Blog Archives
Imposition | an audiovisual experience
March 22, 2013 by Juan Frausto
Concerts are usually experienced in the masses but even in the largest of crowds, every audience member has a unique experience– the true beauty behind live music. In their second project together, musician Edisonnoside and visual artist Daniel Schwartz have clashed music and light projection together to recreate the concert experience in Imposition. What began as [...] Read More
Collaborating with the Congo
March 21, 2013 by Danny Porter
You probably wouldn’t know it by looking at them, but Pierce Freelon and his colleague Stephen Levitin are both professors at the University of North Carolina. Together they teach Beat Making Lab at the university, where students learn the basic skills needed to create and distribute beats for various genres including hip-hop. In addition to teaching, both men are [...] Read More
The art of asking // TED Talk
March 13, 2013 by Juan Frausto
In the daily interactions we have with people, a nod hello to a passing stranger could seem like nothing more than a nice gesture. But without even knowing it, that gesture may be the human connection someone really needed. Naturally, human interaction is something we strive to obtain. For musician Amanda Palmer, human connections inspired [...] Read More
Intern Spotlight // Communications
March 12, 2013 by Danny Porter
Meet Juan. He loves music. In fact, he estimates that since high school he’s been to at least 600 live shows. He also spent four life-changing months in Spain. When he’s not standing in the middle of a crowd or dancing to the beat of the music, he’s using his innate understanding of social media strategy and [...] Read More
SoundTracking your way through life
February 28, 2013 by Juan Frausto
Early on in college, becoming a music journalist was my ultimate goal. So, finding new music wasn’t just a hobby, it was a way of deconstructing and analyzing the music industry. This may or may not have led me on a journey of attending 100 concerts in various countries in 2010. Fast forward to present [...] Read More
Uganda: Photo Friday
February 22, 2013 by Bethany Williams
Students from an Invisible Children Uganda partner school, Gulu High, play traditional instruments. These students are part of a unique program at the school designed for the visually impaired.
I’m Here // an old-new love story
February 14, 2013 by Juan Frausto
On days like Valentine’s, when people are more inclined to do a bit more than usual for those around them, it’s easy to fall into the usual routine of treating someone to dinner or baking them cookies. Not that it’s wrong to do so (I love me some frosted sugar cookies) – we just like [...] Read More
Beyond common good // a photo blog
February 6, 2013 by Juan Frausto
We recently teamed up with Warby Parker to shake up the idea behind a street fair. The idea of hosting an event where organizations and companies that value innovation, social progress, and creativity could come together resulted in the first ever Common Good Urban Market. We invited a few of our friends from San Diego to welcome Warby’s [...] Read More
VIDEO // Woodkid: “I Love You”
February 5, 2013 by Alex Naser-Hall
French artist Yoann Lemoine, known in the music scene as Woodkid, consistently releases some of the most gorgeous, thoughtful music videos ever. He’s done the Katy Perry video for “Teenage Dream,” Taylor Swift’s “Back to December,” Lana Del Rey’s “Born To Die,” and many more works of brilliance. “I Love You” is the next representation [...] Read More
Common Good Urban Market // a new kind of block party
February 4, 2013 by Juan Frausto
Last October, Warby Parker uprooted from it’s NYC headquarters and has since been touring across the nation bringing its eyewear products directly to the people in what may be the longest Class Trip ever. When we found out Warby’s yellow school bus would be rolling into San Diego in February, we knew we had to get involved. So, we combined [...] Read More
