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Request The MIX(ed)TAPE 2!
This is really exciting! The MIX(ed)TAPE 2 is charting across the country. We are currently #8 in the National Hip-Hop Chart. That is huge! The album is in the Number 2 spot in Edmonton for CJSR and in the 9th position in Geulph for CFRU. We sent The MIX(ed)TAPE 2 to all campus radio stations…
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Music for Mental Health Concert
Mental health should be a concern for us all. For many of us, it is not something we ever have to think about. For others, it affects them every single day in ways that are difficult to cope with. There are big gaps in the mental health infrastructure. Everything we can do to help people…
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D-sisive Opens Up About Mental Health
I have been a big fan of D-sisive since I first saw him perform in the 1990s. He’s had quite the journey of the years, but I didn’t even know the half of it. He shared this video on his social media accounts and it is quite powerful. Give it a view, it only take…
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NEW MUSIC – Gizmo’s Lullaby
My new song, “Gizmo’s Lullaby” is now available wherever you get your music. I wrote it to celebrate the birth of my son. My wife and I didn’t find out the gender during the pregnancy so we didn’t know whether we were going to have a son or daughter. It felt strange just saying “the…
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Other Teachers’ Ideas
Here are some great ideas I found online that you can use in your classroom. I’ve linked to the original article or blog I found the idea and attached a short description. GeoGuessr This is a game that has students exploring random places on Earth using Google Street View. They have to use the clues…
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Gizmo’s Birthday Mixtape
My wife and I welcomed a new baby to the world and I wanted to give him a special birthday present. Here it is!We choose not to find out the gender of our baby ahead of time, so we didn’t know if we were going to have a son or a daughter. And I didn’t…
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The 10:20:30 Rule
In his book, The Art of the Start 2.0: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything, Guy Kawasaki gives some great advice regarding presentations. His tips are meant for business men and women when giving pitches, but I think they are transferable for presentations everywhere. New product announcements from Apple seem to follow these…
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National DJ Day – Let’s Celebrate!
It’s National DJ Day, let’s celebrate with some great routines and DJ sets. Roc Raida’s Winning Set – DMC World Champion 1995 Roc Raida was one of the best to ever do it. We lost him way too soon. Rest in Peace, Roc! Your music lives on and you continue to inspire DJs everywhere. Jam…
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Hip-Hop Matters – Yes, It Does!
Hip Hop Matters – Politics, Pop Culture, and the Struggle for the Soul of a Movement by S. Craig Watkins Here are some of the things I learned while reading this book. The Story Behind the Message We all know “The Message” by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. It is often heralded as the…
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Children’s Materials (8-12 yrs) Reads
Last semester, I took a class for my Master’s of Library and Information Science program that focused on children’s material. The required reading list was quite long. Basically, I was expected to read two books a week over the course of term. Fortunately, I had already read some of the classics and we were given…