TWiTmobile (music video)

Leo Laporte from TWiT was out car shopping one day. He shot this little video in a GT Mustang and put it up on the interwebs.

Here’s a little diddy I whipped up to enhance the driving experience.

Paulywood’s 45 #18: Enter Sandman (Trick of Treat?)

After 14 years of living in the same apartment, we finally moved!

September started with us moving into a three bedroom rancher and it is so nice to be in a spacious home instead of a cramped box. Halloween is this weekend so we get to hand out candy to the little trick or treaters. And after a little summer break in the music department, I did a cover of Metallica’s Enter Sandman just in time for this festive pumpkin season.

(^_^)

Available in iTunes
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Paulywood’s 45 #17: Sunny Day

Summer is here and every year the same memories flood my head. In no order of importance:

- School is out. Done. No more reading, writing and arithmetic. Well at least no more reading because we have to.
- July 5th is my Birth Day
- Swimming lessons and just hanging out at the pool.
- Going to the lakes and ponds looking for frogs and tadpoles.
- Going to Playland
- Going to movies
- Lying in bed listening to the cheers and stomping from a lacrosse game at the sports arena behind our house
- Sleeping in our backyard under the stars observing the Perseid meteor shower

Now release the floodgate of your memories……….See ya in about half an hour

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It was 20 years ago today…

Remember cassette tapes? Those funny plastic things with tiny reels of magnetic audio tape inside. We would borrow a friends record album, then later CD’s, and make copies for ourselves. Oooo copies.

I was feeling a bit dry (artistically speaking) last week, when I remembered an old song, “1962″. Next week is my birthday, so I thought it would be nice to record the song about that special year I was born. I was sure I had the lyrics in my big red book I’ve had for over 30 years. But after searching twice I couldn’t find it. I could remember most of the words, but without the rest I was dead in the water.

Which brings me back to those cassettes. Ah-Ha! I had a 4-track version I did 20 years ago on a cassette tape. I dug out my 2 inch thick with dust brief case looking cassette case, and there it was “1989 Mix“. After getting the rest of the lyrics, and rewriting a few, I was all set to record it again….

20 years later.

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Editors Choice – THE SACKBOY SONG

Big thank you to TurtleGirl over at  Girl Gamers for putting  SackBoy on their Editors choice page. It’s nice to see both genders having a great time at gaming.

My oldest son Jesse is a big WOW and Runescape player, along with a handful of console games he really enjoys. He just recently got his girlfriend playing some Runescape and the two of them play late at night online together. (ahh young love)

I don’t really play games that much these days. Too much of my time is spent recording all day. Like today. Forteen hours of it. Come on man, time for a break already.

Paulywood’s 45 #15: SackBoy

If you haven’t heard about Sony’s PS3 game LittleBigPlanet, here’s some video clips of it along with my song SackBoy. Watch for cameos of Leo Laporte from TWiT, and the guys from TRS.

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Paulywood’s 45 #14: In Your Arms

Seventeen years ago I wrote a song for my new girlfriend. I recorded it on a cassette tape with just a keyoard and me singing. Pretty basic and simple. Last week I recorded the same song, for the same girl friend, now my wife. This time I used my computer and a multi-track recording program.

I remember my father bringing home a reel-to-reel deck, when I was 14, so I could do two track recording. Wow! Then next we had two cassette decks and I would bounce between the two getting four or five tracks going. The only problem was all but the last track would end up on one side, while the last track would be on the other side of the left and right stereo. I really like recording on this computer thingy.

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(Originally posted Nov 26, 2007)

Jason Calacanis Loves Audible

When I first wrote the original  Audible jingle, I had no idea how much Jason Calacanis loved Audible books. After hearing him drool over  them every time he’s on  TWiT , I felt the need to include him in the song.

Take it away Jasoooooooon!

Screw You Ringtones

If  you look up the word “Integrity” in the dictionary, you will find a picture of Leo Laporte. Leo blows up at Mike Arrington on the Gillmor Gang  June 6/09.

Here are two ringtone versions I made while watching  This Week In Tech this afternoon.
Enjoy.

Screw You .mp3 file              Screw You .m4r file

Looking Forward

Back in March, my parents celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. Seeing a lot of old (and old) family friends, got me thinking what it’s going to be like for me when I’m older. I think for most of us, the thought of getting old is not a good thing. But one day I thought, it would be a good thing. Having all those memories of family and friends, places I’ve been to and things I’ve seen.

Now, I’m looking forward to the good life looking back.