the span of the human voice - honda civic choir

and yes it is real...

coming soon

'our goal is to embarrass the first record, that's what we're trying to do here, and i think we're on point to pull it off'.

- Paul Meany (mutemath)



i think so too.



new mutemath coming september 2008

the wheels are turning

though the job market sucks for teachers at the moment...i think i may have the beginnings of a plan for my next year. we shall see what happens...

my brain is working on overdrive

looks like...

i'm out of a job.

viva la vida

i have yet to jump on the coldplay band wagon but with this new album, i'm hooked. i'm getting really excited for june 17th.

and apple makes it look pretty. ha

life's a...

lincoln in a year

here is a little slideshow i put together for the 07-08 school year @ lincoln high. it was the least i could do for the people that made the experience memorable.



right now, it is a work in progress and i'll probably update it if people send me more pictures.

enjoy.

I'm Yours

When I grow up...

Having Mr. Redding as a mentor for 11 years has been nothing but a blessing to my life and now he is now changing lives all across the Nation which is very amazing to see. Be inspired....I am.

Take Flight

My new favorite "Formerly New Zealand's fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo" supergroup... Flight of the Conchords!

Laugh and Enjoy.

look/listen/love

I'd never steer you wrong, follow the link and listen to a new band I'm fond of...

Enter the Haggis

Merry Christmas

From Me and Jason Mraz...to you!

We'll chat soon!

Romeo/Juliet

a GREAT song. Enjoy.



a lovestruck romeo sings the streets a serenade.
laying everybody low with the love song that he's made.
he finds a street light, steps out of the shade.
and says something like, "you and me babe, how about it?"

juliet says, "hey it's romeo! he nearly gave me a heart attack. he's underneath my window." she's singing, "hey la, my boyfriend's back. you shouldn't come around here, singing up people like that."
anyway, what you gonna do about it?

"juliet, the dice were loaded from the start. and i bet that you exploded into my heart. and i forget, i forget the movie song. but when you gonna realize, it was just that the time was wrong? juliet."

come up on different streets, and they both were streets of shame.
both dirty, both mean.
yeah, and even the dream was just the same.
"and i dreamed your dream for you,
and now your dream is real.
so how can you look at me as if i was just another one of your deals?
and you can fall for chains of silver,
and you can fall for chains of gold.
you can fall for pretty strangers, and the promises they hold.
you promised me everything.
yeah, you promised me thick & thin.
now you just turn away and say, 'romeo, yeah, you know i used to have a scene with him.'"

"juliet, when we made love you used to cry. you said, 'i love you like the stars above, i'm gonna love you till i die.'
there's a place for us, you know the movie song.
but when you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong? juliet.

"and i can't do the talk like the talk on tv.
and i can't do a love song, like the way it's meant to be.
all i can do is kiss you through the bars of a rhyme.
juliet, i'd do the stars with you anytime.

"juliet, when we made love you used to cry. you said, 'i love you like the stars above, and i'll love you till i die.'
'there's a place for us, if you know the movie song.'
when you gonna realize, it was just that the time was wrong? juliet."

a lovestruck romeo sings the streets a serenade.
laying everybody low with the love song that he's made.
he finds a street light, steps out of the shade.
and says something like, "you and me babe, how about it?"

The Anthem

Gravity
Is working against me
And gravity
Wants to bring me down

Oh I'll never know
What makes this man
With all the love
That his heart can stand
Dream of ways
To throw it all away

Oh Gravity
Is working against me
And gravity
Wants to bring me down

Oh twice as much
Ain’t twice as good
And can't sustain
Like one half could
It's wanting more
It's gonna send me to my knees

Oh twice as much
Ain’t twice as good
And can't sustain
Like one half could
It's wanting more
It's gonna send me to my knees

Oh gravity
Stay the hell away from me
Oh gravity
Has taken better men than me
Now how can that be?

Just keep me where the light is
Just keep me where the light is
Just keep me where the light is
C’mon keep me where the light is
C’mon keep me where the light is
C’mon keep me where keep me where the light is

Across the Universe

go right now and see this movie



that is all.

I want one!

Hang Drum....pronounced Hung

Conduct Confessional #1

Welcome to my world. This is the start of a new line of posts called "Conduct Confessional." In these, I'll will post any recent videos of my conducting to get feedback or any comments that may come to the confessional. This semester will mostly be from my Advanced Conducting class with Dr. André Thomas. He is working with me before I leave FSU for my internship and my future job. Enjoy this first installment.



Haydn - "The Heavens are Telling" - The Creation

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robots in disguise

i'm excited to hear Mutemath singing the transformers theme!!

man, i cannot wait for this movie

opposition

Extract from an American Paper objecting to new trends in church music.

“There are several reasons for opposing it. One, it’s too new. Two, it’s often worldly, even blasphemous. The new Christian music is not as pleasant as the more established style. Because there are so many new songs, you can’t learn them all. It puts too much emphasis on instrumental music rather than godly lyrics. This new music creates disturbances making people act indecently and disorderly. The preceding generation got along without it. It’s a money making scam and some of these new music upstarts are lewd and loose.”

Who said this?




A pastor attacking Isaac Watts, writer of ‘When I Survey The Wondrous Cross,’ in 1723!



Funny how times don't really change...