New Song from New CD

In response to all the demand, here is a new song from the CD that my friend Nate and I are working on. Should have the whole thing finished this summer. This is track 14 (last song). I sing lead on verse 1, Nate on 2, both on 3. I switch to harmony on the chorus after the first round. Nate sings lead on chorus the rest of the way. All harmonies are me at the end. This song is pretty mellow (for those who ventured far enough down to fall of 2007 in this blog to hear tracks from the last CD).

• Mountaintop (6 mb)

Tracks haven't yet been mastered for volume, but it should be pretty close.

Blogs and Final Projects

Our blogs are for the most part in great shape. I have gone through them all, and added comments to them where appropriate. Remember the purpose of this assignment is to track your progress on the Final Project. The idea is to prevent last minute cramming, help each other out, and make sure you are on the right track. You want to avoid finding out that you have misunderstood the project guidelines after you turn it in! The project is also worth 1/6th of the grade, so should reflect that much work (hence the five weeks to complete it).

For those doing the Rubric option, there are hundreds of resources out there on the web, as well as in journals and other resources. Outside of providing general guidelines, I am avoiding literally telling you how to search for them, since that seems to be part of the goals of both the Final Project and the course. If you have any questions, let me know (email, blog, forum, etc.).

Spring 2009 blogs underway

Well, we should be starting to blog again for IDT 516. I have been getting everyone's blog urls lined up in a new netvibes tab, which will be shared shortly. I also will be adding my own words of wisdom to the Final Project process here. Also, feel free to check out older posts from previous classes.

You may notice there are two people in my picture. It's not that I have a split personality; I just work on writing and recording music with Nate, my good friend of 35 years. I plan to post up one song from my new cd shortly: to show how to add files and not for vanity's sake ;)

I look forward to seeing everyone else's blogs as we race to the finish line this semester.

Getting close to the finish line

I have looked at all the the blogs again this week and it looks like people are making great progress on their Final Projects. We are almost finished! I look forward to seeing the projects come in.

4th Blog Posts and Fall Break

Well this week everyone should be making at least their fourth blog post. The blogs show that most of us are in good shape on the Final Projects. I also see a lot of helpful comments that people are posting to each other. Next week is Fall Break, and I will be offline most of that time. We should be back for our fifth blog posts in the week beginning December 1.

Blogwatching and Web 2.0 tools

Well I have been checking out everyone's blogs and people seem to be in good shape so far with their projects. I have left comments on each one. Also, has anyone used twitter (www.twitter.com)? It probably won't work for younger grades, but perhaps college or high school? I also just came across JigZone (www.jigzone.com), which could be useful for any grade.

Shared blogs

I have shared all the blogs with each other using NetVibes. Now we can see what everyone is doing and provide encouragement to each other as we complete our Final Projects. Feel free to comment here as well! By the way, the pic is of my best friend and myself in a recording session. We are in progress on a new cd, which should be ready early next year.