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the first segment of Dolls R Us. Doll Face
digital photos mixed with lankan song
Ma Dase Wedana(roughly translates to pangs in my eyes ie literally pain in my eyes but as songs go the song
connotates to mean that there is saddness in the eyes
do to a broken heart while other persons eyes have love smiles --i think the song is about unrequited love or a break up or unexpressed love-but the singer says there is no hard feelings about rejection)
the project starts melancholy but will move to an upbeat
pace as the segments continue. wanted to use a sad song because i felt sad about romantic situations and thought this song reflected what i wanted to express
about that aspect then as the segements move up the scale I can use lively songs to express the joy and other aspects of this digital project where the face i& eyes are used to convey emotion or reflect feelings.the first segment of Dolls R Us. Doll Face
digital photos mixed with lankan song
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Delon of Ceylon Records is a dyanmic Sri Lankan American wordsmith who is low key and stays out of the limelight to help with activist causes. Even though he loves to have fun, he has a social conscience and on one of his tours to Sri Lanka, he went to the conflict areas to get an unbiased view and made a documentary. He stood up and stands up to terrorism and helped others to speak up against terror threats.
Delon's music has a unique flavor and his pre-tsunami cd demo song lyrics
talk of all his people ie "sri lankan pride...hold back hold back there is no need to attack, i love all of my country, tamil sinhala, we all black..." and he is one of the only people besides one of our performance artists at live jelly to talk about the aboriginal people Veddhas of the island-Sri Lanka in his artistic work.
Recently Ceylon Records partnered with Bungalo Records and signed a distribution deal with Universal for his new album Blueprint of a Revolution.
To understand his music, its necessary to look at his early works.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dnu-oeOwnEU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE18M7OBqRI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRyukBAyKD8
This is a short clip from the upcoming documentary "When Music & War Collide". The Truth about the LTTE.It's a look back at what happened. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZDs4NxSlaYDelon of Ceylon Records is a dyanmic Sri Lankan American wordsmith who is low key and... more
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This is clip from the upcoming documentary "When Music & War Collide".
It is a Ceylon Records Presentation.This is clip from the upcoming documentary "When Music & War Collide".... more
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Performance Artist Actress dares to bare it
For a Peace Message and in memory
Message with a mixed media project.
crying in sadness for lost potential of the people
but joy for peace and unity and hope.
ආයුබෝවන්! வண்ணகம் greetings asalam aleikum
(as USA honors American soldiers)
This is dedicated to all Lankans and Soldiers who
fought against terrorism, to children, youth, and adults
in Lanka and a reminder
to do everything possible for a better
future and give opportunities to
those-all lankans who want to do better,
"a reminder for all of us including me to stay away
from extremism." A reminder that we can get along
together and still appreciate each other's languages
religions and all people are good bad nice not nice
regardless of ethnicity, age, gender etc
there has been mistakes on all sides
as well as good things, so now it is
time to put it aside because can't
blame everyone for everything.
u cannot blame those
who haven't even been born
yet for what happened so
we all need to stop now!
tears for all the lives lost and joy for all the life
to come that learn from past to move forward
this song is a beautiful one by singer Edward Jayakody
bare cheeked not bare assed ;-)Performance Artist Actress dares to bare it
For a Peace Message and in memory... more
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