Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Spotify Verified!
Midnight Notion’s music has been on Spotify since the release of March to Midnight back in 2013, but one thing has always bothered me: WHY CAN’T I CHANGE THE DEFAULT PICTURE!? Whelp, that petty little problem is now behind me!
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Never Say Never – James Horner Cover
Have you ever had a song stuck in your head for almost your entire life? One from a cartoon that teaches you a valuable life lesson that you think about so often that you decided to cover it? Me too!
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Same Old Blues – Phantogram Cover
I had a very specific need for the latest cover: a song with the word “blues” in the title…but that wasn’t a song in the blues genre. Since I didn’t have anything in my personal music library, I asked for help from my friends. And that’s when I discovered Phantogram.
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Heart Attack – Sum 41 Cover
I struggled for a long time with what song I wanted to do for the latest Theme Music challenge: Medical Emergency. There were a lot of songs I enjoy that seemed to fit, and there was even an unreleased original song that I almost recorded. But at the end of the day, I had to go with one of my most favorite bands in the world: Sum 41.
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Uprising – Muse Cover
The latest theme for the Theme Music Facebook Group is “Protest,” and unlike most of the themes thus far, this one did not require a specific element in the title of the song. Regardless, from the moment I read the description, I knew exactly which song I was going to do.
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Pyramid – Jan Hammer Cover
After several months of contemplating whether or not I should participate in the Theme Music Facebook Group’s bi-weekly cover song challenge, I’ve finally decided to do it! But my first attempt is a rather un-conventional cover song…
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Lost Footage Revived!
Every now and then, I stumble upon a project that was started yet never finished. Sometimes—if they’re entertaining enough—I share them in their raw, unfinished form. Not this time! I recently rediscovered a music video spoof project from 2011 that was so funny, I had to finish it and put it up for your viewing pleasure!
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2 Hours of Blink-182 Covers
A couple of weeks ago, to prepare myself for the big Metallica concert at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, I decided to play every Metallica riff I could remember, live on Facebook. This week, Blink-182 is coming to town, and it turns out that I know how to play a lot of their songs!
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“Beat It” Cover Duet
There is an online collective of musicians called Theme Music where the members are challenged to upload a video cover song based on a bi-weekly theme. The most recent theme was songs where the title references something about (non-military) fighting—things like kick, punch, etc. Guess who was asked to participate!
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“I Feel Bad For You” (NES Version)
Sometimes you just have to find out what your songs would sound like on the Nintendo Entertainment System…
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New Original Song!
April fools! I haven’t recorded any original material in a while. Here’s a cover song instead…
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The Best Album in the World
A good friend of mine, Wells Farnham, has a podcast called “Best Album in the World”, where he invites someone into his home to talk about what they think is…well, the best album in the world. The title alone got me interested, and after listening to a few episodes, I decided that it was a question I really wanted to answer! So he let me throw in my two cents!
Got any book recommendations?