Speaking of Bluegrass...

My last post reminded me of a great group I stumbled across on MySpace.
They're called Blue Highway. They're both traditional and modern mixed into one. They use the old instruments but use really modern and different chord progressions. I think that's one reason I like them so much.
Check out their site on MySpace:

www.myspace.com/bluehighwayband


My favorite song is "Nothing but a Whippoorwill" (I tend to like the minor stuff), but it's all really good. Especially the a capella "What Wondrous Love".

Good stuff, people, good stuff.

Uncommon Ground

So I saw "Uncommon Ground" Sunday afternoon. They were really good. They're a bluegrass band - Guitar (picking), fiddle, mandolin, bass, vocals (and egg). Course it was an exceptionally good concert for me anyways because I fiddle too... I knew half the songs they played. They had really good balance together. Everything was equal, however they needed to turn it up. A friend of mine said "If I go 'Hmm...' (as he scratches his chin) and hear myself say 'Hmm...', it's DEFINITELY not loud enough." Agreed. I think the audience would have been much more inclined to clap, stomp, or sing along if they weren't afraid that they were going to drown them out!
Other than that though, the musicians themselves were amazing. Of course I expected the mandolin and fiddle players to be able to play super fast and tricky, and maybe the guitar too - but never the bassist. The band lovingly referred to him as "the Bass Crusher." And indeed he was. I think I saw smoke coming off of the thing!
They were... corny... as I expected (with the jokes and whatnot) but very down to Earth people. We were able to talk with them afterwards and I actually did I workshop with them - for the most part with the fiddler. I think she plays every genre of music under the sun.
Seeing a group that good just makes me want to improve. I believe I am already a great fiddler but there's always room for improvement... maybe my band will be that good someday.

Btw...

Over the summer I think I'm going to do another stop animation. I'lve always wanted to do a music video stop animation for "The Ballad of Curtis Lowe" by Lynyrd Skynyrd. I love that songs. One of the best songs ever. So I feel like I could really do something for it... :3
Here goes!

Project Playlist

So we talked about a site called AmieSteet a few days ago, and it was brought up again and it reminded me of Project Playlist. www.projectplaylist.com

You can put any song you can think of to a playlist and post the playlist and player on almost any website you can think of.
For example:

Ta-da!
You can't download any of the music. It's just an online playlist (which is how it's legal). But you can listen to your favorite songs wherever you have internet access. Convenient, eh?
Best part - totally free!

Double Exposures

I think they're cool. Really really cool. I have no idea how to do it. I'd love to know though. My friend accidentally did a triple exposure somehow with a disposable camera. I'll see if I can get a hold of that picture...


Double Exposure by ~nirvanaqueen15 on deviantART


Double exposure by ~Midnitesun74 on deviantART



Double Exposure by ~b0hemiarhaps0dy on deviantART



Double Exposure by ~Badkitty5202 on deviantART

On another note... I've really got to get back into this blogging thing...