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It\u2019s 10pm, Hollywood, and there are people amassing everywhere. It\u2019s a beautiful mess in a way only Hollywood can be on a Tuesday night. My nose picks up the hunger-inducing smell of LA\u2019s infamous bacon-wrapped hotdogs. I come to, only to remember that the last time I was here\u00a0a riot broke out in front of Avalon. I then realize that I\u2019m alone and I have no way inside. I\u2019m then quickly reminded that I\u2019m in a banana costume. What the hell was I thinking? How the hell did I get there? And how the hell am I here now, writing this post?
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So how do we get from lonesome banana-wearing-raver to blog post writer? To begin, I have to take you back\u00a0to 2012.\u00a0To give you a little background, Eyewax makes videos, specifically of the music variety. They\u2019ve been at it since the early days of festivals and massives and that\u2019s actually how I came into the mix. I wasn\u2019t always taking up real estate at the Eyewax office.\u00a0Like any other newly graduated 20-something\u00a0– I was dressed in a banana costume, walking the street.<\/p>\n

At this time of my life I happened to be a huge Dada Life fan. Having been dressed in banana fatigues earlier that year while attending\u00a0EDC Las Vegas, I had my outfit at the ready. Once I heard they were playing a free album release party I grabbed my suit and hurried over to Avalon Hollywood. Aside from the multi-block spanning line, there was only one real problem: all the free tickets were spoken for and I was not lucky enough to get one. Sad banana.<\/p>\n

Newly transplanted to Los Angeles, this solo \u2018nana didn\u2019t know many people in the area. So while waiting in line I told people my story and how I was hoping to get in by way of my unrelenting suit-wearing fandom. I\u2019d get parting high-fives and well wishes hoping I\u2019d be seen on the other side of the velvet rope. As the line was at its peak the video crew for Dada Life showed up to get footage of the massive pre-show crowd. Enter: Eyewax Films<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Eyewax doing the Dada. Photo Credits: Rukes<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

I told Eyewax my story on camera and apparently told it quite well. They brought my case to the Dada\u2019s – Stefan\u00a0& Olle, via my video confession where I was later added to their personal guest list. Needless to say, I bolted inside as soon as I got word just in time to see them take\u00a0the stage. The show was complete with the usual Dada-goodies including wearable smiles [likely to eat cookies with], a rider of bananas and champagne, and of course a giant inflatable banana to volley in the pit.<\/p>\n

The set raged on, people got ugly, and what would a Dada Life show be without inviting some locally grown bananas on stage? As if by some unworldly forces, Olle pointed through the masses towards the back where I was standing and shouted over the mic \u2018You!\u2019. I looked around for other bananas because it hadn\u2019t quite sunk in that he was actually talking to me. Once I was able to shake off the confused dog look I proceeded to bum rush the stage.<\/p>\n

The crowd parted like the red sea. This was it \u2013 my first time on stage with the Dada\u2019s. In my total fanaticism I seemed to lose all motor skills and had to be arm-craned onto the stage by one of the security guards – knocking my knee into a speaker in the shuffle. As if my awkward entry wasn’t bad enough, once on stage I turned to face the crowd and froze. The lights dilated\u00a0my pupils and I just sort of stood there not knowing what to do next.<\/p>\n

The stage fright\u00a0was short lived once I was joined by a few other bananas. The five of us danced through a couple songs where we were promptly\u00a0soaked in champagne [which burns the eyes by the way] before exiting stage right. It\u2019s not every day you get pulled up on stage with one of your favorite artists. And it\u2019s not every day you score entry via the video crew you just met outside the club. In that moment I knew Eyewax was every bit as cool and different as was the genre of music that\u2019s responsible for one of the largest paradigm shifts the music industry has ever seen.<\/p>\n

That’s me – 2nd banana from the left. Photo Credits: Rukes<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n

While that\u2019s surely not my typical Tuesday night anymore and I\u2019ve since retired the banana suit, whenever I hear \u2018Rolling Stones T-Shirt\u2019 I\u2019m taken right back to that moment of my life meeting Eyewax. After some research, it turns out I was already familiar with Eyewax. They\u2019re responsible for a ton of videos that played a huge roll in my excitement for years of EDC Las Vegas<\/a> and Kaskade\u2019s Freaks of Nature<\/a> tour, and gave me chills with their work for Something Wicked<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Looking back, it\u2019s because of that moment in music that I now work with the team heading up their business development initiatives. The last 6 months leading to this post have been a wild ride. Eyewax has a lot of cool things in development from this blog, a podcast, and a BTS miniseries. Which means there\u2019s a lot going on in front of the camera and of course\u00a0even more going on behind it. It\u2019s too good not to share and that\u2019s what brought me to writing this blog. Myself or a fellow Eyewax team member will be writing weekly to bring you into this world of music, video creation, business, and of course the feels that come along the way. Stay tuned!<\/p>\n

Cheers,<\/span><\/p>\n

Brian<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n