First song in over four years

They won’t hold me like you do – by Jeremy Blanchard Written: May 5 – 7, 2012 Dedicated to: My awesome wife This is the first song I’ve written in over four years. I am well aware of it’s faults, so be kind. As my lyric teacher once said, “S**t makes the best fertilizer.” It…

the war of sound (copy)

A few weeks ago my friend Brook sent me a link about the war between sound quality and compression. I thought this was really interesting and I shared with a few people. This morning I signed into Rhapsody and there was a rave review about a new(ish) R&B singer, Rihanna. I decided to give her…

the foo fighting Foo Fighters (copy)

On Saturday we watch some of Saturday Night Live, which was a rerun, with John Bon Jovi hosting and Foo Fighters as additional musical guests. This got me to thinking, the Foo Fighters have been around for a while now and I seem to like of their stuff. Since Rachel and I subscribe to Rhapsody…

are train songs losing their relevance?

Over the last few days I have heard several songs about trains. You know, the kind that used to move things besides freight. One of the songs was from Lil Ed on Wait, Wait, don’t tell me NPR news quiz show. Another is from Ryan Adams’ Jacksonville City Lights, and yet another is from the…

MOAEC in the middle

This past weekend I participated in a technology case competition hosted by MOAEC at Boston University. It was an interesting experience for me. It was basically a 36 hour competition where the case was given at 8:00am on Saturday and the first round of presentations were at 8:00am on Sunday. My team made it to…