Mar 10
I have been an avid Wordpress user for a few years now, and as much as I love how powerful Wordpress can be, I have decided to be as simple as possible. In deciding that, I have moved my entire website over to Posterous. That's right, all 1000 or so posts from the last 4 years are now all hosted here.
The reason for the switch? Out of the box, Posterous is dead simple when it comes to making a post, adding images, movies, or music, and publishing. Its done mostly via email. In fact, I am typing this in Gmail right now. Want to make a blog post? You type an email and send it. Posterous des the rest.
If you are looking for a super easy way to get your thoughts out there, give
Posterous a try :)
Mar 9
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I feel free. I know that sounds odd, but it's true. For the last 4 years or so, I have had something that has weighed me down as I have tried to live my life. Sometimes I would go days without thinking about it, sometimes it would consume my thoughts all day and night. The result of some dumb decisions has followed me and haunted me, and now it is finally over. I wish I could express how that feels, but I can only imagine it is a bit like Red felt after finally getting out of Shawshank prison and meeting up with his good friend Andy in the movie Shawshank Redemption.
There is a song that does a darn good job of expressing exactly how I feel, and I wanted to share that with you. It's called "Brand New Day", by Joshua Radin, and I encourage you to listen to it and read the lyrics.
It really is a brand new day, and I know that I WILL be ok :)
Brand New DaySome kind of magic
Happens late at night
When the moon smiles down on me
And bathes me in it’s light
I fell asleep beneath you
In the tall blades of grass
When I woke the world was new
I never had to ask
It’s a brand new day
The sun is shining
It’s a brand new day
For the first time
In such a long long time
I know
I’ll be ok
Most kind of stories
Save the best part for last
Most stories have a hero who finds
You make your past your past
Ya you make your past your past
It’s a brand new day
The sun is shining
It’s a brand new day
For the first time
In such a long long time
I know
I’ll be ok
This cycle never ends
Gotta fall in order to mend
And it’s a brand new day
It’s a brand new day
For the first time
Inn such a long long time
I know
I’ll be ok
Feb 26
Have you ever been watching a video on Youtube of a concert or some other music performance and thought, "Gee golly, I wish I could put this song on my iPod..."? No? Well, humor me for a minute.
Video2mp3 is a free service that lets you enter the URL of any Youtube video, and they turn it into an mp3 for you to download and do with as you wish. Here is how it works:
First, you enter the web address for the video of which you want the mp3:
If you want a higher-quality mp3, make sure you have that option selected.
Once you click "convert", it will start to convert the video to an mp3:
Once it is done, you will be able to download it:
That's it! You're done!
Now, go grab all of
my YouTube videos and save them to your iPod :)
Video2mp3
Feb 25
Back in 2001, I taught myself how to record multiple audio tracks on my computer and then mix them together. As a musician, what this meant was that I could record a cd all on my computer in my college dorm room. So, I did just that. A year later, after learning more and more about how to do it, I recorded a second one. Since then, I have recorded music on and off, never quite finishing another full cd of music.
Now that you have the backstory, feel free to download all of the music I have ever recorded. Here are the different cd's:
Heart in Hand (2001)
This was the first cd I ever recorded. I couldn't sing too well back then, but darn it, I had fun making this cd since no one else was doing it back then. So please give me some slack on the vocal quality. ALl of these songs are covers of worship tunes that were popular back in the day.
Here I Am (2002)
For this cd, I learned a little more about recording and mixing, so the quality is better than the first. Also, on this cd, I wrote an handful of the songs.
Misc. Demos (2003-2009)
Once I made the switch to a Mac, recording became much easier. Plus, I started getting better at singing, so these songs sound a lot better than any of the ones on the actual cd's I put out.
I used to sell these cd's for $10 each at a summer camp I worked at during college. Now, they are freeeeeeeeee!
Feb 22
Part one was a few years ago. These are from LAST Sunday, which was Valentines Day. Visit
PostSecret to see the rest.
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