i just made music. :D haha

I just made a guitar tab, my first. :D haha it's pretty short&kinda dumb but its kinda cool.. haha I was trying to remember the tabs to another song and came up with this so I have no idea if it's original or not. but I think it is and it's pretty cool. it's just kinda a short little Halloween/spooky-ish theme thingy, just replayed a couple of times but I thought it was pretty neat so I wrote it down, tabs are really the only thing I understand, atm.... hahahaha I kinda get chords but I mainly get tabs cause its literally like a drawing of the strings w/numbers as to where to put ur fingers&such, which u probably know, but im more of a visual learner type person so it works for me, chords? not so much.. but im workin on it.. hahaha but yeah, now i dont just have lyrics, I finally have actual music so Im pretty proud, however stupid that music may be.. lol but yeah, im pretty proud of this. :D ahahaha

 

I think it is original though but idk. but even if it's not, Im just proud i was able to come up with something, finally.. haha :D i may make a vid of me playin it and post it up on YouTube or something, Im that proud. :D hahhaa

 

As always, thanks for reading this and I hope you'll stick along for the ride. :)

 

Thank You,

 

-Kelsey

12 Track Radio street team - challenge 1

Im making this blog post cause Im on the 12 Track Radio street team and this was part of challenge 1, we're trying to get 12 Track Radio to 2011 fans by April 2nd. they have 300 now.. haha I know, that's a pretty big leap but its cause of the year. so please help us get there. Check this band out and if you like them, click "I'm A Fan!" http://www.jango.com/music/12+Track+Radio?l=0 if we get there, there might be a free show and street teamers will get VIP. so please help us get there. thanks. :)

My English Essay - The American Dream Project

Hey everybody! I had to write this essay for english. We had to find a song, poem, or news story that we feel best represents the American dream, either in the present or in the past and write 2-3 paragraphs discussing the poem, song, or news story. she gave us some questions that we could frame our response around and stuff on the direction sheet but I'm not gonna bother listing them or copying the entire set of directions, you get the gist of it from what I've told you, hopefully. lol Anyways, I just figured I'd put it up here just for kicks and to see what people think of it, and also cause it's somewhat musical.. haha I chose to do a song and the song I chose for this was Bon Jovi's "Livin' on a Prayer", good song. :) haha Anyways, I hope you like my essay, and I'm also gonna attach the link to the song here soo, enjoy! :) haha

 

The American Dream Project

      

                 To many people, the American dream is simply, opportunity, self invention, possibility, freedom, the idea of the self made man, the idea that if you are an honest, hardworking person, nothing will stop you. To me, it is more than that. It is all of that plus, going from rags to riches, working hard to get from the bottom to the top. It is going from having nothing to having everything you want, all through hard work and dedication. It is living your dream and doing what you truly want to do and being where you really want to be in life. It is working hard to succeed and living life to the fullest to get where you truly want to be in life. That is the American dream, at least to me. Of course, it is so much more than that and the definition of the American dream is defined differently by most people and tends to change a lot but that is at least part of my definition of the American dream.

                 I chose to do a song for this project and the song that I chose was “Livin’ on a Prayer” by Bon Jovi. This song is basically about a fair couple that have been working hard to try to make a better life for themselves but they say, it doesn’t really matter if they make it or not because they’ve got each other, which is enough for them, although they would still like to have a better life for themselves and are working hard to attain it. The song was written and released in late 1986. At the time, there were a lot of hard working families working to attain better lives for themselves and the couple mentioned in this song is no exception. The song sort of exemplifies the American dream because it is about this couple who have been working hard to attain better lives for themselves. This kind of exemplifies the American dream because the American dream is basically all about working hard to attain your own American dream and to get to where you want to be in life. The American dream basically says that if you’re an honest, hardworking person, then, nothing will stop you. This song sort of shows that the American dream is attainable with a lot of hard work but it also kind of shows the illusion side of the American dream, the idea that you might not always make it, because in the song they say “It doesn’t make a difference if we make it or not..” which kind of shows that there’s a big IF there and that not everything in life is so predictable or such a sure thing. However, I believe that the American dream is, eventually, attainable with enough hard work and determination. With hard work and determination, you can pretty much pull anything off, including the American dream, if you so desire. Also, I think that although the song is more of a modern song (written in the 80’s), the American dream from the 1920’s to then, had not really changed much and was still basically the same. Even now, it’s basically the same as it was and has not changed much over the years. That American dream is still basically, opportunity, self invention, possibility, freedom, the idea of the self made man, and the idea that if you are an honest, hardworking person, nothing will stop you. This has remained basically the same over the years and is still just as attainable now as it was in the 1920’s or any other time, with a lot of hard work and determination.

Thanks for taking the time to read that, I hope you enjoyed it. :) 

Thanks again for reading that and if you've read this far, THANK YOU!!!! Again. lol 

thanks, 

Kelsey. 

 

I dont think my my parent's friends dog likes guitars very much, if at all... :/ haha

My parents went out to dinner with their friends and left the dog w/me.. lol but I dont think this dog likes guitars very much.. haha Maybe it was just cause I kinda came at him with a strange object and as i held it up to him was like "What is it, Truman?" so he may have thought I was attacking him and had every right to do what he did. but either way, I still held it up to him cause he did the bow thing, which I stupidly assumed was a play bow, but then he backed up and barked a little defensively. but then I put it down on the couch and was like "no, Truman!" and he backed off and I was like "Truman its ok", etc. I wasnt scared but just a little shocked cause he's normally such a good dog but dogs sense fear so I shut the doors and stayed in the living room till I calmed down enough to go back out (it happened on the edge of the doorway).. haha I'm still a little shaken up but only a little and hes basically back to normal now and I won him back over by giving him another of his dog biscuits.. haha He's now asleep in the hall and is normally such a good dog, which is why I was so shocked, but hes a little riled up tonight for some reason anyways and had every right to do that. and wasn't even aggressive, just a few defensive/investigative barks directed at the guitar, not me i dont think, and he had every right to do so if he thought i was coming at him, which in his world, i was. So i dont blame him for it and I'm not still mad at him, just a little surprised still, but dogs will be dogs and he's a good dog plus no one got hurt so im cool with it.. haha :/

Just went and picked up the guitars!!

OMG!! My mom just went and picked up the guitars! She just got back and they look and sound AMAAAAZING!!! :D haha It was a little more expensive than we thought, I think the bass needed 1 string, but it wasn't much more expensive. But they sound awesome! :) haha The strings on the acoustic are kinda reddish/goldish so I think they put copper strings on it, all new strings. :) haha Better than before, before it only had 3 strings and one of them was steel and the other two were nylon... :/ hahaha but now it has all new copper strings. :) And my mom says the big guy there's wicked nice, he like played a little song or something for my mom (on the acoustic one) to show her how good it sounded. :) haha and they look kinda shiny and/or cleaner too, like they cleaned em or something.. haha Anywho, the acoustic has all new copper strings and the bass has a new tuning key and I think a new string too.. haha A little more expensive than we thought, but not by much, only like 5 bucks (bass strings are more expensive which is part of why we didnt just get them all replaced.. haha). It was funny cause I was reading the service slip thing on the guitars and it was like 5 bucks for ONE bass string and like $7.99 for an entire set of brand new copper strings on a 6 string acoustic, plus all the labor.. but still, a little over a dollar a string for guitars but like 5 BUCKS for ONE bass string, guess they are more expensive... hahaah Anyways, it was a smidge more expensive than we thought but WELL worth it!!!! haha I'm SO excited to start playing, I'll probably play all weekend and maybe even get off the computer and play guitar instead, for a change... haha I'm like on the computer all the time, like hours on end, it's not good.. lol but now I'll be playing guitar for hours on end instead, with the exception of maybe looking up tabs and playing tips/lessons and stuff online, my fingers are gonna hurt... haha Im so, so excited to start playing though! :D ha
Thanks for reading this. :)

Wow, that was fast.. haha

Ok, so as you know, we like just took the guitars in to be fixed yesterday and they just called like 40 minutes ago to say that they're ready. Wow, that was fast.. :/ haha I'm not complaining, I'm GLAD they're done, I didn't WANT it to take forever but wow, I thought it'd be like at least a week... haha I figured they'd have the strings there but I assumed they'd have to order the tuning key cause my mom asked about that, like if they had it there or what and he said he wasn't sure if they had it in stock. So I thought they'd have to order it and it'd take at least a week, or at least more than a day, but apparently not... :/ haha So I guess they had it in stock. I suppose they coulda just done overnight shipping or something but I dont think so, I think they had it in stock... haha Anyways, Im glad they're done so soon cause that just means I can start playing even sooner. :D haha It's probably too late now, they probably close at 9and it's 9:24pm here now, they just called at 8:50. haha We'll probably go after school tommorow to get them which is even better cause tommorow's a Friday so I can play all weekend then February Vacation isn't next week, but the week after so I can play all vaca too, it's so perfect! : D haha I'm so excited! : D

I got my guitars tuned and stuff today!! :D

Hey guys! Guess what? I actually have some pretty exciting news today! :D haha ok soo... You probably don't really care buuut... We just took the guitars to the music store down the street to be looked at and tuned and stuff. They all work but he said they could all probably use a better set up and stuff to make them better playing instruments or whatever but they're playable now so we're just getting the bare minimum stuff. The electric was fine, he tuned it and we took it home with us but we left the acoustic and the bass there. The acoustic needs some new strings and the bass needs a new tuning key and they all need to be tuned soo yeaah.. :D haha I can finally start playing now. :D lol oh and I'm gonna start taking lessons too so yeah. :) ha oh and, you're gonna think I'm an idiot buuut... They sound SO much different and much cooler when they're actually plugged in!! ahaha We have an amp for the electric guitar that came with it but idk what my mom did with the cord so I've never plugged it in. I mean, I knew it was an electric and would probably make cool sounds when plugged in but when its not plugged in, it almost kinda sounds like an acoustic or just a regular guitar or something. So then he plugs it in to test it and tune and stuff and I'm just like thinking "holy shit, hes wicked good! that sounds SO cool and soo much different when it's actually plugged in..." I was trying not to smirk/smile too much and was trying to hide my face at how cool it was.. I dont think he saw me, but I was just like humbled by how cool it sounded and how he was like actually rocking out and stuff, compared to what I do w/o it plugged it and was occasionally smiling soo much, it was embarrassing.... :/ hahahaaah but so anyways, we're getting the guitars fixed and I might start taking lessons so I'm finally gonna be able to play, I'm SO excited!! :D haha thanks for reading this. :)

ok soo, I know you probably don't really care buuuut.... I have kind of a dilemma right now. And I don't know what I should do about it.. :/ haha i dont know if I should go to my venture crew's party tommorow or a concert in Fall River for a local bands CD release cause I missed the one last night in Boston. I would lo...ve to go to the concert but our crew's hosting the party and I knew about that first so I kinda feel like I'm obligated to go.. :/ haha The party's at 6:30 but we have to be there at 5:30 to help set up and stuff. the concert's at 8 but Fall River is like an hour away so I don't know what I should do about it.. :/ haha

Youtube annoys me. It pisses me off how they change the mixes like every 30 seconds or taylor them to you. its like no, the mixes are the one thing that doesnt need changing so leave it alone! i dont wanna go back and save every artists mix like 10 times cause you changed it and theres good, or different, stuff in all of them. Darn it YouTube, just leave the freaking mixes alone!!!!!! hahha gaaaaaahh, YouTube is so frustrating sometimes! lol

Not at all music related but somewhat interesting, I hope.. haha

Hey everybody.

Ok this is really random and has absolutely nothing to do with music, whatsoever. But I just thought that rather than spamming Runner Runner's Facebook wall about it, I'd just put it in my blog. It's just easier this way and plus this way, I dont annoy anybody. haha so yeah.. And besides, this is more of a rant-ish thing and their wall's not for ranting and venting and I have a blog. So, why not post it here, instead, you know? haha Well anyways, this "rant" is about school and my grades. I'd like to tell you a little story, if I may.. haha

here it goes:

There once was a girl who loved to procrastinate and one day..

haha just kidding, it is a story and what I have just stated is true. That girl is me. But I'm not gonna tell it like that, it's not that kind of story.. haha

Ok soo... We got our report cards yesterday. I think I did pretty well, if I remeber correctly, all of the grades were in the B range with the exception of an A- in stagecraft, a C- in spanish, and a C in philosophy. Well, I told Runner Runner this and how I wound up getting a B in english, one of the classes I was failing, and they were like "get those C's up. average is average". Well, philosophy is only a half year course and I think thats what the final grade wound up being so I can't really do much about that now.. haha but the other classes, I am trying to keep my grades up. So far (this term), I think I have everything in for every class and I'm going to try to keep it that way. haha

But I'm a huge procrastinator and I know what's gonna happen, Im gonna get lazy and start slackin' and then my grades will slip and I'll panic and desperately try to bring them back up at the end, happens every time. I can try to prevent it but I know its probably gonna happen again with this term.. haha

This is the part I was gonna post on their wall but decided not to, about how I know the story. haha :


"I know the story: "Oh, I'm going to do all of my work and try not to fail for the entire rest of the year, I'm not gonna procrastinate liek I did last time.." blah, blah, blah.. * halfway through the term, start to become lazy again, grades slip * "uh oh, my grades are going downhill fast" * end of term, desperately struggling to catch up * "shit im failing" * tries to make everything up the last possible week, doesnt manage to get everything in, winds up with mediocre grades * "damn, i wound up with a C (or worse)" it happens everytime, I'm gonna try to do everything in my power to prevent it from happening this time but I guarentee it will happen again this time and I'm dreading the end of this story, the part where I wind up failing or getting a C again. and then the waay end of it, where I wind up getting a shitty GPA because of this and then try to get into a good school (college).. haha Im really dreading that part, maybe I'll be fine but it's the level of uncertainty there that bugs me.. :/ haha"

It's true, it happens every time no matter how much I don't want it to. Like with work and assignments and stuff, I'm like "I know I have to do this, I should probably stop procrastinating now.." But I never do, I can't. And then it's late at night and/or the last possible day or week to turn it in and I panic, stuff gets turned in late or not at all, etc. Its bad. But Im a procrastinator at heart and nothing I do will stop that. It sucks, but its true.. I wish it wasnt but it is... :/ haha

And it sucks even more cause if I keep procrastinating, being lazy, not doing work, etc Im gonna keep getting grades like this and then, my GPA will wind up being really shitty and low and then I wont be able to get into a good school, like I want to, which would really suck.. yet I cant stop it. haha I can try, and I'm going to but it still sucks. haha and it also really sucks cause sometimes I just want to be lazy but my conscience wont let me and then I'm like why do I have to care so much?.. haha

But yeah, point is, I'm a procrastinator and although my grades weren't that bad this term, the procrastination always brings them down, as well as my GPA, and Im really dreading the day, if and when, I cant get into a good school cause of it... :/ haha

But yeah, I think I'm done ranting now and I'm gonna try to keep my grades up. But you probably don't really care, haha sorry.. Actually, no I'm not cause its my blog and I can post whatever I want. :P but this wasnt music related at all so I am kinda sorry, even though I said I'd post non music related things from time to time.. haha

Ok, I really need to shut up now. haha sorry, I think I'm just about done now..

As always, and particuarly with this post, if you have read this far, THANK YOU!!! I appreciate it, really I do. :) haha

Thanks again,
Kelsey

Sorry I haven't posted in so long.

Hello everybody.

I'm sorry I haven't blogged in so long, I've just been so busy lately. But I am going to start blogging again and more often soon. I just thought that I would give quick update and just check in with everybody, let you know that I'm still here, the blog's still running, I've just been so busy lately.. haha

I actually have a couple of announcements to make..

Well, for starters, since my last post, I have finally gotten around to making another YouTube! haha I made it the 27th, this one is JustAnotherMusicKid. the old one, KDOGG331, is still up and its going to stay up. That one's really my main one, at least for now. But, I was thinking of putting music, vlogs, comedy, that type of stuff and then, just whatever else, on the new channel. So please, if you haven't already, go check out my YouTube channel(s) adn subscribe, comment, favorite, friend, whatever. I really appreciate it so thank you. :)

Secondly, I haven't really written any new songs recently. However, I still have all the other songs that I had written before adn had been planning on posting. I have not gotten around to posting those yet, but, I am planning to soon, as well as be maybe write some new songs, so be on the look out for those in the coming weeks. Thank you so much. :)

Oh, and also, Ive made a second Twitter and Facebook as well.. haha They are both to support the band, Carson though, all street teams. haha I made the new Twitter the day after I made the new YouTube (the 28th). I started a street team for the band, Carson. its @CarsonMAST so please go follow me. Carson has Twitter as well so you can follow them too if you want, @CARSONBAND I made a Facebook page as well, its Carson MAST. so please go look for and "like" it. I'm actually not going to give you links to either of my actual Facebook accounts, only the page, for safety reasons. I hope you understand. Thank you so much. :)

Ok, I think that is all the news I have for now. If anything else comes up, I'll be sure to post about it. As I said before, I just wanted to check in and give a "quick" update.. haha

As always, if you have read this far, THANK YOU!!! I appreciate it, I really do. : )

Thanks again,
Kelsey