Over the years I wrote quite a few songs . Some of them were released, played on the gigs or on radio.Some of them got big, some of them did not go too far. And there is a very special category of the songs I wrote. I call them songs that never happened. They are there, they have melody, lyrics, emotions… But somehow they were not lucky enough to be heard. Like some people get stuck in their life and struggle to get through. So tonight, on the magical Zoroastrian Novruz eve (celebrated particularly in Azerbaijan, where I am from) I decided to give them a chance to reach you.
Please, give them songs a chance and let them happen and exist!
I wrote this tune a few years ago but never managed to make any sort of recording until last night. Now as I am done with the first run of our big theatrical project, I have some spare time to invest in new videos.So, expect more uploaded this week, subscribe, follow and share!
If You are in Prague this week you should DEFINITELY come check out this show that we are doing in collaboration with Dare To Light! A comedy about the life and survival of a lighting designer in theater.
Though the concept does sound a bit geeky this is actually a very lite and easygoing play. It is an approximately 1 hour long performance written by Johanna-Mai Vihalem from Dare to Light and Mel Rada from Akanda. Story? A setting rather. There are 5 scenes, each representing an episode from the everyday theater routine. A rehearsal within a play. In the spotlight is the lighting designer. A DESIGNER. Not a trained monkey to follow the orders of the slightly “coo-coo”ish Director, a very excited scenographer with BIG ideas and a zero budget, or the very DRAMATIC actor. She needs to be treated with respect. She needs to be heard.
Apart from the entertaining part, the play has some great educational value, opening your mind to the fact that the world of light bulbs is not that much of a rocket science. All you need is the taste and creativity. And Light Up Your Life inspires you to be, with some really awesome visual art elements created by Johanna-Mai, with projections, lights, shadows and holograms, and even a rapping sock puppet. On the music side, the show is accompanied by the original score by the keytarman, varying from orchestral compositions to halogen-blues recitals.
Light Up Your Life has premiered successfully at Divadlo Kampa last night. There is still a chance to get a reservation for tonight, February 17th , accepted by email on lightupyourlife@daretolight.com
The show is coming back on 1st of June, to the Prague Fringe Festival , and is also scheduled for a DVD box release sometime this spring.
So the first Monday Live was broadcasted last week. It was really cool to see over 40 people watching it at the same time (over 130 in total)! Thank you all, and please come back on the 6th of February, 19:00 CET!
Seems like keytars are slowly turning into a hip thing again. A couple of years after Roland’s AX-Synth (and later Lucina) appeared on the shelves, Alesis has decided to join the fun, by announcing a new device: Alesis Vortex.
Check out this deep dubstep track I made the other night. I am thinking of slowly moving X-side project towards the Dub/Dubstep sound. Tell me what you think in the comments section of this video!
This video is about a month old now, but I think it should be present on the website somehow. I was always obsessed with the video game music of the early eras , and Sonic’s Green Hill Zone was an awesome experience to rearrange and play. Will probably do some more tracks like this soon, right now I am thinking of recording some covers on Final Fantasy, Chrono Trigger and Golden Axe. Keytar Heroes FTW!!! =)
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