Hey folks, this is an original song written about the turbulations of being a loner in such a big world. Don't worry, it is not about my life currently, but more from the perspective of middle school self. I hope you enjoy.

I am no longer just a production assistant, my new title is Director of New Media. Finally I have a title to reflect what I do for the company. I manage everything from IT to web to video productions. This is what has really kept me interested is the diversity of the work that I do. The biggest project I have been working on is the new web presence for Vermont Business Magazine, the newly redesigned and rearchitected vermontbiz.com.

Well here's to another year of  hard work.

I know a lot of people enjoy this song but I just realized I don't have a recent recording of it. The song was orginally done by Lenord Cohen but this version is by Jeff Buckley, I prefer the lyrics of this version better than the original. This is my take on it.

Enjoy.

Here is a song that I really like done by Rocky Votolato, an artist from Seatle. This is my attempt to cover his song titled Alabaster. Let me know what you think.

I've Just Seen A Face, The Beatles

Getting to the point I am writing about this to let you know that I plan on doing some more recordings soon. I'm actually planning on trying to record an EP of my original songs and really taking the time to get perfected recordings. So look for either some more information about my EP or some actual recordings soon.

Nicholas II, the last Tsar of Russia

I woke up this morning and as far as I know I woke up in America. I crawled out of bed made myself a cup of delicious coffee and sat down at my computer to read some news. I came across this article about a new bill that was passed and signed into law. The law creates harsher penalties for copyright infringement. This would be bad enough, as the government is still not addressing the fact that copyright law is broken, but I read on that they are creating an intellectual property czar. The "copyright czar" would see to it that these new laws are properly enforced. What is with this presidency and czars it is completely undermining our governments branch system. This bill is just another example of how much the government is in the pockets of large corporations and organizations, The bill was sponsored by the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) and the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America).

Don't get me wrong I am not for the infringement of copyrights. However, I hope that this new bill doesn't penalize those that are mostly innocent. What I mean by that is because of the DMCA and the death of fair use just about anything you want to do some how directly or indirectly breaks copyright laws. This is why I mentioned previously that copyright laws are broken. The laws need to be updated for the 21st century. For instance it is technically illegal for you to take a DVD movie that you own and copy it to your hard drive for backup, this is just not right. Our government, rather than spending time fixing these laws and giving the people freedom are creating laws to provide harsher punishment for a broken system.

With all of the other issue we have in this country sometimes technology and copyright laws fade into the background. I thought it would be the best interest of everyone if I informed you as to what is going on with your rights. Remember write your senetors, change won't just happen with an admistration change you have to be part of it too.

The performance still went well apparently, I've received a lot of compliments from my friends and family and even some from random strangers. There was a steady stream of people coming in and out of Muddy Waters. It was a different kind of performance than I'm used to. In the past when I have performed in front of people I had everyone's attention. But, playing at a busy coffee shop was a lot more challenging because you have to grab peoples attention, and make them listen.

I wasn't completely satisfied with my performance that night because I wasn't able to focus on the quality of my voice since I had no microphone. So the next day I was invited to an open mic in Georgia, Vermont and I decided to go. I played three songs there, people seemed to enjoy them, I was much happier with this performance. I may perform again if the oppertunity arrises, it was a good experience for me.