You read that right, I'm daring you to Scare yourself. No I don't mean by watching a horror movie, and putting yourself in danger. I mean it in a creative way, it will be exhilarating.
This has happen to me twice thus far in the last couple of years, and I have totally grown from each time it has happened. The first time this happened was in the Summer of 2015, I got asked to play at a local festival called SOWEBO. At that point, I had always had a percussionist to perform with me, and I NEVER ask for a percussionist, unless I am able to pay them, this is purely out of respect for them and their time. So when I found out that this was a non-paying gig, I panicked a little, because I was not going to be able to pay someone to accompany me. To add fuel to this fire, I was not going to be on the "singer/songwriter" stage, I was placed on the Americana stage, right in between two full bands. I was shaking like a leaf, but I put my big boy pants on, got up there with my guitar and Batman t-shirt and gave a 300% performance. People loved it, bought CDs & Lyric Books, and I felt like I have "leveled up" as a performer, and people have noticed a change in my Solo performance since then.
Well, come Summer 2016, and a NEW experience came my way. I was asked by a local international artist Shodekae to perform at his EMBODY_Lab series, which happens only 4 times a year. Here is the kicker..its a vocals only series, meaning I could not bring my guitar, or drums. Holy Vegan Cheeseburgers Batman. I have NEVER performed a song, let alone a 3 song set, without my instruments. Needless to say, I was TERRIFIED, but oh man, do I want to do it again!
Luckily its a collaborative event, so I was able to ask many of the lovely artists in the room to join me on stage for vocal accompaniment, but I wanted to experience this beautiful fear first, so for my first song, I performed completely alone, and I tell you, its a totally different feel to sing like that.
Thank you to Shodekae, J Pope, QueenEarth, & Chuck The Madd Ox for joining me on this experience.
Below is the video of my experience, enjoy :)
With Love,
Mosno
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The Nubian Racism Interview.
I had the honor of being contacted by Sudanese reporter Hana Baba for an interview on the NPR & PRI program "The World" on KALW, about the recent racist comments that were made recently to a Nubian soccer player in Egypt.
The Full interview with Hana Baba
Please Share, thank you.
With Love
Mosno
The Full interview with Hana Baba
Please Share, thank you.
With Love
Mosno
The Power of Music
I am blown away by this project, it is brilliant, and it really does prove the POWER of music.
VolsWagon & Discovery channel joined forces and were a part of this project called Sharks ReScored.
Oh Man, you HAVE to check it out. They are using original music scores to actually help change the way you feel about Sharks. Like everything else on this planet, they are usually associated with not so nice things, but on top of that, the KIND of music that is played when ever they are on screen, actually helps evoke that emotion as well.
So what does Sharks ReScored do? They play you a normal scene from a shark documentary, as they are swimming around, being..well, Sharks.
When you move your mouse cursor to the left of the screen, you hear the typical sinister score you are accustom to, which makes you frightful of the scene. You move your cursor to the right, and you hear a much nicer score, and it TOTALLY changes the vibe of the video.
Music is SUCH a powerful tool, I feel humbled to be able to say "I'm a Musician", we artists truly do have a suggestive power. And this project not only has helped me see sharks differently, but confirmed to me the power music has.
When you have a moment go check it out, its really cool : Sharks ReScored
With Love,
Mosno
VolsWagon & Discovery channel joined forces and were a part of this project called Sharks ReScored.
Oh Man, you HAVE to check it out. They are using original music scores to actually help change the way you feel about Sharks. Like everything else on this planet, they are usually associated with not so nice things, but on top of that, the KIND of music that is played when ever they are on screen, actually helps evoke that emotion as well.
So what does Sharks ReScored do? They play you a normal scene from a shark documentary, as they are swimming around, being..well, Sharks.
When you move your mouse cursor to the left of the screen, you hear the typical sinister score you are accustom to, which makes you frightful of the scene. You move your cursor to the right, and you hear a much nicer score, and it TOTALLY changes the vibe of the video.
Music is SUCH a powerful tool, I feel humbled to be able to say "I'm a Musician", we artists truly do have a suggestive power. And this project not only has helped me see sharks differently, but confirmed to me the power music has.
When you have a moment go check it out, its really cool : Sharks ReScored
With Love,
Mosno
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