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Macklemore and Ryan Lewis Interviewed On Growing Up In Seattle's Outdoors
by natureconservancy 17,797 views
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis discuss what it was like growing up in Seattle's outdoors. Watch as they discuss growing up on Capitol Hill in Seattle and how nature's beauty influenced them. Mackelmore describes how he started rapping and freestyling when he was hanging out at parks at night. Spending time outdoors is what shaped him, how will it shape you?
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis want to know, "What Would You Do For Earth?"
Visit http://allhandsonearth.org and tell them.
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MACK: Hows it going, I am Macklemore.
RYAN: I am Ryan Lewis.
MACK: What will you do for earth? I grew up on Capitol Hill in Seattle, and it's amazing to actually compare Seattle with the rest of country and the rest of the world in terms of nature and beauty where you have mountains in the distance. You have water right there. You have trees. You have this vibrant green. You have kind of the best of all worlds on a sunny day.
RYAN: You know, coming out of the Northwest and that environment to shoot Hip Hop videos it's a little atypical of a place to be, you know, do you go out into different environments in terms of writing or being creative I think that we've had the opportunity to go up into, you know, the Cascades, go to Levinworth, Washington, like Washington where we're from has so much to offer in terms of just intense, epic surroundings.
MACK: You know, I grew up in the 80s, so it was really before this age of technology that gave you purpose and reason to stay inside all the time. Like we kicked it. We played games. We did sports. Everything was done outside, so there was an appreciation for nature just kind of why would you want to stay indoors. You know, like one kid in like a four block radius had a Nintendo. There was no Internet. There was no computers. There was like cops and robbers, capture the flag. Let's use our imagination and kick it outside, and I think that that's something that's unfortunately kind of lost in this generation of we have so many distraction on an immediate level indoors. A big part of my upbringing in terms of making Hip Hop music was at parks because we were too young to kick it at our parent's house, you know, it'd be Friday night, and that's where you'd end up was a Seattle park, and that's where I really started rapping was, you know, freestyling was in Seattle parks, so I have a long lineage of kind of finding out who I am really via the outdoors. -
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Xavier Rudd Supports The Nature Conservancy
by natureconservancy 2,749 views
http://www.natureaustralia.org.au/
Singer-songwriter, musician, activist and surfer Xavier Rudd is considered to be an iconic voice in Australian music. Watch Xavier do a live version of "Follow the Sun" and explain why he supports The Nature Conservancy and the All Hands on Earth Music movement, where we're uniting millions in support of a healthy planet. -
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Tinariwen Supports The Nature Conservancy
by natureconservancy 2,515 views
Calling themselves "poet-guitarists and soul rebels from the Southern Sahara desert," Tinariwen's members began playing music together in the 1980s in and around the town of Tamanrasset in southern Algeria.
See them sing "Takest Tamidaret (aka Issekad)" and talk about their connection to the All Hands Music campaign.
Check the project out at www.allhandsonearth.org
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Transcript:
Tinariwen Supports The Nature Conservancy
We are Tinariwen, and we are ready, and also very proud and conscious to participate in the protection of the environment.
There are two albums that have been recorded in the desert before this one, but creating a studio in the middle of the desert, it's very complicated for the sound engineers, for the electricity, for certain things. It's not easy. But for us every time we have the means to record in the desert that's always what we want to do.
We tried to play music like people before us without stress, without the bad air of the studio.
From time to time when you are attached and you bond with nature and the environment it gives you a lot of strength, and the strength that it gives you always gives you faith. You think about life and you believe in it.
In my family I am the first to have gone to the city. When someone is born or grows up in nature he always has a story with nature. Even if there were a catastrophe in the world you'd find yourself back in nature and see there is no problem.
We live in the environment because we have nothing but the environment. All of our life comes from the environment, from nature. -
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Raphael Saadiq and Tha Boogie - The Nature Conservancy
by natureconservancy 1,608 views
Raphael Saadiq and Tha Boogie- "Can't Jig Anymore"
Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, musician and producer Raphael Saadiq was named to the 2012 TIME 100, the magazine's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Pop/Alternative duo Tha Boogie fuses elements of rock, hip hop, R&B and funk to create a futuristic sound all their own. They support The Nature Conservancy's All Hands on Earth Music movement, which is uniting millions for a healthy planet. -
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Glen Hansard Supports The Nature Conservancy
by natureconservancy 7,899 views
Glen Hansard - "Love Don't Leave Me Waiting"
Born in Ireland, Glen Hansard is an Academy Award-winning songwriter, vocalist and guitarist. Glen supports The Nature Conservancy and the All Hands on Earth Music movement, where we're uniting millions for a healthy planet. -
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Abigail Washburn and Kai Welch - The Nature Conservancy
by natureconservancy 2,261 views
Join Abigail and Kai Welch in supporting the Nature Conservancy. Abigail's story of climbing the Grand Tetons changed her perspective on nature. It taught her how to handle the challenges of life and humanity. Listen to her story of how her saving grace is beautiful nature and find out how you can help preserve it by taking place in the all hands on earth challenge at http://allhandsonearth.org
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Portugal. The Man and The Nature Conservancy
by natureconservancy 1,052 views
Portugal. The Man - "All Your Light"
Based in Portland, Oregon, Portugal. The Man is a rock band first founded in Wasilla, Alaska. They support The Nature Conservancy and the All Hands on Earth Music movement, where we're uniting millions for a healthy planet. -
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Ryan Bingham and The Nature Conservancy
by natureconservancy 16,732 views
Ryan Bingham - "Too Deep to Fill"
Ryan Bingham supports The Nature Conservancy. He is one of the many artists who is donating his talent in support of the All Hands on Earth movement, where we are uniting millions for a healthy planet. -
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Blind Pilot Supports The Nature Conservancy
by natureconservancy 2,604 views
Blind Pilot - "Just One"
Blind Pilot once did a West Coast tour, from Washington to San Diego, riding bikes and pulling their instruments on homemade trailers. So yeah, they're pretty much perfect for The Nature Conservancy's All Hands Music movement.
Watch them sing a gorgeous acoustic version of "Just One" and explain why they support All Hands Music.
Meet all the artists at http://nature.org/music -
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La Santa Cecilia Supports The Nature Conservancy
by natureconservancy 203 views
La Santa Cecilia - "Vengo"
Latin Grammy Award nominees La Santa Cecilia perform an amazing live version of the song "Vengo" and explain why they're supporting The Nature Conservancy and the All Hands on Earth Music movement that's uniting millions for a healthy planet.
See all the artists that are a part of All Hands Music at http://nature.org/music -
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La Santa Cecilia Apoya TNC
by natureconservancy 243 views
La Santa Cecilia - "Vengo"
Latin Grammy Award nominees La Santa Cecilia perform an amazing live version of the song "Vengo" and explain why they're supporting The Nature Conservancy and the All Hands on Earth Music movement that's uniting millions for a healthy planet.
See all the artists that are a part of All Hands Music at http://nature.org/music
