On (the right?) course.

Hi again.

It's been a while since I posted anything to this blog. And I can't promise it won't be a while until next time, but you never know!
The reason I'm in here right now, is that I'm attending a course about how to use Web 2.0 and digital media as a resource in the classroom. One of the topics here is blogging as a method. Seems like I'm going to learn a lot, and I'm really looking foreward to that. Using these media, and especially the ones on the internet, means reaching into the pupils everyday-life when teaching. You shorten the distance between their world and the school, using their world and their arenas to teach them OUR knowledge.

I think this is a brilliant way to reach the young, and I hope I will be able to learn enough to use this!

Until later. John Inge

Holidays and Audis

I'm on a holiday, and it is lovely! What I want to share with you now is again a picture. This time of a car! I've rented an Audi A6 this summer, and when visiting the beautiful small village of Granvin this weekend, I took this picture of the car. I like it. Hope you do!

John Inge

New photoshoot with Delario

Another photoshoot with Delario this thursday. This time together with DJ Bucktooth. We did this for their upcoming release, and it might be the cover-photo.
Here's one of the pictures for you to enjoy!

More from the photosession at the Del & Buck blog.

For Music, check Delarios homepage, www.delario.net for downloads.

Enjoy!

THE BOSS

I saw Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band live. I had huge expectations to this concert. Not because I am a big fan, but because I have heard so much about him and his live performances. I've seen documentaries and pictures. I've read articles and history references. But to know what Bruce Springsteen is all about, you have to be there!

I was, and still am, very impressed by his personality on stage. He is an expert in finding these situations and opportunities to charm people, to make people laugh, cry, cheer, applause or sing.

He is a master of crowd control! From the moment he walks up on the stage, he casts a spell on the audience, and with his energy, his words, his actions and his everliving smile he keeps that spell alive for as long as he is up there. It is like he uses the audience like a part of the concert, rather than someone outside the concert. The audience is like a part of the band.

So. If you like the music or not, if you ever get the chance to see The Boss live, do it. Because he is not just Bruce Springsteen. He is THE Boss. And it is just not a nice nickname.

Children and guitars,.,.

I think it never stops surprising me, but the effect guitars have on small children is really funny. You can walk into a bunch of noisy, unpolite and active children, strike a chord (or even better: A powerchord on an electric guitar with distortion), and everything gets quiet. All attention is on you. The attention is also positive. You haven't yelled at them to get it. You haven't told them to be quiet either. It just happens.

Of course, after 25 seconds, when the shock of being presented with a real instrument has faded, they are full of questions and back to normal. But the connection is still there. Then you can talk to them, and as you play them a song or two, you win their respect wich will last you a long time.

That is my experience at least.

Karaoke

Finally!

A couple of weeks ago I made a karaoke-version of the song "Bad Day" by Daniel Powter. I wanted to publish it here then, but I had to get a place to store my audio-track on the internet first. This blog, youtube and similar places only took video, so I had to get a place of my own. Now that's a reality. And here is the song: Bad Day Karaoke

Everything is recorded and mixed by me in my own flat. The drum-track is programmed. The other instruments are played live.

Hope you enjoy it! Use it if you like, but not commercially!

Eagles

Yesterday I attended a concert with the legendary "Eagles".
Except for a 15 minute break, the band stayed on stage for almost three hours! That is very impressive. They played a nice mix of new and old songs, of course with the classics Hotel California, Desperado and Life in the Fast Lane among them.
My job at the concert was however to sell merchandise. And we sold a lot! The selling-part is actually quite fun! But there's a lot more to it, with counting, carrying, waiting and stuff, and I spent a total of 16.5 hours on the concert site. So today my legs are quite sore, and so is my back and arms.
But in total, it was a great experience! Next week I'll do the same on Mötley Crue, and on Bruce Springsteen! Looking foreward to it!