trip to rosario.mov

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Video Assignment

It love travelling all around the world, and I am eager to learn and experience different cultures in the context of their own cultures, not from our Western or typical English perspective. Also, it means a lot for me to perform music in different cultural settings and with and/or for people from non-English cultures. Travelling and performing music with different musicians in different cultures has always led me to think and learn something that I have never encountered or experienced; it makes me expand my musical and cultural spectrum.

My Argentino friend Martin Nemcovsky and I went to Rosario, Argentina last August. We performed jazz with tremendous musicians there at a number of different venues. I learned so much about Argentinian culture and tradition by living and interacting the musicians and their families and friends. Despite living in the same continent (North and South America), it is amazing that how they are different from us in terms of music, life-style, philosophy, politics, society, and culture.

I am planning to visit Argentina again next summer and perform music with more musicians at more diverse venues there. Also, I am scheduled to visit and perform with my Canadian, Japanese, and Argentino friends at several places in my home town, Seoul which is one of the most dynamic and vibrant cities in terms of art and technology. Would you like to join us? Please do so.. Everyone is welcome to join the trip :) I can't wait to learn and experience so much stuff next summer

This video was created with photos that I took during my trip to Argentina, except those that are fighting for democracia. I edited them with iMovie 06, using a variety of transitional effects, fonts for text, and video effects. iMovie 06 was straight and easy to use. I had fun creating and editing the video! Hope you enjoy the video...!!!

Music was recorded in Vancouver, BC in October, 2009. Jon Lee (guitar), Peter Kim (bass), Kevin Romain (drums)