Day 6: Pogo Remixes

Todays dose of wonderful youtube videos comes from a brilliant guy called Pogo.

His name is Nick Bertke, but most people just know him as 'Pogo'.
Pogo is this incredibly creative musician who takes samples from his favorite movies and turns them into masterful pieces of art.
He uses excerpts of dialogue, chords from the score, and then, in his words, "pieces them together like a jigsaw" to create... well...
some of the most impressive remixes out there.
If I sound like I'm over-exaggerating, just check out these samples below.

These are a couple of my favorite POGO Remixes.
Hope you like them as much as I do.

Bangarang (Hook Remix)


Murmurs of Middle Earth (LOTR Remix)


Alohomora (Harry Potter Remix)

Day 5: Disney Edits

Today I thought I'd share some of my favourite Disney Trailers which have been remade by brilliant creative people.

The Lion King Rises


*Warning*
This trailer might make you scared of Julie Andrews for the rest of your life.
Scary Mary


Mean Disney Girls


I love creative people.
My thanks to everyone who makes stuff like this.
You're my heroes.

Day 4: Throwing phones

I have a friend who throws her phone at stuff.
It's a real problem.

It made me think of this video.
*Boom*

Day 3: Loving Youtube + John Butler

I love youtube.
Its the closest thing we have to those magic mirrors like in Snow White, Beauty and the Beast, or any of those other incredible fairy tales.
We can conveniently glimpse into the lives of people and experiences that we otherwise wouldn't get to share in.
It's magical.

So I'm going to post lots of youtube videos till I get my feet under me regarding what I want to write about on here.

Today's present comes from my vast repertoire of Youtube Favorites.

I love this video.
Its an instrumental song entitled 'Ocean', performed by John Butler.

A couple reasons why I love this so much:
- I always remember this song when I think about things I love to watch on Youtube. Its one of my all-time faves.
- I think when you love what you do, it affects other people. When you create something with as much passion and focus as John Butler does, I think there's something irresistibly infectious... and I know that might sound gross, but I mean it in the best way. I think the care he puts into playing the song, and the emotion he pours into his playing might not be obviously featured, but I think its subconsciously felt and enjoyed. When you love what you do, others can tell.
- I've talked to some friends about Music being storytelling. I think this is one of the best examples I know of when a song isn't just accompanying storytelling, but the music itself actually has its own intro, themes, rise, fall, climactic moment, etc. I'm still not sure on all these thoughts, but I like this song because it doesn't need lyrics to tell a story.

Ok. that's enough rambling about this video.
Hope it melts your face into a wonderful smile.
Enjoy,

Day 2: Talking Animals

For quite awhile now I've wanted to write a kids book about talking animals.
So needless to say, these youtube videos are right up my alley.
I love this.

If anyone has any other videos of this sort, please hit me with it.

Enjoy.

Blog Ambitions 2012

I've decided to come up with some ideas for what I want to do differently this year.

One habit that I'd like to see myself move towards is a more frequent routine of blogging.

So i'm going to blog Everyday for 30 days. And then after that, if the habit is formed, we'll see how long that trend continues.

Essentially I'm attempting to blog daily for this whole year. But the principals of 'baby-steps' has me thinking that I'll commit to a 30-day trial period before committing to something that seems so intimidating.

So this will be a year of online journalling, storing funny youtube videos on this blog, and updating friends about life with more frequent little notes about my wonderful and charming existence.

And in the spirit of new trends I thought I'd start by challenging anyone who might stumble upon this space with this sweet little TED Talk.



*walks away humming Auld Lang Syne*

One very Full year of Travel

Dear Friends,
The story of Brady’s life now includes a lengthy chapter of international adventures in Europe and even the Middle East.

I just spent the past 5 weeks traveling through Israel, Holland, Belgium, France, and England before returning to the glorious West Coast of Canada: the place that is my Home.


The problem with traveling is that it’s addictive, and when you explore outside your neighborhood you begin to see how much there is to see and experience. And as you taste the diverse flavors of different cultures and places in our wild world you develop an appetite for new experiences.

But I feel full now. Like after I’ve eaten a great meal. I know I will want to ‘eat’ again, but right now, I am just thrilled to be back at Home and rediscovering the places and people that make this corner of the world what it is… My Home.


Soon I hope to discover just the right way to visually show you guys where I’ve traveled in the past year.

See I left Maple Ridge last year on May 26th to join a band on tour. And the most beautifully unplanned coincidence was that after my trip overseas I arrived home from England exactly one Year later to the day. One very full year of Travel. Touring with Atlantic all across Canada and the U.S. and even Guatemala. Then a personal pilgrimage with a Briercrest group through Israel, followed by a family reunion of sorts as I traveled across Europe meeting my Aunts, Uncles, and Cousins from my dads side of the family for the very first time.

Lots of Pictures, Lots of Videos, and LOTS of Stories…

I hope to share more from my travels on here in the upcoming days, weeks, and months. My current laptop setup wont allow for video sharing (tragic) but soon I will be upgrading my 6 year old laptop and will joyfully show my friends some of my many wonderful memories from my journeys this past year.

That’s it for now.
More to come for those curious enough to read. ☺

Love,

-Brady