Artist Spotlight: Wild Wayne, a New Orleans icon
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Written by InthekNOwla.com
Monday, October 10, 2011 12:00 AM |
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(InthekNOwla) -- NEW ORLEANS | 9:00pm used to be such a special time in New Orleans. You've finished all your homework, took your bath, and now on three-way waiting patiently. And then that unmistakable voice comes through singing: Hey you, what’s yo' name?
If you grew up in New Orleans, then you DEFINITELY know the rest:
You on the radio with ya boy Wild Wayne! The 9:00 props is on! Tell me where you calling from!
Wild Wayne is New Orleans…so, so New Orleans. A 7th warder by birth, he is the epitome of the kNOwla Trinity™: Born, Raised, Still Here. In essence, a true New Orleans icon.
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Artist Spotlight: Jerry Moran of Native Orleanian Fine Photography
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Written by InthekNOwla.com
Monday, August 08, 2011 08:42 PM |
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(InthekNOwla) -- NEW ORLEANS | Step into local photographer Jerry Moran’s studio. He’s got the usual: a couple chairs, Apple computer, cameras, lighting stuff, etc. You know, all the stuff a photographer needs.
And then, there are the photographs…on the wall to the left, on that wall behind you, way up top, and right there in your face. Trombone Shorty and Juvenile, Uncle Lionel, Dancing Man 504, Dr. John, Kermit Ruffins, and Shamarr Allen, just to name a very few. And of course, the photographs of just New Orleans: cobblestone streets and cemeteries, Jazz Fest and French Quarter Fest, Tipitina’s and d.b.a…you know, simply New Orleans in her charming way.
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Artist Spotlight: DJ Soul Sister
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Written by InthekNOwla.com
Tuesday, May 31, 2011 02:06 AM |
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(InthekNOwla) -- NEW ORLEANS | It’s a Saturday night in New Orleans. You already ate (and of course drank), and now you’re chilling with friends trying to figure out what to get into next. So y’all mosey on down to Mimi’s in the Marigny on Royal (cuz y’all definitely don’t wanna be around no drunk tourists on Bourbon), head up to the second floor where you hear the sounds of James Brown, Teena Marie, George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, and Kool & The Gang, and even more rare artists whose names you've probably never even heard of to. Instantly, you’re transported into another world, the world of DJ Soul Sister and her timeless and classic music as she spins and you dance the night away with her unique specialization in "rare groove."
So, who is this mysterious Soul Sister? Where does she come from? Why is she here? Well, like all of our other spotlights, she is New Orleans and she’s here so we can all “throw down and get down!”
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Artist Spotlight: Director David S. White of Evil Penguin Films
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Written by InthekNOwla.com
Monday, April 04, 2011 11:57 PM |
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(InthekNOwla) -- NEW ORLEANS | Living in New Orleans is like being in a movie half the time…lord knows the setting is perfect, we got characters for days, and things that happen could be scenes out of a movie with you as the director putting everything together and combining it to make your life…uh yeah…
With that being said, you would think that it’s easy being a director. Hell, we star in our own movies everyday, right? But wait one minute, just because you can direct your own life (be it good or bad) doesn’t mean that you take the settings, characters, and scenes of someone else and make it just as good. And for that, we have someone to handle all those little details for you, our new Local Artist Spotlight, Director David S. White of Evil Penguin Films.
So, what exactly does a director do? “The director is like the ‘jack of all trades’ sort of guy,” David explained. “The director brings the vision to the screen of their interpret ation of the script. They determine what it’s going to look like and what’s going to be captured in the camera for the editor to rearrange. There’s an expression that goes, 'A movie gets made three times: Once when you write it, once when you edit it and once when you direct it.' The director calls the shots and brings together a team that can take that direction and execute it.”
Obviously, directing is not the solitary sport as described in the beginning. It takes a team effort of like-minded individuals to communicate what the end product needs to look like and what needs to be done in order to get there. As David explained, “The director has to know what every department does so that you can communicate your vision to them. You can be creative, but if you’re not able to communicate that creativity with the rest of the team, then the team is going to be lost. They’re all looking to the director for their marching orders.”
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