I'm re-visiting 101 things in 1001 days, determined to ignore the original deadline...

This seems like a good place to start:

#88: learn an entire song in Spanish

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhoPPnDiY5c

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"No" moved me to tears even before I looked-up the translation ( Read more... )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L21yN5NJ9mE

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Baking cookies, brownies, gingerbread. Taking breaks to watch They Might Be Giants - Here Comes Science music vids with Anna. Awesome. The DVD comes bundled with each music CD.


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Why have I not heard about Nellie McKay until now?
The Official Nellie McKay Website

Thanks to a friend's link on facebook, I'm an instant fan.



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Penned lyrics in a notebook.
Blue Snowball mic.
Creative commons instrumentals downloaded to a desktop folder.
Garageband loops.

Goad me.
I need to go.

Ukelele, guitar, violin.
Instant Girl Crush

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0Fm76rwxls

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTF8x-2XbWc

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This little diva is Karl's cousin's 4-yr. old daughter.

Silver and Gold club mix 09 by KIRA

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The kid has her own language...

Mom, when this song is over, can you put on that music that's Jello?

What, sweetie? Um, I don't know what music you're talking about.

You know, that Jello music we listened to after breakfast.

Oh, cello?

Chell-Oh. Yeah. Can we listen to that?

Definitely.

Our Pandora Yo-Yo Ma channelMost days, we usually listen to K's WUUU-tech channel. ( Read more... )

In the past week I've worked on an animation/music video project (pics soon, promise), uploaded new material to Vimeo, and submitted my first original A Cappella audio file to a Creative Commons music site.

Ccmixter Mp3 HERE(10 minutes with Garage Band and a lousy built-in mic, but far, far better than trying to sing while "making eye contact" ( Read more... )