random thoughts and comments from nomadic music film and travel junkie - seeks no recognition, claims no expertise

Sunday 26 April 2009

rokia traore youtube



some time tonight spent reviewing the photo archives
including hundreds of them taken at womadelaide this year
a bit of an interest in preserving and documenting memories
so usually at a show a couple of minutes of rapid-fire shooting
in the hope that there is one photo at least worth preserving
not guaranteed given the amateur photographer and equipment
on a beautiful sunday night rokia traore wowed the crowd
i got a few good shots in then flicked the camera to movie mode
the result being a low quality film of a high quality show
i'd actually forgotten about this until it popped up tonight
watched it a couple of times and decided it's not too bad
certainly in comparison to many other youtube posted videos
what my little effort does is show why she is so special
the voice, the music, the dancing, the beauty all on display
the crowd totally in to the show and grooving away in front
not sure how this will look and sound to anyone else
but i reckon i'll re-visit it on the odd occasion
probably when needing a rokia or womadelaide fix
or most likely some ego-tripping on youtube
a nice feature there containing uploads
what fun - goofing off on the internet
though nowhere as good as live music
long may it last - go rokia - she great