KID BEYOND….

Do you have friends that everytime you see them your heart fills with joy and you just have to run over and give them a big hug?

That is how I feel about my homey Andrew Chaikin (aka Kid Beyond). He is one of the smartest, sassiest, sexiest men I know. Why blog about him? Because he does things with his mouth and vocal cords that I have never seen quite like this before. He is a complete pioneer in the world of vocal percussion. He is a one man band - literally - with his live looping technology (and I love people who utilize technology to WOW the world and raise the consciousness of the planet whilst having a lot of FUN!)

Check him out at the Power to the Peaceful Concert that happened here in San Francisco. Just notice, there are NO other people or instruments working with him. It is a TRIP to see live.

What I love about Andrew is that not only is he an amazing musician and singer, he is also a practicing Buddhist dedicated to being the most conscious, loving being he can be, whilst throwing it down with his super-talented musically inclined kinship. He is the kind of man who has a bold and captivating presence coupled with the softest, deepest, most trusting eyes. Throw in a big, mushy heart and whip-cracking sense of humor and there is a man worth checking out.