| Balloon Hats - 151 sec
Episode #40
For the last several years, I have had a special relationship with a Styrofoam Head. We get along very well and never argue (in part because she rarely talks back.) When I have free time or am procrastinating or trying to de-stress, I practice making balloons hats. The Styrofoam Head models them and I take photos so I remember the design. Some are very practical designs that I will make while working at parties; some are theoretical, testing what the balloon is capable of doing.
The main point is simply to practice, to keep my chops up and to come up with new ideas. Practice, no matter what the craft, is one of the most beautiful things in the world because it allows you to check out of reality, become completely absorbed in discovery and growth, and then you return to reality reenergized and refreshed.
I have made 1000's of hats for/with the Styrofoam Head over the years and have never really shared them before. Here are around 40 or so, made between 2003 and last week.
The music is an instrumental version of the J. Brown Boogie by Unpopable, which you can download here for free:
http://www.unpopable.com/J.B.B_Instru.mp3
(You can buy the original version with vocals on Itunes)
Addi
p.s. I have recently started giving private balloon hat classes via video conferencing. If you are interested write me at twist@balloonhatclass.com and we can figure it out.
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| Balloon Bass Loop City - 169 sec
Episode #39 - Addi visits his friend Joey Maramba and plugs his balloon bass into Joey's effect pedals to do the classic improv/experiment combo.
Check out more of Joey at: http://ninjaacademy.com/
Check out more balloon bass action at:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=LdJTIwFokqA
http://youtube.com/watch?v=IqCUbS9zMAY
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-UnZLN3aYZs
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| Charlie the Photographer - 220 sec
#38 - Back in the day, Addi traveled to 34 countries with photographer Charlie Eckert. The goal was to make balloon hats for people and take photos of them with the goal of showing that laughter is universal emotion. Check out the photos at http://balloonhat.com/
Now nearly 10 years after they stopped traveling, Charlie is a photojournalist in NYC and Addi is still a balloon guy in LA.
After a recent balloon job in NYC, Addi shot this short film about his old friend's new life, work and philosophy.
For more of Charlie's photos, please visit:
http://charleseckert.com/
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| How to Make a Big Balloon Star - 228 sec
Episode #38 - Expanding from the flower pedals in taught in episode #37, Addi shows how to make a quick, big, hip and profitable balloon star.
Learn how to make the flower pedals/center of star here:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=hoYuVOZTEfw
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| Balloon Medicine: How to Make a Flower for a Sick Friend - 241 sec
"Balloon Medicine: How to Make a Flower for a Sick Friend"
Episode #36
featuring the Music of Alanna Lin
http://www.myspace.com/fascinoma
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| Balloon Stripper Luau - 170 sec
Episode #35 - Addi gets hired to decorate both a strip club and the strippers.
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| Balloon Man Visits The Nursing Home - 129 sec
Episode #34: "Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many." ~ Anonymous Quotation
Music by the Evangentials from their new album, Everlovin'
Check them out at http://www.evangenitals.com/
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| Homemade Horns with Ralph Carney - 350 sec
Episode #33 - Ralph Carney on Slide Clarinet and Addi on Homemade Balloon Horn - They meet for the first time in the studio and do a lil Show and Tell + Improv Jam.
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| Balloon Hat Graffiti - 185 sec
Episode #32 - Amazing graffiti artist Cern One of the YMI Crew spray paints one of Addi's balloon hat photos on the streets of Brooklyn.
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| Balloon Hat Double Dutch Contest - 171 sec
Episode #31 - Addi visits a school in South Central Los Angeles and instigates a the first ever Balloon Hat Double Dutch Contest
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| Balloon Twister as Philosopher / Role Model - 298 sec
Episode #30 - Addi talks to a group of high school students for Career Day about how to follow your dreams and making a living at the same time.
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| Water Balloon Experiments - 131 sec
Episode #29: Backyard R &D - a Floation Device and a Blob
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| Rubber Tree Ensemble - 107 sec
Episode #28 - Addi's Dream Band - all balloon instruments, all amazing musicians... We have never played together at the same time, but I hope to be get us all in the same town and book a gig soon...
To book us, email: addi@balloonbass.com
The Rubber Tree Ensemble
Addi Somekh - Balloon Bass
Stan Wood - Vibraband (Balloon Trumpet)
Pablo Calogero - Balloon Flutes
Fran Holland - Balloon Organ
Gabriel "Frontrow" Roland - Balloon Drums
Danny Frankel - Coiloons (metal suspended in balloons)
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| Shoot Out at Dimples - 108 sec
Epispde #27 - An archery master, a contortionist and a balloon twister attempt the ultimate collaboration.
See more about Bob Markworth and Mayana at www.shoot-to-miss.com
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| Stomp Out! - 90 sec
Episode 26 - The Dark Side of Balloons - Greed, Competition and Unsportsmanlike Conduct...
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| C.B.I (Custom Balloon Installation) - 142 sec
Episode 25 - Addi visits a music festival in Newport, Rhode Island in order to build abstract balloon decorations in the VIP lounge.
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| Balloon Bass Band - "Sneaky 'n' Sleazy" by Unpopable - 208 sec
Episode #24 - Balloon Bass Music Video by Unpopable
Addi Somekh: Balloon Bass
Henry Bermudez: Guitar
From their new album "The Gift/Curse Combo" available at http://www.unpopable.com and on Itunes (do a search of Unpopable)
Filmed by C. Thomas Lewis http://www.charlietango.biz
Edited by Peter D Taylor http://markclip.tv
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| Balloon Auto Repair - 143 sec
Episode #23 - After breaking down in the middle of nowhere, Addi discovers he can fix his car using balloons.
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| Balloon Bass Live in NYC with Kenny Wollesen on Drums - 186 sec
Episode #22 - Addi Somekh on Balloon Bass and Kenny Wollesen on drums - live improvisation at Rockwood Music Hall in NYC..... more at www.unpopable.com
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| Everyone is an Artist - 252 sec
Episode #21 - After seeing the balloon hat slide show with photos from around the world, a group of kids draw their own artistic interpretations of balloon hat action.
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