Here is a highlight reel:

Plus some full songs:

Tim writes, ”Here is a brief video clip from my recent appearance at a fundraiser for Community Change, in Boston. I am discussing the recent Newsweek cover story about the recession and “beached white males,” and the way the authors missed the real story. It’s not that white men are the hardest hit in this recession–they aren’t by a long shot–but because of privilege and entitlement, they have had the hardest time coping with the exigencies of an imploding economy…sadly, instead of using the experience to foment solidarity with folks of color, many are missing the larger lessons…”

The winner of Feast 3 was Charlotte Huffman of Girls Who Rock, an after school program in need of electric guitars. Many of the guests who voted for this project said they did because they knew the $500 would really accomplish something for this organization.

If you want to go to Feast Mass you’re going to need to keep an eye on their website because it fills up fast. The next Feast Mass will be on Saturday, May 21, 7-10pm. If you want to get on the waiting list write to: feastmass@gmail.com

When Berklee College of Music, Harvard Business School, and Midem united for the Rethink Music Conference, Ben Spear of Thinkside (thinkside.com) designed an innovative brand to express their vision. The goal of Rethink Music is “to foster creativity and a thriving music industry,” by bringing all of the stakeholders from around the world to the table. Spear’s versatile brand design represents the spark of coalition partners calling for industry innovation to support the next generation of professional musicians.

Thinkside’s brand guidelines and logo help the conference to build buzz. This video goes with Spear to see how it looks in its varied forms from street stencils to posters and subway ads.

April 25-27, Hynes Convention Center, Boston
rethink-music.com “Rethink Music is a solutions-focused conference, bringing together all sides and viewpoints on the subjects of creativity, commerce, and policy to engage in critical dialogue examining the business and rights challenges facing the music industry in the digital era, and to formulate ideas for the creation and distribution of new music and other creative works. The event, presented in association with the Berkman Center for Internet and Society and Harvard Business School, is the result of a research collaboration studying business models and copyright and how they impact the recorded music industry.”

Lyor Cohen, North American Chair and CEO of Recorded Music, Warner Music Group; Amanda Palmer, Artist; Rep. John Conyers, Jr., United States Congressman and Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee; Tod Machover, Professor, MIT Media Lab; Joe Kennedy, President and CEO, Pandora

Vermont builder and web developer Joe Golden shares the mathematical reasoning behind his design and shows us how he uses the latent heat of the earth to keep warm in the winter.

Mr. Sister live at Ad Hoc Boston, October 16th, 2o10

Find Big Lenny in Rutland, VT for some homemade relish and famous hot dogs. Shot on Flip-Cam at the Basin Bluegrass Festival in Brandon, VT.

For the complete article visit Composing Media.

Vivien Morris explains how the Mattapan Farmer’s Market got started 4 years ago to facilitate access to healthy food for local residents. July 24, 2010, shot on iPhone.

For complete article visit Composing Media.

Saturday October 10, 2009: The fourth annual HONK Festival brought together activist street bands from around the world to celebrate the power of making noise in Somerville, MA. Brisk, sunny, fall weather – I set out in Davis Square to capture HONK as an exploration of sound with my Olympus LS-10 audio recorder. Interviewing bands about the relationship between activism and street music, I found a range of responses from a-political artists who oppose categorization to players with very specific peace and justice commitments.

The imaginary wall between performer and audience doesn’t exist at HONK. Crowds freely interact with the bands who are playing simultaneously around the city in allies, squares and parks.

When the little girl featured here was gearing up to give her dollar, I busted out my iPhone and used the video function for the first time. Though the scene was too loud to get decent audio through the iPhone (with no control over the levels), the pocket-cam is matched with more stable sound from my LS-10 recording.

-danielle