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beatkinda:
what up good people?
i've been lurking about the download forums for way too long. i'm working on a new TV show called Raw Music International--each episode will be about an underground music scene in a new country and city.  i just got back from western kenya, where i spent two months recording a lot of deep dank music that i thought you might be interested in, everything from reggae and hip hop to traditional music from long ago.  i kept a blog with videos and free downloads, so you can check it all out here: www.rawmusicinternational.com/blog1

please let me know what you think and if you dig, spread the word. lots of great music in this world...
thanks!

Inlander:
Hey man, thanks for the link! It looks like an amazing site and I'm looking forward to exploring it in more depth when I've got a few spare hours.

So when you've got the episodes made are they going to be shown on TV in the US, or is the whole thing going to stay on the web? Are you producing this thing entirely yourself or have you got some funding for it?

Patrick:
This is really freakin' cool. I loved the video you posted of the reggae bash turned daycare. Lots of amazing photos, I am also really curious as to where this will be shown on television when it's through. I genuinely want to watch the whole series.

beatkinda:
glad you like it! it was a seriously good time and there are some very talented musicians involved.

i had the idea a few years ago and slowly raised the funds from a few investors for a pilot episode.  i'm kinda going about it backward--usually you pitch the idea to a production house or tv company and they buy it and make the show, but i wanted more control (and to do it myself) so i'm making the show itself first and then pitching it to the companies.  kind of a weird thing to do, so we'll see how it turns out.

for the time being i'm editing the pilot episode and also putting together a lecture about music-as-modern-anthropology using this experience and footage that i can make at various universities (an outlet for the nerdy ethnomusicology/anthro part of this project).  i'll keep uploading music and vid to the blog, and i'll keep you updated on what goes on with the actual show.  currently researching the next few spots. i'm thinking raw music ecuador and raw music bosnia should be in the works.....

beatkinda:
ok i write too many words...here's some video about an ancient blind blues musician we met in kenya, so you get a taste of what we're up to...

part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fows6BY5ok&feature=player_embedded#at=152

part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZoiGgi7o8k&feature=related

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