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Skytrain on Sunday Apr 5th
I filmed this video on the Main Street Skytrain for Video Blogging Week 2009 from April 5 – 12. I wanted to show the rest of the world what’s happening in a moment in my life. 🙂
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This was filmed by April Smith of AHA MEDIA on a Nokia N95 mobile cameraphone. April is passionate and skilled in making Nokia films by exploring mobile media production through the camera lens of a cellphone. For a better quality version of this video, please DM April Smith @AprilFilms on Twitter.
Greg Milne aka G-Rock, a Vancouver DTES “Outsider” Artist shows his work
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In this video, Greg Milne aka G-Rock, a local DTES resident and new “Outsider” artist presents his latest work.
He is a drummer and has been playing for 43 years! He has played with the band Rapid Fire in the 1980’s and waxes nostagically about his youth in the local Strip bars – the Marr and the Drake Hotel. He laughs on how two strippers took him to Hawaii for fun in the sun! 🙂
He recalls that 3 years ago that he couldn’t even draw stick men and now he enjoys creating art for the enjoyments of his friends! He quips that if “We only use 11% of our brains, then we have 89% left to discover ourselves 🙂
He’s been drawing for 3 years now and even his mother wonders where he got his talent from!
He proudly says that when he gives away his artwork to friends, they display it in their living rooms 🙂
Now at the young age of 50 years he says “It’s not the way you look past a first impression, it’s not having one that makes for a special person with a giving heart!”
AHA MEDIA is proud to meet G-Rock – A great Vancouver Downtown Eastside ( DTES ) Outsider Artist helping to make his world beautiful 🙂
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This was filmed by April Smith of AHA MEDIA on a Nokia N95 mobile cameraphone. April is passionate and skilled in making Nokia films by exploring mobile media production through the camera lens of a cellphone. For a better quality version of this video, please DM April Smith @AprilFilms on Twitter.
Hendrik Beune, Director of AHA MEDIA gets a new chair!
In the next series of photos, Hendrik Beune utilizes his new Director’s chair to engage with the Vancouver DTES community in an artistic and very mobile way.
As we started from Carnegie Centre at Main and Hasting in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside ( DTES), it was quite something to see the varioius reactions on people’s faces as Hendrik rolled by them on his mobile office chair. The range of emotions ranged from suprised smiles, shocking glances, warm hearted encouragements to mere indifferences as people walked around him.
We are glad that Hendrik has his European savoir faire as he made he way down to one of our community office spaces! 🙂 We created interactive and mobile art in our area !
We, at AHA MEDIA are about creating community engagements and memories that last a long time! 🙂
Devon aka Mr. Metro singing Superstition
In this video, Devon Martin aka Mr. Metro on keys and lead vocalist with other members of Carnegie Centre Theatre Musicians including Sean Gunn on Bass and Lakiano on Drums performing a fantastic rendition of Superstition in Vancouver Downtown Eastside
What a blessing to be able to hear such amazing music and see fine musicianship during an afternoon jam at Carnegie Centre!
It’s wonderful to be able to discover true talent and part of Canada’s Music Royalty right in our own neighborhood! We are truly lucky !! 🙂
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This was filmed by April Smith of AHA MEDIA on a Nokia N95 mobile cameraphone. April is passionate and skilled in making Nokia films by exploring mobile media production through the camera lens of a cellphone. For a better quality version of this video, please DM April Smith @AprilFilms on Twitter.
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If you like this video, April Smith of AHA MEDIA and her mobile team of social media practioners are avail for hire for your next event!! 🙂
We can help you record, document, archive, livestream,live blog and twitter during your event. We even know how to serve and bartend – we are licensed!
You get to relax and enjoy yourself, while we help to do the work for you! 🙂
For our rates and details, Please DM April Smith @AprilFilms on Twitter or Email Apr@live.ca
Thanks for watching! 🙂
Cyrous Sharifpour, Owner of Waves Coffee at Main and Cordova speaks about helping in the Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES)
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In this video, Cyrous Sharifpour, Owner of Waves Coffee on Main and Cordova ( across the Vancouver Police Station ) speaks about his Coffee and how his shop wants to help our Downtown Eastside neighborhood! 🙂
For more information on our DTES area, please read the wikipedia link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_Eastside
Cyrous is a warm hearted and gregarious man who makes sure that everyone in his coffee shop is having a wonderful time!
In this day and age, it’s quite rare to see the owner step out from behind his desk to come out and engage with his customers! 🙂 What a welcoming feeling that is to feel valued as customers! People wish to connect to something local in our area and Waves Coffee at Main and Cordova is it! 🙂
Waves Coffee sponsors local non profit groups from here in our DTES neighborhood to bigger venues such as our recent “Women in Film Festival” at the VanCity Theatre where our mentor Mo Simpson was honored with an award from Kodak to a Large well attended multicultural event at the Plaza of Nations where over 5,000 cups of coffee were poured to support the arts and shows!
It”s such a great feeling knowing that there are still people like Cyrous and places like Waves Coffee that help the local scene 🙂
As AHAMEDIA are emerging new media and social media citizen journalists, we are glad to know that there are places in our neighborhood that have Free Wireless from 6AM – 12 midnight everyday! We are a very mobile and multimedia production team, and we are glad that a warm place with great customer service and coffee is open for people like us!
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This was filmed by April Smith of AHA MEDIA on a Nokia N95 mobile cameraphone. April is passionate and skilled in making Nokia films by exploring mobile media production through the camera lens of a cellphone. For a better quality version of this video, please DM April Smith @AprilFilms on Twitter.
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If you like this video, April Smith of AHA MEDIA and her mobile team of social media practioners are avail for hire for your next event!! 🙂
We can help you record, document, archive, livestream,live blog and twitter during your event. We even know how to serve and bartend – we are licensed!
You get to relax and enjoy yourself, while we help to do the work for you! 🙂
For our rates and details, Please DM April Smith @AprilFilms on Twitter or Email Apr@live.ca
Thanks for watching! :
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