The VOCAL Times: Issue No.2
This second issue of The VOCAL Times continues alphabetically on to B. With the sad realization that the inspirer has become an in uencer and the immense di erence that this presents as a reference for creativity, we embrace originality that achieves reach to spotlight those with integrity and true skill.
This second issue of The VOCAL Times continues alphabetically on to B. With the sad realization that the inspirer has become an in uencer and the immense di erence that this presents as a reference for creativity, we embrace originality that achieves reach to spotlight those with integrity and true skill.
In our brave new world where the brilliant few strive to be heard above the banal many, a nger can be pointed at the digital soapbox that thinks itself the vocal equal of genuine authority. Commentary dressed as insight fuels inspired delusion, contributing to an entitled mass lacking experience – a hustle that generates an appreciation of process over prize.
But B ain’t for beef, and so we steer clear of the blog to take a look at a range of creatives that truly inspire and in uence. We explore various art forms and learn how passion can engage and converse with an unknown audience. If B were for brilliance, it would allow the perfect introduction to the artistic collaborator for this issue: Swanski.
Mau5trap Artist ATTLAS Launches Single “Aspen” at Microsoft x Deadmua5 Listening Party
Last night, mau5trap artist ATTLAS launched his new single “Aspen” for a private audience at the Microsoft x deadmau5 listening party hosted at the Microsoft Lounge in Venice, CA. ATTLAS wrote the single during the mau5trap bu5 tour using Microsoft Surface software.
Last night, Mau5trap artist ATTLAS launched his new single “Aspen” for a private audience at the Microsoft x deadmau5 listening party hosted at the Microsoft Lounge in Venice, CA. ATTLAS wrote the single during the mau5trap bu5 tour using Microsoft Surface software.
The night started with DJ Jacob Plant spinning tunes while guests were treated to an open bar and delicious appetizers, including mini shrimp tacos! Thavius Beck then moderated a Q+A session with ATTLAS, where ATTLAS revealed how his love for music began (he started as a pianist!) to the moment he first met deadmau5–mid-performance on stage, deadmau5 kicks the back of ATTLAS’ knee waving a piece of equipment they both have saying, “I never leave home without mine either!” One of the few artists signed to deadmau5′ mau5trap record label, ATTLAS talked about the challenges he faced in writing music while on the mau5trap bu5 tour with limited resources and how he is ultimately just happy to be able to do what he loves for a living.
Well-spoken and humble, ATTLAS left a positive impression, and I left an ATTLAS fan and a newfound respect for his work and that of his industry. Moment of truth–I never quite knew if EDM artists knew music composition or if their musical ear was only coupled with sound engineering skills (which I recognize is still no small feat), but ATTLAS was throwing around music-theory jargon like we were all composers. I know many musicians who don’t know music theory, which is totally fine, but it’s cool to know that ATTLAS approaches his music with a composer’s ear/eye as well as a sound engineer’s.
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Introducing: ISAORA SS16
At ISAORA, the city is where we live, work, and play. Our design is guided by its rhythms and applied with the most cutting-edge techniques on the market. We devote our attention to performance and function with a modern, straightforward aesthetic. ISAORA Sportswear exemplifies the brand’s commitment to performance and style without compromise.
ISAORA USES CUTTING-EDGE ENGINEERING TO DESIGN PERFORMANCE APPAREL THAT EXCELS UNDER ANY CONDITIONS. EVERY DETAIL HAS BEEN PAINSTAKINGLY CONSIDERED TO TRANSFORM EVERY CHALLENGE INTO AN OPPORTUNITY. FROM NY TO AK, OUTPERFORM
THE PRODUCT
SPRING/SUMMER 2017 PERMANENT COLLECTION
For the Spring/Summer 2017 Permanent Collection, we continue our strict dedication to creating products optimized for an active urban lifestyle, letting the functional needs of our costumers guide our development decisions. Here, construction and textile fabrication are paramount. Traditional needle-and-thread technology is used sparingly, implemented only when required to maintain strength and integrity. Instead, the unparalleled efficiency of bonded welding and laser-cut seams are favored, creating pieces that are streamlined in silhouette, bulk-free, and benefit from the most advanced construction technology available. Intelligent fabrics provide stretch when you’re moving and keep you cool as you push your limits.
THE BRAND
At ISAORA, the city is where we live, work, and play. Our design is guided by its rhythms and applied with the most cutting-edge techniques on the market. We devote our attention to performance and function with a modern, straightforward aesthetic. ISAORA Sportswear exemplifies the brand’s commitment to performance and style without compromise.
Buzz Talks, Powered by ListaPost
Launched in 2015, ListaPost is a productivity app for both iPhone and Android that allows users to search, save and share the world of Instagram photos to empower an individual voice through social media. Furthering this mission, Buzz Talks powered by ListaPost is an ongoing program of panel discussions that establishes an authoritative platform for creative and technology leaders to have an open dialogue on the challenges and solutions for successfully developing, activating and engaging in mass social exchange. Kicking off Wednesday, January 13, the first series will be focusing on the topic The State of Social Currency.
An Event Series on Enhancing Social Appeal and Elevating Brand Equity
Launched in 2015, ListaPost is a productivity app for both iPhone and Android that allows users to search, save and share the world of Instagram photos to empower an individual voice through social media. Furthering this mission, Buzz Talks powered by ListaPost is an ongoing program of panel discussions that establishes an authoritative platform for creative and technology leaders to have an open dialogue on the challenges and solutions for successfully developing, activating and engaging in mass social exchange. Kicking off Wednesday, January 13, the first series will be focusing on the topic The State of Social Currency.
Taking ListaPost as an example for innovative campaign execution, Buzz Talks uncovers progressive solutions for creative marketing and technology professionals. The first instalment within this initial series is entitled Storytell It Like It Is, elucidating the importance of brand communication through storytelling that stimulates genuine and lasting interest from target audiences. Drawing from successes and lessons learned from the panel of some of today’s most influential industry leaders, Buzz Talks powered by ListaPost offers unique insight into the world of social-currency management while generating creative solutions to the challenges of genuine social connection.
The State Of Social Currency: Storytell It Like It Is
Wednesday, January 13, 2016
5:00pm–7:00pm
SOHO House, 29-35 9th Ave, New York, NY 10014
Moderator: Steven Rojas, Corporate Digital Director at Morgans Hotel Group
Panellists: Emily Oberg, Executive Producer at Complex Media
Helane Crowell, Founder at Crowell Lane Creative
Nicola Fumo, Style and Shopping Editor at RACKED
Hallie Harris, Director of Social Strategy at Epic Signal
For all media inquiries contact VOCAL.
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ABOUT LISTAPOST
Taking the power of social media to a new level of productivity, ListaPost is a mobile application for both iPhone and Android that allows users to search, save and share the world of Instagram photos as never before. From customized lists, users can share content with friends, customers and colleagues as mini-feed slideshows to communicate an inspiration or tell a more detailed and compelling story – socially through Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, online as HTML, or personally via an HTML email.
Time & Oak
If the goal is for the whiskey to filter in and out of the wood barrel, get infused with flavor and pull out those rich colors, then the barrel may not be the best design to achieve this process. Why not simply put the barrel into the whiskey and accelerate the process considerably. Time & Oak have developed a revolutionary product that provides a shorter distance for whiskey to travel, through repetitive exposure to the capillaries by cutting it horizontally.
If the goal is for the whiskey to filter in and out of the wood barrel, get infused with flavor and pull out those rich colors, then the barrel may not be the best design to achieve this process. Why not simply put the barrel into the whiskey and accelerate the process considerably. Time & Oak have developed a revolutionary product that provides a shorter distance for whiskey to travel, through repetitive exposure to the capillaries by cutting it horizontally.
They call this process “accelerated transpiration through capillary action,” and that product is called "Whiskey Elements."
Whiskey Elements allow you to customize, craft & finish your favorite whiskey in as little as 24 hours, not 24 years. Whiskey Elements are simple, easy to use and only take seconds to apply. 24 hours later you'll be able to taste and experience the difference for yourself.
For all media inquiries contact VOCAL.
The LB Project: Jacob Ovgren
The LB project celebrates art through skateboarding and supports the Harold Hunter Foundation. Jacob Ovgren is the subject of their second episode and If you don’t recognize the name, you probably know him better through his graphics on the bottom of Polar Skateboards. Watch the video to learn more.
The LB project celebrates art through skateboarding and supports the Harold Hunter Foundation. Jacob Ovgren is the subject of their second episode and If you don’t recognize the name, you probably know him better through his graphics on the bottom of Polar Skateboards. Watch the video to learn more.
The LB Project art show happens tonight in collaboration with SHUT NYC from 7-10pm at Vocal NYC headquarters, 77 Bleeker St, suite C212. Check the flyer below for more details.
The LB Project is an american art project through skateboarding. It has been created to bring photographers and artists together to support Harold Hunter Foundation (www.haroldhunter.org). Each photographer sent us a photo that we have printed on a set of 5 skateboards and the artist had white card to paint on it. 10 artists : Jimbo Phillips, Jacob Ovgren, Meka, Kyle Platts, Sam Taylor, Ricardo Cavolo, Jamie Browne, Mike Murdock, Lucas Beaufort and Mr Penfold. 10 photographers : Aaron Smith, Ben Colen, Brian Gaberman, Dave Swift, David Broach, Jake Darwen, Jon Coulthard, Marcel Veldman, Sam Muller and Ryan Allan. For the second episode we are pleased to introduce Jacob Ovgren, in Malmo. Next art show will be in NYC in collaboration with SHUT : Opening night : Thursday, November 5th from 7 to 11 pm. Location : VOCAL NYC / 77 Bleeker street / Suite C212 / From 7 to 10 pm FB event : https://www.facebook.com/events/1767471286813924/
More info : www.the-lbproject.com
Produced by Lucas Beaufort Filmed and edited by Corentin Bertau Supported by : www.AlmostSkateboards.com, www.Arnette.com, www.L-R-G.com, www.smlwheels.com, www.Skullcandy.com, www.Filamentbrand.com, www.TheBerrics.com, www.TheSkateboardmag.com, www.PabstBlueRibbon.com
ListaPost Turbocharges Instagram
Taking the power of social media to a new level of productivity, ListaPost is a mobile application for both iPhone and Android that allows us to search, save and share the world of Instagram photos as never before. From customized lists, users can share content with friends, customers and colleagues as mini-feed slideshows to communicate an inspiration or tell a more detailed and compelling story – socially through Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, online as HTML, or personally via email and text message.
LISTAPOST TURBOCHARGES INSTAGRAM WITH THE MOST POWERFUL TOOL TO SAVE EASILY & SHARE CREATIVELY
An App That Creates Real and Unique Value From the World of Photo Sharing
Taking the power of social media to a new level of productivity, ListaPost is a mobile application for both iPhone and Android that allows us to search, save and share the world of Instagram photos as never before. From customized lists, users can share content with friends, customers and colleagues as mini-feed slideshows to communicate an inspiration or tell a more detailed and compelling story – socially through Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, online as HTML, or personally via email and text message.
Instagram has become one of the most widely used applications for sharing photos and reaching an audience, with the level of participation and submission of original content completely changing the social, marketing and media landscapes. Yet ironically, as a photo-sharing tool it presents a range of challenges to actually share photos beyond itself – with its content largely existing as an isolated silo, its power as both a resource and an avenue for personal or professional promotion cannot be truly realized. ListaPost addresses this by revolutionizing the way we can leverage history’s most significant visual documentation of daily life around the world.
“The only way to reuse Instagram content is to take a screenshot, yet these become lost in your photo album and laborious to find,” says ListaPost founder Ben Nazarian. “The ListaPost solution is a tool to extract Instagram content for use both within Instagram and beyond.”
The process is simple: within the ListaPost app that seamlessly integrates your Instagram profile you can search, save and share all of your favorite photos. Develop personal lists as you discover inspiring content, then share these collections as desired – within Instagram as a slideshow that itself becomes a mini feed, externally via text and email, or through a range of other popular social media platforms. The result is profound: the world’s real-time image diary can now be arranged into productive and inspirational packages with meaningful purpose, while also allowing users to tell a more comprehensive story from multiple posts.
For the millions of Instagram users sharing their lives through imagery, ListaPost offers an exciting way to share more than just a moment of interest. For businesses and brands, ListaPost finally allows dynamic and engaging storytelling as the most powerful productively tool for the world’s most popular photo-sharing platform. For all of us equally, ListaPost creates a more significant social media experience, not only by finally letting us organize and utilize Instagram content, but through empowering us to follow fewer diluted feeds and focus on ListaPosters that are true curators of content most relevant to our own lives.
Save easily and share creatively with ListaPost. Download now on iPhone or Android.
For more information visit Lista-Post.com. For all media inquiries contact VOCAL.
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Goodbye Screenshots, Hello ListaPost
Taking the power of social media to a new level of productivity, ListaPost is a mobile application that allows users to search, save and organize the world of Instagram photo content into customized lists for easy reference. These lists can then be shared with friends, customers and colleagues to communicate an inspiration or tell a more detailed story, revolutionizing the way we can leverage history’s most significant visual documentation of daily life around the world.
LISTAPOST
Taking the power of social media to a new level of productivity, ListaPost is a mobile application that allows users to search, save and organize the world of Instagram photo content into customized lists for easy reference. These lists can then be shared with friends, customers and colleagues to communicate an inspiration or tell a more detailed story, revolutionizing the way we can leverage history’s most significant visual documentation of daily life around the world.
The process is simple: search, save and organize Instagram posts into personal lists that are easily referred to for future use. These collections are then sharable within Instagram as ListaGram slideshows, as well as externally via email, textback or through other social media platforms. The result is profound: the world’s real-time image diary can now be arranged into productive and inspirational packages with qualitative purpose, while also allowing users to tell a more comprehensive story from multiple Instagram posts.
www.Lista-Post.com
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