http://www.sam-rogers.com original music and thoughts to accompany my blog on a cappella, web recommendations, TaKeTiNa, productivity, brilliant ideas, inane observations, and anything else of interest. Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:38:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Please come to my last Marin performance of 2008. It'll be my the last one here for at least 3-months too, as I'll be heading Down Under for January and February. This will be a mostly live-looping show for me, with plenty of brand-new material and spontaneous musical creations. I ... http://www.sam-rogers.com/archives/476 Okay, I've been plugging this TaKeTiNa thing pretty hard in the last 2-months, but that's not just because I just graduated from my 3-year training. It's also due to the fact that it is a really valuable, but hard-to-describe activity that I honestly believe a lot of people can ... http://www.sam-rogers.com/archives/474 It just occurred to me that although I've been posting this event everywhere, I somehow managed to skip my own blog.  I have a lot of performances and stuff going on, but this is the most important to me. Come either the 8PM or 10PM show and you'll see ... http://www.sam-rogers.com/archives/470 My life looks very different now than it used to. After a very turbulent year or so, the current instability doesn't seem to be phasing me much. I'm doing pretty well now, thanks. Here's some of what's different: Last Year: Left my corporate job of 6+ years as an eLearning Developer ... http://www.sam-rogers.com/archives/464 Another exercise in futility, this time against the US Automakers. Care to join me? Here's the letter I just sent to Senator Barbara Boxer, Senator Dianne Feinstein, and our old friend who is still in office, President George W. Bush. I oppose the $25 billion in emergency loans to the auto industry ... http://www.sam-rogers.com/archives/461 This Friday I'll be co-leading TaKeTiNa with Zorina Wolf at Stanford University, an Organic Human Music solo set at the San Francisco Green Festival, and a bit of beatboxing with The Vowel Movement at Ashkenaz in Berkeley. If you're interested, check out my calendar for more details. http://www.sam-rogers.com/archives/458 It's official, I am now a fully-qualified TaKeTiNa Rhythm Teacher! So what does that mean? Well, not too much in and of itself. It just means I can use the TaKeTiNa name to lead rhythm workshops anyplace in the USA. But this basic level certification is the result of the past ... http://www.sam-rogers.com/archives/448 I just love sending letters that people never read, don't you? What happens is that a very few of these "letters" get read, then computers tally up the keywords and print off reports on number of aggregate responses for each major issue and position. Then automatic emails go out signed from ... http://www.sam-rogers.com/archives/443 Someone forwarded me this article from SFGate and I just laughed and laughed! You might cry, but I LOVE this stuff like I love George Carlin's later years humor. Enjoy! http://www.sam-rogers.com/archives/441 Soon I'll be headed off to take my TaKeTiNa Initiation (AKA Exam!), but when I return, the Advanced TaKeTiNa instructors will be doing their thing in Palo Alto, CA. Here is a very sincere invitation to come enjoy some steppity-clappity-singity goodness, TaKeTiNa-syle! You are invited to the TaKeTiNa Open Rhythm Sets ... http://www.sam-rogers.com/archives/438