Machisma Militia is a female fronted rock band. We are a synergy of creative performers, musicians, and video professionals dedicated to communicating messages of equality, compassion, and self-respect. Their newest song and video for “We Are the Change,” bring the project to life, as their energy and message fills the room and your headphones. We had the honor to catch up with the group, as we dive into their latest video, below!

Tell us the story of this song, why did you choose to visualize this song specifically in this way?

Amidst political unrest, people around the world are taking a stand for kindness, equality and positive change. We are the Change is a Neo-80s rock anthem designed to inspire us all to take that stand together.

What was the inspiration behind this video (visuals, storyline, etc.)?

Overall, the song lyrics provide the video storyboard. The images in verse 1 are angry men yelling in a political rally and politicians who don’t appear to have our best interest at heart. The shots of the musicians are weaved into each scene.

Verse 1
When we’re tired by so many angry voices

trying their best to take away all our choices

They block our freedom with their lies

We’ve got to keep our eyes on the prize

Rise UP! Rewrite the rules.

Chorus 1 provides a relief to all the anger with images of peace and hope for the future.

Chorus 1

Be the Change, we’ve got to Be the Change –

Make the world as good as it can be, YEAH

Be the Change, we’ve got to Be the Change

WE! WE ARE THE CHANGE

Verse 2 continues with images of angry and stressed out people. Followed by hope for the future. Again, the images follow the lyrics closely

Verse 2

Stubborn people fill us with worry and stress

Shouting words that put our faith to the test

There’s a vision waiting deep inside (There’s a vision)

that wants to be our spiritual guide (Come on and guide us!)

Telling us to turn things around! (We better turn it around!)

Chorus 2 – continues on with the band interspersed between images of people from all walks of life displaying hope for the future.

BRIDGE (Guitar solo) The guitarist is a world renown international touring artist, so we are showing her off here while we pepper in images of pollution and climate change.

Chorus 3 – continues on with the band interspersed between images of people from all walks of life displaying hope for the future.

END TAG – Images display the people who are confident and working on changing the world together because We are the Change.

Change, Change, Change

Ad libs

You know we got ta, got ta be the Change

We can be we can be we can be the…

Every man, every boy, every woman, every girl

We won’t stop until we change the world

We are.. We are.. We are… We are… the

We talk the talk. We walk the walk. We never stop no!

What was the process of making this video?

Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, we were unable to shoot everyone at the same time. So, I shot each band member using Zoom and two cameras. Using our storyboard, we licensed stock images and edited them in, to tell the story.

Revolutionary 3D Los Angeles-based all-girl music group, AVTR®, made their first public appearance at Helsinki Fashion Week 2020 in the Digital Village with a sneak peak of their brand new single ‘Queen’ which they are releasing today, along a highly-anticipated music video.

Amaya Rush®,  Valentina Verse®, Tera Bang®, and Ryda Rhymes® instantly grab your attention with their impressive vocals and catchy beat, emanating a similar sound to Destiny Child’s ‘Lose My Breath’,  Gwen Steffani’s ‘Hollaback Girl’ and combined with a little twist of Iggy Azalea to create their own unique sound, which is sure to delight.

Featuring lyrics like ‘get your crown on, get your style on’, ‘you don’t give me the money, I make it’ and ‘you can’t take down this queen’, AVTR’s first single is an attention grabbing rap track that is all about women empowerment and making them feel just ‘like a Queen.’ With the drumline instrumentals in the background, upbeat instruments and catchy lyrics it creates the perfect ‘Girls Night Out’ anthem for any occasion. Having four different voices on the song adds impressive vocal layers and harmonizing which demonstrates the talent of the group. The production is upbeat and infectious and is a record that will have you up and moving as soon as the bass drops.
 
Panjandrum.ai Inc has been developing an avatar girl music group called AVTR®, named after its characters Amaya Rush, Valentina Verse, Tera Bang, and Ryda Rhymes. Helsinki Fashion Week is the first time the avatars have appeared in public to support sustainable fashion. The avatars have participated in several of the designer shows. The first appearance consisted of the avatars appearing to be born as video game characters, then model some performance looks, and are transported into the scene of their first music video for “Queen,” where they are engaged in a life-sized chess battle with an unseen human opponent.

Greg Cockerill is currently in the process of recording a new full-band studio album, “No, Never Alone” is the first offering from those sessions. Inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic and self-produced by Cockerill, the track reiterates that while we may be physically apart, we are all in this struggle together.

Born in Montreal, raised in Alberta, and now living in Toronto, Greg Cockerill’s music is a unique expression of Canadian Roots. After receiving a degree in composition/arranging and jazz guitar, he found himself inevitably drawn back to his first love of rock, blues, and country music.

Bringing you 90s nostalgia with a 2020 attitude, FAVVKES (pronounced “fox”) is an exciting, emerging Canadian artist and songwriter. Hard at work on her solo debut, she unapologetically touches on sensitive subject matter surrounding mental health. Her songs deliver strong messages on what it means to deal with social anxiety, depression, acceptance and inclusivity. FAVVKES’ brand new single, “Black Dove,” was inspired by her journey through life, getting through all the hardships and using them as fuel for success and personal growth. It’s about taking all that pain, and turning it into love – what else are we going to do to survive? 

His His is the project of Toronto-based artist Aidan Belo. Combining delicate guitar lines with simple yet thoughtful vocals, Belo created this project as an outlet after relocating to his family’s hobby farm outside of the city, in an attempt to evoke something rural and honest. Most easily defined by the Portuguese word saudade, a feeling of longing and melancholy, “Matador,” the debut single from His His, captures the mood that Belo felt in the barn where he recorded it one afternoon: feelings of melancholy, relative passivity, and low-spiritedness.

Amelia’s Dream just released their 6th full-length release on November 27th, 2020 “Everybody’s Got Something “ featuring 14 original songs including the single “Hero “ which was released with a video in May 2020 as a Thank you to the front line workers in NYC. The video featured actual front line heroes in action. “Everybody’s Got Something” the title song was performed live at the Apollo theatre a few weeks after it was written late last year but never recorded until now. Most feedback from fans has been how healing “ Everybody’s Got Something “ has been so we felt it was important to record this and share this with the world now. Especially now.

Amelia’s Dream is a duo based in New York City. Amelia’s Dream consists of songwriter/Singer  Amelia S. Gewirtz & musician/producer/songwriter Harold Stephan. Their original music has been featured on multiple TV shows and movies including  Wishmaster 4 (“Garden”) Dog the Bounty Hunter (“Broken”) season 7, Disney In a Heartbeat (“Trust Your Gut”). “Ballerina” was chosen as the theme song for the web series Good n’Screwed now being shopped in 2020/2021 to transition to a TV series. In addition, their original music has been on various scripted shows on networks including CBS TV, ABC, MTV & Disney.

They have been performing together for over 24 years starting in ‘96 with the record Here in the Rage, and performing at clubs like The Mercury Lounge, The Knitting Factory, and The Bitter End and appearances at events including  7 years as a featured band at NYC Marathon and AIDS Walk earned them a strong NYC following. Their second album, Love Tattoo, was released in ‘99 on Ripe & Ready Records, with a third album Unravel: Recorded Live at the Magic Shop following in ‘04. Inspired by the birth of their son Adam in ‘07, the husband and wife team released a fourth album No More Time in 2013 under the name Parents With Angst…  Amelia’s Dream is thrilled to be sharing their new original music with you today.