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IMAGINE OWNING A CAMCORDER. IMAGINE MAKING VIDEOS IN YOUR BASEMENT. IMAGINE INTERVIEWING YOUR FAVORITE BANDS BECAUSE... YOU'RE A FAN. DOING IT YOURSELF !
THAT IS WHAT PUNK EMPIRE HAS BEEN ABOUT FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS. VIDEOS BY THE FANS AND FOR THE FANS.
NO MONEY. NO SPONSOR. NO ADVERTISING. NO COMPETITION. NO REVENUE.
WE ARE ANONYMOUS. WE DO NOT PROMOTE OURSELVES.
ANONYMITY DOES NOT MEAN SECRETIVENESS. IT MEANS HUMILITY. IT MEANS NOT TRYING TO BECOME. IN OTHER WORDS, WE DO NOT SWIM -- WE FLOAT.
WE WELCOME YOU TO DISCOVER OUR VIDEOS.
WE ARE A NON-LUCRATIVE, FLOATING, DIY MUSIC VIDEOMAGAZINE.
THE LIMITS ARE IN YOUR MIND.
''Don't hate the media, be the media !'' -Jello Biafra
READ ON...
THAT IS WHAT PUNK EMPIRE HAS BEEN ABOUT FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS. VIDEOS BY THE FANS AND FOR THE FANS.
NO MONEY. NO SPONSOR. NO ADVERTISING. NO COMPETITION. NO REVENUE.
WE ARE ANONYMOUS. WE DO NOT PROMOTE OURSELVES.
ANONYMITY DOES NOT MEAN SECRETIVENESS. IT MEANS HUMILITY. IT MEANS NOT TRYING TO BECOME. IN OTHER WORDS, WE DO NOT SWIM -- WE FLOAT.
WE WELCOME YOU TO DISCOVER OUR VIDEOS.
WE ARE A NON-LUCRATIVE, FLOATING, DIY MUSIC VIDEOMAGAZINE.
THE LIMITS ARE IN YOUR MIND.
''Don't hate the media, be the media !'' -Jello Biafra
READ ON...
About Me:
I am the founder and director of Punk Empire, a DIY project created in 1994.
On our DIY Channel, we film and document different musical scenes such as: punk and hardcore; indie-rock, roots-rock; jazz; soul; and just about any music done passionately. For us, music is universal. Creation is the only genre. Documentation is our contribution.
We've been archiving different types of artists the DIY way for 15 years.
''Punk rock is not really a style of music, it was more like a state of mind.'' -Mike Watt
We document record collectors, record conventions, record stores, music history teachers, ...and the power that ignited passion in each and every one of them.
Our work is free for your viewing pleasure. Our activities are non-lucrative. We are proud to be an exemplary Do-It-Yourself (DIY)* organization.
''The art lover promotes culture as a universal value, because he can never own it'' -Jean Baudrillard
For those unfamiliar with DIY punk ethics, come have a look at an honnest, open minded, subworld not driven by financial gain but by sheer passion. We are sincere volunteers of our communities.
''You can play a shoestring if you're sincere.'' -John Coltrane
Like Folk music, our videos are made BY the people and FOR the people. Like the Blues, they are raw and authentic. Like Jazz, they are improvised. Like Rhythm and Blues, we pour our hearts and souls into them. We do our best to capture the present moment on stage or on the street. Music is our passion.
Our technique is easy and fair: A one-shot take, a tripod and an easy video edit. We wish to document authenticity this way. Less is more. Anyone can do this. We are. You can do it too. Do it yourself and do it well with self-respect.
''I think the media is art''-Andy Warhol
We think lives worth living are lives worth documenting. Do you not agree ?
''If there's no audience, there just ain't no show.''-Chilliwack
And we are the audience. Artists go on tour and want to connect with us and we want to connect with them. We meet at a crossroad together.
Documenting is our way to give back and to participate creatively in the process. Everything we do is simple. We are here to support artists and wish them the best because we think they sincerely deserve it. Not only do we support them but we want to document how we support them. Just like a photo album ! Except we do it on video. We archive.
It is often said that the vinyl LP was the last authentic feeling to get from Rock and Roll history. We hope our videos eventually make people feel the same way. Every passing day turns our videos into music archives for tomorrow's new fan.
Videos are like LP's; they give you the impression of connecting with the past.
For the first time in history, it is possible for the music fans of today to connect with the music fans of tomorrow. We hope kids in a hundred years get to watch our work and see what it was like to be kids like us. The phenomenon is already in motion. Kids worldwide, who weren't even born when we started this project and who are now between 10-16 years-old, are watching our videos right now, as you read this, and leaving us interesting feedback.
PUNK EMPIRE members are more than music fans; they are missionaries. We hope our channel inspires you as much as these quotes inspire us daily.
''If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done'' -Ludwig Wittgenstein
Thank you for watching!
''I figured out that the interview and the media was a way of teaching. If you talk to people as if they were future buddhas that any bad karma coming out of it will be their problem rather than yours, so you can say anything you want, and you talk on about the highest level possible''-Allen Ginsberg
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*DIY:
Do it yourself, often referred to by the acronym DIY, is a term used by various communities that focus on people creating things for themselves without the aid of paid professionals.
DIY subculture encourages people to take technologies into their own hands to solve needs.
In recent years, the term DIY has taken on a broader meaning. Today, DIY is associated with the international alternative and punk scenes.
These subcultures strive to blur the lines between creator and consumer by constructing a social network that ties users and makers closer together.
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Authorizations received from the record labels, bands, concert promoters, who believe in our ideas. We thank you.
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WE'VE BEEN UNDERGROUND FOR 15 YEARS.
WE ARE WORD OF MOUTH. THIS WAY, MONEY IS NOT INVOLVED ON OUR SIDE, ON YOUR SIDE OR ON THE ARTISTS SIDE. ISN'T GREAT TO DISCOVER THINGS YOURSELF WITHOUT ANY MONEY BEING SPENT ?
Hometown:
Montreal
Country:
Canada
Hobbies:
We like quotes: ''We are going to emancipate ourselves from mental slavery because whilst others might free the body, none but ourselves can free the mind. Mind is your only ruler, sovereign. The man who is not able to develop and use his mind is bound to be the slave of the other man who uses his mind.''-Marcus Garvey (1937)_____________________________ "White men are taught to keep away from things because of ownership, not because of respect. In the old days, indians did not have locks on their doors, there was no stealing. We did not take things, out of respect. Owning things is what the white people's lives are about. Every ad you see tells you something is new and what you have is no good, what you don't have is new and better. You build fences around your yards and measure the ground to see if your neighbor's fence is one inch too close to your house. You give nothing away unless you can get something in return. White people have an endless hunger. They want to consume everything and make it part of them. Even if they don't own it physically, they want to own it spiritually. This is what is happening with indians now. The white people want to own us spiritually. Before, you wanted to make us you. But now you are unhappy with who you are, so you want to make you into us. You want our ways so you can say you are spiritual. You are now trying to become white Indians."-Quote from an Indian elder_____________________________ "What is best in creative mental activity cannot be produced by any system of monetary rewards. Opportunity and the stimulus of an invigorating spiritual atmosphere are important, but, if they are present, no financial inducements will be required. All the most important work springs from an uncalculating impulse, and is best promoted, not by rewards after the event, but by circumstances which keep the impulse alive and afford scope for the activities which it inspires." -Bertrand Russell (1918)_____________________________''You're hurting no one, you're meaning good. If that's a problem, i'm a problem.'' -Johnny Rotten of The Sex Pistols_____________________________
Movies:
"Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is nonexistent. And dont bother concealing your thievery—celebrate it if you feel like it. In any case, always remember what Jean-Luc Godard said: Its not where you take things from—its where you take them to." -Jim Jarmusch
Music:
Listen to The Beatles. Dylan. The Rolling Stones. Everything on vinyl from Aa to Zz including Mozart and Beethoven. Get yourself a turntable. It's more fun, take our word. Then, buy yourself the Top 1,000 albums of all time. You'll have fun for the rest of your life, we garantee it. There's been enough good music recorded in the last 100 years to last us a lifetime of old new discoveries.
Books:
Read the biographies of Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs. Discover the Beat generation. Discover the Wisdom of the Native Americans. Discover Jiddu Krishnamurti. Discover Baba Ram Das. Read Spinoza's Ethics, Nietzsche's Also sprach Zarathustra. Read Bertrand Russell and Noam Chomsky. Read Alexander Berkman's ABC of anarchism. Question everyting. Your questions will move world conscience forward. Consciousness is a word often used in everyday speech to describe being awake and aware - responsive to the environment, in contrast to being asleep or in a coma. World conscience is the idea that with global communication we as a people will no longer be estranged from one another, whether it be culturally, ethnically, or geographically. Instead, we will approach the world as a place in which we all live, and with newly gained understanding of each other we will begin to make decisions based on what is beneficial for all people._____________________________"The mind has to be empty to see clearly." -Jiddu Krishnamurti
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Many Thanks for your comments, much appreciated.
Best Regards,
Andrew.
(And tell the girl there's no reason for her to be shy of camera, she's 5/5*. :)