Old Spice Muscle Music from Terry Crews on Vimeo. This video is an inspiration to me. If you haven’t already seen this, watch the video, then hang around for a really cool interactive experience.
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I’m trying to do a better job about updating this blog with what I’ve been doing, and since January a big part of what I’ve been doing has to do with www.choose901.com. It’s an effort to recruit more talented young people to the city of Memphis for the benefit of the city. The more young
City Leadership (the non-profit I work for) recently launched a new project called Tonic Media Lab, and I couldn’t be more excited to be a part of this! The idea is to do week-long media labs to help brand (or re-brand) non-profits and churches in the Memphis area. We actually did our own branding, including
Many of you may know I do a lot of work for a non-profit called City Leadership. I’m really proud to be a part of the team, and excited about the many projects City Leadership is responsible for around Memphis, but I often have trouble trying to summarize what the organization does. That task is
This video has really got me thinking about what it means to be a creator – why we create, what we’re doing when we create, how dangerous it is to be a passive audience. This video (particularly the part starting around 1:40) raised some thoughts in my mind about the ethics of creativity. I want
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Some of you may remember my music video for “The Night is Dead” which was my song of the month last June. It was recently chosen to be featured in Live From Memphis‘ Lagniappe Fest which is showcasing music videos by local Memphis artists. Lagniappe Fest is a new addition to the 7th annual Music
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Here’s a one of several videos I recently shot and edited for a new education campaign called Education Champions. Check back soon for a new song!
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Somehow, one of my old roommates from 2006 wound up in this new Michelle Branch music video. My former roommate, Chad, is the guy with the long hair playing Michelle’s boyfriend in some of the sequences. Unfortunately, I don’t know the story behind how he ended up in the video.
My new song for August will be slightly delayed in getting posted. I’ve been a little busy the last few weeks and haven’t had a chance to finish it. In the mean time, here’s a video of my band playing “Not Always (But Almost)” last Thursday night at Neil’s. Thanks to everyone who made it
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While recording “The Night is Dead” for June’s download, I filmed the process. Finally got a chance to edit it together, and here it is! “The Night is Dead” along with this month’s song, “If You Got It” and others going back to January are still available to download. Check the sidebar to the right
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I’ve always enjoyed doing things myself, and I recently completed building my first guitar amp. All the parts for the amp came from a kit I ordered from Weber. The circuit is based on a Fender Princeton 5F2A from the 1950s. The cabinet arrived pre-built, but I assembled the insides based on the 5F2A schematic.
Alex Chilton, best known as founding member of 1970s Memphis rock band Big Star, passed away a year ago today. I recorded a cover of his song “I’m In Love With a Girl” as a tribute.
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