Daily Playlist 2009-09-16

1 - If You Love Somebody Set Them Free - Sting - The Dream Of The Blue Turtles

2 - On The Western Skyline - Bruce Hornsby & The Range - The Way It Is

3 - Bump And Grind - David Lee Roth - Eat 'Em And Smile

4 - peaceOfRock_20070717 - Bivans, Timothy - 2009

5 - Great Indoors - Mayer, John - Room for Squares

6 - You Know What You Are? - Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth

7 - Hotter Than Hell - Kiss - Double Platinum

8 - All I Want - Lynch Mob - Wicked Sensation

9 - Until We Fall - Audioslave - Revelations

10 - Shyboy - David Lee Roth - Eat 'Em And Smile

11 - Hand In My Pocket - Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill

12 - Something's Missing - Mayer, John - Heavier Things

13 - Lonely Ol' Night - John Mellencamp - Words & Music: Greatest Hits [Disc 1]

14 - What's On My Mind - Kansas - Leftoverture

15 - Sure Know Something - Kiss - Dynasty

16 - Power - Kansas - Power

17 - Man O War - Prince - Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic

18 - Black Cow - Steely Dan - Citizen Steely Dan 1972-1980 [Disc 3]

19 - Gentle Ways - Steve Vai - Sound Theories Vol.1 ''The Aching Hunger''

20 - Bring It On - Seal - Seal

21 - Shadow of the Sun - Audioslave - Audioslave

22 - The Silent Within - Steve Vai - The Ultra Zone

23 - Wichita Skyline - Shawn Colvin - A Few Small Repairs

24 - Straight to My Heart - Sting - Nothing Like The Sun

25 - Prayer - Big Wreck - In Loving Memory Of

26 - This Is The Time - Billy Joel - Greatest Hits, Vol. 3

27 - I'll Be Around - Steve Vai - The Ultra Zone

28 - Running To Stand Still - U2 - Joshua Tree

29 - Tapes - Alanis Morissette - Flavors Of Entanglement

30 - Underneath - Alanis Morissette - Flavors Of Entanglement

31 - In Praise Of The Vulnerable Man - Alanis Morissette - Flavors Of Entanglement

32 - Moratorium - Alanis Morissette - Flavors Of Entanglement

33 - Giggle Again For No Reason - Alanis Morissette - Flavors Of Entanglement

34 - Incomplete - Alanis Morissette - Flavors Of Entanglement

35 - Madness (Bonus Track) - Alanis Morissette - Flavors of Entanglement (Deluxe Edition)

36 - The Camera Eye - Rush - Moving Pictures

37 - Underneath the Radar - Thornley - Tiny Pictures

38 - Changes - Thornley - Tiny Pictures

39 - Man Overboard - Thornley - Tiny Pictures

40 - Your Song - Thornley - Tiny Pictures

Daily Playlist 2009-09-15

Playlist for the last day or so

1 _ Get Along _ Doughty, Mike _ Rockity Roll

2 _ Hang 'Em High _ Van Halen _ Diver Down

3 _ Barrytown _ Steely Dan _ Citizen Steely Dan 1972-1980 [Disc 2]

4 _ If Your Gonna _ Natasha Bedingfield _ Unwritten

5 _ Your Time Is Gonna Come _ Led Zeppelin _ Led Zeppelin (Disc 1) [Box Set]

6 _ Sorrow _ Flyleaf _ Flyleaf

7 _ September Grass _ James Taylor _ October Road

8 _ 27 Jennifers _ Doughty, Mike _ Rockity Roll

9 _ Lonely People _ Styx _ Paradise Theater

10 _ EMB Feb 09 _ John Barwick _

11 _ On The Western Skyline _ Bruce Hornsby & The Range _ The Way It Is

12 _ Fire At Midnight _ Jethro Tull _ Songs From The Wood

13 _ So Lonely _ The Police _ Message In A Box: The Complete Recordings (Disc 1)

14 _ My Thanksgiving _ Don Henley _ Inside Job

15 _ Talk Of The Town _ Pretenders _ The Singles

16 _ Northern Lad _ Tori Amos _ From the Choirgirl Hotel

17 _ Walk On _ U2 _ All That You Can't Leave Behind

18 _ I Will Follow _ U2 _ Boy

19 _ Stop This Train _ Mayer, John _ Continuum

20 _ The River Of Dreams _ Billy Joel _ Greatest Hits, Vol. 3

21 _ A Love Bizarre _ Michael Hedges _ Live On The Double Planet

Daily Playlist 2009-09-11

I've decided just for the hell of it, to list the music that I listen to at work here on my music blog. For my own edification if for nothing else. Behold the eclectic mind at work:

The Heart Of The Matter _ Don Henley _ Actual Miles

I'm Alive _ Electric Light Orchestra _ Xanadu (Soundtrack)

Somethin' Special _ Colbie Caillat _ Coco: Summer Sessions

Pretty Maids All In A Row _ The Eagles _ Hotel California

Love Hurts _ Incubus _ Light Grenades

Thinking Of You _ A Perfect Circle _ Mer de Noms

Disappearing One _ Chris Cornell _ Euphoria Morning

Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me _ U2 _ Batman Forever

If I Ever Lose My Faith In You _ Sting _ Ten Summoner's Tales

Brother _ Steve Vai _ Fire Garden

Dead Man's Rope _ Sting _ Sacred Love

You Still Touch Me _ Sting _ Mercury Falling

Jackie's Strength _ Tori Amos _ From the Choirgirl Hotel

Solsbury Hill _ Peter Gabriel _ Shaking The Tree: 16 Golden Greats

Carry That Weight _ The Beatles _ Abbey Road

I Just Want The Girl In The Blue Dress To Keep On Dancing _ Mike Doughty _ Golden Delicious

With Or Without You _ U2 _ Joshua Tree

The Guy Who Leaves (Bonus Track) _ Alanis Morissette _ Flavors of Entanglement (Deluxe Edition)

Out From Under _ Incubus _ Make Yourself

Lawyers In Love _ Jackson Browne _ The Very Best Of Jackson Browne [Disc 2]

Cloud On My Tongue (Live) _ Tori Amos _ To Venus and Back

My Old School _ Steely Dan _ Citizen Steely Dan: 1972-1980 [Disc 1]

Sympathetic Character _ Alanis Morissette _ Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie

Fools _ Van Halen _ Women And Children First

Silhouettes In Disguise _ Kansas _ Power

Stop The World _ Demi Lovato _ Here We Go Again

U Got Nothin' On Me _ Demi Lovato _ Here We Go Again

Review - Demi Lovato - Here We Go Again

Demil Lovato - If you don't know who she is then you don't have a daughter between the ages of 5 and 12. I know who she is. And frankly, I'm glad that I do. I was first introduced to her by way of "Camp Rock", which was, for its part, not a bad movie. Much better in fact than any of the HSM series. The music had much more of a rock edge than it's Disney pop counterpart and Demi songs were almost inspired. At the time however, I thought that her voice could use some maturing. That has apparently happened.

I have not heard her first CD, "Don't Forget" but I've heard that it was much more 'fun' than this one. I don't know about fun, but I know about good and this is definitely the latter. And I am a 38 year old web programmer that has a penchant for heavy, prog-rock. But I have an eclectic taste in music and if you can give me a well written and sung melody with a catchy rhythm section then you have thte makings of what I want in music.

This has both of those. The album is well paced and varied. Demi's voice changes timbre depending on the tone of the song. It can be both bright and airy or dark and intense. And this was the biggest surprise for me. I wasn't expecting such a matured vocal style. I am really impressed with what she does in places. She has a very artistic and mature approach to her craft and it will be interesting to see where she goes in the future.

Here We Go Again - Really catchy, hooky song that will stick in you head all day long. "Here we go, go again"

Solo - Another catchy rocking tune - "To bad you couldn't stay on key"

U Got Nothin' On Me - Rock pop -

Falling Over Me - Ballad - her voice on this is just beautiful. when she sings "you are the one" and holds the 'n' as opposed to the 'o' in 'one' it is just really nice.

Quiet - Evanessence-esque rocker

Catch Me -

Every Time You Lie -

Got Dynamite - another rocker

Stop The World - Ballad popper

World Of Chances - cowritten with John Mayer

Remember December - rocker

Everything You're Not - rocker

Gift Of A Friend - Ballad friend song... Irish Waltz style. I assume this if for Selena.

So Far So Great - Theme song for her show

My Beginning With jQuery

I recently taught a class in JavaScript, and while I still don't consider myself an expert in the subject, I now feel fairly proficient in it.  Be in an effort to furthe my knowledge of JS, I stumbled across jQuery.   jQuery is a JavaScript framework that enables a developer to get more done in shorter amount of time.  

So I've been looking for good examples of jQuery in use, becuase it is always easiest to learn a new language by seeing practical applications of it.

Here is the first that I've found.

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Children and Music

I'm thinking about creating a music game for children using my recording equipment.  I'm not sure now how to structure the game, but the idea would be to have simple singing exercises pre-recorded to which they would sing over top on another track.  This would allow them to hear themselves to a greater degree than a voice student typically gets to hear.  And if you've ever heard struggling singers, or have been one yourself, you can appreciate the value of being able to hear oneself.  A person can be told that he/she is singing off pitch, but until he/she can hear for him/herself it won't make much of an impact.

So to that end I'm researching the vocal ranges of different ages of children.

I found this website that has a 10 point checklist for writing music for children that says the music should be from middle C to the G above for young children, and that can be extended by a few notes each way as they enter into the lower grades.

But I plan to post those activities here, for anyone to use as they wish.  So keep checking back!

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This is the digital piano that I would love to have. I'm trying to figure out how I can get this. Mom? Dad? If you ever wanted to drop a lot of money on me, this is what I would like to see.