tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6758656021283864652024-03-14T02:42:17.451-04:00The Randomly Evolving BlogWhatever I feel like talking about, whenever I feel like talking about it.SomethingMusichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713334093700879793noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675865602128386465.post-80849307845901099532018-04-30T12:19:00.000-04:002018-04-30T12:19:45.942-04:00[Politics] The Pot LuckOne day a neighborhood community decided to that it would be nice to
host a pot luck. The first one went great. Everyone brought something
to eat, there was plenty of food, everyone got something they wanted
(but maybe not everything they wanted) and went home happy, being united
with companionship and good times. It went so well that every year
this community decided it should become an SomethingMusichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713334093700879793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675865602128386465.post-80424683675274189222018-02-21T16:45:00.000-05:002018-02-21T16:45:00.365-05:00[Politics] MacOS is for Women, Windows is for MenYesterday I was, almost literally, hit in the face with a cold. I was feeling fine reading a book when, within about 30 seconds, I went from perfectly normal to spewing snot monster. It was a pretty strange sensation and forced me to spend the day, not practicing, but instead blowing my nose. Anyways, my foggy brain came up with this title and I'm running with it.
Yesterday I SomethingMusichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713334093700879793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675865602128386465.post-4472056513131615132018-02-01T21:26:00.001-05:002018-02-01T21:27:57.110-05:00[Politics] Debunking the Debunkers: Trump's SotU Speech
Leftists are crying over President Trump. Do they have a point?
Post State of the Union, the Democrats are rabidly attempting to debunk, undermine, and claw relevance back after Trump exposed them as little four-year olds throwing a tantrum. As they rapidly lose relevancy as economic leaders, they are looking at ways to maintain their shrinking voter-base.
Approval of Trump SomethingMusichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713334093700879793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675865602128386465.post-79679304704818739372015-09-20T00:14:00.000-04:002015-09-20T00:14:27.620-04:00[Music] 9 Symphonies ChallengeThere is a musical challenge going on Reddit right now: For symphonies #1 through 9, choose a symphony for each number. Only one symphony per composer is allowed. It seemed fun so I thought I'd do my own list!
Symphony No 1: Shostakovitch Symphony No. 1
Shostakovich's first symphony is one of the best first symphonies ever written. While not truly representative of SomethingMusichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713334093700879793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675865602128386465.post-35360487595816467722015-06-22T12:53:00.000-04:002015-06-22T12:53:33.421-04:0010 Reasons Why Classical Music is Failing TodayI would like to apologize about the click-bait title posts, but they appeal to people for some reason so I may as well use them. Lately lots of bloggers, writers, critics, etc. have been frequently saying how classical music is doomed to obscurity, being too quiet, too dated, and too boring. That being said, I believe many critics are missing the change of pop consumer culture, as SomethingMusichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713334093700879793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675865602128386465.post-57380115214249918122015-05-05T19:48:00.002-04:002015-05-05T19:48:36.358-04:00Touch Pianist is Amazing and Here's Why
Touch Pianist is a phone app/website that was released today and every tech geek is blogging about it. As I'm a music geek and ran into it I thought I would also write a little post about it. So here's what I have to say:
Teachers: learn piano if you don't and be prepared to teach people piano.
SomethingMusichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713334093700879793noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675865602128386465.post-82928732095034849942015-04-20T11:06:00.002-04:002015-04-20T11:06:56.041-04:00Video Game Music Compared to Classical MusicI just came across an article on some website trying to compare classical compositions to modern video game music. I have linked the article here. This article, while interesting, makes horrible connections to 'similar' classical composers, and honestly represents why I find modern perceptions of classical music so... wrong. This is so frustrating I'm not even sure how to SomethingMusichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713334093700879793noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675865602128386465.post-79092899771939926832015-03-19T22:39:00.000-04:002015-03-19T22:39:38.020-04:00Are Video Games Art?The vast majority of this is personal opinion. If you agree or disagree, realize that I am looking to draw my own conclusions, not to force them on others. If you come to a different conclusion please let me know in the comments.
A few years ago, famous film critic Roger Ebert wrote an extensive article in the Chicago Sun Times stating that video games can never be art. I SomethingMusichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713334093700879793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675865602128386465.post-20228156446384001002015-03-13T14:10:00.000-04:002015-03-13T14:10:08.241-04:00Metronome Apps: What's Good and What's Bad? (Android)As a musician, my most used piece of equipment that I use next to my instrument is my metronome. However, I have had a bad habit of constantly forgetting and leaving my expensive Dr. Beats somewhere and losing them forever, a problem I don't have with my phone (especially since if I misplace it I can call it and find it). As such, for the past few years I have used various SomethingMusichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713334093700879793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675865602128386465.post-90775206500303593642014-03-27T17:49:00.001-04:002014-03-27T17:49:26.447-04:00I'm Back! The Rules to TravelingI was mulling over how travelling works recently and how many people are really stressed when they travel. I realized that I never really have problems traveling and have several hypotheses to successfully traveling. This post is here to lay a groundwork of traveling and how to not get overwhelmed. Without further ado I give to you:
The Rules of Understanding Traveling:
 SomethingMusichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713334093700879793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675865602128386465.post-40194577690793953182011-10-26T07:17:00.001-04:002011-10-26T07:17:49.264-04:00A Week in China pt 2Food is weird in China. It's not that they serve food that I don't eat regularly, but they prepare the food in such a fashion that it is nearly impossible to distinguish what exactly you are eating. While this can be nice, sometimes it can hide nasty surprises (such as bones) or other interesting oddities. Probably the weirdest concoction I consumed was pork with some kind of SomethingMusichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713334093700879793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675865602128386465.post-81022019589129119892011-10-24T10:33:00.000-04:002011-10-24T10:33:15.068-04:00China, a Week in Beijing
I actually wrote this a while ago and decided to post it here. I am in China so I decided to update my blog every day or so while I'm over here. Hope people enjoy it.
The plane flight was excruciating. The last time I flew international was on Lufthansa (sp?) airlines which had power-cables for computers, a decent screen, and some actual legroom. This flight on United Airlines, on the SomethingMusichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713334093700879793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675865602128386465.post-76507146573741055752011-10-02T23:14:00.002-04:002011-10-02T23:15:28.508-04:00Spotify is amazingSpotify is amazing. If you haven't heard of it it's a service which is basically a massive iTunes store with millions upon millions of mp3s from various artists. For the average audiophile or music listener it's a great way to expand your listening of other genres, but for musicians it's an invaluable tool.
As a musician, when you want to study or really learn a piece you can't learnSomethingMusichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713334093700879793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675865602128386465.post-11822028221425247392011-09-17T23:55:00.000-04:002011-09-17T23:55:44.503-04:00Dumber than a 7 Year OldI was surfing reddit recently and I came across this 'Ask me Anything'
What is the meaning of life? No seriously, I'd love to hear what a 7 year old would have to say about this
"to love everybody and eat good food"
I realized that this was a brilliant. Eating good food makes everyone happy. Loving everyone also makes each other happy. With eating good food and fromSomethingMusichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713334093700879793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675865602128386465.post-77515403456330350972011-03-14T14:26:00.001-04:002011-03-14T14:27:54.222-04:00Game Of Thrones Trailer #2 (HBO)That is all.I'll do an actual post eventually, but for now.... SO EXCITED!!! Both the new book AND the series is coming out.SomethingMusichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713334093700879793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675865602128386465.post-10826029356390383222010-12-25T18:37:00.004-05:002010-12-25T19:20:28.014-05:00[random] I am really really boredI'm actually testing my new keyboard right now because it feels awesome and I'm not used to it. It feels pretty good though.... Yay Christmas gifts! Especially good keyboards. Hopefully it isn't a fingerprint magnet and has better input. It feels pretty good.Anyways, clarinet is awesome. However, I think that it is in general underrepresented in almost all music. It wasn't considered a majorSomethingMusichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713334093700879793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675865602128386465.post-76158851733161705842010-12-21T09:30:00.009-05:002010-12-21T10:26:44.133-05:00[Video Games/Music] Video Games Utilizing MusicIt's been a long while since I bothered to write one of these things. I have many games in which I have played, as well as music. I doubt I'll write about them anytime soon, however my new-years resolution is to write in this thing at least once a month. Hopefully it will go well.Anyways, something that has grabbed my attention recently is how video games are using unique methods in gameplay SomethingMusichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713334093700879793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675865602128386465.post-51491108848629425762010-09-30T09:49:00.004-04:002010-09-30T10:05:03.587-04:00A Short Coming Back PostIt's been quite a while since I posted in this blog. Mostly because of summer shenanigans and such. Anyways, after a pretty long hiatus I have decided to come back and rant about things which I don't like, or find interesting, etc.In a previous post I wrote about how much Justin Beiber is a horrible person. I still think I am right about that in every way. However, someone used a sound SomethingMusichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713334093700879793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675865602128386465.post-74996361348552820882010-07-24T13:11:00.002-04:002010-07-24T13:15:00.697-04:00Mostly HarmlessIt seems people keep on running into this blog, and I haven't wrote in it for over a month.Because of this, I will prepare a brief message:1) Yes, I haven't forgotten. I'm just lazy.2) I have things I could write about, and I don't know when I'll write about them3) I'm in Atlanta doing fun stuff... or at least right now chillin' in a hotel room because it's like 95 or so out.4) I bought more SomethingMusichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713334093700879793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675865602128386465.post-91831933320999406462010-06-16T12:07:00.006-04:002010-06-16T13:14:19.332-04:00[Music] The Problem: Justin BeiberJustin Beiber, as apparently 3%* of the world population knows and obsesses over, is probably one of music businesses biggest money makers. His youtube videos have approximately 195 million views (I rounded up to calculate the total world population that have seen Justin Bieber movies), and his fans will pay $650 for a bottle of water he SIPPED and didn't like. Seriously.how did I get on to SomethingMusichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713334093700879793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675865602128386465.post-76516504144027948532010-06-12T15:01:00.004-04:002010-06-12T15:05:35.955-04:00[Tech/Sports] Record the World Cup!I'm not too much of a "sports" guy but the world cup is pretty big by everyone. So, for Windows and Mac units I have worked up a fun way to stream the wondrous World Cup for everyone!Note: My father wrote this up. I don't care to much about soccer.Here's how to record ESPN or rip any video or audio stream on your hard drive. You can't use KeepVid and YouTube Downloader. ESPN locks their video SomethingMusichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713334093700879793noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675865602128386465.post-78149617074486082602010-05-30T23:10:00.002-04:002010-05-30T23:14:17.073-04:00[Music] Dimished 7ths in PopI like how Japanese pop uses diminished 7th to V to bridge to the melody, and I wonder why most music doesn't do this more often. It's really cool and adds depth to the music. I'm sure it also is chordal foreshadowing in the lyrics which I can't possibly understand until I take Japanese. Why does Japanese music uses much more complicated chord structures than American pop? Where did we go SomethingMusichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713334093700879793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675865602128386465.post-953336651191207992010-05-25T20:17:00.003-04:002010-05-25T21:14:22.023-04:00[Gaming/Design] Good and Bad DesignAs much as you might think I would write about part 2 of roach patch notes, I realize that the new patch changes a bunch and therefore my old dislike against the 2 food roaches is rather out of date. Needless to say, Overseer's are super buffed and I believe will become really useful in zvt and zvz play.I'll get back to Starcraft 2 later, but now to the actual post. One thing I noticed while SomethingMusichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713334093700879793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675865602128386465.post-7694246322237411482010-05-19T17:22:00.003-04:002010-05-19T17:52:29.054-04:00[Video Games] SC2- Zerg Rage Part 1It's been 12 days since my last post. Whodathunk it...Anyways, I've been playing copious amounts of sc2. I find it really fun to play and I've been trying to play it at a high a level as possible, because I'm pro... Yeah...Anyways I worked my way up to the Gold level (about rank 23) and I fell like I have an okay to good grasp of the game. While I am definitely not at the level of other high SomethingMusichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713334093700879793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-675865602128386465.post-32959645360842967902010-05-07T23:37:00.004-04:002010-05-08T00:03:17.675-04:00[Music] Blue Sky NoiseWell this is a timed blog. The power is out due to a huge thunderstorm so I'm typing this on my battery, which is 77% full right now. We'll see how I do. Anyways, this post is about a month late. There is only one really solid reason why this is late: I am lazy. That is pretty much the only reason. However, this post is really necessary because some things need to be shared.This thing is SomethingMusichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17713334093700879793noreply@blogger.com0