Back in the day, I used to be pretty proud of my mix making abilities. I mean, I thought it was one of the things that I was really good at. Since then, I have lost touch a bit with what is going on in music, and stopped making them altogether. And you know what, I have been kind of sad about that.
I recently found 8tracks.com and I love it. You can put a mix together from music that you upload or from stuff that has already been uploaded to the site. Plus you can listen to other peoples music all day while you are at work in a way similar to pandora and not get totally bored with your "Album Leaf radio".
I have made 3 mixes thus far, and here is my latest. I think everyone should go make one and send me the link. Then we can be pals on another internet site. Hooray!!
Oh wow, I haven't written on this blog in so long. Lately the blog has pretty much turned into video clips from things that I think are cool -- so I decided I will continue along that thread with the current blog post.
The Book of Jer3miah is awesome. It is an online show co-created by a former student of mine (Jared, can I say that? You were in my Doc history class.) at BYU. From what I have seen and read, the purpose of the show was to play around with narrative texts and the means by which they are told. Initially, clues about the show were scattered around BYU campus and even placed in episodes themselves. I, however have self-diagnosed ADD and can't be bothered looking for clues, so instead I just got hooked into the narrative that the show has to offer. It has a great feel like LOST meets 24 meets The Phone Call ("How are the Oranges in California?")
At first the show was just a curiosity to me, but as the episodes wore on and on I became enveloped into the storyline and by the Season finale I was patiently waiting for episodes to appear.
The show is well made considering that it is made as a class project -- if only I could get my students to make something so intricate and involved. And I applaud Jared for running with an idea and being totally successful at it.
I would highly recommend that you all go and watch it. It is one of the most interesting things to happen in Mormon cinema, and I am glad to hear that it is getting recognition outside of the school (I wonder if it is getting more recognition outside of the school than in).
...Actually, I don't like it that much. But I do get to listen to this great radio show on the way home. It's called "TBTL", which is short for Too Beautiful to Live. It is called so because it is a show mostly about Pop Culture and it runs against Delilah, and it's on Mormon-owned KIRO FM, so it is bound to get cancelled one of these days. Anyway, you should take a listen. It grows on you. At first I was wondering when they were going to get to the meat of the show -- I always think they are taking tangents, but soon I realized that the whole show is 3 hours of tangents. http://www.mynorthwest.com/tbtl
So what if my personal blog has become a repository for videos of random bands playing good music.
I really think that Vincent Moon is doing some of the most exciting things happening in Music/Film. I feel that this is further evidenced in his latest video with Fleet Foxes.
I mean the sound! Geez, I think they are all wearing lavs, and yet they mix it to catch that incredible space! I miss playing music.
