httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIR-olTvKjU
Stephen Sondheim discusses the importance of phrasing, accents and brings up one of his biggest “mistakes” in West Side Story.
Wynton Marsalis – 60 Minutes Interview 01/02/11
Jazz missionary Wynton Marsalis shares his love of America’s most distinctive art form by taking his Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra around the world. Morley Safer reports.
Part One:
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7206288n&tag=contentMain;contentAux
Part Two:
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7206311n&tag=contentMain;contentAux
Mom’s Christmas Present – Where My Bitches Remix Competition
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsXbEwodWSI
Merry Christmas Mom! I was trying to think of a unique Christmas present for you this year. So remember when you visited me in China a couple years ago and we made the “Where My Bitches At?” video? (Original video posted above). Well, I decided to do a remix competition and you get to pick the winner!
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Andres Segovia plays Bach
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBQfHJA2Lng
I ran across this video while surfing YouTube and wanted to share it with you. Andres Segovia plays Bach.
Jingle Bells – My Christmas Fart CD
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKf5o2reC1I
Hey kids, it’s Christmas time again. You know what that means. Time to dig out your favorite Christmas Fart CD. May I recommend a Farting Christmas by Santa’s Farting Elves. Yes, I produced this. Yes, I think it’s funny. No, I do not think it is offensive to the Christmas spirit. Ok, that should pre-empt most of the hate mail.
Available on Itunes, and also on Amazon.com for Mp3 download or physical CD at:
Karl and Conrad 2010 Vacation Thailand and Cambodia
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYe7oX7_FYM
November 2010 my cousin Karl and I took a two week vacation through Thailand and Cambodia. This is the second video I’ve ever made and did it on Imovie with a Mac. It was very fun to work on. After doing a few more on Imovie I plan on jumping into Final Cut and learning how to edit video in that. I have Final Cut Express to start. If you have any video tips or websites with tutorials that would be much appreciated.
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The Meaning of Life
I had someone recently tell me they were very perplexed and sad because they didn’t know the meaning of life. I shared some thoughts with them that I think are rather obvious and pedestrian. The thoughts were very new to them and opened up some new thinking. So I’ll write them here in case any one else finds it of use. And if you read this and think “OMG, that’s so obvious and marshmallow” – well, hey – just move on.
Christmas Dogs – Merry Christmas
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XfJ5zksF4M
Merry Christmas 2010 from Macau, China. It’s mid-November and they are already putting up the Christmas trees and decorations around here so it’s time to dig out some of my Christmas music.
Blog Stats 2010 – Almost Top 100,000 in US
I was a little surprised to find out my little blog is almost in the top 100,000 of US websites. This blog was never created for any particular marketing or SEM campaign. I just started in 2006 to write about things of interest to me at the time. Maybe that’s why it’s popular – no ulterior motive!
Conradaskland.com’s three-month global Alexa traffic rank is 344,767. The site is relatively popular among users in the city of New York (where it is ranked #100,546). Compared with all internet users, the site appeals more to users who are aged under 25 and 35–55; its visitors also tend to consist of both uneducated and highly educated men earning over $60,000 who have more children and browse from work.
Visitors to it view an average of 1.3 unique pages per day. We estimate that 58% of Conradaskland.com’s visitors are in the US, where it has attained a traffic rank of 101,553.
Askland Piano Nocturne #6
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTdRupBmZAw
My Nocturne #6 from the album “Piano Nocturnes Conrad Askland”. A friend of mine selected this as one of their favorites and made the video for me. Thank you so much!