This is my Apogee Jam. I use it to play and record music on my guitar. I do also have a Marshall amp, but it’s usually way too loud and the sound quality just isn’t as good (since it’s a cheap and crappy amp). Most often I hook it up to my iPad and use Amplitube to play and Garage Band to record. Sometimes I hook it up to my Mac (usually when my iPad battery is dead).
These are the speakers in our home theater room. Sadly, we never really use it to listen to music or watch movies. My mother is the only one who really uses them and she uses them to watch ridiculous Hindi soap operas. I wonder how Dr. Bose would feel about having his inventions used to watch crappy soap operas.
My family and I have never really agreed on a definition of “good” music. As a result, it often leads to us not listening to any music in the car when we drive. There are however a few songs that we all enjoy listening to. One of them is The Eagles’ Hotel California. Back when my brother and I were kids, we would go to my parents’ room, put on a video of Hotel California being played live (I think it was from Hell Freezes Over), and air guitar the song. My father would air trumpet it. Fun times :)
I used to own several of these t-shirts back in high school. I was cleaning up my room looking for stuff to get rid of and came across these. It’s time for them to go, but I really enjoyed wearing them. What music you listen to defines you in many ways. When you make your taste in music known, people judge you based on that information. When you’re in high school, your taste in music is often what puts you in the “cool” camp, or the “uncool” camp. Despite never being particularly cool, I must say I had impeccable taste in music. Iron Maiden is the best band to have ever walked this planet, and Linkin Park ain’t bad.
This week’s theme is Music. Unfortunately, I’m way, way behind, so I’ll have to play some catch up. This is a photo of a Joe Satriani album in iTunes. He is my favorite guitarist of all time. I had the pleasure of watching him live in Bangalore and it was an amazing experience. I used to own several tapes (yes, really) of his, but I was unable to locate them for this photo.
I had a great evening on Thursday. Chuck, Leah, Sabina and I did a quick Stevens Canyon ride starting at around 8PM. I’ve really missed biking with these folks. They ride in circles around me (literally), but they’re very encouraging and I always have a blast riding with them. Chuck set me up on one of his spare bikes. It started off ok, but it got viciously cold really soon. Leah’s thermo read 34F on our way back. I only had my biking shorts, biking jersey, biking jacket and gloves on (I did fortunately have two pairs of socks on). I don’t think I’ve ever been that cold in my life before (and I’ve spent 4 years in Michigan). Despite the cold though, it felt fantastic to be out on a bike at night (a really pretty one), breathing in the chilly air, and working hard enough to get my legs and lungs to burn. My heart rate went up to 205 bpm a few times, which was awesome. I hadn’t taken it that high since I’d stopped biking.
I can’t wait to get out on my CAAD 8 at Eagleton soon!
