I gave my special friend Black Katsuhiro (Geoff) a free Pravda23 T-shirt to film this video. It’s a bit tight. Download grooooovy Afrobeat backtrack Kinetic Mystery [v5.0].
Remember to also grab a few of the other versions of my dynamic, self-updating album, The Kuleshov Effect under music.
The authorities have decided to clamp down on Pravda23 on weekdays from 8am – 6pm. Go see for yourself next time you’re driving over Wynberg Hill on the M3 towards Simonstown. Cast your vote as a Facebook comment below…
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I tried something new again yesterday, with some success. I posted a comment on my Pravda23 Facebook wall saying “I’m bored. Reply to this comment and I’ll turn it into a song and post a video.”
The results were quite interesting. Obviously everyone had something song request, which I had to filter by following up with “original lyrics only, please.” Soon, the wall had loads of responses and I managed to compose, record and upload four instantaneous music videos for my fans within the space of about an hour! Each video was humorously published within 15 minutes with all the press fanfare of an established, rights-protected #1 hit record! I’m trying it out again today.
As with nearly everything I do through Pravda23 (or rather, as it does through me), the Instant Facebook Comment Music Video experiment is an attempt to keep alive my inclination to experiment with art. Thus far, I’ve experimented with:
an unplugged performance on Signal hill
playing in a proper township shebeen
live improvised violin jams
creating an album that frequently updates like software (instead of in “bulk”)
3D-modelling
comic art
getting fake letters published in the local newspaper
being digitally painted onto a projector screen while I perform
…and loads of other things.
Art is becoming more spontaneous. As the musician middle class emerges, we’re noticing a trend in audience participation, social networking and the crucial fan interactivity which keeps popular artists on their toes. The eventual goal of Pravda23 is to be able to create a spontaneous, live dance music set “on-the-fly” by combining customized software instruments, dance loops, live instrumentation and the contributions of members of the so-called “audience”.
it’s easier than you think to get published in your local cat news publication. it’s not the first time i’ve done it.
WombatSam goes up mountains to scream your tweets into the wind. Pravda23 joins in with a remix of one of the tweets.
Check out the full madness on I’ll Scream Your Tweets. Update your music by downloading Poke My Dad. Nickedy Nick Nack Knucklez gets cred for co-writing Poke My Dad. Knucklez, if you were my dad, I’d poke you.
It’s not really supposed to be a big deal, but it’s looking like a fun night anyway. Along with some of our friends at Mixtape, Pravda23 brings you the first event of its kind, I guess. Tomorrow, Friday the 27th November, anyone with a car radio can join us for the LIVE MOBILE DISCO! We’re meeting at Signal Hill at 7pm. Here’s how it works…
On Friday the 27th November, all cars will gather at an outdoor location within the city and within 30m of each other to tune into a specific frequency on their radios. Using an iTrip to broadcast a pre-sequenced, fully original set of backing music to all the cars simultaneously we’ll layer our instruments over the energetic setlist. All live in concert, while walking around between cars! Bring your instruments.
At any point, the party is able to up-and-go to another location. The music can even continue playing as we fork our way through night-time city traffic!
LOL, there’s no money! Just driving around having fun, as it should be. We may have some CDs for R50, just in case, but whatever. Bring your happy face!
Given that this is a public event and we may be attracting some attention, we’re taking law enforcement into account here. Kindly leave your illegals at home.
Join the SMS mailing list or just SMS me or Nick if you have our numbers.
Please bring instruments
You know the TAB key? I just discovered that if you hit Shift + TAB, you go back one instead of forward. I’ve been practising. This changes everything.
Pravda23 was recently featured alongside other ‘underground famous’ bands The Beams and The Sleepers on Ancient Shark of Despair. Also at the party is Gav, who is fantastic, and whose guitar I still play after 5 years of permanent borrowing. We helped out with a track called Landlord (listen below). Sharks are people too. Get to know the ASoD here.
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Check out The Landlord Story
