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I Feel Famous.

I get a good feeling when someone takes my work and repurposes it. A gentleman in England used Rock Star as the music bed in this video:

He is trying to raise $2,400 online to help him make his final tuition payment for his master’s degree. If you’ve got a dime, send it his way! :)

In order to encourage more videos like this, I have been considering releasing up my entire catalog of music under a Creative Commons license. I want students, bloggers, and fans to be able to legally post my music to their videos and blogs without fear of legal retribution. IMHO, the days of pay-for-music are coming to a close for us little guys, not that they ever really arrived for most of us.

In other news, I created a podcast feed, which will should be available for free download via the iTunes store – just search for “Cryns”.

SHOW UPDATE
I scheduled a last-minute show for tomorrow night at the Acadia Cafe in Minneapolis. I don’t know who else is playing, but it looks like I will be doing a solo thing, likely playing a large portion of “…if Howard Roark could dance“.

Finally, I spent four days in Yosemite National Park last week, where the views were mind-blowing, serene, beautiful, enchanting, scary, and dreamy.

Yosemite

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I Just Found a Use for iPhone (Shazam) and At the Same Time I Fell In Love with Andrew Bird

I own the stupid iPhone and all of carry with me all of its pompous social baggage. And while I am embarrassed to be part of a growing movement of people who carry this little computer phone in their pockets, I did put it to good use on Saturday when, after starting up my car and turning on the radio, I hear the most beautiful of sounds coming out of my 89.3-powered speakers. It was, as it turned out, Andrew Bird’s new single, “Oh No”, which is absolutely beautiful.

BUT I didn’t know it was Andrew Bird’s single until I held my iPhone aloft and Shazam told me it was. Now I love Andrew Bird. Before he was one of many blips on my radar screen. Check “Oh No” out:

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And check out this version of the song performed live:

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Bombay Doors

This is one of many great songs that my oldest brother has written over the years. His original version can be downloaded hereBombay Doors. I play the song much like I do many in recent years – with a swing beat. I love it!

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