The World According to Josh

Zoe’s First Apple Tasting from Josh Haley on Vimeo.

And vimeo is pretty cool, too.

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Seth was born for comedy. The fish-eye lens plugin for the webcam was merely a means to his end. Enjoy!

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This is a mash-up of the two movies. It is very well done.

I haven’t laughed this hard in a long time. You MUST watch this!

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Sarah likes to embrace anything having to do with Hawaii, since she was born there. Once I showed her how to play the ukulele (very basic things, a few chords and vamps and this waltz), she can’t seem to get enough of it. Here she is playing a waltz that I learned when I was a kid growing up in Hawaii. I don’t think I ever knew the title of it, so if anyone knows it, please post it here.

Sarah is also still getting used to the idea that in order to share your performance on youtube, you have to be videotaped…duh! She’s shy but she did a great job! I think we’ll keep her.

-Josh

PS - she just started learning bass guitar yesterday…perhaps she will follow in daddy’s footsteps? Heaven help us.

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SICK PUPPIES!!! This is one of the ONLY bands from the late 90’s and beyond that I truly hold dear to my heart. These guys truly GET IT. Honest, deep-feeling music with no apologies and no boundaries and endless energy. Their studio recordings are amazing in themselves, but to see them live would be a completely unforgettable experience. I finally got to see them in concert on Monday. I had to drive to Austin to do it, but it was worth it. Heck, I would have traveled much farther!

The opening acts were pretty darn good, too. Saving Abel was loud and proud and had some pretty mean deep grooves going on.

Dropping Daylight was great. They brought a ton of energy to the stage and really got the crowd warmed up well. The newest song they played, which talks about suburbia and getting out of its madness was my favorite and has a great guitar riff/hook to it. Check it out.

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Battlestar Galactica’s (or SciFi channel’s?) marketing team is definitely in tune with its demographic. This clip is a tongue-in-cheek fangirl type of review of the entire Battlestar Galactica story through season 3. The female narrator does an amazing job of not falling over for lack of oxygen on this amazing rant. This is too great to not share. Warning: if you are interested in watching the series from the beginning, do not watch this video as it will spoil everything.

It’s hilarious for fans and informative to everyone. Enjoy!

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Here’s the before shot of the before and after comparison I would like to make at the end of 2008.

Yes, I know I stink, but I know I used to be good, so I am using this to help me see if I can improve later on this year.

I am trying to return to my roots, which is drumming. I started in 7th grade on snare drum and have played all kinds of drums since then off and on. Freshman year in high school was when I fell in love with the electric bass, so I spent a lot more time doing that than drumming. I played percussion in band and stand-up bass in orchestra at the University of Hawaii (who is playing right now in the Sugar Bowl! Go Warriors!).

So in an effort to lay down musical ideas as they come and to hopefully become inspired anew, I got this electronic drum set (a Roland V-Drums TD-3KW) and am enjoying it very much. 2007 has truly been very good to us!

Here’s a few more examples of the drum kit sounds available, along with my rough chops.

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