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ning it is merely the first step towards building stronger communities and whose mission is one i hope many will continue to support stop listen paris this slideshow requires javascript melissa tags angelenos arts blogging entertainment la life live los angeles music non profit paris comments 1 comment categories life music a play by play account of trying to busk at abbot kinney s first friday event 9 aug tweet by thu tran of ampersand note all times are approximate 8 00pm we arrive at abbot kinney s first friday the street is crowded with cars tourists drunks food trucks etc we pull the car off to the side and unload our equipment in front of the place la melissa and i set up while rachel goes to find parking 8 10pm it is loud the sidewalk is so crowded that it is hard to walk i am carrying a guitar a microphone stand an amplifier and a suitcase trying to join the flow of pedestrian traffic feels like jumping in on a game of double dutch 8 13pm i see will forte snl macgruber walk by singing jay z s empire state of mind 8 15pm our set up is modest a two channel amp one microphone on a boom stand and one guitar there is so much foot traffic though that it s difficult to find any place to set up without blocking the sidewalk so one of the gracious guys from the place la goes into a neighboring shop and asks if we can set up right under their overhang and play a little music the lady in the store says yes 8 30pm melissa is setting out the usual promotional material for stop listen la and rachel is still looking for parking i play a few warm up songs to test the sound throngs of people rush by some people give an occasional glance and smile i finish my first song and dave from the place la turns to me and says that was great 8 35pm midway through my second song a man comes out of the store and says hey you can t play here we re going to get a ticket i tell him that a woman in the store said it was okay for us to play here but we would be more than willing to stop playing and leave i believe i made this very clear to him he says in a less than cordial tone the cops are going to give us a ticket if you don t leave right now i tell him to calm down and that we are leaving he says good then get out the man was almost a caricature of himself a burly shop keep angrily shooing away those pesky hippie kids who are always strumming their damned indigo girls songs in front of his store anyway i obliged and said politely no need to freak out man i just told you that we are leaving sorry to cause any inconvenience he repeats himself well get out then 8 45pm rachel is still looking for parking 9 00pm melissa eats a pastrami sandwich while we try to decide if it was worth the 40 minute cross town drive to play music for 5 minutes 9 10pm ah ha melissa sees another one of salla s affiliated food trucks worldfare bustaurant and runs across the street to ask if we can play at their truck 9 25pm rachel comes back from looking for parking she is understandably frazzled we proceed to lug all of our equipment across the street weaving through traffic a la frogger 9 35pm world fare is a double decker food truck that is hoping to one day operate the top level of their bus as a sit down patio they are figuring out some logistics to making that happen and though they can t have customers on top of their bus yet they allow us to play music on the top level the owner lowers the stairs down and people start to crowd around demanding to go up to the second level he calmly explains that he can t have customers on the bus yet but that musicians will be going up there to entertain them as they eat the crowd parts as someone in the crowd yells move the musicians are coming through for a brief moment i feel special not paparazzi celebrity special just the kind of special you feel when you are driving by in the carpool lane while everyone else is stuck in traffic 9 50pm we are on top of a double decker bus looking down at abbot kinney there are crowds of people as far as the eye can see there is a gridlock of cars beneath us from up here the commotion becomes a distant buzz 10 00pm we set up the amp and start to play from atop the world fare bus people look up and point they take pictures a few people dance our 45 watt acoustic amplifier is cranked up to compete with the live dj pumping dance tunes from the club across the street we are mostly drowned out by the noise of the crowds and the music from the dj and the honking car horns but we reach a few people and that is satisfying i think people mostly liked the sight of someone playing guitar on top of a bus it was very u2 but not you know 10 30pm someone from the world fare bus comes up and tells us that the cops are shutting the bus down for having a live band without a permit 10 45pm we are in the car all of our equipment re packed in the trunk and we are driving home we are slightly confused slightly annoyed and slightly defeated we roll the window down as a shirtless man runs down the street brandishing a skateboard and screaming profanities at the top of his lungs nobody stops him the whole evening was frustrating to say the least according to discoverlosangeles com first fridays is a chance for the neighborhood merchants to come together to feature the best artists gifts products and music it s a way to experience what abbot kinney boulevard is all about and according to mike newhouse the community officer for the venice neighborhood council they created this walkable community event as a way to support the businesses and strengthen the feel of abbot kinney via discoverlosangeles first fridays were created to promote the community and what it has to offer at heart its values are completely in line with that of salla both entities want people to slow down and look at what is around them to look listen taste and experience the unique independent personality of los angeles and yet it was a supremely difficult obstacle filled ordeal to even provide free music for an uninterrupted hour one might think that salla s mission of providing music and art to the community is a simple one but my experience this evening showed me that it is anything but it is an uphill battle people in los angeles are running at a brisk sometimes frantic pace even when they are trying to have fun i e going to abbot kinney s first fridays they are fighting for parking running to the front of the food truck line honking at pedestrians the mood of recreation in los angeles is often times anything but recreational i am going to have fun and be relaxed but only if i have the most fun and am the most relaxed before everyone else is kind of the mentality this is not anyone s fault i am not angry at the venice police for doing their jobs i am not angry at abbot kinney for providing a popular community event i am not angry at los angeles for being the breeding ground of innovative dining music and art i am altogether not angry i am simply renewed in my conviction that stop listen la is an essential part of making los angeles a city we can actually be proud to live in tags abbot kinney ampersand buskers entertainment flavia food trucks live music los angeles musicians stop and listen la venice comments leave a comment categories life music photography edge magazine launches features stop listen la 2 aug august 1st marked the launch of the new online magazine edge the magazine founded by iman milner ashley nguyen highlights the achievements of minorities in entertainment leadership i feel really fortunate to have been featured in this fantastic line up of talented artists in the community thank you edge magazine for your support melissa flavia is as unassuming a warrior as ever she is calm poised ethereal and approachable but not in a way in which one can assume that she is complacent or boring on this night she is gearing up to perform in front of a sort of meals on wheels operation the venue is leo s taco truck simply named for what it is a food truck parked on a corner in pasadena ca that sells well tacos flavia gives a sweet hello to my partners and i takes out her guitar and begins to play customers of leo s at first seem skeptical about flavia s presence but quickly become appreciative she is by all means captivating one by one the once reluctant passerbys fill flavia s version of the street performer s hat take out chinese food boxes it quickly becomes apparent that there is nothing to dislike about this girl a cross between adele and corrine bailey rae flavia s voice is mature and calm comforting even she keeps a steady pace rocking like a folk singer twice her age while maintaining a youthful grunt or two a glimpse of soul in a gypsy so why is she here performing on what is certainly not a street buzzing with a rs waiting with contracts to sign the next alternative music superstar flavia s passion says otherwise she is here for her organization stop and listen la which she created less than a year ago discovering new music or artist should be natural and organic music was never meant to be a competition it s an expression of truth she says before going on to explain that stop and listen is her attempt to give the underdogs a chance in a world consumed by talent competitions audition tapes on the internet and ridiculously expensive venue costs for live performers flavia gives herself and the other artists she has joined with freedom to have their voices heard by whoever happens to be standing around and willing to slow down listen and be moved after going to so many open mics and hearing so many amazing artists there who you don t even hear about there was a lot of frustration for the underdogs you didn t create your art for the pockets of venues flavia says in a tone nothing at all reminiscent of her sweet demeanor in this part of her vision she is matter of fact blunt even when i ask her why she chose the name her fairy like ethereal ness returns stop and listen la she says was aligned with what i believe it takes to truly be happy following your passion gratitude and recognizing the subtle things that add to your happiness but flavia adds a chuckle when she admits to first thinking that it would just be a social experiment she majored in sociology at ucla i was gonna just stop by random places and see if people would actually stop her intensity returns as she continues overall it s all about being more mindful in your life and slowing down in order to appreciate what s right in front of you the very thing she has demanded people to do on this chilly night in la patrons of the taco truck already having received their meals stay mesmerized by flavia s beautiful tone and pleasant nature a feat that shows one that she has far surpassed the realms of a more serious sasha baren cohen movie as i stand and watch a looker on says to me noticing my pen fast at work it takes a lot of guts to do that i look up yeah i say as the boy walks over to his father and later returns with a handful of dollars for melissa she s really good he says flavia chuckles when i recount the story for her and exclaims really with her eyes all lit up she says i just hope that it lights up their day there s always something around you you just have to see it she continues i hope it adds to their happiness it gives them an opportunity to think about how we live life so quickly so blindly so why the taco trucks flavia again turns serious saying in la we re always following trends and there is so much happening underneath it all i wanted to insert us in a trend of something that had been around longer and was in a way some people s livelihood but why leo s specifically the ethereal ness returns as she simply answers it s my favorite she continues at the end of the day all i wanted to do was sing it was a part of my basic civil liberties to perform wherever i could be heard and i thought other artist could do it too to watch her speak of stop and listen la is to have a total experience of another human being she is transparent and beautifully honest she is quite simply that teacher who didn t ever raise her voice but who you never thought to talk over when i finally get her to just talk about herself she very articulately says i m a simple girl who likes to sing i want to be free i don t want to be tied down to a venue or confined so i sing on the street as one would guess flavia names life as her biggest inspiration stating life itself everything is an art people that i meet the experiences i ve had knowing that my sensitivity and my emotions are a strength all of it she smiles gently and finishes my ultimate satisfaction comes in knowing that i m continuing what i love to do and in that simple sentence lies melissa flavia a girl living for what she loves and believes in fighting for her creative license and singing for her happiness check out http edgemagazinesite com read the original article here http edgemagazinesite com web p 107 tags food trucks interview la lafoodtrucks live entertainment los angeles music comments 1 comment categories life music photography uncategorized downtown la artwalk featured in theplacela 15 jul check it we got featured in theplacela loved playing there awesome atmosphere great food http www theplacela com http www twitter com theplacela hey guys last thursday we participated in the downtown la art walk and it was a huge success our good friends flavia and matu from stop listen la gave the crowd an amazing performance please take the time to read what the project is all about and check out the wonderful performances they are doing in the los angeles area at www stopandlistenla org we are very thankful for the turnout and all the good vibes we received and now we leave you with some photos from the event the rest of our photos can be found on our flickr page tags art downtown art walk entertainment food trucks la lafoodtrucks live los angeles music theplacela comments leave a comment categories life music photography uncategorized stop listen la is a non profit organization 18 jun today i filed the articles of incorporation for stop listen la it is now a legal corporation and i have now fulfilled a goal of creating a non profit organization i m trying to finish up the 1023 forms for tax exempt status so that the organization will be a recognized 501 c 3 arts non profit there s so much work to be done and i never really pictured myself in this position i ve been extremely fortunate with everyone i ve met along the way as this project has progressed amazing legal counsel that has guided me along the way spotted a dream and helped turn it into reality passionate musicians and food truck owners geared to making a stronger community out of this metropolis and friends who continue to inspire me to live out my dreams as they are living out their own so if you re reading this you know who you are thank you i am so excited for what s to come m being realistic is the most commonly traveled road to mediocrity will smith tags art food truc...