FMyLife.com + SadTrombone.com Mashup

Feb 28

Software 3 Comments

After experiencing the joy of following every FMyLife.com entry with a trip to SadTrombone.com I decided to throw together a mash up.

Sad Trombone My Life serves up endless doses of schadenfreude with comedy brass chasers.

Enjoy: Sad Trombone My Life

Further Backwards ABCs Foolishness

Feb 25

Music 2 Comments

I know I am stretching this backwards-alphabet-songs thing, but I am at home in Petaluma and had time to kill.

Here I sing the alphabet song with the melody backwards, the words backwards while showing solfegge hand signs and conducting.

Backwards ABCs One Step Nerdier

Feb 15

Music 6 Comments

In my previous post I sang the ABCs backwards with solffeg hand signs. Now, out of curiosity and my eternal pursuit of the way of the nerd, I added a different challenge into the mix:

Thanks to Brandon for reversing the video, so that you can hear the actual melody.

The ABCs Backwards

Feb 6

Music 7 Comments

Inspired to further acts of nerdome by the encouraging comments on my last post, I decided to learn to do something I have been thinking of doing ever since I saw Paul Kim do it at a party. Sing the alphabet song backwards. Not just sing the letters backwards, but the notes as well. So last night I sat down, figured out how it would go, and started memorizing it. This morning, to nerd it up just a little bit more, I leaned to sing it while showing the solfege using hand signs. I then took my new camcorder into Golden Gate Park and recorded myself doing it. The park has the advantage of having actual sunlight while still having some privacy and quiet. Also, it’s pretty. Here are the results:

Due to a bug in iMovieHD I was unable to reverse the video so you could here the original melody, but here is the audio reversed:

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New Video Camera: Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Feb 5

Music 7 Comments

I got a new Flip camcorder from Woot.com yesterday. To test it, I filmed myself singing “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” off by one word. By starting the song on a fictional pickup note, the alignment of the words and music gets off. So, I run out of words before I finish singing the melody which leaves the melody on the unresolved solfeggio “ti”.

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