Douglas Caballero and the Daily Fix present your ultimate guide to the Obama administration's first festival. America's party for Obama kicks off this afternoon on the steps of the Lincoln memorial with a huge HBO concert headlined by the Boss, who will be joined by Beyonce, Bono, Mary J. Blige, John Legend, Sheryl Crow and more. Plus the Declare Yourself inauguration party will feature Maroon 5 and a DJ set by Samantha Ronson, and Moby will be spinning at 9:30 Club.
The Daily Fix is the first music blog on TV airing on Current TV. The 2-minute daily music news show delivers cutting edge music news and insightful opinion in compelling short doses, utilizing MP3's and user-generated video from all over the web. Hosted by Douglas Caballero, the show airs daily at 9:31am, 1:31pm, 5:31pm, 8:31pm, 12:31am, 4:31am Eastern Time and can be found online at current.com/dailyfix.Douglas Caballero and the Daily Fix present your ultimate guide to the Obama... more
Coachella 09' fulfilled everyone expectations and more...this is a video of "Green Light" with MSTRKRFT mixin' it alongside John Legend. Some heavy heavy muzik for you guys, enjoy.Coachella 09' fulfilled everyone expectations and more...this is a video of... more
Listen to MSTRKRFT's new album, "Fist of God", in its entirety here. The eleven tracks feature guest spots from E-40, John Legend, and Ghostface Killah. They have a few shows scheduled, taking part in both the Ultra Music Festival in Miami,Fl and Coachella in Indio,Ca.
Another new John Legend track surfaced last night. First the track with 3 Stacks is all over the web, then the Kanye assisted, now this one with Estelle...This means two things, John Legend has some fire on the new album, and someone has a copy and is just letting the tracks fly. Another new John Legend track surfaced last night. First the track with 3 Stacks is... more
Kanye West, Maroon 5’s Adam Levine, Jackson Browne and John Mayer will all be on the upcoming Barack Obama benefit album Yes We Can: Voices of a Grassroots Movement. The album will be available through Obama’s official website starting this Friday. “Heard ‘Em Say” collaborators West and Levine will reunite to join Chicago spoken word poet Malik Yusef on the new song “Promised Land,” while John Legend will contribute his cover of U2’s “Pride (In the Name of Love.)” The 18-track limited edition album is rounded out by songs from some of Obama’s favorite artists, including Stevie Wonder, John Mayer, Lionel Richie and Sheryl Crow.Kanye West, Maroon 5’s Adam Levine, Jackson Browne and John Mayer will all be on... more
Masters of the remix world, Jesse Keeler and Al-P, also known as Canadian DJ Duo, MSTRKRFT, sit in on the Daily Fix to talk about their latest and past projects, group history, and what's yet to come. The two give us the details on their most recent remix, "Green Light," for John Legend and Andre 3000. Find out what insanely famous pop star the duo will be working with next, what life is really like out on the road, and get the details on their upcoming tour with indie-electro duo, LA Riots.
The Daily Fix is the first music blog on TV airing on Current TV. The 2-minute daily music news show delivers cutting edge music news and insightful opinion in compelling short doses, utilizing MP3's and user-generated video from all over the web. Hosted by Douglas Caballero, the show airs daily at 9:31am, 1:31pm, 5:31pm, 8:31pm, 12:31am, 4:31am Eastern Time and can be found online at current.com/dailyfix.Masters of the remix world, Jesse Keeler and Al-P, also known as Canadian DJ Duo,... more
Akon dominates with three songs about yachts, money and women, John Legend scores some cool points with wingman Andre 3000, and Ne-Yo is pissed and maybe dies. Sergio Cilli breaks it down in this week's White Hot Top 5 featuring the top 5 R&B songs on iTunes.
Sergio's White Top 5 is a recurring segment on Current TV's weekly television show, infoMania.
infoMania is a half-hour satirical news show that airs on Current TV. The show puts a comedic spin on the 24-hour chaos and information overload brought about by the constant bombardment of the media. Hosted by Conor Knighton and co-starring Brett Erlich, Sarah Haskins, Ben Hoffman, and Sergio Cilli, the show airs on Thursdays at 10 pm Eastern and Pacific Times and can be found online at current.com/infomania. And make sure to check out our facebook profile for special features at http://infomaniafacebook.com.Akon dominates with three songs about yachts, money and women, John Legend scores some... more
In this week's infoMania Super Bowl viewers in Tucson got a little more pig skin than they were hoping for, Sarah dishes on why chocolate is a girl's best friend/lover, magazines love dishing on Obama's moves on the court and so do we, Sergio counts down the top R&B songs according to iTunes, Conor is outraged by the media's coverage of Jessica Simpson - so, he felt he should cover it, and Brett lectures us on the most poignant Viral Video Film School topic ever: Breasts.
infoMania is a half-hour satirical news show that airs on Current TV. The show puts a comedic spin on the 24-hour chaos and information overload brought about by the constant bombardment of the media. Hosted by Conor Knighton and co-starring Brett Erlich, Sarah Haskins, Ben Hoffman, and Sergio Cilli, the show airs on Thursdays at 10 pm Eastern and Pacific Times and can be found online at current.com/infomania. And make sure to check out our facebook profile for special features at http://infomaniafacebook.com.In this week's infoMania Super Bowl viewers in Tucson got a little more pig skin... more
Art and politics collide at the Manifest Hope Gallery at the DNC, hosted by famed street artist and creator of Obama Hope poster, Shepard Fairey. In attendance was musician and outspoken Obama supporter, will.i.am. The Daily Fix caught up with the Black Eyed Pea to talk about his long-time friendship with Fairey and discuss the differences of this year's election compared to four years back. Get his thoughts on the emergence of multiple media outlets and their increasing impact on politics, the rising enthusiasm of voters, and find out about what he likes to call "the era of the baton."
The Daily Fix is the first music blog on TV airing on Current TV. The 2-minute daily music news show delivers cutting edge music news and insightful opinion in compelling short doses, utilizing MP3's and user-generated video from all over the web. Hosted by Douglas Caballero, the show airs daily at 9:31am, 1:31pm, 5:31pm, 8:31pm, 12:31am, 4:31am Eastern Time and can be found online at current.com/dailyfix.Art and politics collide at the Manifest Hope Gallery at the DNC, hosted by famed... more
It's time to Barack and roll with the biggest music festival yet in 2009 -- the Inauguration. Urban hitmakers like will.i.am, Beyonce and Mary J. Blige will join classic favorites (Bruce Springsteen, Sting and Bono) and Chi-town indie stalwarts (Andrew Bird and Ted Leo) to take over the Capitol for three days and nights of celebratory concerts and parties. Douglas Caballero and the Daily Fix present your ultimate guide to the Obama administration's first festival.
The Daily Fix is the first music blog on TV airing on Current TV. The 2-minute daily music news show delivers cutting edge music news and insightful opinion in compelling short doses, utilizing MP3's and user-generated video from all over the web. Hosted by Douglas Caballero, the show airs daily at 9:31am, 1:31pm, 5:31pm, 8:31pm, 12:31am, 4:31am Eastern Time and can be found online at current.com/dailyfix.It's time to Barack and roll with the biggest music festival yet in 2009 -- the... more
We'd like to thank the bands and talent for their participation in this years EuroRock Peace Full Sail grand finale gig for world peace in Melbourne Florida at the Metro that wrapped up our EuroRock2008 world tour for peace.
Our Program
Our program for peace is simple. We put together people from all over the world to show people we can all get along, despite our differences of music, country, color, religion, looks or whatever...Countries this year were Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, UK, Canada, USA.
Putting many different people together, especially on a boat, is extremely challenging since many things can go wrong. And they have, but we were able to work things out, or change to accommodate the differences, and in the end, it becomes more beneficial for everyone to make some concessions which eventually takes our lives to a higher level.
Grammy Awards
Two of our songs have been entered into the Grammy's this year: Swiss on Peace by Swiss Chris, who, himself has been responsible for Grammy winning music while working as Music Director and Drummer for John Legend. And Kreigergottes "Refugee", a song about the refugees we witnessed being apprehended by the law, some near death, some already passed. The video is part of our collection here on CURRENT. Also, the raw footage of what we witnessed as well as the police hasleing us and confiscating our cameras, one of which they missed, otherwise we wouldn't have it to show! Kreigergottes is headed by Detlef Kowelewski, a former band member that opened most of the Iron Maiden concerts in Europe and he, himself has had several European hits. Detlef, besides being the Peace Full Sail "Skipper", is one of the most sought after tattoo artists in Europe and an excellent producer of Rock and Roll with some cool credits.
"Triggering" Technology
Swiss' style and technology are cutting edge as you will see him play with drumsticks that light up, and when the stage is darkened, its a sight to see these sticks flying thru the air as he plays. We have it all on our film here. Moreover, Swiss uses a technology called "Triggering" as he triggers video and audio with his sticks as he plays causing snippets of short phrases, singing, instruments as well as video of news, historic figures and other interesting video and fx. You'll hear some of the triggering on our film here as he does his audio triggering.
2009 Peace Full Sail EuroRock
The Peace Full Sail crew will be sailing from Spain to LA starting this December to be at the Grammys-just in case! We will be stopping in the Caribbean, Panama, Mexico and others in between on our way to the states. For 2009 we have bands and members from Italy, Iran, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, USA, UK and more coming. We also have a news caster on board that is very popular in Europe.
The bands in the video are:
Reapin Havok
Melebourne Drum Tribe
Andrew Bayuk
Essra Mohawk
Local 518
Swiss Chris
KreigerGottes Jam Band
.........featuring Detlef Kowelewski on Guitar, Swiss Chris on Drums, Joe Haile singing, Anthony Darmana, percussion David Pastorius on Bass
And of course the Metro workers and fans all who helped make EuroRock Peace Full Sail possible as well as our sponsors listed on our websites. Thanks Metro for your support!
Again, thank you bands and talent for your participation and your seriousness to be involved with helping the world.
Peace light and love.... http://www.myspace.com/peacefullsail
EuroRock and Peace Full Sail are under a 501c3 non-profit organization, SWISS, filed in NYWe'd like to thank the bands and talent for their participation in this years... more
We'd like to thank the bands and talent for their participation in this years EuroRock Peace Full Sail grand finale gig for world peace in Melbourne Florida at the Metro that wrapped up our EuroRock2008 world tour for peace.
Our Program
Our program for peace is simple. We put together people from all over the world to show people we can all get along, despite our differences of music, country, color, religion, looks or whatever...Countries this year were Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, UK, Canada, USA.
Putting many different people together, especially on a boat, is extremely challenging since many things can go wrong. And they have, but we were able to work things out, or change to accommodate the differences, and in the end, it becomes more beneficial for everyone to make some concessions which eventually takes our lives to a higher level.
Grammy Awards
Two of our songs have been entered into the Grammy's this year: Swiss on Peace by Swiss Chris, who, himself has been responsible for Grammy winning music while working as Music Director and Drummer for John Legend. And Kreigergottes "Refugee", a song about the refugees we witnessed being apprehended by the law, some near death, some already passed. The video is part of our collection here on CURRENT. Also, the raw footage of what we witnessed as well as the police hasleing us and confiscating our cameras, one of which they missed, otherwise we wouldn't have it to show! Kreigergottes is headed by Detlef Kowelewski, a former band member that opened most of the Iron Maiden concerts in Europe and he, himself has had several European hits. Detlef, besides being the Peace Full Sail "Skipper", is one of the most sought after tattoo artists in Europe and an excellent producer of Rock and Roll with some cool credits.
"Triggering" Technology
Swiss' style and technology are cutting edge as you will see him play with drumsticks that light up, and when the stage is darkened, its a sight to see these sticks flying thru the air as he plays. We have it all on our film here. Moreover, Swiss uses a technology called "Triggering" as he triggers video and audio with his sticks as he plays causing snippets of short phrases, singing, instruments as well as video of news, historic figures and other interesting video and fx. You'll hear some of the triggering on our film here as he does his audio triggering. All this is tech is mostly in Part 2, so don't miss it! (Also the Kreigergottes Jam rock band is there, another not miss opportunity)
2009 Peace Full Sail EuroRock
The Peace Full Sail crew will be sailing from Spain to LA starting this December to be at the Grammys-just in case! We will be stopping in the Caribbean, Panama, Mexico and others in between on our way to the states. For 2009 we have bands and members from Italy, Iran, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, USA, UK and more coming. We also have a news caster on board that is very popular in Europe.
The bands in the video are:
Reapin Havok
Melebourne Drum Tribe
Andrew Bayuk
Essra Mohawk
Local 518
Swiss Chris
KreigerGottes Jam Band
.........featuring Detlef Kowelewski on Guitar, Swiss Chris on Drums, Joe Haile singing, Anthony Darmana, percussion David Pastorius on Bass
And of course the Metro workers and fans all who helped make EuroRock Peace Full Sail possible as well as our sponsors listed on our websites. Thanks Metro for your support!
Again, thank you bands and talent for your participation and your seriousness to be involved with helping the world.
Peace light and love.... http://www.myspace.com/peacefullsail
EuroRock and Peace Full Sail are under a 501c3 non-profit organization, SWISS, filed in NYWe'd like to thank the bands and talent for their participation in this years... more
What rocks about the National Democratic Convention? The music line-up, of course! The Daily Fix spills the run-down on the hottest music performances scheduled to back Obama this week. Likely suspects include: Wyclef Jean, N.E.R.D., Jakob Dylan, Fall Out Boy, Black Eyed Peas, John Legend, DJ Spooky, Death Cab for Cutie, Kanye West, Chuck D, Rage Against the Machine, Silversun pick-ups, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Cold War Kids Nada Surf, Moby, The Coup, The Flobots, and MC5's Wayne Cramer. Whew! Stay tuned for updates as the Daily Fix heads to Denver to bring you an exclusive all access look.
The Daily Fix is the first music blog on TV airing on Current TV. The 2-minute daily music news show delivers cutting edge music news and insightful opinion in compelling short doses, utilizing MP3's and user-generated video from all over the web. Hosted by Douglas Caballero, the show airs daily at 9:31am, 1:31pm, 5:31pm, 8:31pm, 12:31am, 4:31am Eastern Time and can be found online at current.com/dailyfix.What rocks about the National Democratic Convention? The music line-up, of course! The... more
"For his new album, veteran soul singer Al Green got together with Roots drummer Ahmir “?uestlove” Thompson to create a fusion of classic ’70s soul and modern collaborations with John Legend and Corinne Bailey Rae.""For his new album, veteran soul singer Al Green got together with Roots drummer... more
Swiss Chris, John Legends music director and drummer plays EuroRock in Florida this last month. His new song, War and Peace, played with only the drums and his electronics, triggering poetry and voice with his sticks, gives a positive message of peace.
Swiss has been a "conscious" artists most of his life and has recently created a 501c3 Corporation to help the world called Saving With Instruments Samples and Sounds (S.W.I.S.S.). The main mission is to teach and heal thru music. (more on his website)
Swiss Chris plays his unique drum style mixed with electronics and spoken word/poetry that incorporates a message of peace from the founder of EuroRock. See if you can hear it....
btw, my video editor is caputz and I did a rough edit with a new online program..once I get the original edit program working again, I'll re-post..still a smoking video!Swiss Chris plays his unique drum style mixed with electronics and spoken word/poetry... more
Swiss Chris, Musical Director and Drummer for five time Grammy winner John Legend performs at EuroRock World Peace concert in Florida this May 10th, 2008.
Swiss mixes his unique drum style with electronics and samples, triggered by his drumming to give a message of hope for peace in the world. Swiss not only plays his drums, but also turns the venue into an instrument as well! Some hidden and secret messages, maybe subliminal messages for peace throughout this performance that Swiss brings.
Swiss Chris is the founder of Saving With Instruments Samples and Soundz and is the MD of EuroRock. EuroRock is the bringing together of many different people from many different genres of music, religions, nationalities and colors in order to show the world that we can get along despite all of our differences. EuroRock is founded by music entrepreneur LouRicca
This year EuroRock featured musicians from different peace organizations and countries and tied in with Pangea Day activities that was broadcast all over the world.Swiss Chris, Musical Director and Drummer for five time Grammy winner John Legend... more
The musicians sailing the world for peace have come up with a new video, "Ball and Chain" about what they have been perceiving from their mission with EuroRock World Peace Tour. And, if you are in Melbourne Florida this weekend, EuroRock is featuring them as well as hosting Pangea Day this May 10th at 2pm till 6. EuroRock is an official Friends of Pangea and will be showing the 4 hour special, live from all over the world in our movie theatre there at the Metro. Many musicians from all over the world will be on hand there for the evening after the Pangea Day showing. Come a day early and a day after for some special treats! Here is some of the lineup:
Swiss Chris..John Legends Music Director and Drummer
Kreigger Gottes...Our band. Detlef/Guitar played with Iron Maiden on numerous tours as opener.
Andrerw Bayuk, Essra Mohawk, and Heidi Little...world renowned Peace Activists/musicians
and several local bands
Here's some info on Pangea Day:
The Pangea Day Mission & Purpose
Pangea Day is a global event bringing the world together through film.
Why? In a world where people are often divided by borders, difference, and conflict, it's easy to lose sight of what we all have in common. Pangea Day seeks to overcome that – to help people see themselves in others – through the power of film.
The Pangea Day Event
Starting at 18:00 GMT on May 10, 2008, locations in Cairo, Kigali, London, Los Angeles, Mumbai, and Rio de Janeiro will be linked for a live program of powerful films, live music, and visionary speakers. The entire program will be broadcast – in seven languages – to millions of people worldwide through the internet, television, and mobile phones.
The 24 short films to be featured have been selected from an international competition that generated more than 2,500 submissions from over one hundred countries. The films were chosen based on their ability to inspire, transform, and allow us see the world through another person's eyes. Details on the Pangea Day films can be viewed here.
The program will also include a number of exceptional speakers and musical performers. Queen Noor of Jordan, CNN's Christiane Amanpour, musician/activist Bob Geldof, and Iranian rock phenom Hypernova are among those taking part.
What Will Happen After Pangea Day
People inspired by Pangea Day will have the opportunity to participate in community-building activities around the world. Through the live program, the Pangea Day web site, and self-organized local events, everyday people will be connected with extraordinary activists and organizations.
Many of the films and performances seen on Pangea Day will be made available on the Web and via mobile phone, alongside open forums for discussion and ideas for how to take social action.
A Pangea Day documentary will be created to catalyze future activities, and dozens of talented filmmakers will make strides in their careers.The musicians sailing the world for peace have come up with a new video, "Ball... more
