I made my first album and built up a little following. In the fall of 2004, I sold my stuff at a flea market and headed west. It was the best decision of my life. I started up my own band again - lucking out by finding Mike Stevens and John Howland. It was like reuniting with old friends. We meshed together like peanut butter and jelly and wonderbread. We played around the bay area, as an acoustic trio, eventually landing at Ex'pressions College for Digital Arts to record a demo we could sell at our shows. Here we met Jack Douglas (a producer with an impressive resume, including Aerosmith, John Lennon, Patti Smith, the Who). Seriously. He's even on wikipedia. Jack took an immediate liking to us, and sent us on to local producer Jim Greer, who adopted us like stray kittens. Hungry stray kittens. After mixing our Expressions demo and getting to know us a bit, Jim decided to sign us to his local label, Fortune Records, and record a real full-length album. He helped transform our little baby songs into grown up songs, and in March of 2008, we had the experience of a lifetime, recording our album "The Night Turned to Song" in Caspar, California - in a studio by the sea. That album led us to be included on the bay area KFOG's Local Scene 5 CD and featured on their morning show, in addition to being played on Americana radio across the U.S. and Europe. We played San Fran's HUGE Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in October '08 and the Gilroy Garlic Festival in '09 (over 100,000 attendees!). 2010 began with the recording of our 2nd album together "From the Echo," back again at Old School Studios in Caspar. It's an album about freedom and release and moving away from the things that hold us back toward the things that give us hope. Real life stuff, folks.

NEeMA Live in Studio B - Part 1 - Elsas Lullaby

Added 01/11/11
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NEeMA Live in Studio B - Part 1 - Elsas Lullaby

[LESS INFO] 12 VIEWS | ADDED 00:35:23 01/11/11
Part 1 of NEeMA performing Live in Studio B of Mevio in San Francisco, CA For the entire performance CLICK HERE WEBSITE TWITTER FACEBOOK MYSPACE Born of Egyptian and Lebanese decent, NEeMA’s presence on and off stage is as powerful and charismatic, as her voice is honest and unique. She has traveled extensively, having shared time with the Dalai Lama and Mother Teresa, having worked with street children in Egypt, as well as having had the privilege of working with the Tribal Elders of Wekweti, an isolated First Nation community in northern Canada. No doubt these experiences helped her develop the ability to communicate her stories through poetry and song, focusing on those themes that are dear to the human heart. NEeMA has recently completed her second album, Watching You Think , a collection of twelve musical stories that seamlessly meld elements of world music, folk and jazz with a good measure of pop. Produced in association with Leonard Cohen and Pierre Marchand (Sarah McLachlan, Ron Sexsmith), Watching You Think contains songs of love, life and simple observations that read like parables and sound instantly familiar. Listeners will find themselves singing along effortlessly by the second chorus. NEeMA’s uninhibited and authentic style is complemented perfectly by some of Montreal's best musicians, who add nuance to every mood and emotion of Watching You Think . Musicians include Howard Bilerman, Tim Kingsbury (Arcade Fire), Tom Mennier (Martha and Rufus Wainwright), Joe Grass and Miles Perkin (Lhasa de Sela), and Gurpreet Chana (Nelly Furtado). Also involved in the album’s production are Haig V and Fred Bouchard. About the songs on Watching You Think For NEeMA a song always begins with a seed - a lyric or a melody. On several occasions she has found herself singing a chorus of a yet to be written song. “The more I write songs, the more I realize it’s about uncovering the story that wants to be told, not writing the one I have in mind.” Speaking to the musicianship on the album, NEeMA finished writing “Unspoken” while doing a solo tour of Ireland - driving though the luscious greenery between concerts. She began singing it at shows without musical accompaniment, but when it came time to record the track in studio it became clear after a few rehearsals that the talent of the assembled musicians would only add to the final track. In NEeMA’s own words, “I love the new life this song took in the studio.” NEeMA did not envision collaborating with producers on the album; it just evolved that way. Discussions were born out of friendships with both Pierre and Leonard and seeking their input and expertise was a natural process. “I learned from both of them the importance of starting over if something isn’t working,” NEeMA explains, “or holding on to something when the magic is already there.” Leonard Cohen has said of NEeMA, “in the midst of all the static, a voice of true feeling arises - a rare event!” Cohen also drew the portrait of NEeMA that serves as the album’s cover art. The album was mixed and partially recorded at Pierre Marchand’s studio in Montreal. He has described NEeMA as “an inspiring presence,” adding, “her evocative lyrics and warm voice paint beautiful, timeless stories and portraits.” The track “Running” was initially recorded as a demo in NEeMA’s living room. She tried to recapture the feeling of this first recording at three different studios with various musicians but ended up using the version she had done at home. NEeMA explains, “I love the intimacy it captured.” “Escape” was written while NEeMA was living in Los Angeles. She was staying in the house of a guitar maker and was sitting in his studio surrounded by dozens of guitars. “I found the environment inspiring,” explains NEeMA, “I picked up an electric guitar for the first time ever - and this song poured out if it!” “Elsa's Lullaby” began as a poem. While touring Canada a few years ago NEeMA brought her beloved canine companion Elsa along. She met a young girl who fell in love with Elsa and told her ‘you must have so many songs written about her!’ She had none at the time. “Thus began a poem that went on for pages and pages and basically wrote itself- all I had to do was watch her.” A little musical history Since the successful independent release of NEeMA’s debut album Masì Cho in 2006, she has toured Canada, Ireland, Australia, England and the US. In the summer of 2007 she performed over 33 concerts including Nova Scotia’s Privateer Days Festival and the South Country Fair Festival in Alberta. Other highlights include her 2008 concert at the Electric Picnic Festival in Ireland, the 2008 Winterfolk Festival in Toronto and Canadian Music Week, and two sold-out shows at the Montreal International Jazz Festival in 2009. Masi Cho was nominated for a MIMI (Montreal International Music Initiative) in the World & Roots category and her song The Risk advanced to the second round of judging in the 2006 International Songwriting Competition held in Nashville.

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Star Trek Online The 2800 Trailer [HD]

The Parlotones Live In Studio B - Part 2 - Life Design

Exclusive: Cass McCombs Debuts New Song "Bradley Manning" Ahead of Accused Whistleblower's Trial

Inside the Avatar Studio: Bernhard Drax & Daniel Moshel

TEDxRainier - Carla Wilcox

Inside the Avatar Studio: Terry Beaubois

Manika Live in Studio A - Part 1 - Just Can't Let You Go

Manika Live in Studio B - Part 2 - Going Off A Feeling

Season 2 Episode 27

Our studio guest this week: Thomas Straubhaar

Our studio guest this week: Thomas Straubhaar

Season 2 Episode 24

Cyndi Harvell Live in Studio B - Part 1 - From The Echo

Cyndi Harvell Live in Studio B - Part 2 - Loaded Question

Cyndi Harvell Live in Studio B - Part 3 Break For It

NEeMA Live in Studio B - Part 1 - Elsas Lullaby