And now a quick look at music artist Oren Lavie! I decided to bring him into the limelight after recently seeing that his music video for ”Her Morning Elegance” has gained popularity.

Perhaps his video of “Her Morning Elegance” has been on the charts for a while now, but I just looked at Yahoo’s top music videos, and I noticed that this music video was number 2! I could not believe it; I had no clue that people even knew what this song was! It turns out that I have been a little of out the loop; apparently it was nominated for a 2010 Grammy Award for “Best Short Form Music Video.”

I first found this song back in, oh when was it, July of 2009 maybe? I fell in love with the song first, but I loved the video as well.  It is done in a stop-motion style and featured Shir Shomrom, a beautiful Israeli born model/actress. My friend had done a stop-motion video for an interview process and I had just made one of my own as well, so I knew how much work must have been put into making this video. Granted, it may not have been as much work as other flashier videos, but there was a lot of effort and art put behind the creation of the video. I tend to like simple videos the best – like OKgo‘s “Here She Goes Again“.

So, who is this Oren Lavie guy? He is an Israeli singer, playwright, songwriter, and theatre director. He was born in 1976 in Tel Aviv. He went to London in 1998 to study theatre directing at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and after he graduated, two of his plays were produced in many London theatres. He then moved to New York in 2001, but soon went to Berlin (2003) to produce his own recordings. His first album, The Opposite Side of the Sea, was released in Europe in January and February 2007, and in the United States in March 2009.

From the USA’s point of view, it was a slow start for Oren, but I think that all of his hard work has finally paid off. I am very happy for him and his successes.

What started out as a way for an old band to get back together, turned into a real reality check for STS. People are “Under Pressure” everywhere and need to be aware and hopefully act locally.

This video was created after the band played a memorial gig for a friend who passed away, and it got them thinking. Why not create a video to go along with the theme of this great tune, “Under Pressure”, originally performed by Queen and David Bowie?

Credit goes to guitarist John Whitcore who suggested submitting the video to Avid Technology’s video contest and donating the winnings to a local charity or shelter.  They also wanted to get their kids to understand and get involved, so they ended up doing their part by being our on-camera talent.

Steve Centorino explained, “We thought the message was timely.  If we can get people to at least think about it, then we’ve accomplished something.”

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STS  is:  Steve Centorino, Joe Calbro, Dana Ruzicka and John Whitcore.

Make sure you take good care of your music.

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Take a tour. . .

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