"Jack, don't play tonight because there's one sniper left."
Music
Homegrown House – Bring Me to My Knees
My musical side has been suppressed for far too long. I’ve been really inspired by my oldest stepson, Je.c, who’s finishing up his first album. We’ve collaborated on a couple of tracks, and I’ve been helping with the production. I’ve also been inspired to start doing some music of my own. I don’t know...
Crowdsourcing Call – Tech Karaoke Sound Clips
Just for fun, I’m working on some theme music for Tech Karaoke for my friends over at Pinqued, hopefully for them to use in the official videos which they’re editing now. I have the basic theme music down (sample below), but I need a bunch of clips of different people saying “tech karaoke” –...
My Epic Rock Star Moment at Tech Karaoke 2010 SXSW
March 15, 2010, will go down as one of the great moments of my life – the time we rocked so hard we blew a fuse. It was Tech Karaoke at Six Lounge, with LC Rocks (awesome band!), and I was following Chris Bailey on stage, who had just rocked the house with a...
A Song Lyric for Every Occasion
My mother was a piano bar musician. I grew up in a constant environment of music. On road trips, we actually song show tunes. We played word games…with song lyrics. My mother and I would go back and forth thinking of all the songs we could with, say, the word “flower” in it. For...
Music Videos with Lyrics…But There’s a Catch
OK, I admit it, I’m signed up with PayPerPost. I would never blog about a topic just to get a few bucks, but if I find the topic interesting enough to post about, I have no problem with a company tossing me a few bucks for the extra attention. If you haven’t read the...
Love Is the Answer
I saw this on Twitter today and it really moved me. I would have retweeted it, but it was too long to, and it would have suffered severely from editing – it’s perfect exactly like it is. Turns out it’s a lyric from a Jack Johnson song, “Better Together”. Enjoy!
My SXSW Interview by Brian Wallace of Nowsourcing
I spent a while last Tuesday visiting in the Blogger’s Lounge at SXSW with Brian Wallace of Nowsourcing. Afterwards we stepped out in the hall (ironically for some quiet) and he interviewed me about my latest project, a joint venture with American Guitar Academy: More info about free guitar lessons here, or just call...
Joe Satriani Is an Extremist
Prompted by my last post, Ben Mack Is an Extremist Idealist, I was just Googling the words “idealist” and “extremist” and came across Joe Satriani’s “The Extremist”. Enjoy! Also check out the original music video for the studio version of “The Extremist” (embedding is disabled on it or I would have included it here)....
Saturday Night at SXSW – Standard Answer Launch Party
Saturday night, March 14th, I’ll be at Red Eyed Fly for the StandardAnswer launch party. danah boyd will be there too, along with the fun folks from Aquarium Drunkard. If you want to attend, you have to register at StandardAnswer (click on the RSVP Here button). You even get to help pick what songs...
Hi, I'm Scott Allen. I've been speaking, writing and consulting about social media since 2002. This is my personal blog, where I write about whatever I feel like, from Austin to entrepreneurship and yes, social media. Have a look around and join the conversation. More »