Donghae's Solo "Lost" / 동해 솔로 "지독하게"

You can always count on Donghae to deliver a great performance!

Dimash - The Story Of One Sky - Live Version - Almaty Concert 23.09.2022...

I watched the MV first and was struck by the emotions that it brought with it. The message was one that everyone needs to hear. The final statement is much like one that I had been saying for years. If we only put as much money and manpower into solving problems that affect us all, (hunger, disease, poverty, climate, etc.) as we squander in war, the world would be a wonderful place for all.

#Dimash - My Beauty (Көркемім) | Official MV

So young and so talented!

Dimash - Your Love | Moscow 2020

This is the kind of music we need now. In one of his videos (Sinful Passion?), he mentioned something about the revival of and appreciation for beautiful music. I love that you can see the emotional investment and commitment he displays when he sings. One of the things I've noticed is that the more love and appreciation he elicits from the audience, the more energetic and dynamic his performance is. Someone mentioned that his voice vibrates through your body even if you're just watching him onscreen. Your heart needs to be open for his voice to have any impact on you.  In the middle of what the world is dealing with and my own personal problems, Dimash is a beacon of love, light, and hope.

It is easy to focus entirely on Dimash's performance alone - which might be my new favorite. It is astounding. But I would like to give a nod to Igor Krutoy for creating a masterful and "Dimash" tailored orchestral piece. 

#Dimash - Be With Me (Official Music Video)

In the MV, Dimash has made a parody of action movies. We have the gangster element, a girl "hostage", beautiful women, fights, car escape, etc.  We also have a mix of musical genres. From R&B to Funk to Bel Canto, and even Rap… All in the same song! There is a tribute to Dimash's idols: Michael Jackson, Jackie Chan, Stevie Wonder, Quincy Jones. With no ties to a record label, Dimash does what he likes with the enormous talent he has!

#Dimash - The Story of One Sky

I posted this before, but the message is one that needs to be repeated over and over until all the "pipers" of the world learn that we will no longer blindly follow them but instead we will choose life!

On September 23, the solo concert of Dimash in Almaty was the premiere of his song "The Story of One Sky".  Dimash Qudaibergen told the audience that this 12-minute work is "dedicated to the unity of people on our planet. We are all divided into races, nations, and religions, but we are all children of one planet and live under one sky. Life is the highest value. No sacred book calls for the destruction of people. We must learn to be friends; it is impossible for a few adults to cause millions of children to suffer. The future of our planet, the future of people is in our hands, let there be peace in the world. We are children of one Home, one Earth and one Heaven"

Dimash ft. Renat Gaissin - RIVER OF LOVE

Dimash is playing dombra and the pianist is Renat Gaisin the songwriter of Omir Oter. The dombra (домбыра) is a lute-style instrument. It is an ancient and quintessential piece of Kazakh culture and identity. In its most popular form, the dombra has two-strings strung down a long, skinny neck and a pear-shaped body, flat at the front and rounded on the backside.  The dombra is, in fact, so important to Kazakh national identity that there is a popular saying: “Naǵyz qazaq qazaq emes, naǵyz qazaq – dombra” (Нағыз қазақ қазақ емес, нағыз қазақ – домбыра), which, translated, means “A real Kazakh is not a Kazakh, a real Kazakh is a dombra.” Dimash grandfather is a master of dombra and his father and younger brother Abilmasur also play it. 

The Forgotten Disaster of the SS Eastland

I had never heard of this event prior to viewing this video.

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 2 teaspoons butter, softened

2 cups sugar

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Tweaks: Add a splash of vanilla and use half regular peanut butter and half Peter Pan honey roast. 

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The Story of One Sky Lyrics

 Can't believe what's happening at all

Piper's crazy, we're bound to fall

We are the reason, we are causing all

that pain

To the sacred womb that gave us life

Billions of hearts,

Billions of cells and souls and dreams

Billions of lives

Shouldn't ever turn to senseless horror

 So, tears and blood

Won't follow death

They should flow

With tears of Life

With blood of birth, they flow

 Last chance is here

Can we balance on the edge of fiery

grave?

Our future, is it possible to save?

So, when our crazy Piper's failing

We decide to stop the trailing

We decide to follow the light

We are making final turn to right

We are choosing life

We are choosing life

 Learn to share again

Learn to share again love,

Learn to live again

We have passed the moment of

"Imagine"

World is the feast -

Do we have to starve?

 Time is up

It's time to save

To save the Earth,

The Earth...

Here is last chance

 Can we balance on the edge of fiery

grave?

Our future, is it possible to save?

So, when our crazy Piper's failing

We decide to stop the trailing

We decide to follow the light

 Here is last chance

Can we balance on the brink of fiery

grave?

Our future, is it possible to save?

So, when our crazy Piper's failing

We decide to stop the trailing

We're making final turn from wrong to right

Just our final turn from wrong to right

We are choosing Life

We are choosing Life

 Here is last chance

Pipers lead us to the slaughter long

enough

Staring down from the bluff we are here,

Time to wake, it's not a moment left to

lose

Night is falling, fate is tightening the

noose

So, when our leaders failing

We decide to stop the trailing

We are making final turn to right

 We're choosing life (x6)

 We're choosing life