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		<title>More videos on set</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 08:38:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are short moments, taken with my phone, on set preparing Lose Youself In Me video shooting.

I asked a special hi to my fans&#8230;from Hope and Creez!
they are Krump dancers-19 years old and full of passion and energy; they showed me all the new hot moves that the kids are doing in LA and we [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here are short moments, taken with my phone, on set preparing Lose Youself In Me video shooting.</p>
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I asked a special hi to my fans&#8230;from Hope and Creez!<br />
they are Krump dancers-19 years old and full of passion and energy; they showed me all the new hot moves that the kids are doing in LA and we worked together on the choreography. Soon the video&#8230;<br />
~~<br />
J&#8217;ai demandé à Hope et Crehttp://www.galasound.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&#038;post=2853&#038;message=10ez de saluer mes fans ! Ce sont deux jeunes danseurs de Krump, ils ont 19 ans et sont plein d&#8217;énergie et de passion ! Ils m&#8217;ont montré les mouvements à la mode à Los Angeles et on a préparé ensemble la chorégraphie du clip. Vous verrez bientôt la vidéo&#8230;</p>
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<p>On set : Alistair, the director (who is about to shoot his first horror movie after we finish the &#8220;Lose Yourself In Me&#8221; visual project) ; William Lemon, incredible make up artist and painter ; Hope and Creez, the dancers ; Jack ( wearethemasses.com ) and Jaunique, strong smart woman&#8230;who is my &#8220;fairy&#8221; here in LA, she helped on set and just saved my ass twice in 2 days !<br />
~~<br />
Présents sur le plateau : Alistair, le réalisateur (qui va tourner son premier film d&#8217;horreur après &#8220;Lose Yourself in Me&#8221;) ; William Lemon, un maquilleur artistique incroyable ; Hope et Creez, les danseurs ; Jack ( wearethemasses.com ) et enfin Jaunique, une femme très habile, qui est un peu mon ange gardien ici à Los Angeles où elle m&#8217;a été d&#8217;un grand secours deux fois ces deux derniers jours !</p>
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<p>Some of the girls working on the set of Lose Yourself in Me, my 5th music video on my own independent record label Matriarchy Records&#8230;( the original goal was to work and give work with as many women as possible) I created Matriarchy records few years ago and it was just me, now the team includes more people:-) Matriarchy is based in Brooklyn, NY&#8230;but today we are shooting in Los Angeles.<br />
~~<br />
Quelques-unes des femmes qui travaillent sur le plateau de tournage de « Lose Yourself In Me ». C&#8217;est le 5e clip produit par mon label « Matriarchy Records », dont l&#8217;objectif est de donner du travail à un maximum de femmes ! J&#8217;ai créé Matriarchy Records toute seule il y a quelques années, et maintenant c&#8217;est une équipe de plusieurs personnes. Le siège du label est à Brooklyn (New York), mais pour le tournage du clip on fait ça à Los Angeles.</p>
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<p>I&#8217;m a futuristic superheroine. ~~ Je ressemble à une super héroine du Futur.</p>
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<p>Speaking with Alistair, the director.<br />
It was great to work with him, he is 28 years old and has a passion for visual beauty and dark moods&#8230;Like me.<br />
~~<br />
En train de parler avec Alistair, le réalisateur. Ce fut un plaisir de travailler à avec lui. Il a 28 ans et un goût prononcé pour l&#8217;esthétique visuelle et les atmosphère un peu sombres&#8230; comme moi.</p>
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		<title>On “Lose Yourself In Me” shooting set</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 15:23:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m in LA&#8230; in Silver Lake, just met the dancers..I&#8217;m working through the night on my new video, but at least we brought our own lights:-)&#8230;. 

Sur le tournage de Lose Yourself In Me
Je suis à Los Angeles, à Silver Lake. Je viens de faire connaissance avec les danceurs qui vont participer au tournage de [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m in LA&#8230; in Silver Lake, just met the dancers..I&#8217;m working through the night on my new video, but at least we brought our own lights:-)&#8230;. </p>
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<p><strong>Sur le tournage de Lose Yourself In Me</strong></p>
<p>Je suis à Los Angeles, à Silver Lake. Je viens de faire connaissance avec les danceurs qui vont participer au tournage de mon prochain clip. Comme vous le voyez les costumes vont être lumineux ! :-)&#8230;</p>
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		<title>AS AN ARTIST I REFUSE YOUR SYSTEM</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 21:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>choplair</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[BeataB asked me to talk about the slogan on some of the t-shirts  pictured also in my photo gallery:
AS AN ARTIST I REFUSE YOUR SYSTEM
This sentence is taken from the movie &#8220;Camille Claudel&#8221;.  A movie about the life of the  French sculptress, Camille Claudel who is unfortunately known more for her tragic [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>BeataB asked me to talk about the slogan on some of the t-shirts  pictured also in my photo gallery:<br />
<em>AS AN ARTIST I REFUSE YOUR SYSTEM</em></p>
<p>This sentence is taken from the movie &#8220;Camille Claudel&#8221;.  A movie about the life of the  French sculptress, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camille_Claudel">Camille Claudel</a> who is unfortunately known more for her tragic end and for being Rodin&#8217;s lover  than for her amazing talent.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.galasound.com/main/2012/04/as-an-artist-i-refuse-your-system/camille_sculpture/" rel="attachment wp-att-2838"><img src="http://www.galasound.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/camille_sculpture.jpg" alt="" title="camille_sculpture" width="258" height="360" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-2838" /></a> Camille&#8217;s story could just have been about any aspiring young woman of any profession.<br />
How many talented women&#8217;s destinies through time, have been dependent on their  relation with a powerful man?<br />
When we don&#8217;t see it, it is sometimes, often&#8230; hidden.</p>
<p>One of my favorite female painter Georgia O&#8217;Keefe &#8217;s was 28-year-old when she was discovered by photographer Alfred Stieglitz; he was a 52-year-old force in the American art world, married to Emmeline Obermeyer, a brewery heiress.  Georgia owed her early success to him. And of course fell in love with him too.<br />
This is a similar story to Camille&#8217;s.</p>
<p>In the movie Camille screams: &#8220;As an artist I refuse your system&#8221; It has many meanings, and watching the movie will explain, but it is a scream of independence, from a male dominated art world, and in general an artist&#8217;s  statement of independence from society limited rules.</p>
<p>It is funny how the past is not so far from the present reality:</p>
<p>The actors in this movie are: Isabelle Adjani and Gerard Depardieu. Gerard  seems to appear  in every French movie I have watched in the 20 years:-)<br />
I am just joking, but he did  get a lot of work through the years. He is a great charismatic and funny actor but his &#8220;supremacy&#8221; is a good example of what Geena Davis addresses when she talks about men getting much more work in cinema than women. ( see previous blog :  <a href="http://www.galasound.com/main/2012/04/thelma/">Thelma and Louise</a> )</p>
<p>Few months ago I met a friend who works closely with Isabelle and he explained to me her  maniacal concern with her appearances on camera;<br />
She always  meets the crew before shooting  to make sure, wrinkles will not be shown, and she will not look old.  I respect her for that and I do not criticize her for a second because women in this business have no choice but to compete with the standard  &#8220;perfection&#8221; shown  on tav, magazines, internet.<br />
On the other side, I believe that if women were appreciated for their talented instead than for their appearances only, we could focus on our growth as performers and be proud of our age and wisdom,<br />
instead of having to hide it behind young pretty faces.</p>
<p>I will end with a Prince quote: &#8221; Women not girls they rule my world, I said&#8230;they rule my world!&#8221;</p>
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<p><strong>En tant qu&#8217;artiste, je refuse ton système</strong></p>
<p>À la demande de BeataB, je vais parler de la phrase qui apparaît sur certains de mes t-shirts et une photo de la galerie :<br />
« As an artist, I refuse your system » (« En tant qu&#8217;artiste, je refuse ton système »)</p>
<p>C&#8217;est une phrase tirée du film « Camille Claudel » qui retrace l&#8217;histoire de la sculteuse française éponyme, malheureusement plus connue pour sa liaison avec Rodin et sa fin tragique que pour son incroyable talent.</p>
<p>L&#8217;histoire de Camille ressemble à celle de n&#8217;importe quelle jeune femme qui a de l&#8217;ambition dans un domaine. À travers le temps, combien de femmes, malgré leur talent, ont vu leurs destins dépendre de leur relation avec un homme puissant ?Quand on ne le sait pas, c&#8217;est que c&#8217;est très souvent caché.</p>
<p>L&#8217;un des peintres féminins que je préfère, Georgia O&#8217;Keefe, a été révélée à 28 ans par le photographe Alfred Stieglitz, personnage influent dans le milieu de l&#8217;Art américain, alors âgé de 52 ans et marié à Emmeline Obermeyer, héritière dans la brasserie. Ses premiers succès, Georgia les doit à Alfred, et bien sûr elle est aussi tombée amoureuse de lui. C&#8217;est une histoire comparable à celle de Camille.</p>
<p>Dans le film, Camille s&#8217;insurge : « En tant qu&#8217;artiste, je refuse ton système ». Les significations sont multiples, comme on le comprend en visionnant ce long métrage, mais globalement c&#8217;est le cri d&#8217;émancipation d&#8217;une femme face à un monde artistique dominé par les hommes, et plus largement l&#8217;affirmation de la liberté de l&#8217;artiste par rapport aux dictats de la société.</p>
<p>Au passage, c&#8217;est amusant de voir que passé et présent ne sont pas si différents : les acteurs principaux du film sont Isabelle Adjani et Gérand Depardieu. Gérard qui, sans que je ne l&#8217;explique trop bien, a tendance à apparaître dans pratiquement tous les films français que j&#8217;ai vus ces 20 dernières années. :-) Bon, j&#8217;exagère un peu, mais c&#8217;est vrai qu&#8217;il tourne énormément depuis de longues années. C&#8217;est un grand acteur charismatique et attachant, mais cette « suprématie » est une bonne illustration de ce dont parlait Geena Davis quand elle disait que les hommes ont souvent plus de travail au cinéma que les femmes (voir mon billet précédent à ce sujet).</p>
<p>J&#8217;ai discuté, il y a quelques mois, avec un ami qui travaille de manière assez proche avec Isabelle Adjani, et il m&#8217;a raconté à quel point son apparence face à la caméra la préoccupait. Elle rencontre toujours l&#8217;équipe avant un tournage pour être bien certaine que l&#8217;on ne verra aucune ride ou un quelconque signe de l&#8217;âge sur son visage.J&#8217;ai du respect pour elle et je ne la critique à aucun moment pour se conformer à l&#8217;exigence de « perfection » que l&#8217;on impose aux femmes dans ce métier, et que l&#8217;on retrouve partout à la TV, dans les magazines et sur internet.</p>
<p>D&#8217;un autre côté, je pense que si les femmes étaient appréciées pour leur talent et pas uniquement leur apparence, nous pourrions nous concentrer sur notre travail d&#8217;artiste et être fières de notre âge et expérience, au lieu de devoir se cacher derrière de jolis visages lisses.</p>
<p>Je conclurai sur ces paroles de Prince : « Women not girls they rule my world, I said&#8230;they rule my world! »<br />
(« Les femmes me dirigent, pas les filles. J&#8217;ai bien dit&#8230; me dirigent ! »)</p>
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		<title>Women “on her own”</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>choplair</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just did an interview that  will be soon part of a diary on www.diaryofmu.com.
I talked about  how important it is for a woman artist to keep  growing and expressing herself through the years.
As I finished the interview my friend sent me this link about  punk singer, Poly Styrene, who unfortunately [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just did an interview that  will be soon part of a diary on <a href="http:/www.diaryofmu.com">www.diaryofmu.com</a>.<br />
I talked about  how important it is for a woman artist to keep  growing and expressing herself through the years.<br />
As I finished the interview my friend sent me this link about  punk singer, <strong>Poly Styrene</strong>, who unfortunately died last year, but who till the end expressed her self in her own unique style, giving numerous interviews to promote her latest solo album, Generation Indigo.</p>
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<h3>Femmes &#8220;par elles-mêmes&#8221;</h3>
<p>Je viens de terminer un interview qui sera bientôt diffusé sur le site <a href="http://www.diaryofmu.com">Diary of Mu</a>.<br />
J&#8217;y ai parlé de l&#8217;importance de continuer à mûrir et de s&#8217;exprimer au fil des ans quand on est une femme artiste.<br />
Peu après avoir fini l&#8217;interview, un ami m&#8217;a envoyé ce lien qui parle de la chanteuse punk <strong>Poly Styrene</strong>.<br />
Elle est malheuresement décédée l&#8217;année dernière, mais jusqu&#8217;au bout elle s&#8217;est exprimée dans son style très personnel et particulier, donnant de nombreuses interviews pour la promotion de son dernier album solo : Generation Indigo.</p>
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		<title>“Radical Feminist”</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 07:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>choplair</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Walking in Brooklyn, met this cute little girl with the coolest t-shirt !

Je suis tombée sur cette petite fille en me promenant dans Brooklyn. J&#8217;adore son T-Shirt !
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Walking in Brooklyn, met this cute little girl with the coolest t-shirt !</p>
<p><a href="http://www.galasound.com/main/2012/04/radical-feminist/564345_10150739225263088_17758653087_9731658_1034185107_n/" rel="attachment wp-att-2821"><img src="http://www.galasound.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/564345_10150739225263088_17758653087_9731658_1034185107_n.jpg" alt="" title="Radical Feminist. Gala" width="502" height="480" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2821" /></a></p>
<p>Je suis tombée sur cette petite fille en me promenant dans Brooklyn. J&#8217;adore son T-Shirt !</p>
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		<title>THELMA …</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2012 22:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GALA</dc:creator>
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Do you remember two girls called THELMA AND LOUISE? Thelma, in real life: Geena Davis has created the “ Geena Davis Institute for Gender in Media”; the goal of this institution is  to change female portrayals and gender stereotypes in media and entertainment.  “ Our mission is to work within the entertainment industry [...]]]></description>
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<p>Do you remember two girls called THELMA AND LOUISE? Thelma, in real life: Geena Davis has created the “ Geena Davis Institute for Gender in Media”; the goal of this institution is  to change female portrayals and gender stereotypes in media and entertainment.  “ Our mission is to work within the entertainment industry to dramatically alter how girls and women are reflected in media” Check it out: </p>
<p><a href="http://www.thegeenadavisinstitute.org/"></p>
<p>http://www.thegeenadavisinstitute.org/</a></p>
<p>When I see women like Geena Davis, I am reassured that even if most people don’t seem to  notice or care about such facts, others do and are fighting to change the world !<br />
Here&#8217;s a  very interesting interview with Gena Davis and how she chose her roles. Interview starts at minute 8: 24.</p>
<p><a href="http://msbmedia.georgetown.edu/geena-davis-on-the-role-of-women-in-the-movies/">http://msbmedia.georgetown.edu/geena-davis-on-the-role-of-women-in-the-movies/</a></p>
<p>2011 research shows a very interesting thing:  women are not portrayed in movies DOING, but mostly being the doer&#8217;s ( hero&#8217;s) girlfriend, lover, mother or daughter.<br />
The research showed how from 1990 to 2010: Out of 3 male characters only 1 was a woman, and usually stereotyped, hyper sexualized; in animated characters, women had bodies that were not possible in real lives, with no room with internal organs. There is a direct correlation between hours of TV one watches and your future aspiration; the more hours of TV a woman watches the few options she thinks she has in life; The more hours of  TV a man watches the more sexist his views become. This shows how negative female role models are.</p>
<p>A higher percentage of females than males are depicted in sexualized attire (24% vs. 4%) and as physically attractive (14% vs. 3.6%). They are also often portrayed as younger than their male counterparts, reinforcing the idea that youthfulness, beauty, and a sexy demeanor are more important for females than for males.<br />
Although the study found that gender inequities are even more dramatic behind the camera (only 7% of directors, 13% of writers and 20% of producers are female) it was discovered that films with one or more female screenwriters depict 10% more girls and women on screen than do those films with all male screenwriters. “This is encouraging,” says Davis, “It means women can drive change.”</p>
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<p>Vous vous souvenez du film &#8220;Thelma et Louise&#8221; ? Thelma, qui s&#8217;appelle Geena Davis dans la vraie vie, est à la tête de &#8220;<em>L&#8217;Institut Geena Davis pour les Genres dans les Medias</em>&#8220;. Cette organisation a pour but de lutter contre les stérétopypes dans la façon de mettre en scène les femmes au cinéma et autres médias (TV notamment).<br />
&#8220;Notre mission consiste à faire pression auprès de l&#8217;industrie du cinéma pour que l&#8217;on change radicalement la manière dont sont dépeintes les femmes dans les films et les médias.&#8221;<br />
Leur site internet : <a href="http://www.thegeenadavisinstitute.org/"></p>
<p>http://www.thegeenadavisinstitute.org/</a></p>
<p>Quand je vois des femmes comme Geena Davis, ça me rassure sur le fait que même si pour beaucoup il ne s&#8217;agit que de détails, d&#8217;autres personnes se battent pour faire changer les mentalités !<br />
Je vous invite à visionner cet interview intéressante de Gena Davis qui racconte comment elle choisi ses rôles. Ca commence à 8min24.</p>
<p><a href="http://msbmedia.georgetown.edu/geena-davis-on-the-role-of-women-in-the-movies/">http://msbmedia.georgetown.edu/geena-davis-on-the-role-of-women-in-the-movies/</a></p>
<p>Une étude de 2011 soulève un point pertinent : dans les films, les femmes ne sont généralement pas montrée en train d&#8217;agir, mais plutôt comme l&#8217;amie, l&#8217;amante, la mère ou bien la fille de l&#8217;agissant (le héro masculin).<br />
Cette étude montre que qu&#8217;entre 1990 et 2010, parmis tous les peronnages il y a 3 fois plus d&#8217;hommes que de femmes, lesquelles sont souvent stéréotypées et hyper sexualisées (encore plus dans les films d&#8217;animations où les filles ont des proportions physiques hors normes, ne correspondant à rien de réel).<br />
Il y a une relation directe entre les heures de programmes télévisés que l&#8217;on ingurgite et nos aspirations dans la vie de tous les jours. Plus une femmes regarde la TV, plus elle voit ses possibilités dans la vie se réduire. A l&#8217;opposé, plus un homme regarde la TV, plus il est inclint à adopter des idées sexistes.<br />
Ceci montre les impacts négatifs de la représentation de la femme sous sa forme dominante actuelle.</p>
<p>Pour détailler : une plus grande proportion de femmes que d&#8217;homme sont montrées à l&#8217;écran dans des vêtements sexy (24% contre 4%) et ont un physique attractif (14% contre 3.6%). Elles sont aussi souvent choisies plus jeunes que leur homologues masculins, ce qui renforce l&#8217;idée selon laquelle la jeunesse, la beauté et une allure langoureuse sont plus importants pour les femmes que les hommes.<br />
Si l&#8217;étude montre aussi que la parité est encore plus faible derrière la caméra (seuls 7% des réalisateur, 13% des scénaristes et 20% des producteurs sont des femmes), un point positif ressort quand même : il a été montré que lorsqu&#8217;un ou plusieurs scénaristes femmes travaillent sur un film, la part des filles ou femmes présentent à l&#8217;écran est 10% supérieure que lorsque les scénaristes sont tous des hommes. &#8220;C&#8217;est encourageant&#8221;, selon Geena Davis, &#8220;ça montre que les femmes elles-mêmes peuvent faire changer les choses&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>Photos from concert @ GLOBUL</title>
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<p><em>Photos are courtesy of Tilllate.com</em></p>
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		<title>Before the show at Bulle, Switzerland</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 08:17:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some videos taken during rehearsal :








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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_2760" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 600px"><a href="http://www.galasound.com/2012/03/before-the-show-at-bulle-switzerland/photo_bulle_filtered-001/" rel="attachment wp-att-2760"><img src="http://www.galasound.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/photo_bulle_filtered-001-590x440.jpg" alt="" title="Bulle backstage" width="590" height="440" class="size-medium wp-image-2760" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">In the backstage of Bulle; I love my poster next to Andy Wharol's muse.</p></div>
<p>Some videos taken during rehearsal :</p>
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		<title>Gala with Gonzalo, Martino Sorteni, Deantoni Parks in Venice.</title>
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		<title>Larry Graham and next show in Switzerland</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[About to go to Milano with Deantoni to see Larry Graham play and hang with him and his wonderful wife.
check a video of Larry Playing ( Prince is a guest on the show) :

On the 30th I will playing in Bulle, Switzerland, come and join me there !

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<p>check a video of Larry Playing ( Prince is a guest on the show) :</p>
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<p>On the 30th I will playing in Bulle, Switzerland, come and join me there !</p>
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