May 5th, 2010
Falling off the Deep End
For lots of reasons doing things different makes people squirm. Either your a genius or you have fallen off the deep end. Either way, there is risk in different. Society has taught us that to be successful you need to keep your head down, plug away, and do what your told. History on the other hand tells us something very different. Columbus, Thomas Edison, Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks are all examples of people who fell off of the deep end. Heck, some of them jumped off a spring board into a deep end that had no water.
In the world of art and life there is no excuse for staying in the shallow end other than being comfortable. Success might come, success might not, but your just gonna plug away until it does. I was talking with Caleb, one of our Street Team members, and asked him who he was listening to musically right now. Mute Math is a band that came up in the conversation. Mute Math is a band that plays around in the deep end of the pool musically. They try to push the envelope in live performance as well as in their music videos. Lots of people might now know who they are, and many may not enjoy their music, but either way, they are splashing around in the deep sans water noodles.
This music video for the song “Typical” is anything but. The whole video was recorded backwards. They memorized the singing, the drumming, the guitar playing backwards. All of the actions and lip movements line up because they recorded everything backwards and played it forwards (or the other way around… Im confused…). Either way, watch it and be inspired.
(They disabled embedding on this video, so you gotta check it out by this link)
The making of:
The next video is them playing live on Conan O’Brien. The first few mins are like most other performances, but once it gets to the end, they create some interesting stuff. Most bands that play on late shows, while good, are generally pretty boring. This is anything but that. They put on a show and it is awesome.
Ladies and gents. Take a dip in the deep end. From school to work to family life, jump in. The deep end is not for the anti-risk takers or those who want to be safe, but for those who want to shake things up, create something different, and find success.
P.s. If you are looking at this post on Facebook, click on view original post so you can see the video.
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