Archive for March, 2010

“THE SAMPLER“ – OUT NOW!

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

WE DID IT!

The free CD distribution started and our final venue was a big success!
Time was flying and it is almost time for us to go home. We had a really great time, it was amazing to see how our project developed, but anyway, we are still not realizing at all that we really implemented the project, as we originally planned! That will take us some more time for sure! :-)

It was a pleasure for us to work together with all the nice people we got to know and we deeply hope that THE SAMPLER will be a success. Belize is full of big talents and we are really proud of our results.

“safe and sound – THE SAMPLER” is released, now it is just up to the people to spread and to share the music!

“Stay safe and sound – don’t play around!”

THANK YOU BELIZE!

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WIR HABEN ES GESCHAFFT!

Die kostenlose Verteilung des Samplers hat begonnen und die Abschlussveranstaltung war ein großer Erfolg!
Die Zeit ist wie im Flug vergangen und nun stehen wir kurz vor unserer Heimkehr. Wir hatten eine großartige Zeit und haben es genossen zu sehen wie unser Projekt seine Wege gegangen ist und trotzdem, wir können es einfach immer noch nicht fassen, dass alles so geklappt hat, wie wir es uns vorgestellt haben! Um das begreifen zu können, werden wir noch einige Zeit brauchen, dass ist sicher! :-)

Die Zusammenarbeit mit den Menschen die wir kennenlernen durften, hat uns viel Freude bereitet und nun hoffen inständig das der Sampler ein Erfolg wird. Es gibt so viele Talente in Belize die man fördern muss und wir sind sehr stolz auf das was wir gemeinsam erreichen konnten.

“safe and sound – THE SAMPLER” ist nun zu haben und wartet gewissermaßen nur darauf sich “ausbreiten” zu können!

“Stay safe and sound – don’t play around!”

DANKE BELIZE!

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To make a long story short, here we go:

THE WINNERS ARE:

1st place : Mix Vibez (Orange Walk Town/Orange)

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2nd place : Selvin Castellanos (Los Angeles/USA)

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3rd place : Reckless (Dangirga/Stann Creek)

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(The complete ranking will be published soon…)

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“safe and sound – THE SAMPLER” – the downloads:

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00) Ajani: “Intro”

01) Mix Vibez: “Knowledge Is The Key”

02) Adrian Garbutt: “It’s Not Okay”

03) Jr. Deizel: “What Would U Do?”

04) Lloyd Augustine: “Learn Your ABC’s And HIV“

05) Selvin Castellanos: “Taking Ova“

06) South-Blaze Fraternity: “Take Your Time“

07) Rebecca Stirm: “Clean“

08) Stephen Petillo: “Aids Ah Noh Secret“

09) Nkrumah Obi: “Be Smart“

10) Marcus Sanchez: “All Over The World“

11) Jaime Tamayo: “La DesconoSIDA“

12) Abner Babil: “Nothing In This Life“

13) Reckless: “Don’t Discriminate“

14) Big Rif: “The 10 Condoms Commandments“

15) Shatta Unit: “Trying To Figure Out“

16) Mr. Rowe: “Take An AIDS Test“

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Download the cover:

Cover 1 Cover 2
Inlay Label

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Download everything together (zip-file):

THE SAMPLER.zip (134,64 MB)

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ALL SONGS ARE RELEASED UNDER A CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSE!

THE SAMPLER AND ALL SONGS ARE FOR FREE! NOBODY HAS TO PAY FOR IT! EVERYBODY IS ALLOWED TO COPY IT!

Read more: http://creativecommons.org

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We would like to express our sincere appreciation to the following for making this production a success:

Michael Evans / New Beginnings Productions
Al Obando
Junimar
Allan Castillo
Mrs. Daysi
Channel 5
Channel 7
Hamalali Radio
Dangriga Cable Vision
LoveFM
KremFM
National Aids Commission Belize
National Institute of Culture and History in Belize
Amandala Newspaper
Dangriga Auto Rental
Windschief Hopkins
Wolfgang & Karin Guethoff
Smyk
Simon Bailey
FH Potsdam
Uwe Langleist & TRP Bau GmbH
Manitours Potsdam
Deutsche Bank
Affenclub Kleinmachnow
Torsten Musick
Seramun Diagnostica GmbH
Pen & Ingrid Cayetano
Philipp Lahm
Pierre Baigorry
Kirk McDowell
Brian T. Moore
Henry A. Miguel Jr.
Ana Gonzalez and CD DEPOT STORES Miami
DJ Energy
The New Rebels
Mali Cayetano
Timeless Soundz
Method & Emo
Tiffany
Danman
Riverside Cafe

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Vocal Recording by: Michael Evans, Charles Mariano, Allan Castillo

Editing and Processing by: Michael Evans, Al Obando

Mixed and Mastered by: Al Obando

Designed by: Smyk

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„safe and sound – music for future“ is an HIV prevention project implemented by the German NGO HIV-Projekt Belize e.V.

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(all rights reserved 2009 • safe and sound belize)

Impressions FINAL VENUE!

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

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What a long night…

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

We are tired, but anyway, there is still a lot of work waiting…

Our show on Hamalali was real fun, big thanks to Method and Emo!

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After that, we were starting to prepare our CDs, nothing more to say about that, just have a look… ;-)

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Big thanks to LENA, PETER and the one and only DANMAN!

IT IS ALL ABOUT TOMORROW!

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Live @ Hamalali Garinagu!

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

Tonight we will be live on air on the “NGC Radio – Hamalali Garinagu 100.1 F.M.” radio station! It will start at 7pm…

JOIN US!

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www.griganet.com

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THEY ARRIVED!

Saturday, March 20th, 2010

WE HAVE THEM!

CHEERS!

SEE YOU NEXT WEDNESDAY!

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AGAIN!

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

Radiojingle (click to play)

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It takes 10 minutes…

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

…to get an impression ;-)

Nothing more to say! LISTEN!

THE SAMPLER – Snippet.mp3 (click right here!)

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THE FINAL VENUE!

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Ladies and Gentleman,

it is time for some more information about our final venue!

DATE: Wednesday, 24th of March 2010

LOCATION: “Y-Not Island” Dangriga

START: 8pm

ENTRY FEE: FREE aka 0,- BZ $

LIVE:

THE NEW REBELS
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RECKLESS
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LLOYD AUGUSTINE
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MALI CAYETANO
Mali Cayetano

AND MANY MORE!

AFTERSHOW:

TIMELESS SOUNDZ
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WHAT ELSE:

Final announcement of the 3 winners and start of the free of charge distribution of THE SAMPLER!

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See you there to celebrate!

Big steps forward!

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

Ladies and Gentleman,

the mixing and the mastering of our sampler is done! Everything was finished this morning and we just brought the package to the airport in Belize City. The Master-CD is going all the way to Miami/Florida, to get duplicated at the “CD DEPOT STORES“!

It is out of our hands now and we just have to wait and to hope that nothing bad will happen within the production process.

Furthermore we really have to thank Al Obando for his great work! We sincerely appreciate it, that we were able to work with him!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

So far. Everybody should keep the fingers crossed for us – for the entire next 2 weeks, steadily! :-)

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Liebe LeserInnen,

unser Sampler wurde erfolgreich gemixt und gemastert! Heute morgen war alles fertig und wir haben unser gesamtes Packet zum Flughafen nach Belize City gebracht. Die Master-CD geht ihren Weg nach Miami/Florida, wo sie von der Firma “CD DEPOT STORES” letztendlich vervielfältigt wird.

Weiterhin wollen wir uns an dieser Stelle für die großartige Arbeit bedanken, die Al Obando für uns geleistet hat! Wir schätzen unheimlich, das wir mit ihm zusammenarbeiten konnten!
Vielen vielen lieben Dank für all die Unterstützung!

Soweit. Jetzt muss jeder von euch nur noch seine Daumen drücken – und zwar ununterbrochen für die nächsten 2 Wochen! :-)

Some Impressions:

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