mick

Joined May 2018

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A bit of a stream of consciousness here. All things self-growth, discovery and improvement.

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Kimchi in Italy
“The first time I had kimchi was actually in Italy,” I professed in my signature joking tone to the group, which was received with surprised laughter.
By mick2 years ago in Psyche
Yuletide Crystals
Ruby All the riches of the world in my hand I hold you close to my chest My beating heart, my tiger stripes The sun smiles on you
By mick2 years ago in Poets
The Ultimate Rocky Mountain Roadtrip Playlist: PART 2
“Renegades” X Ambassadors Turn out you do! Not only because you’re dozing off at the wheel but because everyone needs to sing along to this ultimate adventure anthem. Chip bags get opened. Someone says “gnarly.” The party’s getting started.
By mick5 years ago in Beat
Top Story - September 2019
The Ultimate Rocky Mountain Roadtrip Playlist: PART 1Top Story - September 2019
Imagine. It’s 5 AM, your alarm goes off and you’re instantly groggy and grumpy by being awake this early. Then you remember why you’re awake—you and your friends have been planning this weekend for months. You packed up the car last night, so all you have to do is pick all passengers up, grab coffees, and hit the road straight for the mountains for a weekend jammed packed with hiking, mountain biking, and climbing. Or maybe you're skiing and snowboarding, I don’t know what time of year it is for you!
By mick5 years ago in Beat
Mark Mancina's Music for 'August Rush'
The story of August Rush is undoubtedly a fairytale style film, and music is meant to be a driving force for that. Evan/August is a young musical prodigy living in an orphanage, determined to find his birth parents. The musical landscape and sound design Kirsten Sheridan’s film is created in such a way to combine the musical languages of Evan, his mother Lyla, and his father Louis. This is to carry the narrative concept that Evan can hear the music of his parents (who are both professional musicians), and is strongly influenced by it, and eventually follows it to them. The music heard throughout the film is a growing accumulation of themes and motifs that eventually make up the debut composition of Evan, and therefore it is most logical to discuss the music in relation to the events of the film in chronological order.
By mick6 years ago in Beat
David Raksin's Music for 'Laura' (1944)
Background on the Composer David Raksin was musically trained in America, his father was the conductor at Philadelphia’s Metropolitan, and Raksin himself started in Hollywood as a staff musician. (Kalinak 159). He arranged “Modern Times” and then worked at Universal Studios and in a team of musicians on “B films,” specializing in main titles, montages and battles sequences (Kalinak 159). Raksin’s specialty was horror films and Laura was his first “A film" (Kalinak 160).
By mick6 years ago in Beat

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Kimchi in Italy

Yuletide Crystals

The Ultimate Rocky Mountain Roadtrip Playlist: PART 2

The Ultimate Rocky Mountain Roadtrip Playlist: PART 1Top Story - September 2019

Mark Mancina's Music for 'August Rush'

David Raksin's Music for 'Laura' (1944)

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