My drummer has some budding musician Daughters

So I drum with quite the interesting man. Not only does he have 5 daughters, but he is also a grandpa. He is pretty down on his luck right now, but at least he can be proud of his rock star daughters making an early start to a very wonderful industry. The first link his daughter is the drummer, the second link his older daughter is playing guitar.

Improvisation Interview with Trey Anastasio

A fantastic article with Phish's legendary guitar player. In this interview he really opens up and talks about his views on composition/improvisation, how he views his role in a "jam" band, and some of the ways that a band can approach extended jam sequences. Really enjoyed hearing his views on the role that music theory takes on for him as well as the concept of listening to the other members of the band to truly channel a musical idea as a group.

Copy and paste the link below:

http://believermag.com/issues/201107/?read=interview_anastasio

Skipper Dan

Weird Al's new album Alpocalypse has a track called "Skipper Dan." Al calls it a style-parody of Weezer, but to me it sounds more like early Fountains of Wayne. And it doesn't sound like a parody - it's actually a pretty good song.

Life in a Day - Trailer

On July 24, 2010, thousands of people around the world uploaded videos of their lives to YouTube to take part in Life in a Day, a historic cinematic experiment to create a documentary film about a single day on earth.

Creative sure, practical not necessarily so, but definitely awesome.

People with a lot of time on their hands (and bodies)...

Hilarious Stuff - *David Hasselhoff related material enclosed

Ok, so I paired the original version with the "literal" version. So hilarious that a) the original video was made at all and b) the absolutely spot on literal interpretation. Comments are a must after viewing this video!





I also recommend viewing the "Total Eclipse of the Heart" original and literal versions on youtube. I tried embedding them on this post but the site would not allow the awesomeness to be shared.

Mandolin + Guitar = Orgasm

Watch this immediately:

My Little Girl in Tennessee from Chris Thile & Michael Daves on Vimeo.