How A Rock Song Evolves At 2:22

Chad Smith is completely insane and in my estimation is the secret ingredient to making this project (band) work.

The Mash Up Perfected

http://jaydiohead.com offers up a great mash up of Jay-Z and Radiohead. 

Keeping It Simple

This is a great piece of motion graphics work + music that I came through my twitter stream. If you have a minute or two to load go to:

http://motionographer.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/tad_fin_sd_tiltshift_sh264.mov

Credits:

Audio/The American Dollar

Director/Kasper Verweij

Design & Animation/Menno Fokma, Harm van Zon, Reinier Fleas, Heerko Groefsema, Kasper Verweij, Rogier Hendriks

Post/Rogier Hendriks

Production/Onesize

Are You Walking in the Rain?

When I arrived at the name Updside-Down-Umbrella for this blog I thought it was a unique enough to standout on the web. I was wrong. It seems as if it's getting harder and harder to come up with an original title for just about anything these days. All you have to do is Google a name or an idea and chances are someone else has thought of it or is using it already. In the case of Upside Down Umbrella there's a UK band who go by the same name. The good news is they have some very cool electronic tracks thick of ambient rhythms and textures. It's great music to blog to.

You can listen to their tracks here:
http://www.myspace.com/upsidedownumbrella

Going Backwards To Move Forward

Yes, we all know that The Diamond Dave show is worn out. Eddie at times seems to be choreographed trying to recapture some of the stage energy from the early 80's. It's not a pretty thing to look at a couple of men in their 50's singing "Hot for Teacher" but if you focus on Eddie's guitar playing he sounds reborn. Hopefully, after this tour there will be some new music that will take advantage of Eddie's refined style, hard work and new perspective on life. Right now he's just having a little fun (that costing us a $150 a ticket) and we're loving it.