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Music Video Shoot

Posted by on Aug 30, 2010

Music Video Shoot

This July, 2010 we began the long awaited process of shooting our debut music video. The video was shot in two locations, Albany, NY and Philadelphia, PA, which are both very meaningful “homes” for Taina Asili. Both film shoots were led by our incredible Director of Photography Victoria Kereszi, along with other filmmakers affiliated with the Sanctuary for Independent Media. For the first shoot in Albany, NY we had volunteer local young people from the YouthFX program assist with the b-role footage for the shoot. They did an excellent job! We also had an excellent turn out of community members from around Albany to participate in the footage. For the second half of our film shoot we traveled to Taina Asili’s old stomping grounds in Philly where we shot on Baltimore Ave. in West Philly, 5th St. in North Philly and in front of City Hall in Center City. Check out our Vlog from our Philadelphia shoot: Look out for our upcoming video release this...

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Urban Guerrillas

Posted by on Jul 23, 2010

Urban Guerrillas

Check out this EXCELLENT profile article  about us by Josh Potter in the Metroland, the Capital Region’s Alternative News Weekly. Urban Guerrillas http://metroland.net/back_issues/vol33_no29/listen_here.html “In an era when irony is often synonymous with artistry and success is determined by how long bands remain favorable in the blogosphere, it can be a risky move for a musician to espouse the belief that “music can change the world.” But for Taína Asili, leader of la Banda Rebelde (or, the Rebel Band), she doesn’t...

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