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Accepting Talent Submissions!!

Posted on by daniela

 

Some creative directors start putting together a show & think “I need a flute player & a ballerina” and then go on a talent hunt to find someone to fit the bill. My creative directing style is far less contrived….and possibly totally backwards.

I look for DUENDE, and DUENDE is universal. When I plan a show, I pool talent resources by seeking out artists, dancers & musicians that move me. If you give me the DUENDE goosebumps I will rework my entire show to make sure you fit into it. I don’t mold my talent to suite my production. My productions are an evolving entity shaped by the DUENDE of the talent that agrees to participate.

Having said that, its difficult for me to put together a list of the specific skills or genres I’m looking at. I am more interested in the spirit & feel of potential acts.

So….our show’s theme is about Making Love….making love to yourself, making love to the world.  We will be exploring the concept of seeing the beauty in the dark parts of the human experience, learning to gently embrace and fall in love with our inner turmoil. We understand that what we resist persists, and that darkness cannot live in the light. So in this production, we are exposing our darkness to the light, in order to transcend our limitations. We learn to love ourselves…our whole selves….love ourselves enough to embrace total honesty & transparency.

You know what happens when you truly fall in love with your whole being? You start to see the world that way too. suddenly you are free of your shit, and your consciousness expands to wanting to see the world as whole…and perfect, even in its complexities…and you fall in love with it, make love to it, thereby healing it as well.

This show will be about the concept of making love, in every possible context. Making love to music, to nature, to lovers, to enemies…maybe especially.  We celebrate our oneness…our shared human experience in all its decadence.

Before the eyes of our Creator, whatever that might be, we are naked. This show will have some tasteful nudity in its most innocent and spiritual representation. You don’t have to be nude to be part of this production, however, if you are inclined to, it can be accommodated.

If this is a production that resonates with your muse, please introduce yourself. I don’t care what your talent is per se as long as you are EXCEPTIONAL performing it.  Don’t waste my time with mundane no-message drivel. If you are a soulful artist, one that wants to make a positive change in the world…I want to meet you.

Please send me a link to your website, youtube videos whatever you have to show me. Tell me a bit about yourself and your work.  We always book seasoned tenured talent, but if you are just starting out, don’t be shy. Gifted is gifted, and if you can hold your own, there is room for you. We all need a break, and DUENDE Art Productions is happy to give new talent a chance. We always give you lots of pics & video on disc for you to use in your portfolio as well, and if you do a great job, I’ll be an awesome reference.

daniela@duendeartproductions.com

Submission deadline: yesterday. hurry up, I have a show to create!

photo by www.marypics.com

Babylon The Great Is Fallen, Explained

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photo by MARiA GAGLiARDi

Babylon The Great Is Fallen

Written, Recorded & Co-Produced By Daniela Aum

Co-produced & Mixed by: Glenn Aum

My first single is ready to be released & I am a bit nervous. If I could just write ‘why doesn’t he love me’ songs like normal people, I wouldn’t be this panicked. Because of the nature of my song & the lyrics, my meanings & intentions could easily be twisted to mean something its not, so I decided to preempt any controversy by having the discussion about “what I mean” by this song in advance.

Its a bit complicated.

I have been going through a crisis. I am consumed by recent world events. I see humanity in a horrid bondage and I see the end of a neocon plutocracy-it has to be. Tsarion predicted this would happen exactly now. I am absolutely besides myself totally being consumed by this lately.

I have also been dedicating most of my psychic & occultist energy to this as well.

This song was written as it was being recorded -was a spur-of-the moment inspiration that came on Feb 14, 2012 on the heals of the most recent massacre in Syria & the revolt in Greece when Athens was set ablaze. Both weighed very heavily on my consciousness as is the genocide in Palestine & the bullying of Iran….you notice I say bullying “of” Iran not “by” Iran.

I was home alone, in an altered state & meditating on this subject. I dedicated the song to the cause and asked to be guided. I got the basic beat down when I accidentally found bomb side effects on my effects player as I was looking for the sound of crickets.

It sounded awesome in the mix and it got me thinking of the whole global situation and realized it was perfect.

I wanted to include a holy verse from any holy book on peace to juxtapose with the sound of the bombs. I want my song to be about peace & victory. I wanted this song to be a magic spell of freedom of the masses, of peace, of victory. As I searched google, I found a quote from the Holy Koran that touched me very deeply.

Chapter 2 Verse 136: Say Ye: “We believe in God & the revelation given to us, and to Abraham, Ismail, Isaac, Jacob and the Tribes, and that given to Moses and Jesus, and that is given to all the Prophets from their Lord. We make no difference between one and another of them, and we bow to God”

Doesn’t get more peaceful than that! That’s what I love about Islam, it respects the prophets of all religions. I also love how in this quote, the Koran includes “us” among the prophets. We are all capable of open communion with God, as deep and abiding as the way the prophets communed with God. This is a very empowering quote, and in this time in history, humanity needs to be empowered. Its no accident that its the Arab Spring that started the global enlightenment.

I decided to add a quote from The Holy Koran as a nod of respect to my brothers & sisters of The Arab Spring and to my brothers and sisters here in the west that are suffering extreme prejudice from an ignorant and undeserved islamaphobia.

The rest of the song comes from the book of Revelations because I believe we are living this now.

Rev 18:2 “Babylon The Great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and the cage of every unclean and hateful bird” That’s just a fact, no explanation necessary on that one.

But then this where the magic spell comes in:

Rev 18:4 “Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers in her sins and that ye receive none of her plagues.”

Psalm 30:5: Weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.

The word peace was the command that stops the bombs. Peace is our ultimate victory, and it will come. Freedom Come. I can feel it.

So Be It.

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7 Years To Song

Posted on by daniela

I am married to musician/producer Glenn Aum of TripleEye Music

Being an artist, marrying a musician was a compatible choice, but having different creative mediums kept our talents very seperate. Still, you learn a few things when your hubby spends 3/4 of his day in front of a mixing board.

We were finally able to marry our talents when we started DUENDE Art Productions

Glenn took care of the music, I took care of the creative direction.

During that time I was creating promo videos, commercials & inspirational shorts for our dinner theatre production. Before this, music was merely an inspiration to rock out to while I painted. Suddenly music became a tool, a medium to be used to compliment or bring the visuals I was creating to life.

No one could produce the ‘feel’ of what I was looking for, so I had to learn to do it myself. Hubby taught me the basics & I eagerly began to arrange my own beats & hubby happily mixed them quite amused at how groovy my little beats were.

1 minute jingles aren’t that intimidating & I was happy with that.

Now, a few years later, with a lot more time on my hands & an upgraded in-home recording studio, I am going wild!

So far, I have written & recorded 2 full length songs that hubby just needs to final mix.

My stuff def has a ‘vibe’ to it, I’d describe it as “Mystic Fusion” -kind of creepy yet VERY groovy. I can’t wait to release it!!

looking for musical acts to perform Nuit Blanche at the lower Ossington theater…

Posted on by glenn

This year at Nuit Blanche Daniela will be showcasing her artwork at the lower Ossington theater in Toronto (just off of Queen West). Daniela will also be painting live throughout the evening while she paints the energy of the crowd and the multiple musical acts that will be showcasing their music throughout the evening. We want to do something totally different for Nuit Blanche, not only will we be combining the amazing world of music and art, this year’s Nuit Blanche crowd will have the opportunity to witness something new as Daniela paints live throughout the evening. People can enjoy the music while they admire many of Daniela’s works of art and they can watch Daniela work her magic while she intuitively paints the energy of our wonderful city, the culture, the music, the people and of course our party! Whenever Daniela paints live the audience is ecstatic! — people love to watch Daniela paint!… As you might imagine, in order for us to make this night a success we must find a few musical acts to perform that evening…

Our first idea was to have multiple DJs spinning beats throughout the evening. Sticking to more of a lounge/trance vibe than a dance club vibe. We have to keep the party going for 12 hours and because we do not want to make things too confusing with 12 different DJs we would have a few DJs play 2-4, one hour sets. This kind of party will have people coming and going throughout the evening and it is very unlikely that any one group will stay longer than 1-3 hours at a time as they will move on to other exhibits throughout Toronto. The opportunity to play multiple times throughout the evening will give artists a chance to showcase their music to a wider audience! We are definitely still looking for this type of DJ for the evening but at this point we have decided that we are also willing to consider other musical acts and musical stylings for the evening as well.

Daniela is a refined artist with a discerning taste which means that we must be very selective with our choice of musical acts for the evening. It is very unlikely that we will find 12 different musical acts  for the evening and this is why we would like each artist to perform multiple sets. Interested DJs and musicians should forward their bio and demo to – glenn@duendeartproductions.com.

Nuit Blance is a very busy night for Toronto with people coming from all over the country and the world. We are looking for artists to perform without payment but we are not willing to sacrifice quality. We are looking for talented artists who are looking to showcase their music and gain exposure.

This is an excellent opportunity for up-and-coming talent to showcase their music to a large number of people!