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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"VOICE of PEACE" - Qazaq and Ukrainian artists in Uncredible Charity Con...

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

Pentatonix - Prayers For This World (Official Video)

Amen!

Grateful for help from friends

#Dimash | Interview - about family, concerts, show "Singer" (EN subtitles)

#Dimash - The Story of One Sky

Wow! Powerful! I got chills watching it. I really connected with the message of the song. For many years, I have voiced my opinion (perhaps to the dismay of some) that it was time for the people to not blindly follow those who are in powerful lead roles. We must remember that those who take on these roles should truly represent the people and not use the power of the position for their own agenda. It is time for people to recognize that we have much more in common with each other than differences. Imagine a world where everyone put aside petty squabbles and worked to improve how the citizens of this world are living.  There are so many issues that could be solved if we worked together. If we said no to war and choose life!

Dimash's Introduction of the song

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Time to be Dimashed!

This one was pure fun to watch as there was a lot of talent in that room.

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It has been quite some time since I uploaded anything new to my other blog but I have continued to work on the story and will update again to the "reader's digest" condensed page.

#D I M A S H--[S.O.S. d'un terrien en détresse & STRANGER]-

You've got to love this guy. His desire to share his music and culture means that there is no stage that is too big or too small for him to perform upon. His lack of a "diva" attitude is so endearing.

The song combination here is with two of my favorites and ones that to my limited ability, I find myself singing along.

The song "S.O.S. (d'un Terrien en détresse)" is originally from a French-Canadian musical called 'Starmania' from the 1970s and is considered one of the most difficult French songs to perform. Dimash is from Kazakhstan. He appears here in the fifth season of Hunan Television's "I Am A Singer" competition. "I Am A Singer" is an annual Chinese music competition between famous and established professional singers. The audience phones in to determine the winner after each episode. 

At 22 years old, Dimash was the youngest participant in the show's history and competed against these professional and top-selling Chinese singers as a 'wildcard' competitor. The competition consisted of fourteen rounds, lasted almost 4 months, and competitors are eliminated throughout the season. Every performance is live, and no lip-syncing or auto-tune is permitted. Pure unadulterated vocal ability only. (Dimash's mother later said that he hoped to reach at least the middle stage of the competition.)

This was the very first episode of the competition, and Dimash had to go first because he was considered the weakest, given that he was completely unknown to the audience. After this performance, he became a superstar in China overnight. His Chinese competitors called him their "little imported brother." The other already well-known contestants were in absolute awe of him and joked that they might as well go home. Dimash won the first two episodes! He also won the sixth for his rendition of "Adagio," a song made famous by Lara Fabian.

First place overall went to the famous Chinese Sandy. Sandy's first album came out before Dimash was even born. Dimash took second place overall; however, he lost by a very narrow margin. Although Dimash did not win the show, he immediately became a beloved star in China. 

As part of the contest, all contestants/performers are required to perform one original song they have composed. Dimash sang "Unforgettable Day," a song he wrote when he was still in his teens - it's a love song. He sang in both the original Kazakh and in Chinese even though he did not speak Chinese at the time and had to have a translator with him throughout the competition.

Here is the order of Dimash's performances for The Singer 2017. The contest lasts 14 weeks, but Dimash has only thirteen performances because he had already made it into the semi-finals by week eleven.  

1. S.O.S. (French)

2. Opera 2 (Russian)

3. The Show Must Go On (English)

4. Autumn Strong (Mandarin)

5. Uptown Funk (English)

6. Adagio (English)

7. Daididau (Kazakh)

8. Daybreak (Mandarin)

9. All By Myself (English)

10. Unforgettable Day (Mandarin/Kazakh)

11. Bye week - He had already made it into the semis

12. Confessa/Diva Dance (Mandarin/Italian/Alien) (Semi-finals)

13. Michael Jackson Tribute Medley (English) (Finals)

14. Give Me Love (Makhabbat ber maghan) (Kazakh)

The last performance was part of the 2017 Biennial Concert and not the competition. It was broadcast live and is an original song written for Dimash.

Lyrics of S.O.S :

Why do I live? Why do I die?

Why do I laugh? Why do I cry?

Here is the S.O.S.

Of an earthling in distress

 

My feet were never on the ground

I'd much rather be a bird

I don't fit my skin

 

I'd like to see the world upside down

What if it's more beautiful

As seen from above, above

 

I always seemed to confuse life

With some kind of comic strip

I'm so eager to get metamorphosed

I can feel something

Drawing me, drawing me

Drawing me way up high

 

At the universe's lottery

I didn't get winning numbers

I don't fit my skin

 

I don't wanna be a machine

All work and no sleep

 

Why do I live? Why do I die?

Why do I laugh? Why do I cry?

I think I'm picking up

Waves from another world

 

My feet were never on the ground

I'd much rather be a bird

I don't fit my skin

 

I'd like to see the world upside down

I'd much rather be a bird

Back to sleep, dear child...

Stranger is remarkably simple, it has two hooks, one constantly repeated, to drive the song. However, this is where producer Igor Krutoy, continued his collaboration with Dimash. The arrangement for the song musically is incredible, the support on the instruments to his voice is amazing, and let us not forget that long last note!

Lyrics of Stranger: 

New ground far as I can see

New ground underneath my feet

Stranger in a stranger's land

New chance to know who I am

If I have the strength to begin again

Somewhere in my heart in ancient times I wandered

Through these valleys I have climbed among these hills

Faces from a past, I'm haunted by their memories

Lives and loves I've lost I feel them in me still

New ground far as I can see

New ground underneath my feet

Stranger in a stranger's land

New chance to know who I am

If I have the strength to begin again

New ground far as I can see

New ground underneath my feet

Stranger in a stranger's land

New chance to know who I am

If I have the strength to begin-

New ground far as I can see

New ground underneath my feet

Stranger in a stranger's land

New chance to know who I am

If I have the strength to begin again

#Carter | My Review

3/5 rating

I had looked forward with a great deal of excitement to the premier of the Netflix "Carter". However, I did not find it to be as good as I had hoped, and it is not Joo Won's fault. The action scenes were well choreographed, and he did not seem to miss a beat while doing them. The single shot filming style, while dizzying at time, was also well done.  Where it fell short for me was the storyline which almost seemed to have had multiple changes in writers, with each not knowing where the story was first intended to go. Also, the decision by whoever, to overdub the actor's voices rather than using subtitles was a poor decision. With all that said, he looked absolutely fit so his sessions at the gym really paid off. I look forward to his next project and hope that it is one that gives a better showing of his skills.  

Dimash Kudaibergen ”Ikanaide" | 20th TOKYO JAZZ FESTIVAL

The control over his vocal instrument is unreal!  I don't think I will ever be able to put a name to his musical style. His ability to take a song that we know and turn it into something new that is totally his, amazes me.