Unintentional Intentions

8 Grooves to a 61

bigred051525 — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:55:45 +0000

So I like music. And I like discovering new music. So go and check out the following sites:

It allows you to stream music online for free from their database. They have a huge library of music (rarely can I not find the song I am looking for), they allow you to stream any song in it, and you can create and save playlists online. I find a lot of music that I like online, yet I can’t always listen to the songs when I want in the order I want. Grooveshark lets me create playlists from these songs I find and then stream them online. They recently re-did their site, making it even more user-friendly, so go and check it out.

8Tracks

8Tracks is a cool mix site where you can create playlists of at least 8 songs from your library and songs that other people have included in their mixes and share with others. You can create an online account and then find other mixes that you like and follow them, receiving updates when they post new mixes. I find that this is a good way to share music I like and discover new music. My only complaint is that searching within the 8Tracks network is sometimes difficult, as it might not have what you are looking for. But if you have an extensive library to upload from, this shouldn’t be a problem.

thesixtyone

TheSixtyOne is my most recent favorite music site. It’s concept is one that I find very appealing – by listening to and discovering new music you can increase your reputation and level up. You can ‘heart’ songs that you like, and then when other people ‘heart’ the songs after you, you earn more reputation points. They even have quests, like subscribe to 3 listeners’ radios, or listen to the top 5 most recently posted songs, which also give you more hearts to give out and reputation points. It is a cool incentive to discover new music and be social on the site.

Another thing that I like is the great variety of artists. Most of the artists on thesixtyone are ones that I have never heard of before, so I am constantly discovering new songs and artists.

Enough talk – check out this mix I made on 8tracks using artists from thesixtyone. All good new music.

Also, add me as a friend or follow me on these sites and I will return the favor – look for bigred051525.

Who I am

bigred051525 — Wed, 13 May 2009 02:53:08 +0000

Webcomics

bigred051525 — Mon, 11 May 2009 15:40:29 +0000

So I am a big webcomics fan. I subscribe to a lot in my reader. As a result, I read through a lot every day. Here are some of my favorites, not in any particular order:

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

I think they are all hilarious and it makes my day reading them. So please check them out, and if you have any other webcomics that you think are good, let me know.

For Granted

bigred051525 — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:07:39 +0000

Nutrition

bigred051525 — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:34:55 +0000

Mmmm... tasty.

Bears!

bigred051525 — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 03:52:38 +0000

Yay for track!

Is it just me?

bigred051525 — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:11:18 +0000

What seems to come so naturally to others,

Seems to come so hard to me.

Is it like this for everyone?

Or is it just me?

The moment comes…

And then it goes…

Was it ever really there?

Or was it just me?

The desire and yet the doubt…

The action repressed with too much thought…

Is everyone else this unsure?

Or is it just me?

A subtle change…

A tensing of oneself…

Did that happen?

Or was it just me?

Is it the imagination…

A simple trick of the mind…

Did they feel it too?

Or was it just me?

After all that has happened…

In the moments of the times…

I wish I had the courage,

To find out

If it wasn’t just me.

Bend Over Backwards

bigred051525 — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:24:09 +0000

Aliens

bigred051525 — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 20:27:17 +0000

I’ve been playing with some photoshop recently, just trying out different things and adding text to my pictutres. I actually took this photo while I was in Australia this past summer. Don’t ask me why I added this text to this photo. It just seemed appropriate.

And so we begin…

bigred051525 — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 20:12:21 +0000

Welcome to my blog. Hopefully I’ll be able to update it often. I’ve been working on some things… some pictures, poems, and some short stories. Hopefully you will enjoy them as much as I enjoyed making them.