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Rosie Thomas (Feat. Sufjan Stevens) - Much Farther To Go
This is such a beautiful song.
Posted 13 hours ago
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Here’s my cover of Justin Bieber’s song Baby. It’s one of the best pop songs I’ve heard in a long time. I just had to give it a shot…
If you want to download it for free you can do that at http://johnnolanmusic.bandcamp.com/track/baby
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After that interesting experience, things started to brighten up. Caryn and I saw the movie, Letters To God. She got tickets from our youth minister since she couldn’t go. We had seen the preview to this movie when we went to go see Alice In Wonderland. We talked about how good it looked, and how we both should go see it. Well, surprisingly she got tickets, so we decided to go. We had to drive all the way out to Katy, TX (kind of a far drive). Well, we went to the theater and signed in for our church. One of the actors from the movie was there to talk about the film a little bit. I thought that was pretty cool. He gave us all this little packet with some goodies.
Well, the actual movie was amazing. It will make you cry. I admit my eyes did water up, and Caryn had makeup running down her face. Haha. It was a really good movie though. I’m not going to spoil it because it hasn’t come out in theaters yet. We, among other parishes, got to see a special pre-screening of it.
Just watch this trailer and you will see how good it looks.
I think everyone should go see it when it comes out on April 9th!
Posted 13 hours ago
Today, was an interesting day. I went to class like usual. After class I met up with Caryn, Mikey, Brandon, and Mrs. J. We went to Kickapoo Ranch to check out the retreat center for the retreat we are having at the end of this month. When we were on our way back down 290, we saw this wreck on the side of the road. All we saw was a car that hit the side of a light pole. The car almost looked like it was starting to wrap around it. Also, there was some guy laying on top of the car. We were pretty sure that he was dead. Well, we decided to make a U-Turn and check it out again. Bad idea. We got stuck in traffic. They closed down the whole highway. About three Life Flight helicopters came. It was pretty serious. It was on the news and everything. We got out of the car and chilled for a bit. We talked to some other neighbor cars. Even one lady let her dog out of the car to run around a bit. It was an interesting time.
Well, I got this quick picture with my phone as we passed by the wreck again. There used to be top part to this car, but they cut the whole thing off.
Posted 2 days ago
Do you ever have those days where you just feel weird? Like, you feel like something is wrong, but you’re not sure what it is?
Today is one of those days for me.
Posted 2 days ago
Audition Performance
Today, I had my trombone audition for my admission into the Moores School of Music. I barley started to practice for my audition a week and a half in advance. One of the pieces I played, I barely got last Sunday. Well, I worked my butt off this past week and a half practicing everyday. In my free time, that’s pretty much all I did — practice. I feel like a better player, but I guess one would expect that from practicing so much. I prepared two solos: The first movement of Marcello’s Sonata In C Major and Guilmant’s Morceau Symphonique. Also, I prepared etude No. 26 from Rochut’s Melodious Etudes for Trombone. Along with the repertoire, I was supposed to know all twelve major and minor scales. I know my major scales, but only a few minor.
When I auditioned I walked into the room. It was a pretty big room, the size of an average band hall. There were about six judges. Most of them teach trombone, so it was very intimidating, very nerve wrecking. They had a microphone set up to record my audition. They told me to play a few notes to get a feel of what the room sounded like and then to play my prepared pieces. The room had a nice reverb, so I new my sound would carry well in there. I started off playing Marcello’s Sonata In C Major. After I played, I was a little less nervous, and I felt more confident in the way I played. Then, I played Guilmant’s Morceau Symphonique. I stumbled on a sixteenth-note run, but I was hitting all the high notes. After I played, they said they didn’t need to hear my third piece; it wasn’t necessary. They all seemed very pleased. By then I was sweating bullets like crazy. I was happy that they didn’t ask me to play any scales. They thanked me for playing, and I thanked them for listening. They mentioned Jersey Village High School, so I guess they still have a pretty good reputation. One of the judges told me to say hello to Mr. Kidwell for him. I’m hoping my relation with Jersey Village and Mr. Kidwell will help.
Overall, I’d say it was a good audition. I really think they liked my playing and my sound. I must admit the room helped. I am really hoping that I can get a scholarship for my playing. We’ll see though. I am supposed to find out if I made it into the school in a couple of weeks. I should be getting a letter in the mail.
Well, I am super happy to have gotten that over with. It’s quite a relief.
Stefan
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Posted 3 days ago
Oh man I want to see this ASAP. Idc how silly it is, it just looks so visually GREAT.
Meh, it was alright. I liked it but it wasn’t as good as I was expecting it to be. I thought JD’s role would be different than it actually was but it’s not the worst movie I’ve seen this year.
IGI: 7 out of 10
I saw it yesterday. I thought it was good, but when John Depp did that stupid dance, it ruined for me. I didn’t know it was a sequel either. I liked it though.
Posted 4 days ago
67 Year Old Vietnam Vet Gets Harassed By A Punk On The Bus
The is definitely worth watching.
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