collectivecadenzaCDZA co-founder Joe Sabia shows us what happens when we translate the lyrics of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air through every language in Google Translate (64 times), and then taking what remains and translating it BACK into English.
Featuring Jeremie Harris as Will Smith.
Technically speaking, all but the first verse were translated. The lyrics were translated from English to the world's most spoken language (Mandarin), to the second most (Spanish), to the third most, to the fourth most, ETC, putting all 64 languages in order by finding the demographic population size on every language on Wikipedia.
Fun facts: The last translation we put it through was "Esperanto", because apparently, only 10,000 people speak it. No one has an official language of "Latin", but we had to assume a lot of people are still able to speak it. So that was a bit ambiguous. Proper Nouns never really changed. Neither did numbers, as you can tell in the last stanza, "7,8". We have no idea why we did this.
Fresh Prince: Google Translatedcollectivecadenza2013-01-15 | CDZA co-founder Joe Sabia shows us what happens when we translate the lyrics of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air through every language in Google Translate (64 times), and then taking what remains and translating it BACK into English.
Featuring Jeremie Harris as Will Smith.
Technically speaking, all but the first verse were translated. The lyrics were translated from English to the world's most spoken language (Mandarin), to the second most (Spanish), to the third most, to the fourth most, ETC, putting all 64 languages in order by finding the demographic population size on every language on Wikipedia.
Fun facts: The last translation we put it through was "Esperanto", because apparently, only 10,000 people speak it. No one has an official language of "Latin", but we had to assume a lot of people are still able to speak it. So that was a bit ambiguous. Proper Nouns never really changed. Neither did numbers, as you can tell in the last stanza, "7,8". We have no idea why we did this.
Filmed on: December 10th, 2012 Location: Terminus Recording Studios, NYC (http://www.terminusnyc.com)CDZA Presents... The Nightmarecollectivecadenza2014-10-31 | MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Happy Halloween. We had the chance to shoot this vid at the NY YouTube Space as part of their "House Of Horrors" celebration with @Legendary Entertainment. The set was created by the legendary Guillermo Del Toro.
Shout out to guest director Andrew Adair who was a real THRILL to work with.
#HouseOfHorrors #YouTubeSpaceNY @legendaryHistory of Violin (THE INSTRUMENTALS - Episode 7)collectivecadenza2014-09-02 | Charles Yang takes us on a 44 song, 12min journey through some of the violin's greatest moments in history.
Charles and Michael endorse NS Design electric instruments, like the electric violin featured in this vid: http://thinkns.com
Recorded @ Terminus Recording Studios NYC [http://www.terminusnyc.com]History of the Saxophone (THE INSTRUMENTALS - Episode 6)collectivecadenza2014-05-15 | Saxophonist Ben Flocks takes us through the 150 year journey of the Sax in under 10min. Ben plays c-melody, saxello soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone saxophones. Thanks to John Baltimore for help with instruments: jonbaltimoremusic.com/store
Recorded @ Terminus Recording Studios NYC (http://www.terminusnyc.com)History of Jazz Piano (THE INSTRUMENTALS - Episode 5)collectivecadenza2014-04-22 | Thelonious Monk Competition winner, Kris Bowers gives us a comprehensive history of jazz piano, covering over 40 tunes.
Check out Kris' new album "Heroes + Misfits": http://smarturl.it/KrisBowersHM
This is the 5th in CDZA's THE INSTRUMENTALS series.
More to come.
Featuring Tim Crow as "Voice of God" and Fact Mannequin, as Fact Mannequin
Recorded @ Terminus Recording Studios NYC [http://www.terminusnyc.com]History of Women Moving Oncollectivecadenza2014-02-14 | For decades, women have sung their sorrow. But when the 1990s come around, they get fiercely independent.
Featuring Tess SoltauHistory of Men Moving Oncollectivecadenza2014-02-11 | For decades, men have sang their sorrow. But when the 1990s come around, they started to do it a bit more aggressively.
Recorded @ Terminus Recording Studios NYC (http://www.terminusnyc.com)Story of The Bass (THE INSTRUMENTALS - Episode 4)collectivecadenza2013-11-21 | Michael Thurber takes you through 45 songs and 9 basses to explore the history of the bass.
Fact Man is Morgan Phillips Voice of God voiced Tim Crow
Recorded @ Terminus Recording Studios NYC [http://www.terminusnyc.com]Intro to Drums (THE INSTRUMENTALS - Episode 2)collectivecadenza2013-10-08 | Allan Mednard gives us the details on two very popular styles of drumming, and what their rhythms are all about.
This is the second in CDZA's brand new THE INSTRUMENTALS series. More to come.
Featuring Tim Crow as "Voice of God" Text Design/Branding by David Murawsky and Fact Man, as Fact Man
Recorded @ Terminus Recording Studios NYC [http://www.terminusnyc.com]Journey of Guitar Solo (THE INSTRUMENTALS - Episode 1)collectivecadenza2013-09-19 | In this video, we focus on the electric guitar solo in it's MAINSTREAM form. The electric guitar was and IS still doing wild stuff across unprecedented amounts of sub-genres. The acoustic guitar has also been doing amazing things for hundreds of years...but...this video focuses on what happened to Electric Guitar in mainstream western music...
Mark Sidney Johnson leads us through the journey of the Electric Guitar Solo. With 28 songs spanning over 50 years, this medley takes a look at the ever evolving roll of the guitar solo in western pop music.
This is the first in CDZA's brand new THE INSTRUMENTALS series. More to come.
Featuring Tim Crow as "Voice of God" Text Design/Branding by David Murawsky and Fact Man, as Fact Man
Recorded @ Terminus Recording Studios NYC [http://www.terminusnyc.com]CDZA Battles YouTube (LIVE at YT Brandcast 2013)collectivecadenza2013-08-29 | We had the awesome opportunity to open YouTube Brandcast 2013, sharing the stage with Snoop Lion and Macklemore.
Featuring KRNFX beatboxing
And yes. We are available for bookings. Email us at hello@cdzamusic.comYour Best Morning Evercollectivecadenza2013-08-13 | Where paying attention to street musicians is wonderfully rewarded.
Special thanks goes to our friends at the restaurant FEDORA in the West Village... www.fedoranyc.comJustin Genrelake | An Impromptu Sessioncollectivecadenza2013-07-30 | In a tribute to JT, we present our third and final Impromptu Session. "My Love" in 13 genres in a minute.Musical Punscollectivecadenza2013-07-16 | Instruments and Artists come together in this harmonious sympunny.Blurred Lines (an improvisational take)collectivecadenza2013-07-03 | Hanging out, throwing down some improvisation over Blurred Lines.
Second video in the Impromptu Sessions series. Videos that are conceived of, rehearsed, and performed in less than one hour with songs currently hot in pop culture.
Filmed on: June 23rd, 2013 Location: Terminus Recording Studios, NYC (http://www.terminusnyc.com)Daft Pianists | An Impromptu Sessioncollectivecadenza2013-06-19 | 5 Pianists, one cover of Get Lucky. (And yes, we are actually ALL up all night to get Grieg)
CDZA presents the Impromptu Sessions. Videos that are conceived of, rehearsed, and performed in less than one hour with songs currently hot in pop culture.
Featuring Damian Sim Erika Dohi Michael Thurber Allan Mednard Mark Johnson
Filmed at Terminus Recording Studios, NYC (http://www.terminusnyc.com)The Little Italy Serenadecollectivecadenza2013-05-29 | Serenading Tourists on Memorial Day Weekend, from four stories above Mulberry street.
Featuring Charles Yang on Violin Michael Thurber on Double Bass Using Hero3 GoPro Cameras
Playing a Tarantella and "That's Amore"Wooing Women in Publiccollectivecadenza2013-05-09 | Days become a bit more romantic once CDZA brings love to the streets of the city.
Featuring Mike Kelton as our romantic crooner.Hip Hop Shopping Spreecollectivecadenza2013-03-27 | How do you calculate the value of product placement in hip hop songs? With a 56 Million Dollar CDZA shopping spree, of course!
And yes, we included Ke$ha's TiK ToK. Deal with this as best as you can.
***Methodology for price determination***
Prices were calculated based on current retail or market value, not resale value. For vehicles, values for the most part were selected from the high end of the Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price range.
ELECTRONICS Iyaz - Replay: 80GB Video iPod Notorious B.I.G. - Juicy: Super Nintendo/Sega Genesis prices were from packaged and unopened items found on eBay Chamillionaire - Ridin Dirty: We went with the PS1 price, even though Chamillionaire can probably afford a PS2.
HIGH END FASHION Black Eyed Peas - My Humps: Went with average prices for a lot of these accessories Macklemore - Thrift Shop: Yes mink fur coats can be this expensive
ACCESSORIES Bruno Mars - The Lazy Song Eminem - If I Had...: Nike Air Hat/Pair of Lugz Nelly - Air Force Ones: We should have gotten white ones, sorry. LMFAO - I'm in Miami Trick: Vans Notorious B.I.G. - Mo Money Mo Problems - Rolex Snoop Dogg - Drop it Like it's Hot: Went with a $9,100 rolex, even though they can be much more expensive. And a lower end bottle of Chandon at $109
BOOZE LMFAO - I'm in Miami Trick: Red Bull and an affordable Smirnoff even though they would probably drink Grey Groose Jagged Edge - Where the Party At: A fifth of Bacardi 50 Cent - In Da Club: A pint of Bacardi to sneak into the club Busta Rhymes - Pass the Courvoisier: A less expensive type and size Snoop Dogg - Gin and Juice: Seagram's Gin Ke$ha - TiK ToK: Jack Daniel's R. Kelly - Ignition Remix part 2: Got this empty bottle of magnum Cristal off of eBay for 25 bucks.
TRANSPORTATION Sir Mix-a-Lot - I Like Big Butts: Mercedes E Class Jay-Z - On to the Next One: Lexus and Range Rover Far East Movement - Like a G6: CDZA doesn't provide items to rent. We only provide items to BUY. Vanilla Ice - Ice, Ice Baby - Lamborghini
Special thanks to David Murawsky for graphics work and Brandon Kleinman for being a hip hop product placement consultant. And we wouldn't have a shopping cart if it weren't for the benevolence of La Rosa Fine Foods in NYC.
Filmed at Terminus Recording Studios, NYC (http://www.terminusnyc.com)Epic Key Changescollectivecadenza2013-03-12 | A KEY CHANGE: The best weapon in making any song much more epic.
Starring: Britney Coleman Arielle Jacobs Forest VanDyke Michael Thurber Eric Rivera, as epic whistler dude
*Note - All key changes are how they were transposed for the purposes in this video. The key changes are NOT how they are in the original songs.
Very special thanks to: OUR FANS FOR SHOWING UP IN SILLY COSTUMES Kyle Fasanella and Michael Desiderio on camera and assistant camera Weston Green Ian Edgar Ruby Marez
Filmed on: February 3rd, 2013 Location: Terminus Recording Studios, NYC (http://www.terminusnyc.com)The Beatles Argumentcollectivecadenza2013-02-26 | Anger, frustration, forgiveness, revenge: communicated in 17 Beatles songs.
Filmed on: December 10th, 2012 Location: Terminus Recording Studios, NYC (http://www.terminusnyc.com)Round the World in 18 Songs (Live at Google Zeitgeist 12)collectivecadenza2012-12-18 | CDZA had the honor of performing at Google Zeitgeist, the annual intellectual summit held in Arizona. A global medley for global people.
1) New Orleans - Saints Go Marching In 2) Jamaica - Stir it Up, Bob Marley 3) Peru - A traditional Peruvian melody 4) Argentina - Por una Cabeza 5) Ghana - Atwer Abroba by Ebo Taylor 6) Spain - Traditional Spanish melody 7) Ireland - Rickett's Hornpipe 8) Italy - Paganini Caprice #24 9) Germany - Bach Prelude to Cello Suite #1 10) Hungary - [http://www.andyerupts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/displayimage1.jpg] 11) Turkey - A traditional Turkish melody 12) Israel - Hava Nagila 13) North Pole - duhhhhh 14) South Korea - Gan 15) China - Galloping Horses (A traditional Chinese melody) 16) Australia - Down Under by Men at Work 17) My Heart Will Go On by Celine Dion 18) Sweet Home Chicago by Blues Brothers
SORRY IF WE MISSED COUNTRIES OF OUR DEAREST FANS. WE ONLY HAD 5 MINUTES!
http://www.cdzamusic.com http://facebook.com/cdzamusicThe European Odysseycollectivecadenza2012-11-20 | CDZA went to Europe having no real plan for creating experiments. As a result, all four experiments were inspired spontaneously by circumstances and surroundings in four cities along the trip: Paris, Berlin, Salzburg, and Prague. Which experiment do you like the most? Obviously #3 for us.
Special thanks to Leo Heubach and Peter Man Peterson for making the grand tour possible.
Also, visit that guy's music shop in Prague: Radek Bubrle's shop: HUDEBNI NASTROJE Naprstkova 10 110 00 Praha 1 http://www.nastroje-hudebni.cz
Filmed on: September 29th, 2012 Location: Terminus Recording Studios, NYC (http://www.terminusnyc.com)How to Get Kids Into Classical Musiccollectivecadenza2012-10-23 | How do you teach the classics to students today? How do you get students thinking critically about how Mozart, Beethoven, and Bach are relevant to music today? These composers provide the building blocks of modern music, and are necessary knowledge to a well-rounded musical education, but how do you get students to pay attention to these long-deceased classical music masters?
CDZA presents an innovative way to connect with students and teach them the classics.
FOSTER MUSIC LITERACY
American educator Ernest Boyer said that "aesthetic literacy is as basic as linguistic literacy." How are your students to learn about the rhythm of language, and non-verbal expression without a mastery of the basic concepts of music composition?
President Ronald Reagan said, "Civilizations are most often remembered for their art and thought." Giving students an entry point into eighteenth and nineteenth century music can interest them in the history of the music and study the society that produced it. Liberal arts education is unfortunately under threat with budget cutbacks across the U.S. But education in the arts is necessary to create a well-rounded person, foster intellectual development, and provide a cultural framework and aesthetic lens to appreciate great works of art. Furthermore, getting students interested in classical music through popular music today, can help drive interest and hopefully engage the next generation of great musicians to create their own work.
TEACH THE FUNDAMENTALS OF MUSIC COMPOSITION
Teachers can use these entertaining exercises by CDZA as an entry point to teach their students the fundamentals of music. Why do the lyrics of a Katy Perry song work well with classical music? What underlying principles of music make this mashup happen? What underlying conventions of music composition allow two songs, written hundreds of years apart, come together as one?
In these exercises, teachers can help their students evaluate the songs in terms of the following:
- Timbre - Beat and tempo - Meter - Pitch and mode - Tonality - Melody - Texture and Harmony - Understand principles of concise writing through song lyrics
Although many pop lyrics are dismissed as being overly simple, they show how one can convey emotions and ideas in the fewest words possible. Lyric writing is often quite difficult, and their brevity can help students better understand the writing process and how to pare down and edit words to crystallize an idea. Teachers can use these exercises to teach students writing fundamentals, such as how to communicate a single idea in a well-crafted and direct sentence.
These are just some examples of how the music discipline provides skills that transfer beyond listening to and playing music, and transfer to study, cognition, and communication skills. Can you identify more ways that these exercises create transferrable skills for students?
- Dr. Matt Werner Philosopher Emeritus at CDZA University Department of Musical Pedagogy http://www.mattswriting.com
Starring Alyssa Lower and Aiden Medina
Music: Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik meets LMFAO's Party Rock Offenbach's "Can Can" meets Gaga's Bad Romance Beethoven's Fur Elise meets Adel's Rolling in the Deep Grieg's Peer Gynt Overture meets Carly Rae Jepson's Call Me Maybe Beethoven's Fifth Symphony meets Katy Perry's "Wide Awake" Tchaikovsky's Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy meets One Direction's What Makes You Beautiful Haydn's Surprise Symphony meets Justin Bieber's Baby John William's Jurassic Park Theme meets Psy's Gangnam Style
Filmed on: August 3rd, 2012 Location: Terminus Recording Studios, NYC (http://www.terminusnyc.com)City Streets, Famous Musicianscollectivecadenza2012-09-11 | In Lower Manhattan, streets are turned into music.
Filmed on: June 20th, 2012 Location: Terminus Recording Studios, NYC (http://www.terminusnyc.com)An Abridged History of Western Music in 16 Genrescollectivecadenza2012-07-10 | An abridged history of Western Music, performing "What a Wonderful World" in 16 different genres.
cdza. We create musical video experiments. New video every other Tuesday.
Filmed on: June 14th, 2012 Location: Terminus Recording Studios, NYC (http://www.terminusnyc.com)Aces of Basscollectivecadenza2012-06-26 | A literal tribute to the swedish pop sensation using 5 acoustic upright basses.
cdza. We create musical video experiments. New video every other Tuesday.
Filmed on: May 13th, 2012 Location: Terminus Recording Studios, NYC (http://www.terminusnyc.com)The Ringtone Medleycollectivecadenza2012-06-12 | A wondrous orchestral medley of the iconic ringtones belonging to cell phone companies.
cdza. We create musical video experiments. New video every other Tuesday.
Filmed on: May 20th, 2012 Location: Terminus Recording Studios, NYC (http://www.terminusnyc.com)Pianists in Pariscollectivecadenza2012-05-29 | No Steinways were harmed in the production of this video.
cdza. We create musical video experiments. New video every other Tuesday.
Filmed on: April 2nd, 2012 Location: Terminus Recording Studios, NYC (http://www.terminusnyc.com)ZUCKERBERG: The Musical!collectivecadenza2012-05-15 | A trip down memory lane for the life and times of Mark Zuckerberg.
cdza. We create musical video experiments. New video every other Tuesday.
Filmed on: April 15th, 2012 Location: Terminus Recording Studios, NYC (http://www.terminusnyc.com)History Of Lyrics That Arent Lyricscollectivecadenza2011-09-27 | 26 songs, 47 years.
cdza. We create musical video experiments. New video every other Tuesday.