Friday, June 10, 2011

Gettin Back in My Drum Groove

drums


Today I was rocking out on my drum set for like 2 hours strait. It was amazing, I hadn't played in a loooong while and I realized how much I missed banging on my good ole set of drums. Now trust me, I'm not cool enough to make up my own stuff, I go by a book. It's not a boring beginner's book either, it's pretty hardcore. I quit drum lessons over 3 years ago, but have done better without a teacher. Of course I'm not motivated at all, but I amaze myself by teaching myself. Today I learned so much and played these head-banging, rythmic beats with "soul". And the best thing ever happened that beats out everything in all of my drumming career: I broke my drumstick. It's a very intense feeling, to see the tip and a piece of the shoulder of your very own drumstick fly across the room. It made my entire day. Sort of.


Here's a good lookin professional prove what the meaning of "playing the drums" mean. I'm in love with his gorgeous red tresses and not to mention his jaw-dropping drumming skills. If this doesn't blow your mind, there is seriously something wrong with you. If nothing else amazes you, his drum fills at the ends MUST. Also, this is one of my favorite songs.





Thursday, June 9, 2011

Oh, Iceland!

Aurora over Iceland


I still go by my belief that the best pictures are taken at night. And maybe in Iceland. I definitely want to go here one day. I don't know a whole lot about Iceland, but I do know it's very pretty. I think during the summer it would be amazing. There's also the "Blue Lagoon" [like in Spongebob, haha].  http://www.bluelagoon.com/ It's like a mineral spa pool sort of thing. It just sounds like an eccentric experience.

Also, if you've never heard Icelandic music, you've been missing out. This is my favorite kind of indie music. Here's some of the best, and it is in English:

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Incredibly Useless Day

Well to start off today, I had more freaky dreams. They've been so vivid and real lately, and it's actually not all that great. But I'll get over it. I discovered [or rather, it was brought to my attention] a beautiful temple today that I had not seen before. The Logan Utah temple is one of the most beautiful temples I've ever seen [pictures of, that is]. This may be the one that I would like to be married in. It's soooo gorgeous. And it's also one of the very first temples built. I think.



Also, "The Jimi Hendrix Experience" is pretty awesome. By far, my favorite Hendrix song would be "All Along the Watchtower" which was originally a Bob Dylan song, but both are super awesome. This one just has some extreme guitar pickin, which is what I like about Jimi Hendrix. Plus, he's a lefty. And I am not promoting the usage of tobacco by showing this video, just promoting the greatest guitarist of all time in my opinion, and in Rolling Stone's opinion too. Just sayin

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

The Beatles Anthology Highlights




iTunes just released The Beatles: "Anthology Highlights" and I'm super duper excited! It features real, legit, live sessions from the studio in the good ole 60's. You get to hear the greatest band of all-time in the process of developing this title, and all the original sounds from some of their greatest songs. It's just really groovy, I believe. Too bad I am broke and have no job. I would love to be able to buy things....