Nuit Blanche Program

   There are only two more days left until the moment we all expected: Nuit Blanche Amsterdam event.

Yesterday we have presented you the program that Eddie the Eagle Museum prepared for the Nuit Blanche event, now we are back to give you an insight on all the different activities from different locations in Amsterdam that are going to take place on 18th June as part of the Nuit Blanche event as well as the costs for these.

1. Guerilla Restaurant19.00 – 04.00
Location: We could tell you but we’d have to kill you.

For one night only enjoy an amazing 3 course meal in a top secret location! What began as five friends organizing extraordinary dinner parties for their friends quickly became something bigger. An intervention into not just the Amsterdam party scene, but also the restaurant scene. The Guerilla Restaurant brings excellent, innovative cuisine to surprising and secret places.

The whole experience is carefully designed to surprise, delight and intrigue, from the food to the decor to the music to the way you are brought to the secret location. Call 0642832718 on the day of the event to find out where we’ll be taking you. We offer three services at 19.00, 23.00 and 03.00, but drop by any time for a midnight snack and the fabulous company of Barry the Cat and others.

2. Eddie the Eagle Shopping Centre
20.00-07.00, and the whole month of June during regular opening hours
Location: Magna Plaza (Nieuwzijds Voorburgwal 182)

For the month of June a group of sixty artists take over empty spaces in Magna Plaza, creating a unique post-shopping experience. We don’t sell you things; we sell you personal growth and experience. Expect premiere exhibitions, performances and theatre exploring art, commerce and what it is to exchange value. You can visit the Eddie the Eagle Shopping Centre in the Magna Plaza during regular opening hours in the month of June. Tickets for Nuit Blanche are on sale there as well!

3. 10-Hour Jam Session
19.00-05.00
Location: Brakke Grond (Nes 43)

Prepare yourself for a marathon of spectacular music at De Brakke Grond. Help Flemish band Kapotski build an interactive music installation from broken kitchen appliances, busted vacuum cleaners and defunct record players. Bring your broken impulse buys and dead hairdryers, and watch them find new life as part of a musical machine full of industrial noise and unexpectedly beautiful sound!
Meanwhile, photo exhibition [Re]: TILT examines how humans persist in the midst of chaos, with works from talented photography students from Breda, Brussels, Antwerp and Ghent. In another room, SLAVE, the brilliant organization behind the legendary and decadent art parties at the Supperclub, present a program of arts and culture. Expect the unexpected from this experimental platform for artists, filmmakers, musicians, writers, poets, and everyone in between. Then dance all night at the afterparty, with a cutting edge DJ line-up from KISS-Escort.

4. Don’t go into the light!
19.00 – 01.00
Location: EYE Film Institute (Ij-promenade 1)

The EYE Film Institute will soon be located at the Ij-promenade in Amsterdam North. This impressive new building also happens to be located where the gallows in medieval Amsterdam once stood. To make sure the Institute gets off to the best possible start, we’ll be holding a cinematic initiation rite every half hour to scare away any possible demons. A ghost tour is also available for a limited number of participants.

EYE Film Institute has also selected a range of surreal horror films to be screened during the night. One of the highlights will be a performance by Amsterdam noise-sample duo The Moi Non Plus, who will play a live soundtrack to David Lynch’s legendary film “Eraserhead”.

In a special Dome, constructed next to the building, we will be presenting a music program by Subbacultcha. Rising British artist Star Slinger and Bachelorette (all the way from New Zealand!) will rock the stage.

5. Cracklight District
19.00 – 02.00
Metrostop Rokin Noord/Zuidlijn (at the big M)

CFYE presents Cracklight District, an exhibition and workshop exploring the luminous world of light painting. See works by some of the world’s most exciting light artists, then descend into the depths of the Noord/Zuidlijn tunnels for a workshop on the art of painting with light. Bring your camera, and unleash the light!

6. Rental, Art and Bicycle Maintenance
19.00 – 03.00
Location: Starbikes (De Ruyterkade 127)

Art in a bike shop? Join us for mime, theatre, Indiana Jones-style treasure hunts for gold, bike love, and more. Featuring performances by ARTED, Kim Tuin and Piet Hoogeboom.
As with most things in Amsterdam, Nuit Blanche is best experienced on a bike. Don’t have a ride? Don’t worry! Starbikes is offering bikes for rent at a discount with your passe-partout ticket! Call 020-6203215, or send an email to info@starbikes.com to make a reservation.

7. Murder in Mokum
19.00- 02.00. Final round starts at 03.00
Location: the city is your playground, baby!
A woman is murdered and the police are stumped. Can you catch the killer? Beware! There are shady characters everywhere in this story of crime and intrigue. Be prepared for physical challenges, stiff competition and gruesome scenes. There will be winners and losers, just as with any other game, and to determine the final winner we will hold a Grand Finale at 03.00

Keep your wits and your iPhone about you in this alternative reality game. Download the app now via 7 Scenes.

Mini Tour

1. Swomp.Location: Rustenburgerstraat 440
Experience country life in the middle of the city, in this garden squat and neighborhood institution. Meet Frank and learn about extreme urban gardening. Drink organic beer with the residents at the home-made bar, and don’t leave without a free hug from Maya the dog.

2. Parool TheatreLocation: St Pieterspoortsteeg 33
Roll up, roll up to this intimate little theatre, with room for only 30 people! Thrill at Cirque Karbonkel’s Fire Tiger Show, Circus of Rats, and Safe Sex Sniffing Act! After circus, you are cordially invited to the wedding of Özlem Solmaz. She doesn’t want much, just a white dress and the man of her dreams in the Istanbul sun.

3. The Doll HouseLocation: Kromme Waal 13
Whatever could one man do with 5,000 dolls? For one night only you can find out. And for one night only you can experience a performance from HipSick, which will have you asking yourself is it a real girl, or is it a doll?

4. The Happy HookerLocation: Stadionweg 17
An intimate evening with the legendary Xaviera Hollander. Listen to her read from her erotic autobiography. Learn all about her colorful life, and be sure to bring all your questions about sex and relationships.
Be quick, places are extremely limited! To book email mirjam@nuitblancheamsterdam.nl

5. Electric LadylandLocation: Tweede Leliederwarsstraat 5
Nick Padalino is a man with a passion, and that passion is fluoro art. Disheartened by the art world’s lack of respect for his favorite medium, Nick took matters into his own hands and opened his own museum of all things glow-in-the-dark. Meet this fascinating man, art patron and epic Jimi Hendrix fan!

6. DhammadipaLocation: St Pieterspoortsteeg 29-1
‘The mind is the cause of all happiness and all suffering, to reduce suffering mindfulness is necessary,’ said the Venerable Mettavihari. During Nuit Blanche Dhammadipa meditation center opens its doors to the public to provide a moment of calm in a hectic night. Be in the moment.

7. Dadara ExchangibitionLocation: De Brakke Grond, Nes 43
Is it art or commerce? Exchange value or use value? Exchange your boring Euros for exciting, original Dadaras, worth between zero to a million tickets. What is a ticket worth? That is the question.

8. Cafe t’ MandjeLocation: Zeedijk 63
At a time when gay people were considered criminals, one woman created a haven in a brown cafe. That cafe is Cafe t’ Mandje, and it’s now been reopened in its original condition. Enjoy a drink and a chat in a piece of Amsterdam history.

Ticket FAQ

I can’t wait to come! Where do I buy my tickets?

We don’t blame you! There are three ways to buy your tickets. First, you can buy them online here. Second, you can buy them at the Eddie the Eagle Museum in Magna Plaza. Third, you can pick one up at De Brakke Grond on Saturday the 18th. Tickets cost €12 and will let you into (mostly!) everything, but we’ll get to that!

How do I use my ticket to access the event?

It’s easy! When Nuit Blanche finally arrives take your ticket to De Brakke Grond and exchange it for a wrist band. Then go crazy! There’s no set route, no schedule, just follow your heart and see where it leads.

But I don’t wanna buy a ticket! What do I do?

If you don’t have a ticket the Guerilla Restaurant will cost €5, if you’re coming for a snack and a drink instead of the €25 dinner. The Eddie the Eagle Plaza will also cost €5, as will the Brakke Grond, Eye Film Institute and Cracklight District. Rental, Art and Bicycle Maintenance will cost €3 for entry, while bike hire will cost €5 to €7. The performance at the Parool Theatre will cost €2.50.

Yay, I have a ticket! Do I still have to pay for anything?

The Happy Hooker part of the Mini Tour costs €5 whether you have a ticket or not, and you will need to email mirjam@nuitblancheamsterdam.nl to make a booking. Dinner at the Guerilla Restaurant costs €25, and bookings are essential.

We hope we have presented you the most useful information. For more details and a map with all the locations, check out the following website: www.nuitblancheamsterdam.nl

And as a last tip: Sleep as much as you can these days because on Saturday night a 12-hours adventure is being prepared for you!

Nuit Blanche & Eddie the Eagle Museum

As we promised we are back with more information regarding the happenings from 18th June in Amsterdam!

Today we are going to present you the programme for this Saturday that Eddie the Eagle Museum prepared for Nuit Blanche! 

                                                  

                                            “Shop till you drop!”

After two weeks of exploring the post shopping in the, lets say special, atmosphere of the Magna Plaza, Eddie the Eagle Museum is going to celebrate this new dimension of shopping country and rock this mall down.

Insight on the programme and activities

‘Where there's a lot to do one should begin by eating’ 5 pleasures to the palate, 5 images, 200 toasts like tongue twisters. Every 2 hours 3 sessions starting from 10 p.m. till 6 a.m. everything arranged by Maureen de Jong and Lina Issa on a table made by Arne Hendriks

Isabel Irizar will hand out balloons from way up high some with laughing gas FYI.

DJ Butcrack, Quartier Mustache or Weizermat 3600 XL and NelissenvanHeemstraLoveattack! will play not sure yet who when where

Phenomenal, but seriously extraordinaire Light Sculpture by Floris Bovee.

Caroline And Oscar will speaker/songwrite you along the lonely deserts

Menno Schenk: He is making big money....
Make live on demand design with an open source 3D Printer (Ultimaker) for 1 euro per minute. Make your own gun! you can download it from internet! Joris van Tubergen

Maarten van Maanen: Video about the facial expression of mankind.

TOT 2 photographic studio's making your portrait in a special way

Hula-hoop: Lola hoop: this girl will swirl like a pearl with a special dress made by mar-vellous.

Michel Willemsen: no party without this Fellah this time he even made the bar!

Rogier Roeters: Installation and video: a woman and a magician.

Urok Shirhan video: ‘one dollar bill’ and glue installation: ‘nieuw’

Avi Krispin shows a giant pickle sculpture for whirled peas

De Parasiet is trying to come.

IN THE SHOPS:

Hot mama hot will run an interactive art factory and have their store open all night for some bingo, little dancing and food.

Cindy Schriekenberg: solves the last problems of her career and you can pick up your solutions till noon in her problem solve shop *(first floor)

Merel Noorlander: will convert your denture into a souvenir. Take it home in a weckpot in formaldehyde or dance with it dangling on a necklace.

Melissa Cisneros and Ixchel Mendoza Mexican Mystic Healings sessions till midnight.

My Polar Ice gives you the opportunity to own a unique piece of history, you can get it in your vodka too and also buy Free Ai Wei Wei T-shirts, jeez this shop is a departure store!

Zoe D'amaro: Get blessed by the Holy Maria for only 50 cents! This blessing Maria is made out of a washing machine created by Marcos. Before the Magna Plaza Maria was standing in a bar in Italy, Marcos found his way to drink for free at the end of the week. Hallelujah!

Crack for your eyes: interactive light installation and photo exhibition.

HYM Concept Store exhibition with 10 designers who give old material a new dimension a video and choreographer: Kirsten Popkema

Vincent Boschma with a poetic Paper Mill in the window.

Always wanted to shoot something at the Magna Plaza? Let's Kill the Moonshine gives you the chance. Fight your demons and kill your darlings.

PiPS:lab: what it is, Keez can’t even really describe yet. That it's gonna be brilliant is as always a fact.

Mélangetrois: see how a fashion collection is made in one night, listen to the tunes of their musical muse WB and be amazed with the projections of Sonja Berkhout. This shop is always in Magna Plaza but made a special edition for the Nuit Blanche

Oficina Serenata: from 24:00 give these boys some personal information and they’ll write and perform you a custom made song.

Club Interbellum: PROTEST - OUTSOURCE gives the consumer a possibility to outsource his activism in Africa. One can buy a demonstration or graffiti text through the website http://www.actielab.nl/outsource/ for a special Magna plaza action discount. Efficient and easy engagement.


Juicy Details: taste your senses. Words just can't describe the loads that you can sense!

PIEK Selby Gildemacher: Duo Pasta ‘the revolution will not be televised’ specially made for Eddie the Eagle Shopping Center.

Robert Pennekamp: a visitor who dropped by and turned out to be a fantastic artist, he will show an installation with inflatable love dolls.

Jake Jacuzzi & Mickey Milanno live set Drum machine, saxofoon, mics, own tracks and some hits in between.

Programme times:
 
Central Hall:
 
START evening and TOAST diner every 2 hours 3 sessions starting from 10 p.m. till 6 a.m.

Round Doors:
 
22.00-23.30 DJ Bontjas
23.30-00.15 Avant la Lettre
01.00-02.00 Supercity
02.00-0300 DJ Collective Wezermat 3600XL
03.00-03.30 Manimal
03.30–06.00 DJThomas van der Plas 

THEATER Room:
 
22.00 - 23.30 DJ Collective Wezermat 3600XL
23.00 - 02.00 DJ Qiu Yan
02.00 - 03.00 Anatopia
03.00 - 03.30 Jake Jacuzzi & Mickey Milanno
03.30 - 04.15 Circue Karbonkel

CORRIDOR
 
from 21.00 till late
DJ Col.Wezermat 3600XL, DJ Buttcrack and Quartier Mustache
DjNelissenvanHeemstraLoveattack!

Because shopping can be even more fun!

   After the successful event held at muzyQ Amsterdam on 26th May, Eleven Events started a new collaboration with Nuit Blanche and Eddie the Eagle Museum in Amsterdam! Today we are going to present you briefly the project we are working on!

        Eddie the Eagle Museum


        In Magna Plaza Amsterdam you will find The Eddie the Eagle Shopping Center the whole month of June. The artistic shopping center within the a shopping center presents art, special experiences, scientific knowledge and other forms of creative experiments. Different shops have been taken over by artists who will use it as a work - and exhibition space, to produce and present their work. 

You just need to look around and you will recognize the temporary stores marked by an Eddie the Eagle Shopping Center-sign.

        Nuit Blanche 

On the 18th of June the Nuit Blanche festival takes place. For one whole night, from 7PM till 7AM, multiple art disciplines and creative experiments will pop-up at different locations around the city. The festival offers a wild journey through creative Amsterdam. Beautiful locations and hidden underground initiatives will be revealed. Also the Magna Plaza will open its door all night!

A passe-partout for Nuit Blanche costs 12 euro and can be purchased also at Magna Plaza during opening hours (second floor, look for the Eddie the Eagle Shopping Center- sign and ask the nice people sitting inside).

       We are happy we joined this great team and we hope we will see you at Magna Plaza during the opening hours and of course during the Nuit Blanche!

      We will come back with more details about the program and different events taking place at Magna Plaza during these days!

For more information find the "Eddie the Eagle Museum "  and "Nuit Blanche Amsterdam " on Facebook!

For the complete program of Nuit Blanche check out the website: www.nuitblancheamsterdam.nl

Any plans for tomorrow?

   Thursday, 26th May, Eleven Events is proud to present the event "Through the Eyes of a Child" in collboration with ROC and Brotherhood4Real. As you could see until now we wanted to introduce you to the artists who are going to perform tomorrow evening. Since there is only one day left until the event today is the perfect day to introduce you to Gino!

    Gino Cochise van Ligten (02 October 1990) was born in a very musical family, with his parents Julya Lo’’ko (professional singer) and Erwin van Ligten (professional guitarist). At the age of five Gino started playing the drums with more than passion.
   As Gino got older he got more experienced within music and broadened his talents with learning bass, percussion, guitar and  keyboard.  Gino – Cochise always heard music in his head and because he got better at playing these instruments Gino could realize his musical fantasies. With all these experiences, door after door opened for Gino Cochise, whereas this formed his dream.

  Go international with his own band, compose and produce and get acknowledgment as a worthy musician/drummer who appeals to people for his uniqueness and creativity. So far his highlight has been the price for best singer/songwriter of Holland 2010 in which he played along with the young and talented singer Nicole Bus, for whom he wrote two songs (Fly Away & More than life). He composed every part of these songs, from music to lyrics to vocals.

  Since 2011 his promising band “The Muffin Majors” is complete and is he ready to take over the world.

  On May 26, 2011 Gino – Cochise may show all his talents at his very first show: “Through the Eyes of a Child” at MuzyQ, Amsterdam.

For more info about the event and artists check the facebook page of Eleven Events

 @  http://www.facebook.com/11events or

follow us on twitter @ http://twitter.com/#!/eventseleven

Are you ready to meet Feliciana?

 This week is an important week for us at Eleven Events. Thursday we are waiting for all of you to join us and have a great experience at muzyQ Amsterdam. In order to get more familiar with the venue you can check the following link. http://www.muzyq.com/

  Today we are going to introduce you another great artist from the line-up of the event "Through the Eyes of a Child".

     Introducing Netherlands own miss Feliciana Cacciapuoti…


    This gifted singer by the young age of 19 is planning to take The Netherlands by storm, and soon to follow the whole world. Not only does this star on the rise have a unique voice, but she also writes her own lyrics and music. Her passion, beauty, talent and determination only point one way : to the top!!
It all started at the age of 7 when Feliciana played dressed-up, got into the roll of one of the Spice Girls and performed all of their songs in a surprisingly talented way for her age. While growing up in a house full of music , she was inspired by her fathers Italian, and her mothers Dutch influences. Her interest for music quickly developed into her passion and is currently turning into her way of life: “As a young creative being , I have the incredible hunger to express myself. If I couldn’t express myself creatively I would be a very sad and especially depressed person.”

    Feliciana is working as a singer/songwriter and writes besides for herself also for various artists from the UK and the US. “Writing is my therapy, my way of explaining my mindstate and my way of expressing my feelings.” Also Feliciana has her own production team called The Difference (www.myspace.com/thedifferenceofficial) with whom she works on her own repertoire.
As a performing artist Feliciana has already rocked the stage at big Dutch venues like Melkweg, Paradiso, Panama, and Supperclub.
    Next to doing her own repertoire Feliciana also performed as one of the backing vocalists of Aischa Traidia and is currently singing as one of the backings of La Melodia Vibing High (2007) , Electronic Love (2010) (www.lamelodia.com). Upon request she also did a successful showcase for one of the biggest record labels in the world, EMI, who have been interested in this artist ever since they heard her sing. This gifted singer has a lot to offer, no doubt in her mind she will soar straight to the top.

     We hope your ready,   

     because Feliciana is!

Every day a new story - Lola Green

        Time is passing by really fast when you are organising an event. As we already said in a previous post we are busy organising "Through the Eyes of a Child" in Amsterdam at MuzyQ on 26th May. After you read the story of Ironlaw we are happy to present you the stories of the ROC artists who are going to perform during the event. Today we are going to introduce you Lola Green.

    Lola Green, a promising name, was born in Paramaribo (Suriname).The now 19 year old Lola Green, wants to conquer the world. After doing so much singing related things, she seriously started her own projects. Keep an eye on here, with her passion, talent and perseverance she go through the roof.

   Lola Green was born with the name Altagracia Debra Leandra Nortan on 23 March 1990. From childhood on Lola Green was a singer, when she turned nine years old she started taking on piano lessons so she could guide her own songs. At age thirteen she started to go with music in depth, she sang at several choirs and was in a band with whom she performed regularly.

          How did she became Lola Green?

        As a child, Lola lived in a house which had a lot of green objects, which ultimately became her favorite color, hence green. Lola was her nickname and Lola decided to combine these two together , see Lola Green.

In 2007 Lola participated in the talent show Show & Prove where she won first prize with the song “Listen” by Beyonce, who is one of her inspirations at the same time.

       In 2008 Lola started at the Music Academy in Amsterdam, where she is in a backing vocal in the band Sarah Jane & The Xperience. Next to this band she starred in as a backing vocal in “Guzmania” on Veronica TV, Irma Derby (X- factor) an multiple other projects as backing vocal for the Breathing Bijlmer Band and on Sail, The Uitmarkt (start of the Dutch Culture season in Amsterdam), and in the Hieneken Music Hall for the Gospelfestival. She got workshops for a year from the Caribbean band Fra Fra Sounds and started with her own band by the end of 2009.Meanwhile she does unplugged shows and is focusing on writing her own songs.

   Lola Green is an open – minded lady who listens to R&B and Soul, but at the same time she is a rock – chick and jazz lover. Next to Beyonce Lola Green is being inspired by Erykah Badu, India Arie, Alicia Keys, Ledisi and Maxwell. If you listen to Lola Green perform, you hear these artists coming back in her repertoire as it has the fine tunes of India Arie and Maxwell, the entertainment and dance of Beyonce and the rock attitude!

 

    Be prepared Lola Green is ready to take over the world!

Official Biography of Lola Green

For Dutch version click: http://www.brotherhood4real.eu/over-brotherhood4real/de-mensen-achter-broterhood-4-real/het-productieteam/singer-songwriters/lola-green

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Let us introduce you Ironlaw

 

 As you all know already we are an events company and we are working on different projects. After the success with MasterPeace experience we started working on our next event. It is called "Through The Eyes Of a Child " and it is going to take place on 26th of May at muzyQ Amsterdam.
   In order to get you more familiar with what is going to happen that night and to pique your interest we are going to present you with the biographies of the artists performing that night and more details about the event during the next days.
  Today we are going to start by introducing you Ironlaw. A multi-talented artist who deserves all your attention, especially if you are looking for fresh, new upcoming artists.


Singer/songwriter, rapper/mc, composer and dancer Lawrence Irons was raised in the artistic center of Germany, Berlin, with an Afro-American father and German mother.Entertainment, music and dance was the domestic norm growing up in the rehearsal rooms of his father’s dance/theater school with the rhythms of rap, pop, jazz and r&b music surrounding his life.

To this day Lawrence’s musicality and personality has always demanded the center of attention, claiming the eyes and ears of the people who see or hear him perform.
Now for over a decade, Lawrence’s childhood pastime has become his profession, constantly creating new music and looking for the everlasting showcase that would bring satisfaction to him and his desires.

In 2001 he left Berlin for Rotterdam to study modern dance at the “Rotterdamse Dansakademie” (Codarts) where he graduated with a bachelor degree in 2005. He toured internationally, performed in numerous dance repertoires and worked with top choreographers during his education. In 2010 Lawrence joined “Dance Works Rotterdam/Andre Gingras” as a professional dancer.
He founded his own record label “Ironlaw-Entertainment” in 2008 under which he releases his work including his solo debute album “When I Look Back” in 2009. With the branch “Ironlaw-Education” he offers workshop experiences in dance and sports to public schools and the community.
Lawrence also produces and performes at parties called “Nu-Forms” in Rotterdam with dance improvisation, spoken words and live music and was co-producer and frontman in “Coalition Of The Wicked” who has been active in the Dutch crossover scene from 2004 till 2007.

   As “Ironlaw” he performed on countless venues as a singer/frontman, mc/host and dancer such as; Park Pop, Noorderslag, Vier Daagse, Uitmarkt, Pop Ronde, Bevrijdings Festival, Oranje Pop, Amsterdam Dance Event, Robodock Festival, Nu-Moon Festival, Holland Dance Festival etc.
Besides his music and dance career Lawrence participated in professional Thai Boxing competitions but gave this up while joining Dance Works Rotterdam/Andre Gingras.

   So as you can see, even if Ironlaw is not mainstream his involvement and devotion for the music and arts in general could serve as an example to many other mainstream artists.

   If we made you curious even a little bit than we are waiting for you to come and join us on 26th of May in Amsterdam and see what Ironlaw has been up to.

    To find more details about Ironlaw's albums and to hear his songs you can visit his website @ www.ironlaw-entertainment.com

   In order to stay up-to-date with this event and to find out first what prizes are going to be offered at our event follow us on twitter and facebook through the following links:
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MasterPeace Experience & Liberation Festivals

It is Monday again and Eleven Events is back in the office. If you question yourself why there was no post lately on our blog it is because we were busy working at the MasterPeace project.As you could read in a previous post on our blog MasterPeace is the most heart-warming peace project! To give a more clear idea we present you the MasterPeace Passion Statement:
 

MUSIC above FIGHTING,

DIALOGUE above JUDGEMENT,

BREAD above BOMBS and 

CREATION above DESTRUCTION.

On 5th May people in The Netherlands are celebrating the Liberation Day, a national holiday and a moment to think of the past, be grateful and also to think of what you can do for peace & liberty in the future.

We are very proud because this year we have collaborated with MasterPeace and we are satisfied with the results. A lot of people got the in "peace mood" at the MasterPeace tents at the Liberation Festivals.

There were a lot of activities going on that brought people together and encouraged them to join the MasterPeace campaign for peace - " Just do it!". Among these activities we can mention: 

The MasterPeace Dream, the Speed Mediation, the cartoons drawing workshop, the flash experience and of course the Peace Party at the end of the day.

If you want to check out the mood from the MasterPeace tent @ Bevrijdingsfestival in Haarlem follow the link for the pictures on flickr!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/masterpeace2014/with/5008033629/

World Peace is Possible! Just do it!

If you want to get involved in the MasterPeace project find out more about what you can do @ 

http://www.masterpeace.org/

 

It's all about creativity

Yesterday was the first day in the office for Eleven Events, under Rookie Entertainment International. We were really excited to start working on our projects but also about the "Fun in the Sun" activity.
All the teams within Rookie company were asked to put their creativity at work and discover which 3 products/ services can they trade with another team in order to get more out of the collaboration in the same company.
That made us all think which unique and useful services can we provide as a company to another business.All our different backgrounds and experiences make us unique and since we are an international group there were varied and plenty offers to be traded among the teams. The activity was a real success and we discovered that we have so much more to offer than we thought.

After all the teams traded their best ideas and services, as a closure to this activity we were asked to put together all the creative ideas that arise from this and create an event for the whole Rookie Entertainment International..
This is the concept with which the creative managers come up with:
We were able to create an event mainly focused on different workshops and activities traded by the teams like: - Recording
       - Kung fu workshop
       - Massage
       - Producing workshop
       - Rap workshop
       - Basketball
       - Teambuilding techniques
       - Dancing workshop
       - Acting
The event could end with a closing act which can be a mix within all the workshops that took place and could bring together all the people from the event.
The solutions for catering and transport also came from the trades between the teams. So the catering is going to be sponsored by the teams who had as a trade baking cakes, creating a barbecue and having a beer sponsor. For the transport we had a team who offered as a trade free train transportation to and from the event.
The ticket price will be  €15,- including free transport, food and drinks and of course the workshops.

What about peace?

Spring is here. Can you feel it? Can you see the enthusiasm in the eyes of people when they look around them and see that the whole nature is coming back to life ? We are full of energy and ready to jump in for MasterPeace. What about you?
As you already know the world is facing a lot of challenges especially when it comes about peace. Take a minute of your time and think that while you sit in the office, wait for the train or just have a chat in the sun with a good friend in another part of the world people are suffering due to the conflicts that occur in their countries.

 MasterPeace is a global project based on the collaboration between West and East countries, NGOs, companies, cities and social entrepreneurs.On 21st September 2014, the International Day of Peace, MasterPeace will become the most heartwarming peace project.Meanwhile different regional clubs from different countries will set up activities to bring people together in the communities to share their thoughts and translate them into actions.

 MasterPeace believes that people have the unique power to change society and the extraordinary potential to translate individual thoughts into collective acting. For these reasons, MasterPeace today is giving you both the opportunity and the challenge to be a co-owner of the campaign in your country and put your action and your dream into a greater global peace movement.

If you are an open-minded, creative and proactive individual or group of people that believes in giving back to the society, MasterPeace gives you the prospect to obtain a license to develop MasterPeace activities in your own community/city/school/university/region/ country.

 If you want to get involved and give peace a chance than visit the MasterPeace  website and choose from all the possibilities offered the one that suits you best! www.masterpeace.org 

 Also if you live in The Netherlands and you are interested in being a volunteer for Masterpeace during the Bevrijdingsfestival in Haarlem, Amsterdam, The Hague, Utrecht or Wageningen contact us via this blog, Twitter or Facebook page.

  Thank you for your interest and don't forget: “Peace is one of humanity’s most precious needs and our highest calling” Ban Ki-moon

360 Music Deals - How do YOU see it?

 

    We came by this article today and it made us think about the 360 Music Deals, how they became a trend in the music industry and what do artists really think about it.



   

  Tolu Olorunda -            Lupe’s Lasers: The Death Sentence for Major Record Labels

 (cultural critic and

    a former AHH

editorial columnist )

Speaking last Tuesday at Brooklyn’s Music Hall of Williamsburg, on the night of his fifth solo release, Shaolin Vs. Wu-Tang, legendary artist Raekwon listed a few pillars under which “real Hip-Hop” must fall—wittiness, slang, real-life value, lyrical worth, and a non-commercial edge. In case the concert audience had slumbered through the last item, he repeated with emphasis: “It’s got to be non-commercial!” On the same day, another prominent artist was living the reality of a music industry whose iron fist often tightens around the necks of those who refuse to submit and do as told. Lupe Fiasco’s Lasers dropped, following a tumultuous three-year delay no one saw coming.

After two superb albums released in the winter months of 2006 and 2007, all eyes fell upon the Chicago native to invade a territory only few have ever trudged; and for most fans, this represented less a demand and more an expectation. The last ten years had produced in Rap no fresher voice, no wittier mind, and it just seemed inevitable—that time would do him justice, and the ladder of quality would stretch higher on his behalf (especially since the sophomore curse had so eluded him in an age of ephemerality), and that with a third album he might possibly accomplish in ways a predecessor had tragically failed (Illmatic, It Was Written… I Am), successfully dodging the deadly commercial darts flying his way: darts which pierce with determination, rendering great artists casualties of early success; more importantly, repeated success which upset the logic of cemented probability, which undo tried and true equations record labels have built castles upon: Street Consciousness + Social Courage + Lyricism = Billboard Disaster.

Fans, it turns out, were wrong; and just like his predecessor, Lupe is now staring at an impasse, unable to reconcile his third effort with the two classics of a not too distant past. And his fingers have for the last few weeks been pointing in one direction—the record label, Atlantic Records, which signed him in 2004 to a rumored six-album deal. This is the label’s album, Lupe has been chanting to music websites for a few days now. Even when the success of his first official single, “The Show Goes On,” is raised, Lupe seems hardly moved, explaining to Chicago Sun-Times columnist Thomas Conner: “It’s their record. My words, their music. They forced this song to be a No. 1 single, and that's what they got. I can't take any credit for it.”

Conner spoke with him earlier this month, and extracted some painfully brutal remarks from an artist half-ashamed of his work, which he says is “very abstract. I had to create this commercial art that appeases the corporate side. I had to acquiesce to certain forces. Hopefully within that I snuck in some things I actually wanted to say any way I can.” Lupe explained with the commercial success of his first two records an inebriating confidence overwhelmed him, so he walked into the boardrooms expecting a bump in the budget, to replicate on a grander scale the formula which had defied odds and proved viable twice in a row.

Soon enough, however, he wised up to the chicanery at hand and canceled all other futile meetings. Atlantic one-upped and froze his budget, then began taunting his dignity, telling him not to “rap too deep on this record,” to play it safe. “That was a specific order from the top. ‘You're rapping too fast or too slow, or it's too complex’.” Atlantic also wanted the superstar, whose light was brightening each passing day, to sign a 360 deal, which would stick the label’s fingers into his pockets on any commercial venture. When he budged, the overlords, not used to unservile artists, struck harder: “I was told, ‘Because you didn't sign this 360 deal, we may or may not push your record’.”

Sometimes, living in a world like this

It’s pretty hard not to go insane

Not pretty if you don’t comply

Pretty easy if you don’t complain

What a strange creature Lupe must have seemed—a young, Black artist who didn’t sign every dotted line put before him. The dregs of Atlantic dragged out this years-long process, as fans kept chasing down fleeting rumors about completed albums which might never see the light of day.

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Frederick Douglass was right about Power and Demand; and more than ever before it seems painfully evident that everyday people—fans and supporters—truly have the power to weaken the knees of corporate giants who need them far more than they care to admit, for without the hard-earned dollars of the multitude, which carelessly disperse their scraps on CDs, ringtones, concert tickets, and merchandise, the bottom line checks out. Regrettably, the great gods of illiteracy have so systematically humbled the masses that, these days, most blindly and gleefully accept s**tfor breakfast—gouging on recycled waste without a thought. Responsibility, then, falls upon the conscious to ratchet up the momentum, never letting up until all demands are met; only then would the scales fall from the eyes of the blind, and a true revolution of values sweep through the industry, setting free our many captive artists.

 If you are curious to find out the entire story follow the link: http://allhiphop.com/stories/editorial/archive/2011/03/14/22610119.aspx

           
               We also want to share 2 interesting video's on this theme with you. One from a music lawyer's point of view and one from the executive vice president of the Warner  Music Group.

                                                             Jay Cooper

 Kevin Liles

 

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Social media and the Dutch market

   This week we became active in the social media as a company. Since we are young professionals this is the best tool we can use to invite people to discover more about us. That is why we were curious to find out more about the use of social media in The Netherlands.

  

Below you can read some facts we found during our research about the influence of social media in the Dutch market:

   Report Overview

The Netherlands has extraordinarily high internet penetration with 82.9% of the country’s population having internet access and mostly via broadband. Compared to global and European penetration, Holland has a much higher percentage of its population surfing the internet than most other countries. You can see from the figures below, just how wide the gap is:

  Most important networks

Because almost everybody has a reliable broadband Internet connection in the Netherlands, social media has grown fast. Not only the international ones, but also the “locals”:

     Hyves – Dutch social network

• 9,000,000 members in NL
• 2 / 3 minimum monthly logs
• 8 million unique monthly visits
• 6.5 billion page views per month
• Average age 27 years
• 80% = 13 to 34
• 66% = 35 to 49
• 30% = 50+

       Facebook – international social network

• 250 million active users,
• avg. 120 Friends
• 70% outside USA
• 120 million visits daily Facebook
• Facebook every day 600,000 new accounts
• Particular growth> 35 years of age
• 1 billion photos uploaded per month,
• 10 million videos
• 30 million mobile Facebook
• In the Netherlands from 236,000 to 1,031,000 (Feb. 09)

   

         

         LinkedIn – international business network

• 44 million members
• 1 new member per second (86,000 per day)
• half outside USA
• The average LinkedIn user is a man of 41 with 15 years experience
• In the Netherlands 1.5 million members
    
  Twitter – international microblog site
  
• 400,000 members in the Netherlands
  
  
  As we can see social media has a great impact on the Dutch market so we will make use of this strength in order to reach a larger audience and to spread our message.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The facts presented above are related to the social media channels we are active in. For more information and a complete report check out the below link:http://eccosocialmedia.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/netherlands-the/