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Creative Science Funk

Congratulations on the release of the music video for "Stroke Code"; tell us about your creative process for the song itself, and who produced it.

The goal of this song was to break down the intricacies of the blood vessels of the brain along with related pathophysiology but talk about them as if they were a girl. The words in this song are the exact words that doctors use when talking to one another about ischemic stroke patients. The song was produced by Hyphen-One Entertainment with Ruby (Barbie Tatum) singing the hook, Jake Nowak on guitar, Joseph Biglin on keys, mixed by Chris Badami at Portrait (NJ) and mastered at Sterling Sound (NYC).

The visual is incredible; how did you and the director come up with its treatment? Also, what is the message behind the video?

Derek Whittington directed this video and really took it to the next level. We wanted to create organized chaos with scenes that keep changing every few seconds where a main character loosely goes on a journey with a homeless scientist's magical pager (beeper) throughout various cities, passing by various talented people during a time of coronavirus, the George Floyd murder, and social justice campaigns.

Bystanders interact with the main character by tipping their mask as a salutation. In the end, the main character puts the pager back down in front of the homeless scientist, who turns into a medical doctor when he picks it up. The pager represents something that the homeless man had all along, but was ultimately realized through the main character's journey and interactions with all the other characters in the film.

With "Stroke Code" now released, what's next musically for OG Neuro? Will the song be featured on an upcoming EP or album?

This song is a production that was made to hopefully embody the versatility of the OG Neuro project. It is being used to apply for scientific educational grants and to obtain more resources for more projects and experiments. It is unclear if an album or EP is in the future. Music is just a small part of what we would like to do.

Tell us about OG Neuro; what is the goal of the project and how did it originate? Who are the members?

OG Neuro aims to creatively generate interest and/or knowledge in high level science and medicine consists of musicians, artists, medical doctors, and scientists from some of the most respected institutions in the world.

This is a collaborative effort and each individual project will likely have a different roster. Some projects will be abstract, artistic, musical and some will be straight forward education. But everything is for real people. Everything we do will strive to have a dual-message: scientific and social.

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