Haha, so I grew up around baseball. I know the game really well...and I've seen some pretty amazing games...but this has got to be the best 5 minutes of baseball I have ever seen!
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Monday, May 25, 2009
People who are amazed that songs have the same chords
So, a few years back a friend showed me this video:
Hilarious right? I was so amazed that all those songs had the same chords and sounded alike. You don't really catch that in real life all that often. (unless you are around a music person) I once dated a clarinet player and my brother is a guitarist...if you tried to defend rap and/or pop with these two, they'd go apeshit. It was pretty ridiculous...oh god...and the conversations about what it means to "sell out"...Jesus! Be happy you weren't there.
Anyways, being around those two and playing piano for a few years taught me that lots of songs have the same chords. Lots of songs sound alike. Just like there are only like, what? 12 stories. We just invent variations...and that's okay!
I understand people's desire for new and unique music but I say you have to take the good with the "bad". Musicians just experiment to figure out what they love, what we love, and what we'll buy. We typically like songs to sound familiar with a little bit of difference. That's what we buy, so that's what they make.
This is the video that got me started on this rant:
Yep, so I think that's it on that subject.
Few updates on me: I've moved back to Manhattan (yes, that'd be the one in the middle of the country...sad...not really) But it is kinda sad because my internship is housing me in a frat house that is pretty dirty with a very confusing industrial type kitchen. On the bright side, I chose the biggest room (tile, no carpet and no closet) and have it all to myself. I'm going to go finish unpacking and organizing everything now!
Oh and on a side no
Hilarious right? I was so amazed that all those songs had the same chords and sounded alike. You don't really catch that in real life all that often. (unless you are around a music person) I once dated a clarinet player and my brother is a guitarist...if you tried to defend rap and/or pop with these two, they'd go apeshit. It was pretty ridiculous...oh god...and the conversations about what it means to "sell out"...Jesus! Be happy you weren't there.
Anyways, being around those two and playing piano for a few years taught me that lots of songs have the same chords. Lots of songs sound alike. Just like there are only like, what? 12 stories. We just invent variations...and that's okay!
I understand people's desire for new and unique music but I say you have to take the good with the "bad". Musicians just experiment to figure out what they love, what we love, and what we'll buy. We typically like songs to sound familiar with a little bit of difference. That's what we buy, so that's what they make.
This is the video that got me started on this rant:
Yep, so I think that's it on that subject.
Few updates on me: I've moved back to Manhattan (yes, that'd be the one in the middle of the country...sad...not really) But it is kinda sad because my internship is housing me in a frat house that is pretty dirty with a very confusing industrial type kitchen. On the bright side, I chose the biggest room (tile, no carpet and no closet) and have it all to myself. I'm going to go finish unpacking and organizing everything now!
Oh and on a side no
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
A striped dog!
Look at this!!!
Isn't it crazy?! I've never seen a striped dog before! ....I want one though! :)
Isn't it crazy?! I've never seen a striped dog before! ....I want one though! :)
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Finals and CommunityChannel!
It's been a while since I've made a post. Sorry about that (to all of my avid readers ;)~)
Finals are over and I've been packing up my room and getting ready for my summer internship. It's going to be good :)
So, anyways...I've found this person on youtube and I think she is hilarious! She's Australian, Asian, awkward...all the makings for a great vlog. You can find her channel here. She always says "hi" really high-pitched with a little wave and just comments on various things in society. It's great :) And here is one of my favorite videos of hers:
Finals are over and I've been packing up my room and getting ready for my summer internship. It's going to be good :)
So, anyways...I've found this person on youtube and I think she is hilarious! She's Australian, Asian, awkward...all the makings for a great vlog. You can find her channel here. She always says "hi" really high-pitched with a little wave and just comments on various things in society. It's great :) And here is one of my favorite videos of hers:
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Yay Mom!
Inspired by my cousin's awesome blog, Our Suburban Cottage (if you like interior design, you'll LOVE her blog), I decided to write a quick post about my mom :)
I'm extremely lucky to have the mom I do. She invests so much of herself in her kids' lives and empathizes with us more than any other mom I know. She and my aunt (my cousin's mom) really are the BEST mother's we could ask for!!
Happy Mother's Day Mom, AnNicole, Aunt Vicky, Grandma, Nana, and all the other moms in my family! I love you all!
I'm extremely lucky to have the mom I do. She invests so much of herself in her kids' lives and empathizes with us more than any other mom I know. She and my aunt (my cousin's mom) really are the BEST mother's we could ask for!!
Happy Mother's Day Mom, AnNicole, Aunt Vicky, Grandma, Nana, and all the other moms in my family! I love you all!
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Beatboxin and fluteboxin in the UK
While I'm not a huge fan of beat-boxing (spelling? I don't even know) I do love it when genres cross. These two guys are very entertaining...makes me wonder what I could've been if I hadn't quite playing the flute in 8th grade...oh well :)
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