Brandi Carlile’s “The Story”

GM hooked me on this song with their TV commercial, and after watching it on YouTube, I’m even more hooked.  (Whereas, watching the the full-length MacBook Air song bored me to tears; I almost didn’t watch the whole thing.  Love it as a jingle, but not as a full-length song.)
And yes, it was used on [...]

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Guitar and Violin Cabinet, Nascent Ideas

…the TRUE first iteration from sketches, doodles, and precedent pieces…  These came BEFORE the Sketchup model from the previous post, so I’m posting these anachronistically…  Some of the pictures are bad because my printer’s yellow is a bit finicky.
Basically, I want a “permanent” place for my guitar and violin.  I play my instruments more when [...]

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Guitar and Violin Cabinet, 1st Iteration

I want a table saw or a band saw!!!

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Idol Follow-Up

Huh.  So yesterday, I couldn’t help thinking, “Wow, is ‘Idol’ trying to leverage the ‘giving power’ of the church in picking this song to sing and putting it up on iTunes?”
I wonder what kind of a response they got from the Christian community after last night’s telecast…  The Idol contestants resang the song just now with [...]

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“Shout to the Lord” on “Idol Gives Back”

One of my favorite songs…  
I was surprised when they announced this would be the last song, though I’m a bit disappointed that they changed the second word.  Instead of “My Jesus” all of the current Idol contestants sang “My Shepherd.”  But still, the fact that they sang it at all is…  I’m still dumbfounded! 
This last song, [...]

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