Sadly fashion week in Los Angeles has come to an end, for the time being at least. I couldn’t, however, have thought of a better way to wrap it all up then to attend Friday night’s Project Ethos event. Project Ethos is an annual affair that merges music, fashion, and art all into one venue for one creativity packed evening. According to the Project Ethos team, “The goal is to furnish opportunity for featured participants, as well as arrange a truly invigorating experience for an event goer.”
More Than 5,500 Gather for Brass Band Blowout Under Claiborne Bridge New Orleans, LA – October 23, 2010 – Four brass bands—Free Agents, The Stooges, To Be Continued (TBC) and Soul Rebels—marched through the historic Tremé neighborhood, followed by a traditional New Orleans second-line parade, to center stage at Red Bull Street Kings, a brass band blowout under the Claiborne Bridge. One-by-one, each band performed in front of more than 5,500 energized fans, spectators and music lovers, each vying for the crown of Red Bull Street Kings. In the end, it was The Stooges who prevailed over the grueling competition.
Hip-hop was center stage Thursday night at Red Bull’s Big Tune Los Angeles competition as 12 of Los Angeles’ brightest up-and-coming beat makers went head-to-head in a single-elimination competition judged by audience applause. The winner and runner-up from the competition earned a ticket to the Chicago Big Tune finals where they will battle other producers for an opportunity to collaborate with a hip-hop legend. Previous Big Tune winners married their beats to lyrics by Nas, Young Buck, and most recently Ghost Face Killah.
The event, held at the world famous El Rey theater, raised over $3700 and all proceeds will go towards buying music production equipment for select LAUSD after school programs.