Personal Trainer: Cooking For Nintendo DS

Whee! Have I mentioned I’m a brand enthusiast for Nintendo’s DS Lite? (Rumor has it, I’m an influential female non-gamer.) I just received Personal Trainer: Cooking in the mail today. You’ve likely seen the recent commercial with Lisa Kudrow. With the game I also received this super awesome apron. Yes, that’s right. An apron. With [...]

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Viral Marketing at Death Star

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Rick Astley Rickrolls The Nation (A Year Late)

How did I miss this?! Rick Astley rickrolling (“Never Gonna Give You Up“) the entire nation during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade yesterday:

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Guest Appearance At Dad’s Garage, Adobe Fun

Oh yeah… Friday I’m in “Brawl” at Dad’s Garage. Like on stage. Ha! Please come. I’ll need the moral support. – Adobe’s fun. I haven’t used half the programs in the suite before. This is primarily because I never needed to or owned it. I just made a multiple page pdf. Another basic skill to [...]

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What I Do For a Living… My Story

My story: MY MUSIC ROOTS I’ve played violin since I was 10, viola since I was 15, and a few other instruments I’ve picked up along the way (Irish tin whistle, guitar, a little piano, a decent bit of cello, double bass & harmonica). I’ve been a huge music fan for as long as I [...]

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Rock – Check Out Gavin DeGraw

Just wanted to send all my Livejournal friends an invite to come check out this awesome guy from J Records, Gavin DeGraw. Gavin’s a soulful, 26 year old singer/songwriter/pianist/guitarist from New York, who’s been described as “vital and magnetic” with “effortlessly intimate and emotionally intense” live performances. He’ll be performing at Smith’s Olde Bar (1578 [...]

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“Music Biz Falls Off The Scale” By Erich Boehm

LONDON (Variety) – Analysts fear the worldwide music market plummeted 10% in value to $33 billion last year — the worst drop in record business history. Official stats are due April 16 from the industry’s trade group the Intl. Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), but the estimated scale of the downturn has alarmed observers. [...]

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Such A Slow Week

This is week is going by so slowly! Ah! No Birmingham or Chattanooga shows for Tessa this weekend, but I’ll live. I only have another month til the Variety Playhouse show! Will better get over here in the beginning of March. I’m so pissed that Owen Beverly’s album isn’t coming out til June now instead of March. [...]

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