Days 1-3 The Beginning and The Beach

Alright, so you know how in one of my earlier posts I mentioned something about having pretty awesome plans? Well, this is one of the posts about them!

Last week I visited the East Coast, more specifically Virginia Beach.

The flight out was pretty uneventful and long. We took off at 5 AM PST and landed around 11 AM. Unfortunately, we landed in Baltimore so we had to drive down to VA Beach which ended up being around a 7+ hour drive. 

The next day I met up with my friend who I was visiting, and we went to go see Hunger Games at Cinema Cafe. See, up in the Northwest we don't have Cinema Cafe, so the whole concept of eating while watching a movie was pretty awesome.

After spending the rest of the day after the movie chilling, we decided to visit the beach the next day.

We only spent a few hours down at the beach, but that was enough time to chill in the ocean and take pictures! (not at the same time of course) 

I honestly could've stayed there for a while, but a ton of jellyfish started coming in and when I felt them I started flipping out. They weren't harmful, really, but it was enough to make me wade for my life.

Music Spotlight: Chameleon Circuit

This week I want to share with you all a band that I recently discovered (despite my Whovian friends telling me constantly about them) and absolutely love!

Chameleon Circuit gets their name from the show "Doctor Who" which is rather fitting considering that their songs are inspired by Doctor Who. For those of you who aren't familiar with Doctor Who it's a British sci-fi show about an alien that travels through time in a box and saves the universe multiple times!

Well, enough about Doctor Who for now, but more about the music. This music, to me, is absolutely awesome and I love listening to it so I can pick up the references from the show. Oh, and of course the music itself is good as well.     

Enough of my rambling, you can find Chameleon Circuit's music here: Chameleon Circuit

For those of you that are Whovians, here are some of the songs to geek out over! If you're not a Whovian, just enjoy the music and think about watching Doctor Who, for it's a fantastic show.

Two Year Mark!

So, it's time for my annual progress picture of my art! Every year around this time I try to finish one piece of art that I'm decently proud of. Why? So I can do an [Insert Year Here] progress comparison! 

I got my tablet two years ago, and I personally think I've improved quite a bit. 

Music Spotlight: For Orchestra

Another week and another time for a music spotlight! This time it's Walt Ribeiro, known for his music re-imagining under 'For Orchestra'

The whole idea behind For Orchestra is to re-create songs as instrumental mixes. The songs range from common day pop songs to songs you would really only know if you were really involved in internet culture. The songs are really imaginative and truly could be pulled off by an orchestra if sheet music was made.

This concept really interests me and I'm always excited when I see a new song pop up on their Soundcloud page which can be found here: For Orchestra

Here are a few of my favorite songs that they re-made.

Street Fighter's 5th: Guile's Theme vs Beethoven For Orchestra by ForOrchestra Daft Punk 'Harder Better Faster Stronger' For Orchestra by Walt Ribeiro by ForOrchestra Aha 'Take On Me' For Orchestra by ForOrchestra