MY TOP 30: Year 3 Posts of ALL-TIME! Links – INTRO & 30-16

INTRO

30.BRAIDS pop quiz	25. Kaydean pop quiz	20. Quiet Company pop quiz
29. Girl in a Coma 5Q	24. The Shondes Call	19. She’s a Tease pop quiz
28. BB Gun Johnny pop quiz & Feedback LOTTO	23. The Jezabels pop quiz	18. Jon Sandler pop quiz
27. Larissa Ness pop quiz	22. TsuShiMaMiRe 10Q & Elephant Sky pop quiz	17. Neon Desert Music Festival El Paso Week
26. Medicine Park pop quiz	21. Peelander-Z pop quiz	16. Stefani Vara 20Q Part 1

MY TOP 30: Year 3 Posts of ALL-TIME! 25. Kaydean pop quiz

MY TOP 30: Year 3 Posts of ALL-TIME!

Editor’s Note:  Kaydean is an artist signed to Zonisphere Recordings, part of Zonisphere Media Group, and I used to write a weekly music column, Urb’l (Urban Cool) Remedy, for Zubterrain, the e-zine of the the Zonisphere Media Group.

25. Kaydean pop quiz
I didn’t know too much about Kaydean when this posted and I still don’t.  I do know that he is a producer and has worked in the music industry as such for many, many years.  I also know he’s worked with both Janet and Robyn in the past.  That’s all I need to know.  Ha!

Seriously, though, as an artist, I think he’s exploring interesting territory and not doing what you would expect.  At the time of this pop quiz interview, he was promoting his just released concept double EP, Emerge/Submerge.  You can tell from the songs included with the pop quiz that his brand of ambient electro is richly layered and that, with this particular project, he was exploring the two sides of his musical spectrum and how they met in the middle.

His pop quiz interview, posted on Friday,  June 10, 2011, and takes the Year 3 Number 25 spot.  It was the first pop quiz of June 2011.  The second posted on Friday, June 24, 2011 and featured Elephant Sky.

See the original post here — Kaydean pop quiz interview.  It includes his songs, “Tranquility” and “Daywalker” and 3 Doors Down’s video for “Let Me Be Myself.”

See all 28 Year 3 pop quiz interviews here.

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Kaydean pop quiz interview

Editor’s Note:  Kaydean is an artist signed to Zonisphere Recordings, part of Zonisphere Media Group, and I write a weekly music column, Urb’l (Urban Cool) Remedy, for Zubterrain, the e-zine of the the Zonisphere Media Group.

June 10, 2011

Name:   Kaydean
Genre:  Dance/Electronica
Latest Release:  Emerge/Submerge [Double EP] (Zonisphere Recordings)
Release Date:  May 17, 2011

This, That, or the Other
1. Underground OR Mainstream?  Underground
2. Maintain Artistic Integrity and Vision OR Make a lot of Money? (OR Both)??? You can’t take the money with you when you go, but Integrity will last forever.
3. Studio OR Stage? I love both, but I’m excited by the fear of the stage.
4. Spirituality OR Hedonism? Why not Spiritual Hedonism?  I believe in that.
5. Make Love, Have Sex, OR %$*!? LOL.  Everyone knows FUCK is my favorite word.

Fill in the Blank
6. Music is my church.
7. I’m musically inspired by the love of many things.
8. If I could have made any music video it would have been “Let Me Be Myself” by 3 Doors Down.
9. If I was a super hero I’d be Batman…Definitely.
10. Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll should change to Fuck, Fuck, and Fucking Party.

Short Answer
11. I make music because:  It’s the loudest voice I have.
12. I want my fans to:  Learn to listen to music, again.  I mean really learn to listen and love it.  There’s more there than just a beat.
13. Wild Card!  If music is my world then the people are notes and I imprison all of you with bars.  How’s that for random?
14. If I could only share one thing about myself it would be:  Don’t I share enough??
15. I want my musical legacy to be:  To teach people how to love music, again.  We’ve lost that.  And, there is still so much creativity to fall in love with.  I want to be a part of a movement that reintroduces music with substance, not just the flat 2 dimensional substitute that’s gets airplay now – but an actual movement.  I want to be a fan again…a new breed of fanaticism…Not consumers procured by effective marketing, but fans cultivated out of love and admiration for the art and its message.

The video Kaydean wishes he would have made!

Listen to “Tranquility” from Emerge, the first part of Kaydean’s double EP.  Click on the cover to go to his official site.

Now, listen to “Daywalker” from Submerge, the second part of Kaydean’s EP.  Click on the cover to go to his Facebook Page.

Music Video: Janid “Sirena”

Editor’s Note:  Janid is an artist signed to Zonisphere Recordings, part of Zonisphere Media Group, and I write a weekly music column, Urb’l (Urban Cool) Remedy, for Zubterrain, the e-zine of the the Zonisphere Media Group.

NSFW.  For Mature Audiences Only!

Janid pop quiz interview

Janid is an NYC artist whose latest video for the title track of her latest release, Alias, we featured here.  Alias dropped on Tuesday and was listed in this week’s Tuesday Tease here.

December 17, 2010

Name:   Janid
Genre:  Electronica
Latest Release: Alias (Zonisphere Records)
Release Date:  December 14, 2010

This, That, or the Other
1. Underground OR Mainstream? Underground. It’s where mainstream gets its inspiration from.

2. Maintain Artistic Integrity and Vision OR Make a lot of Money? (OR Both)??? Both would be nice, but if I had to choose…I’d rather be a starving artist than a miserable, suicidal, manufactured, hit-making machine.

3. Studio OR Stage? Both. I want to have my cake and eat it too.

4. Spirituality OR Hedonism? Spirituality.  It can be hedonistic.

5. Make Love, Have Sex, OR %$*!? All of the above.

Fill in the Blank
6. Music is my salvation.
7. I’m musically inspired by people, places, events, dreams, and shiny objects.
8. If I could have made any music video it would have been “Her Morning Elegance” by Oren Lavie.                                              
9. If I was a super hero I’d be Vampirella.                                                       
10. Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll should change to Sex, Wine, and Indie Music.  

Short Answer
11. I make music because:  It’s how I express the things I can’t express in a normal conversation.  It gives me a voice to say what others can’t say or don’t dare to say and it allows me to connect and bond with others no matter how different we may be.

12. I want my fans to:  Escape reality with my music, be inspired to embrace their individuality, and make positive choices in their lives.

13. If I could only share one thing about myself it would be:  I have slight OCD.

14. Wild Card!  Please kill the auto-tuner.

15. I want my musical legacy to be:  To be remembered as an innovative, fearless, outspoken female who inspired others to progress, evolve, and shift their consciousness.

The music video Janid wishes she would have made!

Listen to “Alias,” the title track from Janid’s latest release of the same name that just came out this Tuesday, December 14, 2010.   Find out more about Janid, Alias, and where to pick it up.   Click on the cover to go to her official site.