‘Ukulele sensation Taimane Gardner lit up this year’s Roy Sakuma ‘Ukulele Festival. The family and I were just about to leave, when her rendition of Johnny Be Good stopped us with the classic “WTF?” look on our faces. Her skills on the strings are mesmerizing and her stage presence draws you in like a true entertainer.
If you ever have a chance, check out her live performances. Better yet, support her and make your iPod happy by purchasing a CD.
The band Concave Scream taps into books to promote their new album “Soundtrack for a Book.” Using the strategy of viral marketing—that is creating stunning content worthy of forwarding—their promotional website utilizes an incredible Flash application featuring digitized classic book covers for an interactive online distraction. *Geek Alert!* The application is reminiscent of a Star Trek episode where some unfortunate crew member gets stuck in the transporter mid “beam me up, Scotty.”
While toying with the pixels of “The Secret Garden” or maybe “Heidi,” you can listen to tracks from the band’s album. It’s a slick interface allowing users to download their manipulations as a desktop wallpaper. It’s definitely worth a minute of your online day. Link
In an attempt to keep things upbeat in this often downbeat state of current affairs, I submit to you the “It’s Amazing” video by Jem. Made from 25,632 photos, this video takes advantage of depth of field and the “flip book look” of a high quality digital camera (and large memory card). (I’m assuming this is a digital camera because using film would be just mad.) Get your groove on.
So I’ve been debating whether to keep this blog just as an online portfolio or to post other folks’ inspiring work. Well, I guess this video made up my mind for me.
Check out this video for Obama featuring music by up-and-coming rapper MC Yogi and some great vector art and typography.
Obama ’08 – Vote For Hope from MC Yogi on Vimeo.
