PianoMarvel

May 20th, 2009

At Rain (the company I work for) we just helped develop some pretty exciting new software for learning piano for a client of ours: PianoMarvel. It’s a subscription based software solution that allows you to learn with your MIDI keyboard and a computer at your own pace. The brilliance of it is that it makes practice time more goal-oriented, requiring certain scores to move on to the next lesson. This makes practice time fun with the user trying again and again to improve their score. It also is great for parents and teachers who need to track student’s practice time, emailing them reports of hours logged.

Checkout the video for more info or sign up here.

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Don’t Forget…

April 21st, 2009

Just a silly song that I wrote to my son because I was bored and which won’t make any sense unless you happen to be a programmer that works at Rain.

 
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Porkins: A Tribute

March 3rd, 2009

Some friends introduced me to the these classic video tributes to Porkins here and here. His nobility brought me to tears and inspired this song - a tribute to his sacrifice in the Battle of Yavin.

 
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20 Best Indie Songs From 2008

January 2nd, 2009

My list of 20 best songs produced in 2008.

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Airline Security

November 11th, 2008

They type of song with lyrics that would get me in trouble if I really believed them. Well, at least if I believed all of them.

 
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The Space Time Continuum Won’t Ease Your Pain

October 10th, 2008

 
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The Scandal of ‘83

August 25th, 2008

I’m particularly proud of the lyrics on this one. My wife couldn’t figure them out, but then again, she was born in ‘86.

 
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Everybody On My Street Is A Zombie

August 3rd, 2008

This is not a commentary on my neighbors. My neighbors are such that Mr. Rogers himself would have been envious. Rather, this song is an ode to the tired zombie thriller plot.

 
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Look Alike

June 15th, 2008

Tami (my sister) made an interesting observation here . A very worthy discussion. Several (many thousands) have also observed similarities between myself and another pretty well-known pop icon. I think you’ll agree, the resemblance is uncanny.

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History of Not Caring

June 7th, 2008

Another song inspired by a memorable quote by Hyrum.

 
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