Streetfrog.ORG

Here is a small graphic tease of the new Streetfrog.ORG site which I plan on having up in the next month or so, I'm just working to finish some freelancing first.

In this next version, I'm hoping to have streaming and a forum... that's right a forum, where you can talk about how cool the Bowen Street band is, or how you can't wait for the next release from Double O'Dub and Reggie Brown... the possibilities are limitless.

Also...
FYI, the Bowen Street Band is playing tonight, 9:30 at the Junction, 110 Dorchester Street in South Boston.

Awesome VW commercial

So I haven't posted in a few days because I've been experiencing the highs and lows of the job search, but I just wanted to get this up.



(props to Bailey and Volkswagen)

Mash it up

Gnarls Barkly w/ Biggy
Crazy Thoughts

Who's teaching who?

If you are interested in web 2.0 or just the general evolution of the Internet, you should totally check this out.

It's a (not so) short (by YouTube standards), very well produced piece about text, hypertext and the Internet.

(props to Mizo)

Two Posts in One Day

I just wanted to post a couple of thing I found while exploring the internet today. They may not seem like the results of a successful day of "finding a job", but trust me they are.

More Free Music:
Chrome Children II (download album)
I found this on the Cartoon Network Website, I've been following the Mooninites as best I can because of the recent scare. I found their website didn't provide much info on the album, in fact I thought the site seemed intentionally limited, which was frustrating (side note: I've noticed this trend in websites with content, trademark and brand heavy companies, like cartoon and comic companies). See for yourself.

The Powerpoint of Life:
I thought this was funny and well done; great production and content. (give it a min to load)

Is Beat Producer Timbaland a Thief?

It recently came to my attention that our friend Timbaland (the man responsible for the awesome recent release by Justin Timberlake, as well as the less awesome but still good recent release by Nelly Furtado) is under suspicion for music thievery.

Aparently Timbo used a song produced by Finnish composer Janne Suni, which was created and posted in 2000. The song in question is Nelly Furtado's "Do It"

As a music producer myself, I am very familiar with "borrowing" from other musicians. I taught myself audio production by sampling bits and pieces of songs that I liked and mashed them together to make new/derivative works. I sometimes still do this, but I primarily compose or assemble my own sounds as to avoid any copyright infringement.

The main difference between myself and Timbaland, is that I make music as a hobby and share it with my friends and family, and Timbo makes music for a career and sells it to the world.

I'm not sure exactly where I stand but there are some serious similarities between the two songs in question. I think at the very least Timbaland should admit the similarities between his song and Janne's, and explain how this all happened.

Check out these YouTube links to learn more about the ongoing debate.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4KX7SkDe4Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wV2fTEeP6GM

(props to Mizo for telling me about this issue)

Boston Terror

Soooo......
I just heard this morning that Turner is accepting all responsibility for the whole bomb scare in Boston, or as I refer to it, "The Turner Terrorist Plot."

My friends and I were talking yesterday about making stickers, and we came up with a few slogans and such.

I laid them out for an 8.5" x 11" piece of paper, so if you want to feed them into a printer and print them on sticker paper, be my guest.

(Just Click on the images above for the black or white PDFs)