Tag: Movie

  • Rocking Into A Hernia

    Rocking Into A Hernia

    hernia post opAlways lift things the right way, you don’t want to get a hernia. I like to tell people I rocked so hard that I got a hernia. Reality is tad farther from the truth. What’s the reality? I was doing a P90X workout. Specifically it happened while I was doing a tricep row in a forward lunge.

    It doesn’t look like it, but I’m pretty strong in this regard. So a couple of years ago I decided to add a bit more weight to the exercise. So far so good. Then I switched sides and I ended up spacing out a little bit on my body form. Lift, lift, lift, pfft, hmmm, what was that? Lift, and finished out the workout.

    I didn’t really notice it as it was extremely small.

    Fast forward to a couple of months ago and I’m chatting on the phone with a friend who is undergoing a hernia operation. Seems he had been born with it. Never did anything about it for many years and now it had become a problem. This gave me a reason to say – hmmmm, I might want to go have myself checked out. Up to that point, what I was seeing was so small, didn’t hurt, and I could push it back in kind of thing that I didn’t know it was a hernia.

    Next step, see the doc.

    You Have A Hernia

    A few quick questions from the doc and then it’s: drop your pants. I drop ’em and he says push down. I do and he’s feeling around as I do it. Immediate answer – yes, you have a hernia.

    The doc sends me to yet another doc to give a 2nd opinion. Sure enough, she says yes you have a hernia. They didn’t feel it was urgent. Made me feel better for sure. I pepper her with questions about the types of operations and recovery.

    I get all the information together I can and decide I should get the operation scheduled. That happened a couple of weeks ago. The drag of it is we’re in the middle of finishing up a song single, I had couple of other production music things going on, but the date of November 7th ended up being my best option so that I’d be fully recovered by Christmas and New Years.

    Going in the for the operation was a piece of cake. Went to sleep under the lights. Woke up next to nurses.

    The photo you see above is from later in the day after the operation. My stomach, which hours before hand was a 6 pack of abs with nearly zero body fat, was swollen and I wasn’t happy if I moved. I spent 4 days in bed, getting up only to go to the bathroom.

    Now two weeks later, I’m a bit more mobile and I’m able to sit in the studio a mix for little bits at time. In my time of laying around for 4 days in bed, I was watching a ton of movies and doing a ton of thinking of things to do.

    I’m very much considering doing some things about the production of this new song that could make for interesting things down the line.

    Stay tuned.

    p.s. – thanks to everyone that has been wishing me a speedy recovery.

  • We're Going To Be Friends By The White Stripes

    We're Going To Be Friends By The White Stripes

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    I’d like to start by writing that you and I could very well be friends. Heck I’d hope that Jack White and I could be friends.Actually there is a Jack White that I am friends with but it’s not the same Jack White from the White Stripes. The Jack that I know is a drummer from the 80’s era of pop music. He helped me get a leg up in the industry a few years back. However, the Jack White that wrote this song We’re Going To Be Friends I’ve not yet met. It took me a few years of ignoring his music before I saw “It Might Get Loud”. That movie is what gave me a sense of respect for him. Massive respect. Shortly thereafter I had another friend who made me a playlist of their favorite music. In that playlist was this song “We’re Going To Be Friends”. It was a great bonding moment.

    The odd thing about the timing on getting that playlist was it was probably one of the darkest points in my life. So it was a breath of fresh air. Thus I’m extending a pay it forward thanks to Jack White for writing a cool little ditty about getting know other people and being friendly. Who do you thank for such things?

    We’re Going To Be Friends

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    Fall is here, hear the yell
    Back to school, ring the bell
    Brand new shoes, walking blues
    Climb the fence, books and pens
    I can tell that we are gonna be friends
    I can tell that we are gonna be friends

    Walk with me, Suzy Lee
    Through the park and by the tree
    We will rest upon the ground
    And look at all the bugs we found
    Safely walk to school without a sound
    Safely walk to school without a sound

    Here we are, no one else
    We walked to school all by ourselves
    Theres dirt on our uniforms
    From chasing all the ants and worms
    We clean up and now its time to learn
    We clean up and now its time to learn

    Numbers, letters, learn to spell
    Nouns and books and show and tell
    Playtime we will throw the ball
    Back to class, through the hall
    Teacher marks our height against the wall
    Teacher marks our height against the wall

    And we don’t notice any time pass
    We don’t notice anything
    We sit side by side in every class
    Teacher thinks that I sound funny
    But she likes the way you sing

    Tonight I’ll dream while I`m in bed
    When silly thoughts go through my head
    About the bugs and alphabet
    And when I wake tomorrow Ill bet
    That you and I will walk together again
    I can tell that we are gonna be friends
    Yes, I can tell that we are gonna be friends

    Remind you of anyone you know?

  • Happy When I'm With You Lyric Video

    Happy When I'm With You Lyric Video

    Back in 2011 I had a song I had cowritten with Johnny Elkins appear in a movie starring Colin Hanks. That movie is called “Lucky”. Ever since it’s release I’ve had people contacting me about the song “Happy When I’m With You” which appears in the middle of the movie as the song playing over the montage sequence. People wanting to know what the words are can now do their own karaoke of it with the video below. The only place to purchase the song is here Buy Now.

    Happy When I’m With You Lyric Video

    http://youtu.be/J1h90GO9aUE

    Transcript:

    “Welcome. Thank you for stopping by in order to watch the official lyric video for Happy When I’m With You, the song that appears in the movie Lucky starring Colin Hanks.”

    Doesn’t matter the time or the place
    Only know there’s a smile taking over my face
    Always seems to be here when you’re there
    Just feel it inside and it’s in the air

    I’m happy when I’m with you
    I’m hap-a hap-a hap-a happy when I‘m with you
 Doesn’t really matter what we do
    I’m hap-a hap-a hap-a happy when I‘m with
 Happy when I’m with you

    Jumping over the sun dancing under the rain
    Acting seriously or completely insane
    Ain’t no place on earth that I’d rather be
    Then with me next to you and you next me

    Chorus:

    When I’m with you there’s sunshine
    In my heart the whole time
    Everybody around us is catching the feelings
    We’re feeling

    Chorus Out:

    Wanna know more about the song click here.