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Patrick:
Updates updates updates, what's the news on getting this aired?

beatkinda:
hey! sorry, i've been rolling around, working and raising funds for what i think will be Raw Music Hong Kong...

updates--i went out to LA and had some goooood meetings. i'm working on a re-edit of the pilot to send back to cali and we're gonna go from there. 

in the  meantime i've been uploading more music/video and i have a compilation CD from our trip that i'll "accidentally leak" on the board soon. i've been jamming to this song i got from a group "The Conscious Youths" called "Conserve de Trees."  perhaps for the first time in the last few years, this is a song where they're talking about actual trees, not smokeable ones, and they big up Kenya's nobel prize winning environmental mama Wangari Maathai. Love the lyrics, and it's all made on a shitty keyboard by this really talented dude named Roy Captain. You can hear it on the soundcloud, along with dozens of other tracks:

http://soundcloud.com/rawmusicinternational/conscious-youths-conserve-de

and of course, tons more at Raw Music International .com

you guys have any suggestions for places I should check out in the future?  i'm in the weird situation of raising funds without a set outlet but there's some good interest and it's working, so i actually have to find some more places to go (who'd a thunk). 

also, any specific artists you guys think we should cover?  i've been getting lots of suggestions from people around the world.  two of my favorites, one i was familiar with and one who is new to me, are khaira arby from mali (like the aretha franklin of west africa, i saw her break a mic with her voice in chicago last year) and kazuki tomokawa from japan (have you heard this shit? blew my mind: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_I0kzH_TLLk)  although they sound really different they have in common raw power, creativity, and the ability to tell a story (whether or not you know what they're saying). these are things that really get me interested in music. know of any others? thanks for the interest!!

doombilly:
Amazing! I'm definitely checking this out.

beatkinda:
Yo!

Important things first:  Click this link to download a free (one week only) compilation of 17 songs recorded for Raw Music International's pilot episode in Kisumu, Kenya.  It's the underground Kenyan style:  http://rawmusicinternational.bandcamp.com/

Now an update/explanation...Raw Music continues to move forward. Signed with an agent in New York who is pitching this shit to the world.  In the meantime, I've put together a compilation record of some of the best tracks we recorded in Kenya. It includes everything from hip hop to reggae to deep traditional music, focusing on new, innovative or overlooked music. So basically, this is interesting shit you'll hear nowhere else. 

Early on I was really appreciating the support from this board, so I thought I'd give back.  I put the album up on Bandcamp and for a week I'll leave it as a "name your price" download so you folks who expressed interest in the beginning can get the music for free.  In a week the album will become $3 and songs will be .25 cents.  All I ask is that you help me spread the word, share this link with your friends who would be interested or post it on facebook or message boards or whatever!

One final thing: I'm basically hopeless with the internet. Do you guys know any other music/culture message boards that would be interested in this?  Any suggestions would be great. 

Big ups everyone. As always, check http://www.rawmusicinternational.com for more info/blog updates.  We're planning on hitting many countries in 2012 (was going to Mali next month but it fell through over security concerns sadly).

Kwaping:
Hit up the Sound Hound lounge over at The Gear Page, http://thegearpage.net/board/ .

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