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James Avatar is a native New York digital media artist, music composer & singer-songwriter. He is dedicated to tutoring and mentorship in art and new media disciplines, and has served in this capacity as an Artist-in-Residence at a number of universities.
His commitment to the aesthetic evolution of contemporary music and film is evidenced by his authorship of thousands of underground audio recordings, and multimedia events, independently and in collaboration with other artists, studios and music acts.
After recently writing songs for the Children's music band "AUDRA ROX" , James now performs with the New Orleans soul music ensemble CHRONIC ELECTRONIC ORCHESTRA

Avatar no longer works at "THE HOOK", the club now called "HELLO BROOKLYN" in Red Hook, Bklyn.
He has been twice nominated for a Boston Music Award, is also former co founder/Music Director of the art collective BROOKLYN MEDIA LAB and has an extensive history writing Jingles for radio.
BLOGS:
http://avatarded.blogspot.com
http://www.ceotheband.blogspot.com
http://www.whoashow.blogspot.com
http://www.aontheroad.blogspot.com
http://www.aiagency.blogspot.com
http://www.fairytaleexperiment.blogspot.com
http://www.maxandmollyshow.blogspot.com
http://www.myfriendmona.blogspot.com
http://www.myfriendrose.blogspot.com
http://www.thehookclub.blogspot.com
http://flickr.com/photos/thehookclub/
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"GIMMIE MY PEN" by Afro Penguin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2QgazzhAuI

Here's a video produced by the students at Tompkins Square Middle School in the east village. They turned my Multimedia Tech after-school program into a student-run production company called TSMS MEDIA. Look for more fun stuff from them soon.Also check out the AFRO PENGUIN MUSIC FAN GROUP on Facebook and youtube.com/whoashowvideo.


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HURRICANE WHODAT WARNING!

Hurricane Who Dat has made landfall...will bring Shockey waves and a strong Brees.Already sunk a Viking ship!!! Last seen headed to Miami!
Posted by on Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:54:00 GMT

Slap Chop Remix Remix

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc7NPVTvYx8 So very diddly dope!
Posted by on Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:20:00 GMT

Avatar across America

Yeah. I'm traveling across the USA performing with the Fairytale Experiment. You say "Huh?". No prob. Check out The Fairytale Experiment.
Posted by on Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:09:00 GMT

2008 @ the movies: RETURN OF THE SEQUEL

The year 2008starring in:RETURN OF THE SEQUELSome say you can't get enough of a good thing. If anyone believed that last year it was Hollywood, for sure. Sequel after sequel came rolling off the asse...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:32:00 GMT

Top 5 Summer Movies (So far)

5- Horton Hears a whoNot just a kid's movie. Great animation and the outstanding vocal talents of Steve Carrell, Carol Burnett and Jim Carey make this a great flick for the whole family.4- Iron ManRob...
Posted by on Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:58:00 GMT

SPEED RACER...the deal

Look. The guys who made the matrix took a japanese cartoon and re-did everything live action. No, really. If you don't get...try to visualize a live action version of "Ghost In The Shell" or "Akira". ...
Posted by on Mon, 19 May 2008 17:11:00 GMT

GO SEE THESE FILMS;

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MENYeah. This one is sho'nuff bad ass. The Cohen bros. (FARGO) turned out a well-crafted masterpiece that should be seen on the big screen. Simply awesome.THERE WILL BE BLOODDaniel ...
Posted by on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:14:00 GMT

Top 3 reasons why 'SPIDEY 3' Sucks:

#3: Light on action, heavy on moral message.Peter Parker has bad luck with mentors. Uncle Ben got smoked. Dr. Octavius went mad. His boss at the Daily Bugle is a dick. Peter's only positive influence ...
Posted by on Fri, 04 May 2007 01:18:00 GMT

STAFF SPOTLIGHT: RICARDO...barback of the year!!!

If you have ever been to THE HOOK (18 Commerce St., Brooklyn, NY) for a night of cold beer and hot new music acts then maybe you've seen a portly young Hispanic guy removing bottles from tables, sweep...
Posted by on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:53:00 GMT

A Gentleman's Letter To Britney Spears

Dearest Britney,My name is James. Not only am I admirer of your singing talent but also, a fan of your production team. I think that The Britney Spears creative machine has been responsible for some o...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Feb 2007 01:35:00 GMT