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Jesus Loves You....Everone else thinks you're an...... (Radio Edit)

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 11:06:29 -0700

Peave Love And Don't Trust MTV

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 02:48:05 -0700

Waiting For Wendy

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 21:03:35 -0700

Free Train Runnin

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 02:47:19 -0700

Jesus Loves You (Everyone else thinks your an a**hole)

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 03:47:46 -0800

This video is set to the radio edit version of this song from my newest CD "Another Roll of the Dice". The censored and un-censored versions are available on iTunes and CDbaby.com

I have posted videos before. But those have been live performance videos.

This is my first "Concept" music video, were I am lip synching to the studio recording (just like the artists you see on MTV) :)

The video was shot and directed by Ken Jaedicke.

The concept was mine.

The song "Jesus Loves You" makes fun of rude and annoying people. But the video, pokes fun at people who are famous for nothing (Something that I keep seeing more, and more of in this crazy world of ours).

Rev Mark plays the arrogant celebrity whose only claim to fame is that he can blow a whistle (In real life, Mark is a talented musician who played bass on the original recording.

Alexis Dicus and Ken Jaedicke play the video crew who fawn and fuss over Mark, but completely ignore the guy playing the guitar who actually wrote the song.

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Mon, 01 Oct 2007 01:45:12 -0700

Batman TV Theme (Inst)

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 01:25:56 -0700

An instrumental acoustic version of the 60's Batman Theme

Peace Love And Don't Trust MTV Live Acoustic

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 01:23:03 -0700

Live acoustic version of the song from my 3rd CD. I am using a loop station pedal and that is why you are hearing a phantom guitar

The Devil's Station (live)

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 23:28:51 -0700

Live band version of the song Devil's Station from my 2nd CD "Mixed Emotions'. This is at the House Of Blues in Anaheim

Forbidden Fruit Live Acoustic

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 02:54:49 -0700

A live acoustic version of Forbidden Fruit a song that I released on my first CD.

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Mon, 01 Oct 2007 03:34:55 -0700

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Mon, 01 Oct 2007 03:33:45 -0700

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Mon, 01 Oct 2007 03:33:07 -0700

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Mon, 01 Oct 2007 03:30:58 -0700

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Mon, 01 Oct 2007 03:30:18 -0700

HOW TO CREATE YOUR OWN BRITTANY SPEARS

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:09:18 -0700

While searching for work as a musician and songwriter, I came across this ad. This ad is real. I did not make it up. Below is the entire ad verbatim Check it out and then read my follow up commentary: >>>>>>>>>>>>>> We need a songwriter to write some songs for one of our singers. They need to be either hip hop, pop, or r&b songs. Your name will be credited and shown to other singers. You'll also get $150 per song. You'll just need to write the song, send the lyrics to me, and if we decide to use your song we'll send you the money however you chose. These songs are going to be for a teenage girl. Here are the songs we need: 1). rich & awesome (kind of about being conceited) 2). can't stop loving you (about wanting someone who doesn't want you back but you don't want to give up hope) 3). im just me (about not wanting to change for someone else) 4). rumors (about being tired of all the rumors going around) 5). the perfect lie (about you being a mistake) 6). forever a true friend (about having one friend who's always been there) 7). party girl (about just wanting to have fun) 8). drama queen (about being a drama queen) 9). this is life (about all the troubles life brings but also about the good times). If you can help with any of these songs please email me! We do not have any samples of the singer to send but if it helps she sounds like Christina Aguilera. >>>>>>>>>>> Now what struck me about this ad, besides the unbelievable and outrageous fact that they are buying you out for $150 dollars a song, is the formula they have presented. Basically they want to produce a 9 track album and they already know what each song needs to be about. We always knew these acts where formulaic, but this ad spells out the album formula for every Brittany/Hillary/Ashley pop princess in the making. Every record label owes the author of this ad a debt of gratitude for their efforts to further the formula that is the product that we call pop princess. All you have to do is find a teenage girl that will do what you tell her (Who cares if she can really sing or not, it hasn't hurt Ashley any). Add some slinky clothes and follow this album recipe and Walla!.... Instant pop princess.

......IT SOUNDS GOOD........BUT DOES THAT MAKE IT GOOD?

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:04:16 -0700

Part of what is wrong with so much of the music being played on the radio today, is that it sounds great. Seriously. I hear this all the time. I ask someone what they think of a song that is playing on the radio. They listen for a second and say "It sounds good". "But do you think it's a good song"? I ask. They don't answer "Yeah, I love that song" or "Yeah this song kicks ass"! Instead they pause for a bit, maybe listen for a few seconds more, and then say something like "I don't know......It sounds good though". A great song is a great song. No matter how well it is, or isn't recorded. The Beatles recorded most of their albums on 4 track tape machines. They used technology that is considered prehistoric compared to recordings made in today's slick digital audio world of 60 + tracks and up. Yet when you hear a song like Yesterday, it doesn't matter that the technology used to record it was vastly inferior to today's technology, because in the end, a great song (and an equally great performance) shines through all of that. No one has any trouble hearing a great song. But we live in a world where audio technology can make the mediocre sound great. In today's music world it's about the production. And we can do this in spades. But this doesn't make it a great song. It just makes it "sound" great. Sound being the operative word here. Back in the day, it was about the song. You didn't have the technology to hide behind. The song had to be good. This didn't stop bad songs from being recorded, but I think the lack of technology made it easier for the casual listener to discern the mediocre from the good. A good analogy to this is movies. With today's technology you can create great special effects undreament of 10 years ago. You can color correct your movie to make the cinematography look beautiful. But without a good story it's just empty eye candy. But if you don't look at it with too critical a mind you might be fooled into thinking it was a good movie, when in actuality it was just a good looking movie. The same holds true for music. Today's production values will make a mediocre song sound good. And if you don't think about it, you might be fooled into thinking it is a good song. But a good song stays with you. You can remember the melody. A good song can move you across the dance floor but it can also move your soul. For many, music is background noise and you can use good songs for this too, but a good song can also stop you in your tracks. It can stop your train of thought, and make you want to follow that songs musical path/journey from beginning to end. Admit it; it's hard to start "American Pie" by Don Mclean and then turn it off half way through. You have to finish it. So the next time you listen casually the latest flavor of the month, ask yourself: Is this really a good song, or does it just sound good? Does the melody really stay with you? And when you hear it again does it groove and excite you enough that you want to hear it from start to finish?